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APRIL 1, 2015
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
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Wednesday, April 8.............................................................................5 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22...........................................................................5 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
Letters
Dear Smoke Signals:
Having had the honor of receiving Smoke Signals for nearly a year,
beginning with the June 15, 2014, issue, I have truly been enlightened in
the areas of Termination, Restoration and other areas of concern for our
Native American Tribes of North America.
I am of the Lakota, Alabama and Coushatta Tribes and an Elder of the
Native American Church where many are just learning how to walk the
red road in the true medicine wheel way.
With our Tribal jurisdiction encompassing several counties of east Texas,
it must be coincidence that both of our Tribes’ reservations are situated
in Polk County, Texas, and your Polk County, Oregon.
In any coincidental events after reading the Feb. 15, 2015, issue where
opinion was given in the debate and vote of Tribal issues, I felt a need to
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governments, having worked with numerous agencies where such issues
as term limitation for council members, popular voting by Tribal members
in the areas of Tribal constitutions as the amendments thereof, and even
in the removal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), I must convey that
I will be looking forward in seeing the results of such process.
I want to thank Brenda Tuomi, Roll No. 1438, for her input on matters
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for all Tribal members, the vote and debate process must be exercised by
each member of a Tribe or citizen of our community.
Keep up the good work of printing the opinions of each member who
are for, as well as those who are against, as this gives those of us who are
readers from other Tribes insight as to what each Tribal system and pop-
ulace has to encounter and overcome in order to make Tribal governments
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Should you opt to print my name and address in likelihood that my let-
ter is published, then feel free to do so as I at this time correspond with
numerous Tribes, Tribal leaders and others who I’ve known from past
association and counseling in legal procedures that pertain to the freedoms
denied many Native Americans whether incarcerated or free.
Again, let me thank you for the subscription as your publication is very
informative in an educational and professional style.
Howard Carson
Navasota, Texas
Alabama-Coushatta Roll #1538
Dear Smoke Signals:
I want to thank everyone for coming and helping me celebrate my 103rd
birthday.
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olate-covered strawberries, which were delicious.
Once again, thank you everyone for making 103 years very special.
Pearl Lyon
Roll #3662
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