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S MOKE S IGNALS
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, Nov. 18............................................................................4 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
General Council meeting
10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 6
Letters
Tribal Community Center
Dear Tribal members:
I am asking that every individual who has been affected by the parent
on the roll requirement and who have direct ancestors on the Restoration
Roll to write to Tribal Council at tribalcouncil@grandronde.org and ask
them to correct each enrollment problem separately from any other cor-
rections because:
1. You would like to see each change to enrollment pass or fail on its own
merit and;
2. Because you are against any bundle of corrections to the Tribal Con-
stitution.
It was the enrollment bundle of 1999 that got our Tribal families into
these hardships and sufferings and we already have tried a bundle in
2011 that failed.
On the other hand, when the enrollment proposals were separated in
2008, the relinquishment for fi ve years passed and the parent on the roll
missed passing by only 68 votes. I am confi dent the parent on the roll
correction could pass now if it were presented as a separate question. I
am OK with a limit on the number of those allowed to enroll each year to
ensure this correction would pass because it would assure members that
not too many would be joining the Tribe each year.
Any bundle forces members to vote for the items they do not want in order
to pass the corrections that they do support. This bundling does not work
as demonstrated in 2011. Separation of corrections does work as in 2008.
Background: On July 23, 2015, a proposal was presented to Tribal Coun-
cil requesting a constitutional amendment election to remove the “parent
on a roll” requirement. By July 28, 2015, six members of Tribal Council
had approved the proposal: Jack Giffen Jr., Toby McClary, Jon A. George,
Tonya Gleason, Cheryle A. Kennedy and Ed Pearsall. The proposal went
to the BIA for approval and came back to Tribal Council for fi nal approv-
al. However, in the meantime, with the Tribal election, a new majority of
thought took power by two votes on Tribal Council.
On Oct. 22, 2015, a special Tribal Council meeting was called to move
this proposal forward for the people to vote on when Cheryle A. Kenne-
dy and Jon A. George rescinded their support of it being a stand-alone
amendment and Chris Mercier, Denise Harvey, Cheryle A. Kennedy, Jon
A. George and Brenda Tuomi voted to block it from going forward on its
own merit in favor of another enrollment bundle.
I am for those who need ancestor on the Restoration Roll correction.
However, these families already have a process just approved this month by
the BIA for them to use to correct their problem by fi lling out a Restoration
Roll Correction Form. Our Tribe has had this process in place for three
years, but the BIA did not have a process until just recently in October
2015. The parent on the roll families do not have anything to help them.
So, again, I urge you to speak now or forever hold your peace, so to
speak. Thank you,
Rosemary Jameson
Roll #883
Smoke Signals
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Tribal Offi ce Closures
2015-16 Tribal Council
Tribal offi ces will be closed Monday, Nov. 23, in observance of
Restoration Day on Nov. 22. Offi ces also will be closing on Wednes-
day, Nov. 25, at noon and closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday,
Nov. 27, in observance of Thanksgiving.
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