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Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves contract to design Community Center expansion 09.08.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved a professional services agreement with Portland-based Akana on Wednesday, Sept. 8, that will employ the firm for architectural services to design an expansion of the Community Center. The expansion will create an addition to the Community Center for the Warriors of Hope program within the Social Services …

Culture Stanley Speaks, former head of the BIA Northwest Regional Office, walks on 09.21.2021 Dean Rhodes Walking On From left, Tribal Council member Denise Harvey and Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy attended Stanley Speaks' retirement party held at Chinook Winds Casino in December 2017. Also pictured is Speaks' wife, Lois. Speaks walked on Sept. 15, 2021, at the age of 87 in Pryor, Okla. (Smoke Signals file photo) Stanley Monroe Speaks Nov. 2, 1933 – Sept. 15, 2021 Stanley Monroe Speaks Sr., …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves fifth supplemental budget of 2021 09.29.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved the fifth supplemental budget of 2021 during its Wednesday, Sept. 29, meeting to fund an increase in wages for Tribal governmental employees. The $486,000 allocation will cover the increased salaries due to the Tribe raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour and a complementary increase for some employees to offset …

Tribal Government & News 38th Restoration Celebration will be held virtually 10.26.2021 Danielle Harrison Events By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals staff writer For the second time since 1984, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will not be hosting an in-person Restoration Celebration. This year’s commemoration of the 38 th anniversary will be held online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues. During the summer and early fall, COVID-19 infections surged nationally and …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves seventh supplemental budget of 2021 11.17.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved the seventh supplemental budget of 2021 to allocate $455,000 to purchase the six-acre Walton property in Grand Ronde during its Wednesday, Nov. 17, meeting. Tribal Council approved buying the property during its Oct. 27 meeting, but a purchase price was not disclosed at the time. The Walton property is located …

Tribal Government & News Oregonian publishes Tribal op-ed about ‘unjust consent decree’ 11.30.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal relations , Federal government By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Oregon’s largest newspaper published an op-ed by Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy on Sunday, Nov. 28, in which she argued that the “unjust consent decree” that the Grand Ronde Tribe had to agree to in the 1980s should be renegotiated. The Oregonian ran Kennedy’s “In My Opinion” column on the cover of …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council elevates Tanner Fish to Gaming Commission director 03.23.2022 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Spirit Mountain Casino , Tribal employees Tanner Fish By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Longtime Tribal employee Tanner Fish was named the director of the Grand Ronde Gaming Commission on Wednesday, March 23, succeeding Michael Boyce in the position. Tribal Council approved elevating Fish, who has been working as the interim director, during its afternoon …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves supplemental budget for local land purchase 06.29.2022 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Tribal Council approved a second supplemental budget for 2022 to fund the Tribe’s purchase of the Larsen property at 24716 S.W. Grand Ronde Road during its Wednesday, June 29, meeting. The property includes 7.66 acres. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke Signals) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved a second supplemental budget for 2022 to …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves three supplemental budget increases 09.07.2022 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Tribal Council approved a $265,000 supplemental budget on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to purchase the 12.36-acre Freeman property at 28075 McPherson Road in Grand Ronde. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke Signals) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved three supplemental budget increases for 2022 during its Wednesday, Sept. 7, meeting. The largest allocation …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves second Shasta loan 02.15.2023 Danielle Harrison Tribal Council By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer Tribal Council held a special meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 15, to approve a second secured loan to the Tribe’s health insurance administrator, Redmond-based Shasta Administrative Services. The $400,000 loan will be made through the Tribe’s line of credit at TriState Capital Bank and will help Shasta with business …