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a similarly worded proposal 839 to 365, for a 69.7 percent majority. To amend the Tribal Constitution, a two-thirds majority of those voting is necessary. Only two proposed constitutional amendments have ever received sufficient yes votes to pass -- the July 1999 enrollment requirements that created the current split-sibling situation and a February 2008 proposal to increase the relinquishment period from one to five years. Other constitutional amendment proposals have either failed to garner the two …

cultural area, rodeo grounds and to the day use park. Walk the loop at the park and explore Agency Creek, or stop and have a picnic lunch at one of the shaded table areas. Continue left up a gravel road just past the bathrooms and follow until it turns into Blacktail Drive. There, you will see the Elders Activity Center on your left and Elders Housing straight ahead. At Grand Ronde Road, take a right and then a left at Tyee Road, which will put you in Tribal Housing. Walk the perimeter of housing …

one he’s participated in since 2019. “It feels amazing,” Warren said. “It’s been more than two years for me and being able to reconnect with my powwow family is wonderful. I’m super excited.” Tribal Council members in attendance Saturday were Cherry, Mercier, Harvey, Giffen, Jon A. George, Kathleen George and Secretary Michael Langley. Grand Ronde Tribal member Anthony Quenelle served as arena director. After the afternoon grand entry concluded, various royalty members introduced themselves …

Tribal Government & News Council elects officers for 2012-13 10.01.2012 Ron Karten Tribal Council After 16 consecutive years of serving on Tribal Council, Reyn Leno is now Tribal chairman. Leno, who has served many years as vice chair, was elected 5-4 as Tribal chair during the Sept. 12 Tribal Council meeting. Leno voted for himself and was supported by Toby McClary, Jack Giffen Jr., Steve Bobb Sr. and June Sherer to become the official leader of the Tribe. Longtime Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle …

in their official employment capacity of trying to inform the Tribal membership about their government, the right to access Tribal records in the same manner as Tribal members. Currently, the Public Records Ordinance only gives standing to access Tribal records to Tribal members. Amendments to the Independent Tribal Press Ordinance, which was originally approved in December 2016 and went into effect in January 2017, would clarify that journalists working for Smoke Signals cannot be fired …

; and adds sections including a waitlist, 2025 open enrollment, enrolled-in-error, removing the blood degree correction and other unnecessary references to blood quantum. For more information about enrollment, see related story about the lineal descent application process . Approved appointing a new building official as per the Tribe’s building code ordinance. The Tribe contracts with a building code consultant to provide building department services, including providing a building official …

Tribal Government & News George discusses the power of Tribal philanthropy 09.27.2018 Danielle Frost Tribal Council , Events , Spirit Mountain Community Fund By Danielle Frost Tribal philanthropy and the new relationships it has created among Oregon and Washington Tribes, as well as their surrounding communities, was one of the topics discussed during the Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington Conference: Grantmakers as Changemakers held at Spirit Mountain Casino on Wednesday, Sept. 26 …

Tribal Government & News Senate passes Reservation Act amendment bill 07.29.2016 Dean Rhodes Federal Government The U.S. Senate approved two bills on Friday, July 15: one that the Grand Ronde Tribe liked very much and the other that the Tribe has opposed since it was first introduced. The first bill, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, was introduced by Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. It was passed out of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Nov. 18, 2015. The bill would …

-reimbursable care. Also, Johnston said Veterans Affairs needs to help Tribes figure out how to serve nonNative veterans who live in the community as either spouses or residents, but also face the same logistical problems of accessing health care. “I think that is one of the next logical steps that will require talking to legislators,” Johnston said. In addition, Johnston said Tribes will need to talk to their federal representatives about more funding for the VA to treat veterans – Native and nonNative …

Tribal Government & News Split-sibling election ballots due by March 22 03.14.2019 Dean Rhodes Elections , Enrollment By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor If you are one of the approximately 1,300 Tribal members who registered to vote in the March 22 split-sibling constitutional amendment election being supervised by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, you’d better get your ballot in the mail as soon as possible. Ballots must be received in Grand Ronde by Friday, March 22, to count. A postmark …