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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>Hi, sorry to "chime" in, but don't
forget the DOMPIERRE/DOMPIER family when you are speaking of the RONDEAU
family. They are linked. Marcella can give some great information on
the Rondeaus for sure. There is also some great information to be had at
the Douglas County Library and the Douglas Country Museum. Also, at the
courthouse they have a little geneaology place...small but lots of "goodies" in
there. That is where I became aquainted with Marcella. I also
visited Dompier Creek too. And at Tiller at the ranger station there, they
were so nice and gave me a whole copy of the Tiller history, pretty interesting
especially when it told about World War II and the precautions they put in
effect at that time. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>Here are some things to check
out...site...http://www.cowcreek.com/elders/rondeau_family.html</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>If that doesn't work let me know
and I can get you the information, would assume it still works. This has
photos of the family. Also the PARISEAU/PARAZOO families are linked to the
Rondeaus and Dompierre family.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>The following is from a brochure I
got at the museum-</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>Quote-Survival of the Cow
Creeks-During the 1850's the Cow Creek suffered terribly. With the advent
of the pioneer settlement in 1848 and the rapid filing on lands along Umpqua by
1852, the stage was set for increasing tensions between Indians and
newcomers. Epidemics swept through the villages. Treatu guarantees
provided no protection for the Cow Creeks, who soon became refugees in their own
homeland. Settlers drove them from their villages, bands of self-styled
"volunteers" from the mining communities preyed on them, and local
soldiers-alleging various wrongs-murdered many and drove others into the
hills. The Cow Creeks established their campsites and, in seclution, they
maintained a semblance of their old culture, attempting to escape the occasional
efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs at resettlement.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>Many Cow Creeks married French
Canadian fur traders and miners names familiar to the south county were Dumont,
LaChance, Rainville, Pariseau, Rondeau and Thomason. Some of these family
names are quite common among the modern Cow Creek Tribe.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>In the 1980's the Indian
population of Douglas County was nearly at the level of the mid-1850's-about
500. The Cow Creeks, the Umpqua Valley's only federally recognized tribe,
possessed nearly 700 members on their rolls. Nearly fifty percent resided
in Douglas, Josephine or Jackson Counties, Chief Miwaleta Park at the Galesville
Dam is dedicated to the memory of Miwaleta, Chief of the Cow Creek Band in the
early 1850's.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>The Tribe has an administrative
office located in Roseburg. The Tribe Office administers several programs
ranging from Education, Housing, Economic Development Grants, Social Services,
Drug and Alcohol Counseling and Nursing Services. They interact with local
and state government as well as federal agencies.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>The Cow Creeks vested their enitre
judgment fund of $1.5 million in an endowment from which they draw on an annual
basis, only the earned interest. These earning were earmarked for economic
development, education, housing and elderlly assistance to uplift the quality of
life for all tribal members.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>Unquote</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" size=4>Maybe this will be of
interest-Carol Simmons Dompier</FONT></DIV>
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