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Guest · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 5:33 am

Guest (Guest) wrote:

If this is true we settled the claim in the 70s then WHY must our Tribal Council keep telling us we are still waiting for the Senate and Mr. Bush to sigh the agreement? if we don't have a claim as I heard when I listen to Mr.Gigner last Thursday [15th] say our tribe has no legal grounds to get a settlement againest Grand Coulee Dam, wow I guess we're all in the dark with this issue. Come Chairman tell us the true are we going to WIN the case or is it another lost to the Spokane Tribe?

THERE IS NO CASE TO WIN. The tribal council is asking for a handout from the federal government. The Coulee Dam issue was and is being used to give tribal people a false hope of receiving money for something you have no legal claim to. The tribes right to a legal claim was bargained off by lawyers in the 70's. Those who have bought into this myth and think the tribe has money coming, you need to research what was lost when the tribe received the settlement claim in the 70's. Most of you will remember the payment you all received back then. When you agreed to that payment you forfeited any future claims against the US Government. Those of you who have questions need to demand the truth to what are the facts surrounding the so called settlement your council is trying to get from the Senate and Mr. Bush. Get your heads out of the sand and demand answers.

ICU · **Joined:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:02 pm **Posts:** 13

The lawyers are millionaires thanks to the Coville and Spokane's.

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:20 pm

You can read all about the Senate record regarding Coulee Dam from the Library of Congress (thomas.loc.gov/) bill S.2494

urbanznproud · **Joined:** Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:29 am **Posts:** 3

Okay you Spokanes, get loud and be heard!! have you heard the latest on what "the elected" leaders have done for themselves? February 12th-they met and passed the following resolution: 2009-135 Greg Abrahamson, Jim Sijohn and Richard Garry for, Glen Ford abstained, and Matt wynne was not present. "Expand Tribal Health Benefits to any individual who served the Tribe as Tribal Council Member." what they fail to mention in this resolution is that they will receive LIFETIME benefits for Medical, dental, and vision. No out of pocket expenses for them. Spokanes will be lucky to see any kind of per-cap with this BS going on. ARen't tribal members supposed to be the so called bosses of tribal council. Isn't council supposed to answer to the membership, shouldn't this have been voted on by the membership. The leadership is being chicken sh*%# by not bringing this to the membership first. makes you wonder who on council is sick and will need a bail out from the tribe. or is it benefit our former council who is sick? speak up and have it put on the general council agenda to be voted on by the members. >:(

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