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Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs Dec. 11 per capita payment date 08.10.2017 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Tribal members who wait to receive the December per capita payment before starting their Christmas shopping will have exactly two weeks to buy yuletide gifts. Tribal Council approved a Monday, Dec. 11, per capita payment date during its Wednesday, Aug. 9, meeting. Although per capita payment dates usually fall on a Friday, this December’s payment date was moved up from Friday, Dec …

Tribal Government & News Tribe agrees to buy Grand Ronde site from Willamina School District 05.26.2011 Ron Karten Tribal Council , History The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has agreed to buy the soon-to-be vacated middle school facility on the east side of Grand Ronde Road from the Willamina School District. The cash-strapped school district is in the process of consolidating its student population at the Oaken Hill facility in Willamina and put the middle school facility up for sale …

Culture Tribe takes possession of former Grand Ronde Middle School site 08.31.2011 Ron Karten History The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde became official owners of the eight-acre Grand Ronde Middle School property on Monday, Aug. 15, Tribal member and Tribal Lands Manager Jan Reibach announced in a Tribal-wide e-mail. The Tribe agreed to buy the land and 27,443-foot facility for $675,000 from the cash-strapped Willamina School District in May. The district has since consolidated its …

donors included $1,500 from Dakota Whitecloud. Other significant donations came from Portland resident Lou Nelson ($100) and Gary Jones of Salem ($288). Gaston also held numerous raffles during the meeting to give away prizes to those who donated. The grand prize - a Pendleton blanket - was won by Barbara Mercier. Gaston said that about $2,000 of the funds will be spent to buy the vest and the remainder will pay for any training or equipment Nixwa needs. She is planning another Friends of Nixwa …

a person to buy a loft and then finish it to their liking. 1996 – The Tribe established a Cultural Resources Protection Program in response to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. June Olson, a Cultural Resources specialist, said that she has become familiar with the act. “We have the right to recover our people from the many museums and institutions which have held their remains for many years,” she said. 1991 – The Tribe was advertising for an Alcohol and Drug Program …

. Also included in the Jan. 28 Tribal Council packet were authorizations to proceed that transferred $1,890 from contingency to Emergency Operations to buy Community Emergency Response Team training bags and allocated another $1,800 to purchase food for individuals taking the eight-week CERT trainings being held in Grand Ronde. Tribal Council also directed the Tribal Attorney’s Office to draft amendments to the Children and Families Ordinance that will, if approved, provide notice …

Culture Tribal teen collecting pennies for presents 11.30.2011 Ron Karten People Tribal teenager Loren Hahn, 16, knows the value of a penny. Or, more accurately, the cumulative value of a lot of pennies. For the second year in a row, she is collecting pennies to buy Christmas presents for the less fortunate. Hahn started Pennies for Presents last year when she was 15. It is a nonprofit foundation that helps less fortunate families have a better holiday. The goal, Hahn says, is to raise enough …

Marketing Director Shawna Ridgebear. “Despite all these efforts, the casino was unable to raise bingo customer attendance.” Ridgebear said bingo was operating with an average of 30 players and it needs a minimum of 50 player buy-ins to break even. During January, bingo was closed more than 30 percent of the time due to extreme low attendance. “We are grateful to all of the guests who have supported bingo over the years and hope they will continue to find a different form of entertainment …

at the transitional house, which helps male Tribal members leaving prison or drug rehabilitation programs re-assimilate back into the community. In other action during the last meeting of 2021, Tribal Council: • Approved a purchase and sale agreement to buy the Lily’s Ranch property in Polk County. The purchase price was not disclosed during the meeting; • And approved the enrollment of 11 individuals and one infant and the re-enrollment of two individuals into the Tribe because they meet …

Health & Education Great Circle Recovery successfully serving more than 200 clients 02.08.2022 Danielle Harrison Great Circle Recovery , Health & Wellness The Tribe’s medication-assisted treatment clinic, Great Circle Recovery in Salem, is now serving more than 200 people battling opioid addiction. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals staff writer SALEM -- Grand Ronde’s newest addition to help Tribal members battle opioid use disorder seems to be a resounding …