(g) Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians descendants. However, after thinking about it, I could see her point. She provided the following statement in response to several questions about developments at Spirit Lake: The Bureau of Indian Affairs social services staff continues toprioritize and investigate allegations of child abuse and/or neglect. Spirit Lake Council Chairman Roger Yankton didnt respond to phone calls or to a message left at his office, and Cavanaugh referred all inquiries to the spokeswoman in D.C., Nedra Darling. The Sioux Manufacturing Corporation, a manufacturer of composite armed armors, is located on the reservation. (v) Not be listed on the roll of Mdewakantan and Wahpakoota lineal descendants prepared under 25 U.S.C. Box 539, Siletz, Oregon 97380. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (1) Pursuant to section 5 of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Distribution of Judgment Funds Act of October 26, 1987, Pub. I believe that the children of the Spirit Lake Reservation are not safe due to unchecked incompetence of the tribes social services agency, wrote Michael Tilus, who worked as a behavioral health director on the reservation. New Details Emerge in Hearing on Abuse at Spirit Lake, As Child Abuse Persists at Spirit Lake, Congress Steps In, Following Carolyn Bryant Donham's Death, Revisit Emmett Till's Life, Murder and Legacy, Amid the Talibans Worsening Crackdown on Journalists, News in Afghanistan Is Forced to Adapt, Humanitarian Needs in Afghanistan Deepen as Taliban Continues Ban on Women Working for NGOs, UN, I Lost My Son A Deeper Look at the Chaos at Kabul Airport When U.S. People are close nearly everyone is related to or at least familiar with everyone else who lives on the reservation. But even Spirit Lakes defenders admit to the reservations many problems. Here on Spirit Lake, we were first exposed to per cap payments years ago when the government paid tribal members for land it "bought" many, many years ago. endstream endobj startxref Background on the Spirit Lake Social Services Program
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