Smoke Signals
2 APRIL 1,2008
Attention Tribal members
2008 GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE
Sunday, April 6 11 a.m.
Valley River Inn, 1000 Valley River Way, Eugene, Ore.
Sunday, May 4 11a.m.
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Enrollment is now able to issue Tribal ID cards again. Hours are
8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. You will need a picture ID and to
sign in to receive a Tribal ID card.
NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE i TIME
Wednesday, April 2 5 P m-
Wednesday, April 16 5 P m-
Wednesday, April 30 5 Pm-
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed. Call Dakota
Whitecloud, Tribal Council Relations Coordinator, at 503-879-1309 to confirm.
Photo by Ron Karten
Drummers and dancers get together to warm up as the annual Agency Creek
Round Dance started in the Tribal gym on Friday, March 1 4. The event drew
more than 100 people of all ages from the Tribe and the community. The
drug- and alcohol-free event is an annual celebration of healing.
Oaaaore
Dear Smoke Signals:
As a Tribal member and Elder, I appreciate very much the recent cov
erage of unratified treaties regarding ancestral lands of the Tribes of the
Grand Ronde.
An additional coverage of other lands of the Tribes that are omitted in
this article are those called the Tansy Point treaties, which were negotiated
with Anson Dart, U.S. government agent on or about Aug. 9, 1851.
These are also unratified treaties and preceded those of Joel Palmer,
also a subsequent agent of the U.S. government in later years.
The Tansy Point treaties were signed with nine Tribes of northwestern
Oregon and were negotiated near Warrenton, which is near Astoria, along
the Columbia River, and as I recall there is an old train track nearby.
The nine Tansy Point unratified treaties cover the south side of the
Columbia River and include all lands in northwestern Oregon. Yes, I and
my family group were at that site many years ago and saw what is called
Tansy Point on old maps.
Please have someone look into this as another part of the Grand Ronde
Tribal history. We certainly descend from the Tribes of northwestern
Oregon, as well as all of western Oregon west of the Cascade Range of
mountains.
The Tansy Point treaties were negotiated before Oregon became a state.
And it is a fact that Oregon became a state on Feb. 14, 1859, and Wash
ington became a state in 1889 ... this history of the United States affects
Indian Tribes everywhere, but is largely ignored for convenience.
This is why the Indian Tribes negotiate with the U.S. government and
not the states except on a limited basis. The states "inherited the Indian
Tribes." Officially, the Tribes are in the care of the U.S. government and
the states are sanctioned to negotiate with us.
Claudette Parazoo
Roll 2923
Tulalip, Wash.
All Tribal offices will be closing on Friday, May 23, at noon and will be
closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day.
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