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Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs grant applications for EPA funds in jeopardy 04.20.2017 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Federal Government , Natural Resources Tribal Council approved three grant applications during its Wednesday, April 19, meeting, including one to the Environmental Protection Agency that might be in peril considering the Trump administration’s announced plans to scale back funding for the federal entity. Tribal Council approved applying for a two-year grant that …

Culture 2016 Grand Ronde Contest Powwow winners 08.31.2016 Dean Rhodes Culture , Events Girls Jingle: Jasmine Barney, Navajo, first; Victoria Butler, Siletz, second; Kaleigha Simi, Grand Ronde, third; Tawnee Hunt, Yakama, fourth; and Layla Rose Harmon, Shoshone, fifth. Girls Fancy: Macyquin Johnson, Warm Springs/Wasco Paiute, first; Terianna Heath, Warm Springs/Wasco Paiute, second; Ei-shah Pirtle-Boise, Warm Springs/Siletz, third; Ava Smith, Klamath, fourth; and Keya StandingBear, Cherokee, …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs grocery store study grant application 06.30.2016 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Federal Government Could Grand Ronde support a grocery store? The Tribe will study that issue if it receives a grant from the Native American Business Development Institute, which is part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Tribal Council approved a grant application for between $35,000 and $50,000 that, if received, would fund an economic development feasibility study during …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves 2017 budget, adopts public records and free press ordinances 12.29.2016 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council In its final meeting of 2016, Tribal Council approved the 2017 budget that prepares for the anticipated financial effects from the opening of a Cowlitz Tribal casino in southwestern Washington state and also approved changes to ordinances that will open Tribal records to Tribal member review and established by law an independent press free of …

Tribal Government & News Larger, longer Tribal timber filling a profitable niche market 01.14.2015 Ron Karten Natural Resources The Tribe is able to supply timber to huge retail stores, an ark like Noah’s and customers in Japan and China because it grows trees longer, both by time and size. Reservation forests produce 7.12 million board feet a year, a harvest number set by the Natural Resources Department’s 10-year management plan, says Michael Wilson, manager of the department. This is part …

Tribal Government & News General Council briefed on Tribal health plan again 03.05.2013 Ron Karten General Council , Health & Wellness CLACKAMAS -- Stressing the importance of the SOS - Save Our Skookum - effort, Tribal members received a briefing on the Tribe's efforts to control and reduce health care costs for the second time in four months at the March 3 General Council meeting held at the Monarch Hotel & Convention Center. Tribal General Manager Mark Johnston said that the continuing …

Culture Community Fund surpasses $58 million in giving 01.02.2013 Dean Rhodes Spirit Mountain Community Fund As part of the Grand Ronde Tribe's latest effort to improve the quality of life in Oregon consistent with its values, Spirit Mountain Community Fund distributed more than $640,000 to 33 Oregon nonprofits on Wednesday, Dec. 12. Since its inception in 1997, the Community Fund has donated more than $58.3 million to nonprofits in an 11-county area in western Oregon and to Oregon's nine …

Tribal Government & News BIA official meets with Tribe regarding new police force 11.30.2011 Ron Karten Federal government , Public safety Ten Tribal staff members met with two representatives from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Justice Services on Thursday, Nov. 17, in the Adult Education Building to seek information on the Tribe's continuing effort to develop a fully functioning police force. Thomas Woolworth, special agent in charge of the BIA's Office of Justice Services in …

Tribal Government & News Government shutdown not affecting Grand Ronde yet 01.14.2019 Danielle Frost, Staff Writer The federal government shutdown that began on Dec. 22 has had a negative effect on Native American Tribes across the country. Navajo Nation members have been trapped in their homes because of unplowed roads while police officers for the Bois Forte Reservation in Minnesota have worked without pay. Similar scenarios are playing out across Indian County. But the Confederated Tribes …

Culture Yesteryears -- Feb. 1, 2019 01.31.2019 Danielle Frost, Staff Writer Yesteryears , History 2014 Smoke Signals file photo 2014 – The country’s longest car-free bridge over the Willamette River had a one in four chance of receiving a Chinuk Wawa name. Out of 9,000 submissions, the Grand Ronde Tribe’s suggested name “Tillicum Crossing,” or “Bridge of the People,” was among the finalists. “It is very representative of use by people,” Tribal Historian David Lewis said. “And it is connected …