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Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- June 1, 2019 05.30.2019 Daneille Frost History 2014 2014 – The 12 th anniversary of the dedication of the West Valley Veterans Memorial saw more than 250 people attend. The event began with a noon meal of ceremonial stew and an invocation by former Tribal Council Chair Kathryn Harrison. Tribal Royalty helped serve the meal and later performed “The Lord’s Prayer” during the memorial ceremony. Flags were at half-staff as the lunch crowd moved …

Parade being held 9 p.m. Saturday, June 1, in downtown Portland and Tribal Royalty and Veterans Royalty will accompany the casino float when it exits Memorial Coliseum and starts the route through downtown Portland on June 8. The casino also is recruiting employees and community members to travel to Portland on Wednesday and Thursday, June 5-6, to put the final decorating touches on the casino’s float. Those interested in participating should contact Huffman at 503-879-3054. Last year’s float …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- Aug. 1, 2019 07.30.2019 Danielle Frost History 2014 – The Tribe received a $250,000 grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust for its new Chachalu Museum & Culture Center. Tribal Lands and Culture Department Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach said the funds would be applied to the second phase of the museum expansion. “This grant is a great honor,” Reibach said. 2009 – Grand Ronde sewage scored in the upper levels in the first-ever drug test of sewage plants …

over the years has keep soil contamination lower than one might expect. According to a Scope of Work released by DEQ on July 1, the Tribe “intends to conduct investigation and remediation utilizing cleanup standards most applicable to the type of development, and in a phased approach over the course of the property’s future redevelopment and reuse.” High priority remedial actions include cleaning up a waste pile beneath a bleach plant, two catch basins with tailrace sediment and leaking underground …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Sept. 1, 2019 08.29.2019 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : It is nearing a year since my grandmother, Margaret Provost, has walked on. The family has mourned her loss and experience heartache each time we reach for the phone to call her and remember she is now with the Creator. She was a wife, mother, grandmother and auntie to her family and Tribe … a leader, pathfinder and inspiration to us and so many more. She gave us love, strength …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- Oct. 1, 2019 09.30.2019 Danielle Frost History 2014 2014 – The Grand Ronde Tribe made a rare find at Rattlesnake Butte Wildlife Refuge. A small, female western rattlesnake, the only indigenous rattlesnake found in Oregon, showed her face after Tribal Fish and Wildlife Department employees placed tin sheets out to attract the snakes. Although there was a history of western rattlesnakes in the area, it had been so long since a sighting of the Northern …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- Nov. 1, 2019 10.31.2019 Danielle Frost History 2014 2014 – Tribal Health & Wellness Business Office Manager Tresa Mercier became the Tribe’s first 30-year employee. She was hired by the Tribe at the age of 19. At 49, she was the Tribe’s longest-serving employee ever. “I feel like she is the biggest asset the Tribe has working here,” said Senior Contract Health Specialist Melody Baker, who had worked with Mercier for 15 years. 2009 – Grand Ronde Tribal …

requirements outlined under the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance. Finally, Tribal Council approved an approximately $1 million capital contribution to the Chemawa Station phase one development in Keizer. The Grand Ronde and Siletz Tribes are partners in the development. Also included in the Nov. 6 Tribal Council packet was an approved authorization to proceed that instructs Natural Resources Department staff members to form a task force to address and resolve issues with the Willamette …

to the Grand Ronde Tribe by The Nature Conservancy, which also gave the Tribe about $1 million in stewardship funding. The Tribe also received another conservation property, the 64.85-acre Ahsney property near Rickreall worth more than $500,000. Its acquisition was funded by the Bonneville Power Administration’s Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program, which also provides $100,000 in stewardship funding. Perhaps the biggest acquisition in 2019 was the Blue Heron Paper Mill site adjacent to Willamette Falls …

move forward to the Department of the Interior for approval. In other action, Tribal Council: Declared Friday, March 13, as the first per capita payment date of 2020; Approved the agenda for the Sunday, March 1, General Council meeting that will be held in the Community Center. The program report will survey Tribal economic development efforts and a Community Input meeting seeking advisory vote ideas for the September Tribal Council ballot will be held immediately afterward; Approved applying …