6 AUGUST 15, 2011
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Elders' garage sale socking donations
Tribal Elders are regularly seeking donations for their fundraising
garage sales.
To donate an item or items, call Tribal Elder Linda Brandon at 971-267-0918.
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2006 Smoke Signals wrote a feature on two new employees in
the Tribe's Accounting Department. Payroll Specialist Georgene
Sanders and Clerk Debra Nolen joined the Tribe. Sanders is an
Oregon native while Nolen was born in Wyoming and grew up in
California.
2001 The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde established a
Court of Appeals. With the assistance of the Tribe's Legal Depart
ment, Tribal Court had been studying various appellate rules of
other Oregon Tribes, the Oregon Appellate Rules and the Federal
Appellate Rules to determine which rules would be most beneficial
for the Grand Ronde Tribe.
1996 The test run of the Summer Youth Employment Program
successfully created jobs for Tribal minors. Participants in the first
program were Nick Bailey, Ben Bishop, Manny Mercier, Bob Mer
rier, Courtney Galligher, Marissa Leno, Brian Krehbiel, J.R. Jones
and Misty Carl.
1991 Powwow was scheduled for Aug. 16-18. Among the activi
ties planned were a Royalty Pageant, Sober Dance, Tiny Tots Race,
Volleyball Tournament and dinner of elk, salmon, corn on the cob,
green salad, fruit salad and fry bread.
1986 The Tribal Health Program hired two employees for the
Contract Health Service Program. Jackie Colton was hired as the
clerk and Karen Wilson was hired as the registration clerk. Colton's
position was full-time while Wilson's was part-time.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 201 1
Changes to Social Services
Emergency Assistance
and Medical Gas Voucher Program
For all income criteria programs, wage verification for past 60 days
(wage stubs) will need to be submitted. If client has not worked for a
period of time, client will need to submit a printout from their State
Employment Office or printout from Oregon Self Sufficiency Office as
verification of income. Rentaldeposit or utility assistance may be uti
lized only one time in a 24-month rolling calendar period and is not to
exceed the maximum contribution of $1,000 per household within any
24-month rolling calendar period.
Medical Gas Vouchers
Social Services will not provide gas vouchers for medical appoint
ments, counseling or drug & alcohol treatment. The only exception to
this is for scheduled treatment plans, (i.e.: radiation, chemotherapy,
surgery, etc.) and has caused hardship on the family, medical gas
vouchers can be distributed to meet the need of the circumstances. A
copy of all scheduled treatment plans must be received before client is
eligible to receive this service. Assistance will end on the date of the
last treatment appointment.
For a complete copy of policy or questions, please contact Tammy C.
Garrison at 503-879-2077. B
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HATFIELD continued
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bonded us, particularly the Grand
Ronde Restoration, which was op
posed by local timber interests. He
knew that this was an injustice that
needed to be taken care of."
AuCoin remembered Hatfield
as a "friend ... loyal, principled,
heaven-sent. He was my best friend
in Congress."
Hatfield was born in the Willa
mette Valley farm town of Dallas on
July 12, 1922. He spent most of his
youth in Salem, where he worked as
a guide at the new state Capitol.
It's that local connection that
Harrison says helped Hatfield de
velop his knowledge of the Grand
Ronde area and the injustice of the
Western Oregon Termination Act
of 1954.
"He had a special attachment to
the Grand Ronde area," Harrison
said. "He grew up around here. He
used to tell me, 'I know the hills
better than you do.' "
After graduating from Willa
mette University in 1943, Hatfield
became a Navy officer and com
manded landing craft at Iwo Jima
and Okinawa, two of the World War
IPs bloodiest conflicts. He visited
Hiroshima two months after it was
leveled by an atomic bomb.
After the war, he attended gradu
ate school at Stanford University
in California and then returned
to Oregon to teach at Willamette
University. He was elected to the
state House of Representatives in
1950 and elected Oregon Secretary
of State in 1956. At the age of 36, he
became Oregon's youngest governor
in 1958.
In 1966, he was elected to the
U.S. Senate, where he served the
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Former Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield and his wife, Antoinette, attended a
Grand Ronde General Council meeting in early 2001 and received a Tribal
blanket in honor of their attendance from then-Tribal Chairwoman Kathryn
Harrison. Hatfield, who helped the Tribe become restored in the early 1 980s,
walked on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the age of 89.
state for 30 years.
In the 1970s and early 1980s,
he was instrumental in helping
terminated western Oregon Tribes
regain federal recognition, includ
ing the Siletz and Grand Ronde.
In her biography, "Standing Tall:
The Lifeway of Kathryn Jones Har
rison," Harrison recalls Hatfield
advising the Grand Ronde Tribe to
circumvent the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and "play it politically."
Hatfield referred the Tribe to
AuCoin, warning that if the local
congressman was not supportive
of a Restoration effort, it will never
succeed in Congress.
AuCoin remembers consulting with
Hatfield before a potentially conten
tious community meeting regarding
the Grand Ronde Reservation Act
held in August 1987 in the Grand
Ronde Elementary School gym that
ended with timber interests losing
much of their local support.
In March 1988, the AuCoin-Hat-field
Bill was introduced, propos
ing a Grand Ronde Reservation of
almost 10,000 acres. Both AuCoin
and Hatfield used their seniority in
Congress to push the bill through.
"I remember calling him to tell
him we had won," AuCoin said.
"About two-thirds of the way
through the meeting, people began
trickling out because there were no
issues anymore.
"The world is diminished to lose a
man like that. We need more Mark
Hatfields in this world." '!s
When Hatfield visited the Grand
Ronde Tribe in 2001, he said he
remembered the era of Termina
tion in the mid-1950s and that it
gave him great personal pleasure
to be part of the turnaround and
establishment of a Tribal success
story in Grand Ronde.
"For the Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde, Senator Mark
Hatfield valiantly and steadfastly
supported our Tribal Restoration
from beginning to end," Kennedy
said. "There was no question in the
Senator's mind that Termination
was a grave injustice that needed
to be corrected.
"He used his influence to gain
the support of the Congress for the
passage of the Grand Ronde Res
toration Act. I am deeply saddened
by Senator Mark Hatfield's passing
because the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde and Indian Country
have lost a true friend."
Harrison said she is happy that
the Grand Ronde Tribe continues
to honor Hatfield's life of public ser
vice with the Mark O. Hatfield Fel
lowship funded by Spirit Mountain
Community Fund. The fellowship
annually sends a Native American
to Washington, D.C., to learn about
the federal government by work
ing in an office of one of Oregon's
congressional delegation.
"I think it is more important than
ever to keep (the fellowship) go
ing," Harrison said about Hatfield's
legacy.
Hatfield is survived by his wife,
Antoinette; four children, Elizabeth
Hatfield-Keller of Portland, Theresa
Cooney of Bethesda, Md., Mark of
Miami and Visko of Bantam, Conn;
and several grandchildren. II