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2 NOVEMBER 1,2011
NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Mattings
DATE TIME
Wednesday, Nov. 9 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 23 10 a.m.
Pleaae note that these timet and date are subject to change if needed.
General Council meeting
Sunday, Nov. 6 11 a.m.
Tribal Community Center
Dear Smoke Signals:
It's hard to believe that the BIA would agree to putting four separate
issues into one bundle to be voted upon. I truly wish Tribal Council would
put each issue separately on the ballot to be voted on separately.
What is the problem in doing that?
Nancy Hughey
Roll 1042
Dear Tribal members:
When we voted on the 1999 enrollment proposal, many of us did not know
what we were voting on. We thought we were stopping Tribal jumpers
yet instead we were in a sense voting to keep out our own Grand Ronde
people.
Now we are told the enrollment proposal has three or four changes to our
enrollment. However, when you look closely at the proposed amendment
changes, there are actually at least seven changes in total:
1. Change relinquishment from five years to two years;
2. Eliminate requirement the applicant needs a parent on the roll the year
of the applicant's birth;
3. Eliminate requirement the applicant needs a parent enrolled, unless
deceased, at the time the applicant files their application;
4. Use all Indian blood instead of only the current Grand Ronde blood
from ancestors on the Restoration Roll to determine Grand Ronde blood
definition;
5. Use any roll or record of Grand Ronde members instead of the current
Grand Ronde Restoration Roll to determine Grand Ronde blood defini
tion; 6. Use any ancestor, before and after Restoration, instead of using the
current Grand Ronde ancestors on the Restoration Roll to determine
Grand Ronde blood definition;
7. Place a limit on the number of adult members who can be accepted into
the Tribe each year.
I advocate for knowing exactly what you are voting for. The proposed
definition of Grand Ronde blood is poorly written so it could be interpreted
differently by Tribal Council, Enrollment, Legal, the courts, etc.
What does "any roll or record" mean specifically? What are the ramifica
tions if we keep changing from all Indian blood to Grand Ronde blood only
then back to all Indian blood again?
Lastly, to take out the words "Restoration Roll" and add the words "or
since" means you do not need Grand Ronde ancestors on the Restoration
Roll anymore, and you can be a member using an ancestor who came to
our Tribe in the 1980s or 1990s, apparently with no ancestors on Grand
Ronde rolls before Restoration. To me, Grand Ronde blood is ancestral and
given to us from our parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, etc., on the
official Grand Ronde rolls before we were restored.
Rosemary Jameson
Roll 883
See pages 13-18 for more letters.
Tribal offices will be closed Friday, Nov. 1 1, in observance of Veterans
Day. Tribal offices also will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 22, in obser
vance of Restoration Day. Offices also will be closing on Wednesday,
Nov. 24, at noon and closed on Thursday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Nov.
26, in observance of Thanksgiving.
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