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. General welfare payments to minor children will be deposited into a new account. The payments are calculated based on casino dividends, similar to per capita payments. Future program funding sources will be discussed by council for the 2026 budget. Members will not receive a per capita payment for September. For more information, visit the Tribe’s website , scroll to the bottom of the page and view “September 2025 General Welfare Program Payment.” To watch the entire meeting, visit …

was completed mid-February and the second set of interviews for the commission took place on March 5. Once Tribal Council has completed the interview process, we will appoint five individuals to serve on the Tribe's first TERO Commission. Once the commission is established, it will play a crucial role in enforcing the TERO Ordinance. Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO) website As some of you may know, the TERO page on the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's website is up and running …

, with ONABEN’s leadership, to help track whether increased financial literacy has been achieved. According to its website, ONABEN was founded in 1991 by four Oregon Tribes that wanted to “empower aspiring entrepreneurs in their communities and to help grow a private business sector on their Reservations.” Today, the organization has developed a wide range of “culturally specific” business curriculum, programs and personal assistance that focuses on increasing access to financing information …

Tribal members as you can, meeting with as many Tribal members as you can. … That’s what I tried to do.” George said she met with Tribal members all spring and summer in 2016, driving all over the state for candidate forums and family reunions in southern Oregon that she was invited to, and she developed a website. She also didn’t just preach to the choir, she said. “I really did prioritize having conversations with people who I knew didn’t completely hold the same views as me, and that’s important …

discussed the future of Smoke Signals, which will include a new website, www.smokesignals.org , which is scheduled to debut in mid-December, and more social media outreach to the membership with videos being posted on YouTube and an increasing partnership with Indian Country Today in sharing stories and resources. Herron and Prickett received one comment following their presentation. Following the two presentations, Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy announced that the meeting would end …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council prepares for financial effects of virus outbreak, declares emergency 03.18.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Health & Wellness By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor In the shadow of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Tribal Council met early on Wednesday, March 18, at 10 a.m. after advising the membership to not attend in person and to watch the proceedings via the live stream feed on the Tribal website, www.grandronde.org . Keeping attendance small …

Restoration Celebration was the first ever to be virtual, but some of the traditions, like raffles and gifts, remained an important part of the event. Restoration began at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, with a pre-recorded message from Tribal Council posted to the Tribe’s website. The video opened with Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy welcoming attendees virtually at achaf-hammi, the Tribal plankhouse. Behind her sat Tribal Council members Jack Giffen Jr., Secretary Jon A. George, Kathleen …

. The primary focus is canoe building and educational outreach. “It’s my honor to be able to help create my ancestors’ canoes,” he says on the company’s website. “I have learned how to take modern materials and create traditional lines, weight, colors and I use western red cedar for important hand-carved elements to incorporate the spirit and heart of the cedar tree, and remember the old way of carving them from one cedar log.” Agency Creek Expressions also offers virtual workshops to provide …

in love. Then, we got the ball rolling and hired a website designer and launched our company on Oct. 1. Most of our advertising so far has been through word of mouth and social media marketing.” Ashley LaBonte goes over the interior of one of the coolers that includes a dry goods basket and a divider that is also a cutting board that she and her husband, Tribal member Gene LaBonte, designed at their Kalama, Wash., home on Saturday, May 22. Currently, Zilla offers three different coolers sizes …

or more of Klamath, Modoc or Yahooskin Indian blood. For those who think the current enrollment requirements for the Grand Ronde Tribe are complicated, the rules of the 6,800-member Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation in Montana are more so. According to the Tribe’s website, there are six different eligibility requirements based on when an applicant was born between 1935 and present day. Examples of Tribes that use direct descendancy include the 10,000-member Delaware …