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Community meetings
to discuss ’21 Money’
Century plus 5
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
T
ribal members have heard horror stories
of Tribal youth receiving their “21 Mon-
ey” – per capita that has been invested
for them from birth until they reach 18 years
of age – and blowing it on partying, drugs and
irresponsible behavior.
Far less often, Tribal members have heard
stories of Tribal youth who have received their
“21 Money,” saved it and used it later in life to
help buy a home or start a business.
Tribal Council members and Tribal staff are
interested in hearing both kinds of stories during
a community meeting that will be held at 5:30
p.m. Wednesday, March 15, in the Tribal Com-
munity Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road.
The purpose of the meeting is to hear from
Tribal members and their families about how
the Minors’ Trust Fund money is helping Tribal
members, what it is being used for and how the
program can be improved.
Is it a good idea to, perhaps, require all Trib-
al youth to have at least a GED or high school
diploma before receiving their money? Should
Tribal youth be required to take financial liter-
acy classes before receiving their disbursement?
Can the Tribe do more or is everything running
fine as it is?
“Tribal Council and the General Manager’s
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Elder and the Tribe’s oldest member Pearl Lyon blows out the candles on
her cake during her 105th birthday party that was held at the Elders Activity
Center on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Lyon’s birthday was Monday, Feb. 20.
See COMMUNITY MEETING
continued on page 12
OPB to air ‘Broken Treaties’ on March 20
Documentary will examine Tribal agreements with U.S. government
By Brent Merrill
Smoke Signals staff writer
B
roken Treaties,” an upcom-
ing episode of Oregon Public
Broadcasting’s history series
“Oregon Experience,” will feature
Tribal member and Cultural Re-
sources Department Manager David
Harrelson when it airs at 9 p.m.
Monday, March 20.
Producer Eric Cain, who has an-
nounced that this will be his last
show in what has been a long career
in public television, created a docu-
mentary that examines the treaties
signed between Native Americans in
Oregon and the federal government.
Cain said the documentary will
provide information on Oregon’s nine
'BROKEN TREATIES'
continued on page 18
If you watch
“Broken Treaties”
When: 9 p.m. Monday, March 20;
repeats 2 a.m. Wednesday, March
22.
Where: Oregon Public Broad-
casting. Check your TV provider’s
listings for channel.
Grand Ronde protests overlapping TERO districts
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
S
ALEM – A proposed two-year agreement
between the state Department of Trans-
portation and the Warm Springs Tribe of
eastern Oregon that would create overlapping
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Employment Rights districts with the
Grand Ronde Tribe prompted Tribal Council
representatives to attend the Thursday, Feb.
See TERO
continued on page 13
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno, right, testifies against a proposed agreement between the Oregon
Department of Transportation and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs during an Oregon
Transportation Commission meeting at the Oregon Department of Transportation Communications
Division in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 16. Next to him is Acting TERO Director John Mercier and in the
background is Tribal Council member Denise Harvey.