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in their official employment capacity of trying to inform the Tribal membership about their government, the right to access Tribal records in the same manner as Tribal members. Currently, the Public Records Ordinance only gives standing to access Tribal records to Tribal members. Amendments to the Independent Tribal Press Ordinance, which was originally approved in December 2016 and went into effect in January 2017, would clarify that journalists working for Smoke Signals cannot be fired …

; and adds sections including a waitlist, 2025 open enrollment, enrolled-in-error, removing the blood degree correction and other unnecessary references to blood quantum. For more information about enrollment, see related story about the lineal descent application process . Approved appointing a new building official as per the Tribe’s building code ordinance. The Tribe contracts with a building code consultant to provide building department services, including providing a building official …

Tribal Government & News Candidates Forum attracts more than 30 people to listen to eight council hopefuls 07.31.2018 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Elections Spreaker Info Still need more information to help you decide who to vote for? You can listen to Smoke Signals Editor Dean Rhodes’ interviews with all eight Tribal Council candidates by going to www.spreaker.com and searching for “Smoke Signals podcasts.” By Dean Rhodes More than 30 Tribal members and their spouses attended the official …

registration packet and registration forms sent to all Tribal members of voting age. October 17, 2011: Registration forms must be postmarked or received by the BIA Siletz Agency on or before this date. Registration therefore closes at 4:00 p.m. on this date. If you do not register specially for this election, you will not be eligible to vote. October 21, 2011: The official list of registered voters will be posted in alphabetical order on this date at various public locations for review. October 26 …

Ronde and Eugene. A video of the Grand Ronde session can be viewed on the Tribal website, www.grandronde.org . In addition, a PowerPoint presentation prepared by Tribal staff was mailed first class to all adult Tribal members at the end of May. Tribal Council decided in identical 5-2 votes to send the proposed amendments to voters during its April 6 meeting. The first amendment would, if approved by voters, remove the parent on the roll at time of birth and time of application requirements and add …

will be posted at various public locations and on the Tribe’s website, www.grandronde.org , for review. Feb. 19: End of dispute period for names on official registered voter list. Feb. 20: Ballots will be sent to registered voters. March 14: Election Day. Ballots must be received at the Grand Ronde Post Office no later than noon. Election results will be posted on the front doors of the Grand Ronde Governance Center, Health and Wellness Center, Community Center, Education Building, Elders …

recognized Tribe, band or community,” it stated, adding that the person’s name had to appear on the official membership roll prepared under the Grand Ronde Restoration Act and that the person must possess 1/16 th or more degree Indian blood quantum from a federally recognized Tribe or Tribes and be descended from a member of the Grand Ronde Tribe. “For purposes of this section, descent from a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon shall include lineal descent from any …

Tribal Government & News Smoke Signals posts eight Tribal Council candidate interviews 07.30.2018 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Elections Still unsure about who you will vote for in the Sept. 8 Tribal Council election? Smoke Signals can help you decide! Eight Tribal Council interviews have been posted at www.spreaker.com , Smoke Signals’ podcasting host website. The interviews can be found by searching for “Smoke Signals podcasts” or by clicking on the links added to the newspaper’s Facebook …

Tribal Government & News Smoke Signals posts seven candidate interview podcasts 07.29.2019 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Elections Still unsure about who you will vote for in the Sept. 7 Tribal Council election? Smoke Signals can help you decide! Seven Tribal Council interviews have been posted at www.spreaker.com , Smoke Signals’ podcasting host website. The interviews can be found by searching for “Smoke Signals podcasts” or by clicking on the links added to the newspaper’s Facebook page …

The Tribe has partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to host a Toxics Take Back Event this spring. This is a free event to collect household hazardous waste from the community.

For more information contact Lindsay McClary from the Natural Resources Department at lindsay.mcclary@grandronde.org or 503-879-2387.