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they will distribute $20 billion to Native American Tribes under the American Rescue Plan on Monday, May 10. A total of $1 billion will be allocated equally among eligible Tribal governments and $19 billion will be divvied up by the Treasury. Of that, $12.35 billion will be allocated based on a Tribe’s self-certified enrollment numbers submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in April. The remaining $6.65 billion will be based on self-certified Tribal employment data from numbers submitted to Treasury in May …

Tribal Government & News Tribe receives $27.5 million in American Rescue Plan funds 06.07.2021 Dean Rhodes Federal government , American Rescue Plan By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Grand Ronde Tribe received $27.544 million in American Rescue Plan funds on May 21, according to the federal government’s website USASpending.gov. A total of $1 billion was allocated equally among eligible Tribal governments in Rescue Plan funding and $19 billion was to be divvied up by the Treasury …

disbursement to more than $51 million. A total of $1 billion was allocated equally among eligible Tribal governments in Rescue Plan funding and $19 billion was divvied up by the Treasury. Of that, $12.35 billion was allocated based on a Tribe’s self-certified enrollment numbers submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in April. The remaining $6.65 billion distributed in August was based on self-certified Tribal employment data from numbers submitted to Treasury in May 2020 in connection …

Culture Yesteryears - Dec. 1, 2022 12.29.2021 Danielle Harrison Yesteryears Tribal Council approved a memorandum of understanding with Oregon’s largest city, Portland, to formalize coordination and consultation with the Tribe. (2017) 2017 – Tribal Council approved a memorandum of understanding with Oregon’s largest city, Portland, to formalize coordination and consultation with the Tribe. Portland lies within Tribal ceded lands. The agreement was designed to strengthen the government …

a handful of Tribes in the United States to operate its own fire and emergency services department. That’s when operations were formally handed off from the West Valley Fire District to the Grand Ronde Tribal Emergency Services Department, the culmination of two years of work and more than three years ahead of schedule. The Tribe expressed its desire to add fire to its list of sovereign nation public safety responsibilities in December 2019. The Grand Ronde Tribe built the $1 million fire station …

with the Department of Housing and Urban Development that awards $2 million to the Tribe for infrastructure and utilities improvements at its Blue Heron property, tumwata village, in Oregon City. Approved a third amendment to the Department of the Interior self-governance funding agreement between the Tribe and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Northwest Regional Office. This year, the Tribe will receive $2.96 million. Declared Friday, March 10, to be the next Tribal per capita date to cover the period between Dec. 1 …

Gaming Camille Mercier named new CEO at Spirit Mountain Casino 03.17.2023 Dean Rhodes Tribal employees , Spirit Mountain Casino Camille Mercier By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal member Camille Mercier has been named the new chief executive officer of Spirit Mountain Casino, becoming the first woman to lead the Tribe’s gaming facility since it opened in 1995. Mercier, 52, will take over on May 1, Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. Board of Directors Chair Andrew Jenness said. Mercier succeeds …

Council, approached Willamina city staff about the law enforcement contract, which runs annually from July 1 to June 30. “We do work well together,” Tribal Police Chief Jake McKnight said. “At this point, we are just going to have some talks.” Oregon law allow cities to contract with county sheriffs and governing bodies for police services to incorporated cities. In fiscal year 2023-24, Willamina Mayor Ila Skyberg and outgoing Yamhill County Sheriff Tim Svenson signed the annual $358,553 agreement …

Culture Walking On: Edward Ronald “Ronnie” Haller, Eugene Russell LaBonte, Jennifer Lee Hedgecock 01.12.2024 Walking On Edward Ronald “Ronnie” Haller July 1, 1933 – Dec. 22, 2023 Tribal Elder Edward Ronald “Ronnie” Haller peacefully passed away at home in his sleep on Dec. 22, 2023, at the age of 90. Ronnie, as he was known, was from the Haller-Menard family, descended from Chief Joseph Sangretta. He was born on July 1, 1933, to Adeline Alvina Haller (Menard) and Wilbur Daniel Haller. Ronnie …

.” In other action, Tribal Council: Approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Milwaukie for the First Fish Herons cultural art program; Approved starting the process of transferring the nearly six-acre Agency Block 1 property located northwest of Highway 22 and the Grand Ronde Road intersection into trust; Approved entering into a memorandum of understanding between the Tribal Employment Rights Office and the Oregon Department of Transportation. The MOU will run from 2024-29 and has …