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Tribal Government & News State Heritage Commission meets in Grand Ronde 10.31.2012 Dean Rhodes State government The results of two Oregon heritage studies were unveiled at the Oregon Heritage Commission's quarterly meeting held at the Education Department in Grand Ronde on Monday, Oct. 22. Fifteen of 16 commissioners, including David Lewis, Tribal Museum Curator/Cultural Liaison, attended the session to conduct regular commission business. A $40,000 heritage-tourism study, conducted by Mandala …

Culture 2014 Contest Powwow winners 08.28.2014 Michelle Alaimo Culture , Events Junior Girls Jingle: Kimberly Chief, Warm Springs, first; Nizhoni Tallman, Yakama/Navajo, second; Leilonnie Wilson, Klamath/Paiute, third; Keaira Wakwak, Yakama, fourth; and Victoria Butler, Siletz/Yurok/Northern Cheyenne, fifth. Junior Girls Fancy: Kenna Faithful, Cree/Frog Lake, first; Macyquinn Johnson, Paiute/Wasco/Warm Springs, second; Kee'ala Nyoko Kanuho, Dine, third; Kimi Gadwa, Cree/Frog Lake, fourth; and …

Health & Education Seminar sprouts interest in mushrooming 11.13.2014 Dean Rhodes Education , Natural resources , Events There is something growing on the Tribal Reservation besides timber that might have value to Tribal members - mushrooms. Almost a full house at the Elders Activity Center on Tuesday, Nov. 10, listened to Bureau of Land Management Botanist Ron Exeter discuss mushrooms. Tribal Elder Harold Lyon, a member of the Tribe's Fish and Wildlife Committee and organizer of the …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council appoints TERO Commission members 04.03.2014 Ron Karten Tribal Council Tribal Council appointed five people to the new TERO Commission on April 2. The commission is charged with ensuring the provisions of the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance adopted by Tribal Council in 2013 are carried out. TERO Commission members are Bryan Langley and Eirik Thorsgard (three-year terms); Shelley Sneed and Lewis Younger (two-year terms); and Alton Butler (one-year …

Tribal Government & News General Council briefed on Ceded Lands Plan 01.14.2014 Ron Karten General Council The land ceded by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in seven treaties signed in the 1850s totals more than 13 million acres. The ceded lands encompass most of western Oregon, as well as part of southwestern Washington and northern California. More than 160 years after signing those ratified treaties, the Grand Ronde Tribe continues seeking to maintain a connection to the land that …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- March 15, 2014 03.13.2014 Michelle Alaimo Letters Dear Smoke Signals: The Native American population of inmates at Santiam Correctional Institution is requesting aid in the form of donations for this year's powwow on June 7. Every year we struggle to gather enough resources for this ceremony, which is a time for us to be with our families and loved ones, to take part in one of the ceremonies of our culture, to offer food and to pray with our …

Culture Cultural sharing expands to casino 10.30.2014 Dean Rhodes Culture , Tribal employees , Spirit Mountain Casino Tribal Council sought an added focus on Tribal culture at the casino, said Spirit Mountain Casino Human Resources Director Patrick Dempsey, and the casino has delivered. A cultural awareness program was organized by casino Human Resources Training Specialist Vickie Merrill and Jan Looking Wolf Reibach, manager of the Tribe's Land and Culture Department, who delivers the …

Culture Tribal ally Vic Atiyeh walks on at age 91 08.06.2014 Ron Karten People , Walking On , State government It's fitting that during what turned out to be the final time former Oregon Gov. Vic Atiyeh visited Grand Ronde on May 21, he was gifted a Pendleton blanket by Tribal Council in appreciation for his support of the Tribe during its Restoration efforts in the early 1980s. Atiyeh, 91, walked on on Sunday, July 20, at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland from renal failure. …

Tribal Government & News Emergency Management Advisory Council holds first meeting 09.30.2014 Dean Rhodes Public safety "We're getting ready," said Alton Butler, Tribal Building Inspector, on his way in to the first meeting of the Tribe's Emergency Management Advisory Council held in the Education Department conference room on Wednesday, Sept. 17. "It could happen anytime." The meeting was held in conjunction with September being National Preparedness Month. Leaders of almost every Tribal …

Tribal Government & News General Council briefed on Community Fund 10.14.2015 Dean Rhodes General Council , Spirit Mountain Community Fund Spirit Mountain Community Fund Director Kathleen George provided the membership with an update on the Tribe’s philanthropic entity at the Sunday, Oct. 4, General Council meeting held in the Community Center. Since the Community Fund’s inception in 1997, the Grand Ronde Tribe has donated 6 percent of Spirit Mountain Casino profits – more than $67 million at …