Help update our mail list

Families for Enrollment met last week and sent out a postcard to tribal members. We had worked hard to compile a mail list from our families and from mailings we had received in the past. If you know of someone that didn't receive our postcard and would like to be contacted with future mailings, please help us add to our mail list. You can send addresses to the email at: grenrollment@gmail.com.

Your Vote

Thank you so much for visiting our blog! Some of you have shown us how you will vote, and we appreciate that. If you already know how you are going to vote, will you please let us know what prompted your decision? If you are voting yes, why? Has the 1999 vote affected your family? If so, how? If you are voting no, why? Are you concerned that the change in enrollment will lower your benefits from the Tribe? If so, how?

We are interested in how our fellow tribal members feel about this issue. If you are unsure about how you will vote, we are here to provide you with information on what the vote means and how it will affect the future of Grand Ronde.

Note: if you are concerned about leaving comments on this site, please be assured that you can be totally anonymous. So, please do comment and let us know your feelings on this important subject.

Amendment

We have a copy of the actual amendment that was sent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If you would like to see what the actual wording is, please send a request to our website at: grenrollment@gmail.com. We will forward the actual document to your email. Our goal is to be sure that all Grand Ronde tribal members are aware of the BIA vote and know what their vote will mean.

Families for Enrollment

On Wednesday, July 18, 2007 our group met for the second time. We met in Eugene and had 17 people attend. We discussed having a presence at the Pow Wow and sending out a mailing to notify Grand Ronde tribal members of the impending vote for enrollment change.

Please let us know if you will be able to attend a future meeting and if you can assist with the mailings. You can contact us at grenrollment@gmail.com. We will contact you by email if possible.

Our purpose is to make sure that all Grand Ronde tribal members know about the vote. We want to make sure that all the members know how the enrollment vote of 1999 caused such damage in many families. We want you to also know the issues we will be voting on in the near future and how this will also effect your family.

Change Grand Ronde Enrollment

In 1999 we voted to change the Grand Ronde Constitution Enrollment. That change has caused many, many problems within Grand Ronde families. We will get the opportunity to fix these problems with a new vote. I encourage all of you to register to vote when the packet is sent from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and to vote to change the enrollment!