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Culture Tuomi earns Ph.D. in Health Sciences 05.01.2014 Dean Rhodes People , Education Ron and Brenda Tuomi realized from the beginning that education would be very important for their children. As the children grew, Brenda said, "We also knew it was important that they attend schools that fit their personalities, and met their needs." On March 9, eldest daughter Ashley, 30, became the first in the family to receive a Ph.D. Strictly speaking, it is a DHSc, Doctorate in Health Sciences from …

Culture Yesteryears April 1, 2018 03.27.2018 Danielle Frost History 2013 – A proposed Cowlitz Tribal casino within 15 miles of the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area received a legal setback when U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein ordered the Department of the Interior to issue a new Record of Decision concerning its granting of a Cowlitz Reservation near La Center, Wash. In her 12-page decision, Rothstein said that the Department of the Interior violated the Administrative …

Culture Scientific paper says Native fire management techniques were better for Oregon forests 09.13.2018 Dean Rhodes Culture , History , Natural Resources A new scientific paper authored by The Nature Conservancy and its partners is shining a spotlight on traditional Native American burning of forestlands before Euro-American settlement of southern Oregon and how it was a better than modern-day forest management practices. “The findings of this study are important for considering the …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs 2019 Indian Housing Plan 10.10.2018 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Housing Tribal Council approved the 2019 Indian Housing Plan during its Wednesday, Oct. 10, meeting that will bring the Tribe approximately $6.68 million in federal funds. During the Tuesday, Oct. 9, Legislative Action Committee meeting, Housing Department Manager Shonn Leno and Administrative Program Manager Joan Dugger briefed Tribal Council on the funding plans for 2019. Among the …

Culture Yesteryears -- June 15, 2018 06.14.2018 Danielle Frost History 2013 – Using Bonneville Power Administration funding, the Tribe acquired 338 acres on the North Santiam River southeast of Salem in Marion County. The Chahalpam property was valued at more than $3.5 million and means “place of the Santiam Kalapuya.” Chahalpam is within the traditional homelands of the Santiam Kalapuya, one of the ancestral bands that formed the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. The property had been …

Culture Yesteryears -- Feb. 1, 2018 01.31.2018 Danielle Frost History 2013 – Tribal Council drafted a letter expressing its “great alarm and concern” to University of Oregon President Michael Gottgedson regarding a restructuring that ended the contracts of three top diversity officers, including former Klamath Tribal Chairman Tom Ball, who had served since 2005 as one of three assistant vice presidents in the Office of Equity and Diversity. The Grand Ronde Education Department had worked with …

Culture Walking On - Dakota Rae Sangretta-Whitecloud 08.25.2017 Dean Rhodes Walking On Dakota Rae Sangretta-Whitecloud Nov. 11, 1947 – Aug. 10, 2017 Tribal Elder Dakota Rae Sangretta-Whitecloud, 69, born Nov. 11, 1947, crossed over Aug. 10, 2017, after complications from surgery. Dakota, known then as Rose Mary Ames, grew up primarily in the Willamette Valley. She attended school in Broadacres and Salem, Ore. She married Jose Trevino Jr., had three children and later divorced. She raised her …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs new General Council ordinance 01.12.2017 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , General Council Tribal Council adopted a new General Council ordinance at its Thursday, Jan. 12, meeting that will govern how the nine monthly meetings are held annually. Tribal Council held a rare Thursday morning meeting after a winter storm forced closure of the Governance Center in Grand Ronde on Wednesday, Jan. 11, and postponement of the regularly scheduled 4 p.m. meeting. …

Culture Walking On -- Leon Clinton "Chips" Tom 12.18.2017 Dean Rhodes Walking On Former Tribal Council member and Tribal Elder Leon Clinton “Chips” Tom, who many considered to be the face of the Grand Ronde Tribe because of his prominent role in a mid-2000s Spirit Mountain Community Fund ad campaign, walked on at the age of 89 on Saturday, Dec. 16. Tom was born on July 15, 1928, to Michael Clinton Tom and Cora (Voutrin) Tom in Grand Ronde. According to a Smoke Signals profile published in …

Tribal Government & News 1,546 register to vote in July 8 constitutional election 06.14.2016 Dean Rhodes Elections , Enrollment More than 1,500 Tribal members registered with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to vote in the July 8 constitutional amendment election. According to the voter list released by the BIA, 1,546 Tribal members registered, surpassing the 1,491 Tribal members who registered to vote in the February 2008 constitutional election. About 40 percent of eligible Tribal members …