Letter from Rosemary Jameson

8-16-2007

Hi,

Here are the facts if the enrollment proposal passes :

1. If you were coming to our tribe from another tribe, you would have to relinquish 5 years before coming in to our tribe. (The present requirement is to relinquish for 1 year.)

2. You would have to still have 1/16 GR blood quantum,

3. You would still have to have a parent who is a member of the Tribe at the time of your application.

4. Grand Ronde blood is defined as all Indian blood derived from a direct ancestor whose name validly appears on the official tribal membership roll provided that such roll may be corrected by the Tribal Council.

(This is the section where folks think we would get thousands of applicants because it says all Indian blood from your direct ancestor on the Grand Ronde tribal roll is Grand Ronde blood. That idea is not true because you still have to have a parent on the current Grand Ronde tribal roll to apply into our tribe.)

5. One negative aspect of this proposal is that there will still be a few split families even if this passes because this proposal did not use “All” the Grand Ronde rolls and official Grand Ronde records----it uses the Current Tribal roll.

(The Current Tribal roll is based on the Restoration Roll of 1983 plus all who have joined our tribe since 1983.) As we know, not every ancestor’s name was on the Restoration Roll of 1983, so there will still be split families. This proposal will not give enrollment justice to these families. If you know and understand the facts of the proposal, you can help clear up these rumors and misconceptions. Please tell your family and/or pass this letter along to them and ask them to pass it along to other tribal members. Please circulate this letter to all tribal members that you have contact with. Thanks for help.

Please do all you can to help those who have 1/16 GR blood and have GR ancestors on GR rolls to be enrolled.

Best regards,

Rosemary Jameson