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council has inherited “a bit of a mess with enrollment on a number of levels” and that she favors the amendments because it will promote the ideal of Tribal laws applying equally to everyone. However, Giffen and Bobb said they would oppose the amendments because Tribal Council ignored what a majority of respondents said in their comments. “I feel that we really didn’t address the comments appropriately. … I think it is, in my opinion, disgraceful to the membership that did supply their comments …

daughters received their replacement ballots via an overnight mailer on Aug. 23. “I am still not sure what happened to the ballots,” Portwood said. “We didn’t move. We’re at the same address we have been at for the last 14 years.” Debi Anderson, who is also a member of the Chief Tumulth family, said the last five missing ballots for her family were delivered by Friday, Aug. 25. “Some family had to call the Election Office three times to receive a ballot, and we hope these types of issues …

the Tribe’s Chinuk Wawa language immersion program, family services coordinators who help Tribal families deal with public school staff members and policies, and the Tribal Library during his 35-minute presentation. “I just think it is really cool when folks go full circle,” Riggs said about Tribal members who start in the Tribe’s education program and then grow up to obtain jobs working for the Tribe. “They come back and give back to the community.” “I think our membership should really be thankful …

to Spirit Mountain. I think we have done a good job throughout the years taking care of those guests and I think they know that.” Dillon said many Spirit Mountain regulars are older and some of those people do not like driving on crowded and often stalled freeways. “Unfortunately, the casino doesn’t have a magic wand or special weapons,” Dillon said. “But what we do have is a newly remodeled casino; we have the hotel, which will be very important because they don’t have a hotel yet … large-name …

Administrative Assistant Meghan Zimbrick. Tribal Council Vice Chair Chris Mercier said that council tends to get a lot of credit, but staff does most of the work. “I can’t imagine how much more difficult out lives would be without you,” Mercier said. “I know some of you have made your careers here and that is great. Thank you for all that you do.” Mercier also acknowledged other Tribal Council members in attendance, which included Kathleen George, Jack Griffen Jr., Denise Harvey, Michael Langley, Lisa …

care in Grand Ronde,” Tom-Martin recalls. “My grandmother’s children died from stuff that I get a vaccination for. It was just amazing to us to have health care out there. And, of course, they built that building. It looked like the Taj Mahal it was so nice. “Cheryle Kennedy, she was the dreamer. The one who made that happen. … She had that vision and made us think that we could have that, too. You could not deter Cheryle Kennedy. She just wouldn’t give up. I didn’t have the vision that she had …

with cultural drumming and singing backed by Leno, Clark and Tribal Council Administrative Assistant Shannon Simi, Kennedy gave a welcoming speech. “It feels like I’m coming home,” Kennedy said about returning to the land of her Rogue River ancestors. She also discussed her grandfather, who was a medicine man who used plants and minerals to heal others, and how a Native remedy resolved a nagging softball injury when she was younger. “I know that the ways we were taught were good ways,” she said. “We …

, what you are doing for preparedness is key. I think it is vital to be able to communicate in any natural disaster or a crisis. We have to have some sense of communication with people even if it is just to give accurate information.” Currently, there are four distinct “regions” of AlertSense in use on the Tribal campus. The main region is the Tribal government and it is used primarily for emergency notification, but it can be used for special events or circumstances to announce other things …

of the ceremony and what it can do for a Tribal community. “There is the singing part and then there is the ceremony part – which is the stuff they (the invited singers) are doing actually for the people, the prayers, the bringing of the pipe and the words of the people,” said Mercier. “I saw that part and I thought ‘We should have a Round Dance here’.” Mercier said he knew Grand Ronde people could benefit from the collective wisdom of the singers who are invited each year. “We could bring people …

to be written into the Tribal Constitution. “It’s a constitutional change,” Leno said. “It’s up to the membership to make that change. … We’ve built this huge fortune, but you don’t really have the protections there unless we get those protections in the Constitution.” Leno said the membership could limit how much money the Tribe devotes to economic development annually and also limit Tribal Council to only spending a portion of endowment earnings. “I think we have to have those protections …