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PRESORTED STANDARD MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM. OR PERMIT NO. 178 .1 i S8 PI OR NEWSPAPER PROJ. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 A iiii-i r mil r - rem r7 i -t S. SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 moke 8 ignals HJS A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe JJTJm w'S !5? WWW.grandfOnde.org XJTVLPQXJA. ca a ROGUE RIVER a KALAPUYA n CHASTA Tribal Council disenrolls 13 for violating dual enrollment By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The first 30 cases resulting from the Tribe's ongoing enrollment audit were heard by Tribal Council during a 2.5-hour meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 14, and eventually 13 Tribal members were disenrolled for having been a member of another Native Ameri can Tribe when they enrolled in the Grand Ronde Tribe. Being dually enrolled violates the Tribal Constitution. Seventeen cases were sent back to the Tribal Enrollment Commit tee for re-examination. The Aug. 14 meeting started with Tribal Council member Chris Mer rier, on the phone from Michigan, moving to suspend the disenroll ment process until the Tribe could find a way to help those facing disenrollment. "I believe that some of these people can be helped if we look at possible amendments to the Enroll ment Ordinance," Mercier said. "Because we should do that, I think we should suspend these disenroll- See ENROLLMENT continued on page 5 2015 Grand K Contest powwow pull out inside V J : i ft mm. - k. JW vy-k l Z. .r t ..... it r . .? 6 1 , a ( . ,"4ftfiiV ' jar Chenoa Freeman, left, holds up her graduation gifts to show Gracee Allen as Gracee does the same, during the 2013 Preschool Graduation Powwow. PorBsclh)ssD Jayden LaBonte looks for the pull tab to zip up his graduation gown before the 201 3 Preschool Graduation Powwow at uyxat Powwow Grounds on Thursday, Aug. 1 5. Twenty-two students graduated. 5 1 LQJP Photos by Michelle Alaimo April Campbell hired by state as new Indian education specialist Grand Ronde member will join Department of Education on Sept. 16 By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Dallas resident April Camp bell, Education Depart ment manager with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, has been hired as the new Indian education specialist by the state Department of Education. Campbell, 39, will leave Tribal employment on Sept. 9 after al- See CAMPBELL continued on page 12 From employee to councilor Transition can be 'eye-opening Tribal Council members say By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer It's not that unusual for former or current Tribal employees to be elected to Tribal Council. Seven of nine current Tribal Council members were Tribal em ployees before being elected and at least seven of the 12 candidates on this year's ballot are current or former Tribal employees. Sometimes, the elevation from employee to leader can be immedi ate. Tribal Council member Jon A. George went from being a Tribal employee in early September 2012 to being a Tribal Council member by the middle of the month. See TRANSITION continued on page 13