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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TRIBAL
ADMINISTRATION
Governing Documents
History of the OCEN Tribal Constitution
OCEN
Tribal Constitution 1994 & Ratification Record
OCEN
Tribal Constitution Proposed Revisions
OCEN
Tribal Constitution Ratified 2004
OCEN
Non-Profit Association Constitution
OCEN Tribal
Council By-Laws Amendments
OCEN Election Ordinance 1997 & Committee
Letter
OCEN Election Ordinance Amended
Tribal
Council Meeting Schedule
Tribal Contacts
2004 OCEN Council Training Presentation (Power
Point)
2004 OCEN Workshop “Making Positive
Changes” (Power Point)
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Repatriation
Issues
Tribal
MLD Policy
Native American Heritage Commission Most Likely Descendant Policy
Slide Show Presentation (Power
Point) – Given in association with Senate Bill 18
Arts & Crafts
Basketry
Abalone
Flint-knapping
(making arrowheads and knives)
Songs
(phonetic words only)
Language
Historical
Interviews & Resources
Miscellaneous
2004 Presentation at Esalen Institute
(Power Point)
GENERAL
HISTORY
The Booklet – Part A: “Who is Esselen Nation?” Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen Nation, the Aboriginal People of the Greater Monterey Bay Area Region, by Les Field (University of New Mexico), Lorraine Escobar, CLS/NAL and Alan Leventhal, MA (San Jose State University)
The Booklet – Part
B: “The
Esselen People of Monterey: Bases for Reinterpretation,” by
Les Field (
Our History since European Contact
Modern Tribal Gatherings
1995
Tribal gathering was held but no flyer was created
1999
– 2002 Tribal gatherings were held but no flyer was created
2005 Tribal Gathering was held but no flyer was created
Photo Gallery
2004 Fourth of July Parade Float
2004 Fourth of July Participants
FEDERAL
RECOGNITION EFFORT
Petition (a) submitted in 1995
Petition (b) submitted in 1999/2000
Petition (b) (section 4) submitted in 1999/2000
(There are two other sections to Exhibit B, but due
to the genealogical and confidential nature of the data, these sections are not
being published in this Internet format)
PUBLIC
RECORD, i.e. News Articles, city council meetings
May 5, 2003 – “Minutes of
Regular Meeting of the City Council, City of Monterey” (pages
3 & 4)
March 28, 2004 – “Tribal
Warfare, The Esselen Nation Fights Itself”
January 25, 2005 – “Factions of Uncrecognized Tribe Ordered
to Mediate”
November 16, 2005 – “Election Fails to Resolve Esselen
Nation Dispute”
November 2005 – “Therapist Ready
for Tribal Council, Prunedale Man Still Contesting Leadership”
December 15, 2005 - Newly Elected Chair Cari
Herthel Introduction to Monterey City Council Meeting
April 10, 2007 – “Not an
Ordinary Project”
April
12, 2007 – “Paradise Abandoned”
April
12, 2007 – “Cultural Wars”
April 19, 2007 – “Hear the Voice
of the People”
TRIBAL
NEWSLETTERS 1994-2006
Messenger 1994-1998
(Non-council approved communication)
MODERN
HISTORY 1992-2007 – Includes personal narrative, and business items, i.e.
tribal council meeting minutes, tribal council resolutions, letters, legal
documents.
If you’re just looking for a specific
subject, you might try going straight to some finding aids I developed to help
me find what I needed in a hurry. (Keep in mind that each finding aid is
limited in the years it covers.)
Minutes Summary of Voting – 1992-1999
Yearly Subject Grid – 1992-2002
Total History Subject Grid – 1992-1998
1992 – Meeting
Minutes & Records
November 29, 1992 – Minutes only
November 29, 1992 revised with phone notes
December 27, 1992 – Minutes
only
002 – Notice of Intent to
Petition for Federal Recognition
003 – Endorsement to
participate with Muwekma and Amah-Mutsun for an ANA application for Economic
Development
004 – Request that
sovereign rights are respected
005 – Nomination of Stephanie McFarland as Commissioner on the
Advisory Council for
1993 – Appointment of Tribal Genealogist
Meeting Minutes & Records
January 16, 1993 –
Agenda only
January 31, 1993 –
Agenda & minutes
February 28, 1993 – Agenda
& minutes
August 7, 1993 – Agenda
& minutes
November 22, 1993 – Agenda
& memo, no minutes
December 18,
1993 – Agenda & minutes
December 27, 1993 – Agenda
only
006
– Petition for a Seat on the Fort Ord Reuse Group
1994 – Meeting Minutes & Records
January
16, 1994 – Minutes only
March
20, 1994 – Minutes only
March
27, 1994 – General Council meeting agenda & minutes
April
17, 1994 – Agenda & minutes
July
17, 1994 – Agenda & minutes
August
28, 1994 – General Council meeting agenda & minutes
October
16, 1994 – Agenda, meeting notes, papers
November
5, 1994 – Meeting minutes & letter
1995 – Meeting Minutes & Records
January
8, 1995 – Agenda & minutes
April
9, 1995 – Agenda & minutes
May 18, 1995 – Phone vote (The resolution is there but
there were no notes)
June
4, 1995 – General Council Meeting Agenda
July
16, 1995 – Minutes, no agenda & letters
October
15, 1995 – Minutes, no agenda & letters
No. 9 – “Amendment to
OCEN Association (non-profit) Constitution” (signed only by the Chair and
not the tribal council, no record of phone vote was made)
No. 10 – “Submittal of National Recognition Bill as a
substitute bill to McCains bill”
1996 –Meeting Minutes & Records
January
14, 1996 – Agenda, minutes & notes
February
11, 1996 – Agenda, minutes & notes
March
10, 1996 – Agenda, minutes, notes & handouts
April
21, 1996 – Agenda, minutes, notes & handouts
June
9, 1996 – Agenda, minutes, notes & handouts
July
14, 1996 – Agenda & notes
August
11, 1996 – Agenda, minutes & notes
October
13, 1996 – Agenda & notes
November
10, 1996 – Agenda, minutes & notes
December
8, 1996 – Minutes & notes
8 April 1996 ACCIP letter from Dena Magdaleno, re:
“Announcement for Replacement of one (1) Central California
Unacknowledged ACCIP Representative”
No. 006B
– Nomination of Loretta Wyer as ACCIP representative (officially
rescinded October 10, 1999)
1997 – Meeting Minutes & Records
February
9, 1997 – Agenda, minutes & handouts
March
9, 1997 – Agenda & minutes
April
13, 1997 – Agenda, minutes & notes
May
18, 1997 – Agenda, minutes & notes
June
8, 1997 – Agenda & minutes
July
13, 1997 – Agenda & minutes
August
9, 1997 – Agenda & minutes
September
14, 1997 – Minutes & notes
October
12, 1997 – Agenda, minutes & notes
November
23, 1997 – Assorted notes, clandestine meeting
December
14, 1997 – Agenda & minutes
No. 11 -
“Application Endorsement for Requesting SEDS Funding from the
Administration for Native Americans (signed only by the Chair and not the
tribal council, no record of a phone vote was made)
No. 12
(13) – “Temporary Continuance of Current Chairperson and Council of
the Ohlone/Costanoan – Esselen Nation” (signed by the Chair alone
and not the tribal council, no record of a phone vote was made)
1998 –Meeting Minutes & Records
January
10, 1998 – Agenda, minutes & handout
March
8, 1998 – Agenda only
April
19, 1998 – Minutes & handouts
May
31, 1998 – Minutes & notes
June
14, 1998 – Minutes & notes
July
12, 1998 – Agenda, minutes & notes
September
13, 1998 – Agenda & notes
October
18, 1998 – Agenda & notes
November
8, 1998 – Agenda, minutes, notes & handouts
December
27, 1998 – Agenda, minutes & handouts
No. 14 - “Esselen
Nation’s Nomination for Representatives on the Esselen-Hoopa
Redevelopment Authority (EHRA) as Board Members”
No. 97-001 – “Waiver of Sovereign Immunity and
Consent to Dispute Resolution” (signed by the Chair alone and not the
tribal council, no record of a phone vote was made)
No. 12 – “Certification of Tribal Roll”
(Two resolutions were signed – Once by the Chair alone and another by the
entire council)
No. 13 – “Temporary Continuance of Current
Chairperson and Council of the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation”
1999 – Meeting
Minutes and records
January
10, 1999 – Agenda, minutes & handouts
January
10, 1999 – personal notes
February 21,
1999 – Agenda, minutes & handouts
March 14, 1999
– Agenda, minutes, notes & handouts
April 11, 1999
– Agenda, minutes & handouts
June 13, 1999 – Agenda, minutes, handouts
July 11, 1999
– Agenda, minutes, transcription, handouts & notes
August 15, 1999
– Agenda, minutes & handouts
September 12,
1999 – Agenda, minutes & handouts
October 10, 1999
– Agenda, minutes, handouts & notes
November 14,
1999 – Agenda, minutes & notes
Conflict Resolution
No. 99-1 – Appointment of Rudy Rosales as Acting Chair
No. 99-2 – Appointment of Rudy Rosales as Tribal MLD
No. 99-3 – Approval to Philip Laverty to conduct
research in relation to OCEN tribe
No. 99-5 – Approval to Philip Laverty to base doctoral
dissertation on the OCEN tribe
No. 99-7 – Support to Dr. Les Field for his project,
“The Abalone Zone: The Centrality of Abalone in California Indian Life
and Symbolism”
No. 99-8 – Membership Disenrollment (two copies)
No. 99-9 – Honorary Membership for Alan Gil
(withdrawn)
No. 99-10
– Certification of Tribal roll as of 14 November 1999
2000 – Meeting Minutes & Records
January
09, 2000 – Agenda, notes & handouts
March
12, 2000 – Meeting minutes only
June
11, 2000 – Agenda only
July
23, 2000 – Agenda only
September
10, 2000 – Agenda & minutes
October
15, 2000 – Minutes only
November
12, 2000 – Agenda only
December
10, 2000 – Agenda only
2000-2
– Approval and enactment of Election Ordinance
2001 – Meeting Minutes & Records
February
11, 2001 – Minutes only
June
10, 2001 – Minutes only
July
8, 2001 – Agenda & minutes
August
12, 2001 – Agenda only
September
9, 2001 – Agenda only
November
18, 2001 – Agenda & minutes
(No record
of Tribal Council Resolutions signed this year)
2002 – Meeting Minutes & Records
March 10, 2002 - Agenda
April 6, 2002 – Agenda,
minutes & handout
June 9, 2002 – Minutes &
handouts
July 14, 2002 – Agenda &
minutes
August 4, 2002 – Agenda,
minutes, notes & handouts
September 22, 2002 – Agenda
& minutes
October 13, 2002 – Agenda
& minutes
November 17, 2002 – Agenda,
minutes, notes & handouts
December 8, 2002 – Agenda,
minutes, notes & handouts
2002-01 – Goals and Objectives
2002-02 – Approval for acquisition of SEDS funding
from the ANA
2002-07 – Approval for a Grandfather Roll for
Non-Monterey Band Descendants
August 4, 2002 – Resolution to Assign Staggered Terms
of Office for Council Member Positions (two pages)
August
31, 2002 – Certification of Membership List as of August 13, 2002
2003 – Meeting Minutes & Records
January
12, 2003 – Agenda, notes & handouts
February 6, 2003 –
Letters, miscellaneous
March
9, 2003 – Agenda & notes
May
4, 2003 – Agenda, notes & handouts
June
8, 2003 – Agenda, notes & handouts
July
13, 2003 – Minutes, notes & handouts
August 2003 –Thielman
“Grievance” – proof of their conspiracy
September
14, 2003 – Minutes, notes & handouts
October
5, 2003 – Agenda, minutes & handouts
October
5, 2003 – Response to Thielman “Grievance”
October
5, 2003 – Conflict Resolution Petition 2003-02, Escobar vs. Thielman
November 23, 2003 – Agenda & minutes
Council Participation Chart 2003
2003-02 – Approval to Extend Signature Authority to Lorraine
Escobar as Project Manager for ANA project as needed (two resolutions)
2003-04
– Appointment of Steven Soaring Hawk Hernandez as Public Outreach
Committee Liaison (two copies)
2004 – Meeting Minutes & Records
January 11, 2004 – Agenda,
minutes & handouts
February 8, 2004 – Agenda,
minutes & handouts
March 14, 2004 – Agenda,
minutes & handouts
April 18, 2004 – Agenda,
minutes, handouts & notes
June
27, 2004 – Agenda, minutes, notes & handouts
July 11, 2004 – Notes &
handouts
September 12, 2004 – Agenda,
minutes & notes
October
10, 2004 – Agenda, handouts & miscellaneous
January 11, 2004 – List of Applicants Recommended for
Approval for the Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation Supplemental roll
January 11, 2004 – Approval of Supplement Roll dated
January 11, 2004
January 11, 2004 – Turnover of Supplemental roll to,
and the Approval, of the OCEN Certified Roll – dated 11 January 2004
(including correspondence to correct the typo of July to January)
February 8, 2004 – Termination of Appointment of Cindy
Crain as Enrollment Secretary
February 8, 2004 – Recall of OCEN Council Officers
(Duane Thielman, Phil Greene, and Cindy Crain)
March 14, 2004 – Recall and Removal of OCEN Council
Officers and Declaration of OCEN Offices as Vacant
March 14, 2004 – Waiver of Conflict of Interest (re:
Attorney Kathy Clack)
April 18, 2004 – Pushing Back the Year of Previous
Recognition to 1883
April 18, 2004 – Appointment of Susan Morley as CSUMB
Liaison
June 27, 2004 – Call for a Special Election
June 27, 2004 – Support for Will Shepard’s
Documentary Film, First Peoples of Monterey (two copies)
September 12, 2004 – Postponement of Election for
Tribal Council Secretary
October 10, 2004 – Letter to Pam Tanous re: Council
position
October 10, 2004 – Appointment of Al Rodriguez as
legal liaison in the matter of OCEN versus Thielman, et al.
October 10, 2004 – Legal Gag Requirement of OCEN
Tribal Council – split council support (See 2004 “Letter of
Complaint Against Tribal Attorney Kathy Clack)
October 10, 2004 – Draft Proposed Terms of Settlement
(re: lawsuit OCEN vs. Thielman, et al., two pages)
November 16, 2004 – Formal Resolution to provide
clarification of Appointment of Al Rodriguez as legal liaison in the matter of
OCEN vs. Thielman, et al. (including correspondence surrounding topic)
November
15, 2004 e-mail re: Council Position #5, Steve Watson
Recall Documents
