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Tribal Government & News 39th Restoration Day returns to an in-person event 11.01.2022 Danielle Harrison Restoration , Events Tribal Council member Jon A. George dances during the last in-person Restoration Celebration held in 2019 in the Tribal gym. This year’s event marking the 39th anniversary of Restoration will be hybrid, but also include in-person attendance at Spirit Mountain Casino for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. (Smoke Signals file photo …

, ranging from 1,091 in March 2015 to more than 1,500 in July 2016. A “unified” Tribal Council approved sending the proposal out to voters during its Aug. 10 meeting and held its first educational meeting regarding the proposal via Facebook Live on Sept. 21. This will be the eighth time since 1999 that Tribal voters will be asked to amend the Constitution. Only two proposals out of those previous seven votes that included 11 suggested amendments received the required two-thirds majority to alter …

at www.grandronde.org . Tribal members had until Oct. 7 to challenge the list. The Nov. 2 election will be the eighth time since 1999 that Tribal voters will be asked to amend the Constitution. Only two proposals out of those previous seven votes that included 11 suggested amendments received the required two-thirds majority to alter the Tribe’s Constitution. The proposed constitutional amendment would amend Article V, Section 5 to limit involuntary loss of membership to fraud and dual …

a suspicious vehicle on Hebo Road near milepost 24. The occupant was contacted and left the area after being issued a verbal warning for trespassing. Thursday, Nov. 24 Officers were dispatched to a possibly impaired driver leaving the 27000 block of Salmon River Highway. Due to a time delay, the officer was unable to locate the vehicle. A drug complaint reported in the 27000 block of Salmon River Highway. Officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 18 near milepost 21 for a traffic violation. After …

intermittently worked from home. COVID-19 is not something she is happy about, but working remotely gave her time to be at home with her 1-year-old daughter and see her achieve baby milestones. Her daughter even participated in teaching classes from home one day, mimicking her mom by holding up Chinuk Wawa vocabulary flashcards to the virtual class. But teaching remotely takes even longer, and Zoey says she still feels pressure to keep their language alive. “It takes three weeks to get through one lesson so …

fraud or dual enrollment. “We wish the answer to this issue was an easy one, but it’s not,” Kennedy said. “Any real solution will require a constitutional amendment. With a pause in place, the Tribe will be able to focus on the next steps. This decision was not made lightly, and we respect that Tribal members will need time to process this information and will want to ask questions.” She encouraged Tribal members to contact the Tribal Enrollment Office to review their file and noted that a Tribal …

with the Tribal Constitution, which was amended in 2022 to bar disenrollments unless the Tribe can prove fraud or dual enrollment; And enrolled five infants and three non-infants into the Tribe because they meet the qualifications under the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance. The council also set the time and location of the next General Council meeting for 11 a.m. Sunday, May 7. It will be a hybrid meeting on Zoom and in Tribal Council Chambers with an agenda topic to be determined …

for saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest at Spirit Mountain Casino on May 20. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Dean Rhodes Publications coordinator WILLAMINA -- On Saturday, May 20, a man estimated to be in his 60s went to Spirit Mountain Casino, probably hoping to have the time of his life. By 11:32 p.m., he was laying on the gaming room floor, suffering from sudden cardiac arrest and hoping that someone would save his life. And, according to Tribal Emergency Services Chief Steve …

Publications coordinator First-term U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas visited the Tribal campus on Monday, Aug. 28, for the first time since being elected to Oregon’s newest congressional district in November 2022. Salinas previously visited Grand Ronde while in the Oregon Legislature and working as a district aide for former U.S. Rep. Darlene Hooley. The sixth congressional district was created after the 2020 census to reflect the increasing population of Oregon. It consists of Polk and Yamhill counties …

transport services for Elder Tribal members. However, what the department offers is much more than that, Community Health Manager Alisha Parks-Shell said. “We’ve been around a long time, nearly 20 years, and just continue to evolve,” she said. Community Health is designed to help educate Tribal members about their health and instill methods for creating healthy lifestyles. Many activities involve both Tribal youth and Tribal Elders. Parks-Shell took the helm of the department in March and began …