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
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