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federal grant applications. "We continue to move forward with fundraising efforts paralleled with management and continued development of Land and Culture and Chachalu. Full updates of the Chachalu capital campaign with financials, projections, plans and recommendations shall be provided to Tribal Council in September." Long a dream of the Tribe, a Tribal museum and cultural center received a jump-start in the summer of 2011 when the Tribe purchased the former Grand Ronde Middle School site from …

Commission. Approved the Tribe paying for the garbage and electricity at the Grand Ronde Community Resource Center until the building is vacated. Authorized Tribal Council, the Grand Ronde Police Department and the Tribal Attorney's Office to work on proposed amendments to the Public Safety Ordinance regarding concealed weapons possession. Approved placing the archive of Smoke Signals newspapers on the History Oregon Newspaper Web site operated by the University of Oregon. Authorized the Land …

only and gave permission to the Nutrition Program to establish hen houses at the Community Garden to supply farm fresh eggs to the Elder Meal Site, preschool kitchen, Adult Foster Care and the Tribe’s Farmers Market. Land and Culture Department employees Reina Nelson, Michael Karnosh, Jan Looking Wolf Reibach, Travis Stewart, Bobby Mercier and Travis Mercier performed the cultural drumming and singing to open the meeting. The meeting, in its entirety, can be viewed on the Tribal website …

agencies develop relationships with Oregon’s nine federally recognized Tribes. 1997 – Spirit Mountain Community Fund made its first grant: $174,000 to enhance Life Flight Network’s ability to save lives in medical emergencies that occur in rural Oregon. The grant will help implement a state-of-the-art satellite navigation system and will help pinpoint exact accident locations and flight routes, and help provide medical rescues in bad weather. 1992 – The Elders meal site dropped its meal price …

Tribal Government & News Tribe asks state to search old hospital grounds for remains 06.13.2019 Danielle Frost State government By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer SALEM -- The Grand Ronde Historic Preservation Office is accustomed to digging into the past, but not where potential burial grounds are concerned. That’s why it asked the state to search the site of the former Oregon State Psychiatric Hospital where a developer is planning to build a mixed-use housing development …

housing development and then work with Tribal Council to identify a site on which to build. Leno has previously said the 86.48-acre Rink property east of Grand Meadows and the eight-acre Windsor property south of Grand Meadows and east of the Grand Ronde Fire Station as possible sites for a home development locally. “The Housing Department will interview respondents to more definitively estimate the number of ready-to-buy prospective home owners,” the survey results state. “This will inform …

the Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City that the Tribe purchased in August. After Tribal Council member Jack Giffen Jr. raised concerns about live streaming the meeting because it would review confidential Tribal financial information, the membership voted to move into executive session and end the live streaming. Leno’s draft budget presentation ran 45 minutes and after lunch, which was served by Youth Council members, he fielded five questions and comments regarding next year’s Tribal …

Portland Harbor final supplemental restoration plan and environmental assessment, which evaluates and selects specific restoration alternatives and potential environmental effects of those alternatives. The Tribe is one of the trustees for natural resource assessment within the Portland Harbor superfund site; Approved a contract with Salem Radiology Consultants to review certain dental X-rays for the Grand Ronde Health and Wellness Center; Approved a Tribal credit card with a $5,000 limit …

on March 31, 2025. Two approved authorizations to proceed also were included in the May 3 Tribal Council packet. One approved the Natural Resources Department building and maintaining a small trail near the tiny shelter village adjacent to the community garden site. The other OK’d applying for a $31,380.30 Wildfire Season Staffing grant that will pay for personnel costs for additional seasonal firefighters during the high-risk fire season. To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s …

by an Indian Community Development Block Grant and Health & Wellness Clinic revenues; Approved an amendment to a cooperative agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency that will fund the Tribe’s work on the Portland Harbor Superfund Site cleanup in 2024. Lands Department Project Administrator Brandy Humphreys said the Tribe is requesting $417,254 in 2024 because a lot of remedial work is on tap in 2024; Approved a $741 timber revenue payment to be made in conjunction with the fourth-quarter per …