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Ronde people)," said Ross Stout, president of the Willamette Heritage Center Board of Directors. Noting four exhibits on which the Heritage Center and the Tribe have participated, Stout said, "We're better telling the story of the Willamette Valley's first inhabitants." Among their descendants was Tribal member Mike Colton, who came with his family to see the credit that went to his late mother, former Tribal Elder Jackie Whisler, featured prominently in the section on Tribal Restoration …

to Tribal Court’s Tribal Member Review Board; Approved two Tribal credit cards for use by the Youth Education Department to pay for off-Reservation student activities with vendors who do not accept purchase orders; Approved an application to the National Park Service for a $50,000 Tribal Heritage Grant to fund repairs at the Grand Ronde Rail Depot; Approved a new two-year contract with Tribal Court Chief Judge David Shaw; Approved the annual performance review for the Grand Ronde Housing …

by downloading an app. She and husband, Cecil, connected on the world’s most popular social networking site, Facebook, after Linda purchased her first smartphone in 2016 and signed up for an account. The two Elders can frequently be seen holding hands, smiling and sitting close together at different Elders Activity Center events, proof that love flourishes at any age. “My nephew showed me how to get on Facebook,” Linda says. “One of my friends took some pictures and helped me make a profile.” Cecil …

rates from the Indian Health Service, a major real estate investment firm partnership, a high-interest real estate asset-based loan, negotiating with a company to do a Section 8A business with bid credit advantages, solar development on Tribal trust land and marketing the Wood Village property for an opportunity zone project. An opportunity zone can deliver significant tax savings on medium- to long-term investments in economically disadvantaged communities. In 2018, the U.S. Treasury made …

Tribal Government & News Tribe participates in conservation property tour 10.14.2025 Danielle Harrison Lands Tribal Natural Resources Department Manager Colby Drake, right, discusses how the department is returning “good fire” to the landscape at Tribal conservation property Noble Oaks, located in Sheridan. Drake and Tribal Fish and Wildlife Policy Analyst Lindsay McClary, left, led a tour Thursday, Sept. 25, at Noble Oaks which highlighted oak and prairie habitat restoration at the site …

Tribal Government & News DEQ approves Blue Heron purchaser agreement with Tribe 08.15.2019 Dean Rhodes Economic development Blue Heron Paper Mill in Oregon City. (Smoke Signals file photo) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The state Department of Environmental Quality has signed a prospective purchaser agreement with the Grand Ronde Tribe regarding the 23-acre Blue Heron Paper Mill site after holding a public meeting in mid-July at the Museum of the Oregon Territory. A prospective purchaser …

recognized Tribes. The meeting with President Obama was one of a whirlwind of endless meetings, Kennedy said, starting Monday night and running daily through Friday. 2004 – Housing Director Carina Kistler Ginter teamed with several volunteers in the construction of the new playground area in the family housing development, Chxi Musam Illihi. The project took four hours to complete and provided children in the area with a safe place to play. 1999 – The Tribe’s new permanent cultural site west …

the Environmental Protection Agency. The first grant, for $350,000, would fund further environmental assessment work of remediation areas at the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City purchased by the Tribe in August. The second, valued at $500,000, would fund cleanup of the Water Street block of the Blue Heron property; Approved applying for a $25,000 Business Oregon Brownfields Redevelopment Fund integrated planning grant that would help fund brownfields planning activities at the Blue …

Manager Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach during the Sunday, Jan. 5, General Council meeting held in the Tribal Community Center. In 2019, the Tribe added 755.42 acres to its portfolio that included two conservation properties and the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City, bringing the total to 15,864 acres. The largest addition to the Tribe’s land holdings is also the closest – the 670-acre Noble Oaks property located between Sheridan and Grand Ronde. The property was donated …

, according to Trolan, who developed content for the project along with Special Projects Coordinator Kim Mueller and Cultural Education Specialist Leslie Riggs. 2001 – The Tribal Housing Department was planning to construct a 36-unit family housing development across the street from Tribal offices on a 20-acre site. Construction of the homes was expected to start in the spring of 2002, with the street and site work to begin within a month. The completion date for everything was set for early 2003 …