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- Seated as Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde Tribal
Council Chair for six years, the first female
to hold the office of Chair, and has served
on the Tribal Council since 1980. Other offices
held on the Council were as Vice-Chair and Secretary.
- As a participant in the restoration efforts,
testified before a Congressional Hearing in
1983 which sought federal recognition of the
Tribe and reservation lands.
- Assisted in the efforts in creating a seat
for the Tribe on the Legislative Commission
on Indian Services in the state of Oregon.
- Assisted the Tribe's efforts in obtaining
a Gaming Compact with the state of Oregon.
- Named one of four Women of Achievement by
the YWCA in 1995. "Best known for her spirituality."
- Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award
Honoree from the League of Women Voters in 1995.
- Recipient of the American Indian Business
Leaders "The White Crown Award" for 1999. "Presented
to an American Indian leader who has used their
wealth of knowledge and experience to further
the cause of American Indian people locally
and nationally."
- Recipient of the 1999 Women of Achievement
Award from the Oregon Commission for Woman
- Recipient of the Tom McCall 2001 Leadership
Award from SOLV
- Represented the Tribe's interest on a number
of state and national organizations, including:
- Legislative Commission on Indian Services
— Vice Chair and Tribal Representative
- Oregon Historic and Preservation Advisory
Board, appointed by Governors Atiyeh and
Goldschmidt.
- Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
(ATNI) — Secretary and Tribal Alternate
- National Congress of American Indians
(NCAI) — Tribal Delegate Native American
Rights Fund — Board Member
- National Indian Health Conference, Tribal
Health Representative
- League of Women Voters — Member
and Local Meeting Host
- Oregon Women's Political Caucus ï Member
- National Political Caucus — Delegate-at-Large
- Native American Programs Oregon Legal
Services (NAPOLS) — Advisory Board
- Sovereignty PAC — Board Member
- Spirit Mountain 6% Community Fund —
Board of Trustee Member
- Hatfield Fellowship — Review Committee
Member
- Governor Appointee to the Oregon Council
for the Humanities, serving June 1999 to
April 2003
- Willamette Restoration Initiative —
Board of Directors
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