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2 MAY 15, 2002 Smoke Signals Dear friends, I would like to thank all of you for your prayers, flowers and kind words during my recent illness. I didn't realize until now, just how many won derful, thoughtfull people there are in this community. I would like to thank my family, also George and Gale Scott, Marion Mercier, Joanne Empey, Matt Bucknell, Pearl Mekemson, the staff of the Grand Ronde Elementary and Anne Riley of the S.M.A.R.T. Program. To Jamie Bazzy, thank you for stepping in and working with my stu dents. Last, but certainly not least, to the wonderful children in the Be fore & After School program for their get-well cards and wishes. I am so blessed. Thank you all again and God bless. Margaret Wilds Dear Editor, The family of the Blanche Lillared would like to thank the Tribal Coun cil for the lovely flower arrangement during her hospital stay. Blanche & Family Dear Editor, In the last edition of the Smoke Signals there was an article that re ported on the Cultural Resource Technician Training sponsored by the Cultural Resources department. I just want to make it clear that the CTGR Cultural Resources department does not promote, support or en courage the archeological digging up of our traditional ancestral home lands. The workshop was to train Tribal members to become Certified Cultural Resource Technicians, not archeologists. The difference is that while archeologists typically excavate historic and pre-historic sites to re cover artifacts and information that may be contained within a site, cul tural resource technicians protect cultural resources from desecration by recording and documenting sites. We, as well as most Indian people, feel it is unconscionable to dig up and or remove our ancestors' belongings from the places where they left them. One other point for clarification is in answer to the question "what should you do if you find a cultural artifact?" The answer to this question can be confusing as there are really two answers to this; the legal perspective, and the Native perspective. From a Native perspective the answer is simple; leave it alone. If it is at risk of damage or destruction, then report it to the appropriate Tribe. That would be whichever Tribe ceded the land where the item was located, and whichever Tribe occupied the land since the beginning of time. The legal answer is; the law is different for private land than it is for public lands. Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR); OAR 736-051-0090 says, "a person may not knowingly and intentionally excavate, injure, destroy or alter an archaeological site or object or remove an archaeological object from private lands in Oregon unless that activity is authorized by a per mit." OAR 736-051-0080 says, "a person may not excavate or alter an ar chaeological site on public lands, make an exploratory excavation on pub lic lands to determine the presence of an archaeological site, or remove from public lands any material of an archaeological, historical, pre-his-torical or anthropological nature without first obtaining a permit issued by the State Parks and Recreation Department." If a person knowingly destroys or damages cultural resources on fed eral land that is a violation of the Archeological Resources Protection Act and it is a felony punishable by fines up to $100,000 and up to five years in prison. In answer to the question; What should I do if I find some sort of cul tural resource? If you are on public land you should contact the land manager. You should also contact the appropriate Tribe, but technically that is the land managers' job. The term "public lands" means lands which are owned and administered by the United States as a part of 1) the na tional park system, 2) the national wildlife refuge system, 3) the national forest system, 4) all other lands the fee title to which is held by the United States. For example, if it is Forest Service land then you should contact he appropriate Forest Service District Office. If you are on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, then you should contact that local BLM district office. Grave robbing, even grave disturbing is the worst crime against our ancestors and strict federal and state laws reflect that. If you find bones or bone fragments, that could potentially be human, immediately contact the state police, as well as the above mentioned authorities. Respectfully, Perri McDaniel CTGRTillicum Roll 2524 IT I SMOKE SIGNALS Is available to anyone at no cost. 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Published letters do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SMOKE SIGNALS, Tribal staff, Tribal administration or Tribal Council. ELECTION EDITORIAL POLICY In order to ensure a balanced election campaign and fairness to all candidates, the SMOKE SIGNALS 2002 Tribal Council Election Editorial Policy for letters to the editor will be as follows: Subject to existing editorial policies regarding libel, personal attacks and unsubstan tiated facts, 1. Letters in support of candidates will NOT be published in regular editions of the SMOKE SIGNALS. 2. Statements from candidates will be published in a special election edition of SMOKE SIGNALS, currently scheduled for July 1, 2002. 3. Letters to the editor from candidates will NOT be published during the time period from nominations to the conclusion of the Tribal Council Election. 4. Feature articles and spotlights involving candidates will be suspended during the time period from nominations to the conclusion of the Tribal Council Election. 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