HOW DO YOU MAKE GOOD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS?
I was in the council chambers when legal papers were served on each of the
seven council members. The court papers listed 49 individuals who
were taking legal action against the entire tribal council. It is a matter
of public record. It was nothing more than rehashing issues related
to the last election and what these individuals believed James Miles,
David Bean and Nancy Shippentower Games did illegal. Which is a
lot of rhetoric, retaliation and individuals who carry malice in their
hearts.
I thought about the 49 individuals who were bringing these false
accusations against our council and remembered something I learned in
college. It is a quote which goes "How do you make good people do bad
things? You can't. You make them believe that what they are doing is good
and they will do anything you tell them to do." I believe that is the case
in this legal battle.
Some of these individuals are vulnerable, some are illiterate, others are
easily persuaded and most of them really believe that they are doing is right
for whatever reason. You have a collective group of individuals who are
following individuals who are less than truthful, have fabricated stories and
are hell bent on regaining their previous power within or tribal organization.
I have observed David Bean in a lot of situations. I knew him
as a young, sincere, intelligent, dedicated and caring young man. He
sought out a formal education. His goal was/is to help our people in any
and all ways. He focuses on the youth and spends much of his time
concentrating on assisting them. He encourages them to continue their
education. He attends the circle at Chief Leschi most every
day. He always has to time to talk to elders, children and
teen-agers. His message is a good message. Just being there is a
powerful movement as I cannot recall any previous council member devoting
as much time to the youth as David. I have never seen David angry,
hateful or "out to get anyone." Rather he takes all situations and
methodically thinks it out. His first goal is to not insult anyone or
spew out hateful reactions. There are few such individuals who handle
difficult situations as well as David. I see him now and he is still strong but
he is hurt to his heart to see the names of the 49 individuals who are taking
legal actions against him.
He loved his mother who raised him to be the good person he is
today. He thinks of her daily. I remember when Gloria would get up
to bring to the attention of the membership the numerous short-comings at the
tribal school, administration and the need to invest more time and effort into
our youth. Maybe she held the microphone too long but as everyone else got up to
serve themselves a meal, talking and ignoring her, I sat and listened and her
words and they echo in my head today. She was right.
She had the best interest of all of our people in her heart. I remember
when she came to a meeting going around, smiling, shaking hands and hugging
people. Three days later she passed away. What a great loss to our
tribe.
What exactly has David Bean done so wrong or illegal? As the
legal process plays out and the drama fades out in front of our eyes
the the truth will vindicate him. As David states, "I stand here
alone and welcome all of these allegations. I know I've done nothing
wrong."
Verna Marie Bartlett
David Bean is an honorable man. He really looks out for the best interest of the Puyallup tribe. He is dedicated to the youth and he participates actively in our community. Yes, his mother raised him to be a fine man. David is fair and honest
person, always being willing to listen to anyone. He is an asset to the tribe. What more could you ask for ?
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I haven't posted on hear in a long while I had decided to sit back an listen...... hmmm weird there is so much conflict and negativity on almost all the post's , right ? well at least the small few since the last time I was on here LOL. I thought that was shuned at on hear ? Did things change ? are challenging , controversial , and to some people negative issues ok now ?
I hope so.... LOL
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I see that the negative "hashings" have subsided.....great direction the membership is taking. Positive attracts positive....I love this tribe.
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taking our Sovereignty away day by day , the white people are living and own property on the reservation, the port of Tacoma was sold , the city police can arrest you on reservation , and now a Pierce county judge can over exceed our own Tribal judge on tribal members living on reservation......... the only sovereignty we have left is the Fishing on the Puyallup river , but I'm sure one of our leaders will give that away as well and there'll be a tacoma police officer in a boat on our river telling us the laws in the near future ....... after all the fighting we did to keep it sovereign......
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Full circle meeting March 26th 2009. 6pm at TBA please call Lucia for location.
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Did everyone forget our own codes in Tribal Government ? " what is good for one is good for us all " this was established to keep things fair in our tribe.... We have all ready given 18 money out to numbers of tribal members without all these conditions so now we can't change it ! if we do it's a direct violation of Tribal rights and I will take legal action against it to the fullest to insure the fairness of all our members regardless of who's on Council , remember the 20,000 ? where were all these conditions then ?
stop the hate on our young People getting more money than you and support them instead offer services instead of demand them , they can serve in the Army but can't get there own Money ? hmmm that is very weird if you ask me ..... let's not let a few mess ups effect all the positive ones , and lets follow our codes and honor and help the new ADULTS instead of control and hate...
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Full Circle Voter Rally April 11th 4pm. Location will be 29th and Portland Ave. Free spaghttii Dinner
Volunteers needed. Please call Lucia Earl-Mitchell . Thank you!
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Hi my name is Donna and i am trying to contact Native Drummers/Dancers to perform at a Multi-Cultural event..I found this by google ..if you can help ..please feel free to contact me back Thanks Donna
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hi donna my name is debbie.you can reach me @ saluskin@yahoo.com where r u located, when do u need the drummers?you can contact me my son has different types of singing groups Native coastal or the big drum pow-w0w singing so i hope 2 hear from u.just label the e-mail native singers hope 2 hear from u one way or another. thx deb
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on June 26th I brought my family into our Puyallup tribal clinic , my girl friend needed to be seen . We have 2 new sons together a 2 month old and a 19 month old . As we registered we made it clear that they both breastfeed and cold not be left with me the father for to long . My girlfriend was called to be seen and we gathered the babies to go back with her , the staff told me we could not go back with her . We told them that she breastfeeds so she could not be gone for that long . Well 2hrs. later , the babies were crying for there Mom and the staff would not allow us to go back to the room . So I told the reciptionest I will just call there mom on the ph. and tell her to come and feed her babies . The nurse decided to take us back to the room , so me and my oldest daughter got our 2 new babies and were escorted back to the room , as we got to the room another nurse in there shook her head and the same nurse who brought us back there turned around and pushed me pretty hard out of the door as I held my 19 month old son . I then just said that was enough and went to tell the old white dude security what happen and he did'nt do anything about me getting pushed. When I told them I was going to Tribal Police the lady who pushed me came out with other staff trying to apologise for what happen. I knew this was just being done to keep me from going to tribals and filing a report, so our family went anywas and made a report at tribal police on what happen.
Now the staff say's we are lying and the nurse never touched me , me and my daughter were never interviewed and they went off of what her peer coworkers said who were blind sided to the push as they were directly in back of me " how could they see it ? " , as they also have tried to turn the tables and make me seem as the aggressor as they said i was upset and yelling .
if you don't get along with the staff at the clinic look out , they won't pay your medical bills , you won't get appointments , and you will be harassed by the staff in ways as this . Our tribal clinic is no different than other political arenas at our tribe , kiss ass or look out !
Our family will now go to a different clinic as the ptha is a clinic that is sick itself and needs some real medicine to get better .
Jeremy Miller
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This incident
is a disgrace. I am sorry to read of how terrible your family was treated at the clinic. The two nurses are a genuine disgrace to the nursing profession.
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yae now i gotta letter saying i'm band from my own tribal health ........... they are saying i was yelling and being rude ,,,,, hmmmm being upset at them was my right ...
p.s
anyone want tribal health just go to the wellfare office and apply for medical ..... there is no difference except you won't have to deal with the political arena at ptha and will get better care from local clinics ..... our health system is retarded ..... we are ginnipigs for rookie doctors and nurses ......
JEREMY MILLER
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Hey everybody the word is out! yEP I GOT FACEBOOK COME CK IT OUT! And just in case anyone missed it membership meet CANCELED u didnt miss it lol... until next time.
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a year ago I submitted art for a logo contest for our tribe "Puyallup" there was very strict rules on deadlines and other conditions on entering in this contest and the deadline is now over a year old. Since that time last year I have called council , put in agenda request's and wrote notes on there boards and doors ... no response .... so maybe putting it here in public might make one of them call me and honor there own rules .... hey council please give me a call with info on the logo contest that had a deadline that passed a year ago and tell us who won ? .... here's my number 253-208-8201 lets see how long it takes you to call ? i'll let my readers know ....
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so here's a good story that will encourage some and piss off allot ...
Powwows come from the Plains , our People our Coastal correct ? so why do we imitate there ways ?
Threw the years I have watched our Tribe throw thousands of dollars to Powwows and give away prize money that comes from our Tribe to Plains People dancing and singing on our land at our celebration .... Why don't we have gathering's at our tribe that fund and give away the same amount of money to our own People ? Potlach's , give away's , mask dancing , Canoe races ect. ? way's that belong to us such as these are never funded with the same budget as the Puyallup Powwow ... or should I say "Browning Indian days in Puyallup ? lol " when are we going to realize we are not Plains ? that we have our songs , dances and ways ... sure I go to Powwows and dance and sing but that is all that is offered plus my kids are half plains Indian , but there is no excuse for us shoving our ways under the rug and not funding it as we do Plains Powwows that we do at our Tribe .
We should have contest's for Coastal hand drum singing , contest's for Coastal regalia , prize money for Canoe races , ect. , but instead we fund thousands of dollars to Plains style singing and dancing and drum contest's that win 10,000 dollars at the labor day Powwow , let's have a Coastal gathering with that much money for a prize ? .... I challenge our Council to fund an COASTAL event that offers the same amount of funds for prizes that the labor day plains powwow dose ........ and when I say COASTAL I don't mean Alaskan ...
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I'm from the plains and my grown children are half coastal. I often wonder the same thing you do. I appreciate the pow wows, greatly. I don't have a home anywhere in this area, or a home base and very little to no contact with other of my Tribal members. But on the other hand, I wonder why so many coastal people have so much money and wear our regalia, while we sit on the sidelines with no regalia. I want local tribes to behave with the pride in their heritage with all your cultural traditions. Let the chips fall where they may. I might not attend your celebrations, but maybe you could invite us for the food? ...or not. My children don't acknowledge either culture in behavior, but in speaking they acknowledge both.
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