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S moke S ignals
march 15, 2014
nOTiCe — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, March 19.........................................................................4 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
General Council meeting
Sunday, April 6 — 11 a.m.
Letters
Tribal Community Center
Dear Smoke Signals:
The Native American population of inmates at Santiam Correctional
Institution is requesting aid in the form of donations for this year’s pow-
wow on June 7.
Every year we struggle to gather enough resources for this ceremony,
which is a time for us to be with our families and loved ones, to take part
in one of the ceremonies of our culture, to offer food and to pray with our
families in both song and dance.
Powwow in prison holds a special meaning and medicine for us as it of-
fers us a chance to restore some of the damage caused to our families and
community by our actions. It helps restore to us our sense of identifi cation,
of belonging.
These are just a few of the many reasons why this ceremony is impor-
tant to us, and why we humbly ask you to help us through donations in
whatever way you can.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Dr. Richard Roy
Lead Chaplain
503-378-2144, ext. 423
Smoke Signals
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SIOBHAN TAYLOR
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR
PUBLIC AFFAIRS/
PUBLICATIONS
SECRETARY
PUBLICATIONS
COORDINATOR
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503-879-1463
chelsea.clark@grandronde.org
Dear Smoke Signals:
I do not understand why we at Grand Ronde do not claim the ances-
tral lands of all the Chinook villages along the Columbia River from the
mouth of the great river to Cascade Locks. The area includes the cities of
Portland and Vancouver, where the Multnomah Tribes lived as well as
other Tribes.
Before the territory became a state, Natives lived free from any bound-
aries. The Columbia River, fl owing from Columbia Lake in Canada, was
a water road with villages on both sides of the river. The United States
government made the boundaries of Canada, Oregon, Idaho and Wash-
ington states. The ancestral use by Natives has been abandoned by law.
No local Tribes of Indians have rights to commercially fi sh in western
Oregon, yet there are many rivers which drain into the ocean and bring
spawning salmon to the rivers on the western side of the Cascade Range
of mountains. The Tribes in eastern Oregon, Washington and Idaho are
allowed to fi sh. We at Grand Ronde get our yearly fi sh handout from a
fi sh hatchery after the spawning take.
The Snake River, fl owing from the heights of the Grand Tetons of the
Rocky Mountains in Wyoming westward, joins the Columbia River to fl ow
into the ocean. All of this topography has dictated what lands the various
Tribes have ceded for what they now have use of and what their rights
are on the land. The United States owns all the land within its borders.
Ceded land means to yield or surrender. It does not mean the land was
given away. It does mean the government made promises to the Tribes by
treaties for taking the land and has not kept those promises. This is what
has led to the trail of broken promises of treaties complaints by Tribes in
the United States.
It has not been that long ago that we had the freedom to fi sh and hunt
as our subsistence. Now we must wait for our per capita to buy the neces-
sary subsistence and pay taxes for it.
Claudette Parazoo
Roll #2923
GEORGE VALDEZ
JUSTIN PHILLIPS
RON KARTEN
GRAPHIC DESIGN
SPECIALIST
PAGE DESIGNER
STAFF WRITER
503-879-2190
503-879-4663
503-879-1416
justin.phillips@grandronde.org
ron.karten@grandronde.org
MICHELLE ALAIMO
VALERIE COX
SCARLETT HOLTZ
PHOTOJOURNALIST
CENTRAL PHONES
503-879-1961
503-879-1446
michelle.alaimo@grandronde.org
valerie.cox@grandronde.org
george.valdez@grandronde.org
DEADLINE DATE
CENTRAL PHONES
503-879-1447
scarlett.holtz@grandronde.org
ISSUE DATE
Friday, March 21 ......................... April 1
Monday, April 7 ........................ April 15
Monday, April 21 ......................... May 1
Editorial Policy
SMOKE SIGNALS, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com-
munity of Oregon, is published twice a month. No portion of this publication may be reprinted
without permission.
Our editorial policy is intended to encourage input from Tribal members and readers
about stories printed in the Tribal newspaper. However, all letters received must be
signed by the author, an address must be given and a phone number or e-mail address
must be included for verifi cation purposes. Full addresses and phone numbers will not
be published unless requested.
SMOKE SIGNALS reserves the right to edit letters and to refuse letters that are determined
to contain libelous statements or personal attacks on individuals, staff, Tribal administration
or Tribal Council. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Letters to the
editor are the opinions and views of the writer. Published letters do not necessarily refl ect the
opinions of SMOKE SIGNALS, Tribal staff, Tribal administration or Tribal Council.
Members of: n Native American Journalists Association
n The Associated Press
n Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
See page 15 for more letters.
Cover Oregon assister
at Portland offi ce
A Cover Oregon certified application assister will be at the Tribe’s
Portland satellite offi ce, 4445 S.W. Barbur Blvd., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 19.
Contact Loretta Meneley at 503-879-1359 or 800-775-0095 for an appoint-
ment to apply for or discuss Cover Oregon. Days will be increased at the
Portland offi ce if necessary to accommodate Tribal member demand.
Meneley also will be at the St. Patrick’s Day potluck at the Portland of-
fi ce from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, March 17. n
St. Michael’s off ers weekly brunch
St. Michael’s Catholic Church offers an open house brunch every
Sunday following Mass. The brunch is free to the community.
Brunch begins at about 11:30 a.m. following the 10:30 a.m. Mass.
Mass attendance is not required for brunch attendance. For more
information, contact Janelle Justen at 503-550-0923. n
2014 Tribal Council
1-800-422-0232 — council@grandronde.org
n Reyn Leno
Tribal Chairman
— ext. 2399
n Denise Harvey
— ext. 2353
reyn.leno@grandronde.org
n June Sherer
— ext. 1444
n Jack Giffen Jr.
Tribal Vice Chair
— ext. 2300
jack.giffen@grandronde.org
denise.harvey@grandronde.org
june.sherer@grandronde.org
n Cheryle A. Kennedy
— ext. 2352
n Toby McClary
Tribal Secretary
— ext. 4555
cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org
toby.mcclary@grandronde.org
kathleen.tom@grandronde.org
n Kathleen Tom
— ext. 1777
n Ed Pearsall
— ext. 2305
n Jon A. George
— ext. 2355
ed.pearsall@grandronde.org
jon.george@grandronde.org