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- Chairman, Board of Directors,
Cow
Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians,
20 years (member of the Board since re-organization
in 1974).
- Delegate to National Congress
of American Indians
- Delegate to Affiliated Tribes
of Northwest Indians
- Cultural Committee, Cow Creek
Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
- Delegate to National Indian Women’s
Leadership Conference (Heart of the American
Indian Women’s Network)
- Delegate to Indian Women’s
Leadership, White House Conference
- Charter Member, Citizen’s
Advisory Board, SU Bank
- Board of Trustees, Umpqua Community
College, Chairman, 17-year member, retired June
1999.
- Canyonville Park Board, Secretary,
(26 year member, Founding Secretary, present
Chairman)
- Organizer, South Umpqua Historical
Society, served on the Board of Directors 33
years, founding Treasure and present President
- Douglas County Park Board, past
Chairman
- Member, Citizen’s Advisory
Board, First Interstate Bank
- Member, “Customer Voice”,
for Pacific Power and Light
- Douglas County Advisory Board,
South Umpqua Bank
- Douglas County Regional Investment
Board – Member
- Native American Rights Fund
– Board member
- Councilwoman, City of Canyonville
- City of Canyonville Planning
Commission, Founding Secretary
- Oregon Council for the Humanities,
Member
- Grant Administrator, project
funded by ANA and Campaign for Human Development
(Catholic Church)
- Oversight Board, Oregon Chapter,
National Coalition to Support Indian Treaties
- District Representative, Umpqua
Historic Preservation Society
- Douglas County Historic Resource
Review Committee, past member
- VFW Auxiliary, member, past chair
- Organizer and President Canyonville
Business Women’s Association
- Witness, Oregon legislative hearings,
SJM 12 (to rescind termination)
- Witness, Oregon HB 3274, Cow
Creek Salmon Bill
- Witness, U.S. Senate Select
Committee on Indian Affairs, 1982
- Witness, U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1979,
1982 and 1985
- Reader, “Land of the Umpqua”,
A History of Douglas County, Oregon
- Member, Oregon Community College
Association (OCCA) 1997
- Federal Relations Team (Congressional
Liaison on Community College issues, 1990-91
- Vice-Chairman, Oregon Commission
on Indian Services
- Board Member, Advisory
Board for the Institute for Tribal Government
in the Hatfield School of Government at Portland
State University
- Represented Umpqua Community
College at the Association of
Community College Trustees Legislative Seminar,
Washington, D.C. 1987, 1988, 1989
- May 5, 1989, appointed by Interior
Secretary Manuel Lujan, Jr. to serve on the
Bureau of Land Management’s Roseburg District
Advisory Council for a 3-year term, ending December
31, 1991
- Umpqua National Forest, Special
Citizen Advisory Board, 1990
- 1988-1989 served for the City
of Canyonville on special committee as advisor
for Portia Schlitz fund (estate management)
- Appointment by University of
Oregon President David Frohnmayer to the Presidents’
Advisory Council on the University of Oregon
Native American Initiative
- Author and frequent contributor
to “Pioneer Days in the South Umpqua Valley”,
the annual journal of the South Umpqua Historical
Society. Articles include publications on Oregon
Indian history and culture
- Author, “We Must Reach
Out”, paper on tribal and government state/federal
relations, presented to the Harvard University
School of Government in 1989
- Lecturer and resource person
for courses in sociology and anthropology, Umpqua
Community College, University of Oregon, Southern
Oregon State College, Harvard University School
of Government Daughters of the American Revolution,
U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management,
historical societies, various churches, Campfire,
4-H groups, and many other civic/service groups.
- Work with Congressional Delegation
and Oregon State Legislators on archaeological
site laws, historic preservation legislation
and Indian burial laws
Oregon Democratic Party
Eleanor Roosevelt Award – 2003, presented
by Senator Ron Wyden at the Oregon Democratic
Party meeting in Sunriver, OR.
Oregon Commission For Women
Women of Achievement Award – 2000, statewide
award given to three Oregon women for “their
leadership, promotion of the status of women,
community visibility and commitment to principles
of equity and diversity.
Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce
Awarded the 1999 Presidents Award for outstanding
contribution to community in Economic Development
at Chamber Citizen of the Year Award. (Award given
only 3 times in the last 10 years)
Awarded the “2000 Female Citizen of the
Year” award for “unselfish devotion
and distinguished service”, the largest
civic chamber event of its kind in the Oregon,
by the Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce.
Inducted into the “Hall of Fame” at
Umpqua Community College in recognition of 17
years of serving on the UCC Board of Trustees
in June of 1999
First Women to Chair the Board of Trustees of
Umpqua Community College
Presented with an “Honorary Associate of
Arts Degree” June 11, 1999
Oregon Community College Association (OCCA)
1997 Dedicated Service Award for 16 years of Service
Grants Pass Rotary
Service Award, Expression of Appreciation - 1995
City of Canyonville
“Citizen of the Year” – 1992
Pacific Northwest Region, USDA, Forest
Service
Certificate of Appreciation – 1990
Douglas County Chamber of Commerce
“Special Achievement Award” for “Appreciation
of outstanding dedication and service” 1988
Lewis and Clark College
“Aubrey R. Watzek Award” – for
her perseverance, strength and devotion in leading
her people to federal recognition as a tribe;
and for her quiet philanthropy and dedication
to the betterment of the citizens of Canyonville
and Douglas County, 1986
I was raised in a household where honesty, moral
integrity, education, work and helping others
were high priority. Those were the days of the
“Great Depression”, but our door was
always open for food and lodging. I can’t
remember a time when people weren’t stopping
at our house to have my mother read letters for
them, write letters for them, file their papers
at the courthouse, etc. Not only tribal people,
but people in the community as well. My brother
and I were taught that rewards in life came from
work and reaching out to others. I have lived
my life that way. I worked three jobs to put myself
through school, and during my working years was
always known as one who could produce. I have
been grateful to our Creator for giving me the
good health to work.
I have respect for a good argument and peoples
right to a difference of opinion. I have little
tolerance for deviousness and innuendo. In my
community, and with people who know me, I am known
to be fair and one who will “tell it like
it is”, even if it is sometimes painful.
Life achievement: Raising two good citizens.
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