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grant from the First Nations Development Institute to fund preparation of teacher training workbooks, an instructor’s guide and related audio-visual aids for the Chinuk Wawa language immersion program. Amended the Tribe’s contract with Subtext Digital in Portland to include creation of a Smoke Signals website. The contract now cannot exceed $165,000. Approved a site management plan for the 97-acre Rattlesnake Butte Wildlife Area northwest of Junction City in Lane County. The Tribe acquired …

needed to fix the building’s foundation, cedar roof, gutters, windows and doors. The depot building is the only structure in Grand Ronde on the National Register of Historic Places, which occurred in 2012; Approved a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will continue to fund the Grand Ronde Tribe’s involvement in the Portland Harbor Superfund site. The agreement will provide the Tribe a maximum $384,256 that will fund the Tribe’s work as a technical consultant …

and after interviews were conducted, Haworth was selected. The Tribe will pay Haworth $148,000 to design the building and the approved budget to construct it is $2.4 million. Both Procurement and Information Services are growing departments within the Finance Office. “The Tribe determined it to be important and efficient to combine the departments into a new facility that can be constructed to accommodate offices, work spaces, shipping and receiving, and storage,” says a staff report. The site …

of employees. “We want to ease our employees’ fears,” he said. “We have around 450 and now it’s down to 50 to 75 people on site. Our intent is to have another plan on the table if needed.” In response to a question, Kennedy said the closure of Spirit Mountain Casino probably will affect future per capita payments for Tribal members. She said it would be untrue to say it wouldn’t, but that “we’re all in this together” in making sacrifices to stem the spread of the virus. Kennedy closed the Facebook Live …

to bring the history of nearby Fort Yamhill back to life through an interpretive project that would create Fort Yamhill Park. The park would focus on the cultural history of the site through experiences of soldiers, Tribal members and the interaction between the two. It was to include a walking trail, restored officers’ quarters and culturally sensitive signage for visitors. Fort Yamhill was once a military camp that supervised traffic between Willamina and the Oregon coast, and served a buffer …

,” says a staff report seeking approval of the agreement, which will last through 2022. “I was looking at ways to help and to build and maintain our partnership with ODFW while staying active managers at the site,” Dirksen added. In other action, Tribal Council: Appointed former Spirit Mountain Community Fund Director Shelley Hanson Sneed and current Community Fund Program Coordinator Angela Sears to the five-member Editorial Board, which supervises the editor of Smoke Signals . Sneed’s term …

-wide easement at the Tribe’s Blue Heron property in Oregon City to Portland General Electric so that the company can supply power to the administration/office building. Tribal Council also approved applying for an $800,000 Brownfield Multipurpose grant from the Environmental Protection Agency that would fund environmental site assessment and cleanup at the property; Sent Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance amendments out for a first reading, which will allow Tribal members 30 days to comment …

relationships with community partners, and strengthen the fund in Oregon as a key partner in Tribal philanthropy. “Our main objectives are community awareness, engagement, operating efficiently and training to make sure we are doing the work we set out to do,” Cherry said. Accomplishments in 2019 included: Hosting eight grant writing workshops; Four “meet the funder” events; Two Tribal funder panels and four Hatfield presentations; Conducting 28 site visits; Creation of two youth programs; New …

the Valentine's Day weekend forced the closure of two state highways at Grand Ronde Road and Portland General Electric reported power outages in the Grand Ronde area. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Trip Check site, both Highway 18 and Hebo Road (Highway 22) were closed westbound at their intersections with Grand Ronde Road. Highway 18 closed at 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, from milepost 20 to milepost 6 and Hebo Road closed from milepost 21 to milepost 11. Ice caused many trees lining …

teleconference program and lasted approximately 20 minutes. Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Hernandez said more than 50 people were logged in at the meeting’s beginning. Reibach said his small staff of four people handle a variety of issues for the Tribe, including ongoing cleanup of the Portland Harbor superfund site, realty and land acquisitions, self-governance with the Department of the Interior and special projects. For instance, he said that the Tribe recently negotiated a contract with Verizon …