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Department offices at 28450 Tyee Road. To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s website at www.grandronde.org and click on the Videos tab. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

Culture Watchlist: ‘The tragic story of this famous meteorite’ 04.30.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist The culturally significant Tomanowos meteorite from the Willamette Valley is currently held on display in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Every year, a few Grand Ronde Tribal members coordinate with the museum to pay a visit to Tomanowas to smudge it, clean it with cedar branches and spend time with it. In 2023, a welcome brunch …

an amendment to the Government Corporations Ordinance changing the budget reporting date for corporate boards from October 31 to October 1; Approved an amendment to the Freedom of Information Ordinance reducing the number of years in which certain documents would be declassified from 15 years to 3 years; And approved enrolling one infant into the Tribe because they meet the enrollment requirements outlined in the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance. To watch the entire meeting, visit …

, with Dec.13 as the payment date; Approved a $412,500 grant agreement with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement floodplain restoration on the Tribe’s 348-acre Chahalpam conservation property in Marion County; And approved a memorandum of understanding with Travel Oregon. In other business, Tribal Council set the agenda for the Sunday, Nov. 3, General Council meeting, which will include a 2025 budget hearing in executive session. To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s …

is the most recent effort to change how the Tribe determines who should be enrolled. Meetings about the amendment are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 and Wednesday, Nov. 20 in Tribal Council Chambers. To register for Zoom attendance, visit grandronde.org/constitutional-amendment-on-lineal-descent/. Discussions about the latest constitutional amendment began in 2019. After a series of workshops and community meetings, an advisory vote in 2023 showed that 65.3% of the Tribe’s members …

. This action (condemnation) jeopardizes the Tribe’s state-authorized cultural fishery and denies the public their right to access and enjoy this unique Oregon treasure.” In 2023, the Oregon Department of State Lands extended the Grand Ronde Tribe’s permit to have a removable fishing platform at Willamette Falls through August 2028. The permit continues the Tribe’s ability to harvest up to 15 salmon annually for ceremonial purposes. To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s website …

into the Tribe as they meet the previous enrollment requirements under the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance as well as the requirements under the constitutional amendment. In other news, Tribal Council set the next General Council meeting date for 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Monarch Hotel & Convention Center in Clackamas with a program report from the Housing Department. To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s website at www.grandronde.org and click on the Videos …

the requirements under the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance. To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s website at www.grandronde.org and click on the Videos tab. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

the comments and make any changes to the ordinance. Any significant changes to the ordinance will go back out for comments but Partridge said the open enrollment dates are expected to remain unchanged. One of the first questions asked was where applications would be made available. “We are working on being able to do all types of applications,” Partridge said. “Walk-in, mail and online.” Partridge directed application seekers to visit the Grand Ronde enrollment webpage to find the application …

, community infrastructure, economic development, and lands and resource management; And approved enrolling five infants and seven non-infants into the Tribe because they meet the requirements under the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance. To watch the entire meeting, visit www.grandronde.org and click on the Videos tab. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …