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Tribal Government & News U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas visits Grand Ronde 08.31.2023 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Federal government From left, Tribal Council member Kathleen George, Health Services Executive Director Kelly Rowe, Tribal Council member Jon A. George, U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas and Tribal Council Secretary Michael Langley talk about the vaccine clinic that is under construction during Salinas’s visit to the Tribal campus on Monday, Aug. 28. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Dean Rhodes …
/articles/2023/08/31/us-rep-andrea-salinas-visits-grand-ronde/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves design services for Tumwata Village site 10.11.2023 Danielle Harrison Tribal Council , Tumwata Village Tribal Engineering and Planning Manager Ryan Webb discusses the Grand Ronde Tribe’s rehabilitation efforts at Tumwata Village in Oregon City on Monday, July 10, as, from left, Environmental Protection Agency Strategic Communications Advisor Jason Kelly, Tribal Council member Kathleen George and EPA Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller …
/articles/2023/10/11/tribal-council-approves-design-services-for-tumwata-village-site/Tribal Government & News General Council briefed on Natural Resource Management Plan 12.06.2023 Sherron Lumely Natural resources By Sherron Lumley Smoke Signals staff writer Tribal Natural Resources Department Manager Colby Drake briefed the membership on the Natural Resource Management Plan during the General Council meeting Sunday, Dec. 3. The plan focuses on the management of 10,000-acre Grand Ronde Reservation during the next 10 years. “Reservation and Tribal trust forest land will …
/articles/2023/12/06/general-council-briefed-on-natural-resource-management-plan/Tribal Government & News Tumwata Village property cleanup efforts continue 12.14.2023 Danielle Harrison Tumwata Village A worker with Elder Demolition uses an excavator to grab debris during stage two of demolition at Tumwata Village, the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City, in April 2022. The membership was updated on the cleanup efforts during a virtual meeting held on Tuesday, Nov. 28. (Smoke Signals file photo) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Environmental cleanup …
/articles/2023/12/14/tumwata-village-property-cleanup-efforts-continue/Tribal Government & News Cherry represents Grand Ronde Tribe at Tribal Nations Summit 12.11.2023 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Federal government Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, left, and Tribal Council Secretary Michael Cherry met at the third annual White House Tribal Nations Summit during President Joseph R. Biden’s first term on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Washington, D.C. “She was so warm and kind. Leading with kindness. I’m so inspired,” Cherry said about meeting the Kansas representative. During …
/articles/2023/12/11/cherry-represents-grand-ronde-tribe-at-tribal-nations-summit/Tribal Government & News Facebook Live event features Spirit Mountain Community Fund 01.02.2024 Sherron Lumley Facebook Live , Spirit Mountain Community Fund By Sherron Lumley Smoke Signals staff writer Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, awarded $3,958,133 in grants in 2023. The total was announced during a Facebook Live event held Wednesday, Dec. 20. “Our members need to know we are not only helping our own people,” Tribal Council …
/articles/2024/01/02/facebook-live-event-features-spirit-mountain-community-fund/Culture Yesteryears -- Feb. 1, 2024 01.31.2024 Sherron Lumley Yesteryears 2019 2019 – Three Tribal members – Jackie Many Hides, Duke Kimsey and Jim Holmes – served as stand-ins for their parents, who were going to be memorialized in bronze for their contributions to the Grand Ronde Tribe’s Restoration. The three traveled to Portland’s 3-D Foundry to pose for 3D body scanning and digital remodeling for the bronze memorial “Visionaries.” It would pay tribute to the efforts of Tribal leaders …
/articles/2024/01/31/yesteryears-feb-1-2024/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves $5 million grant application for housing 08.07.2024 Danielle Harrison Tribal Council By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved an application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Indian Housing Block Grant Program to build several low-income apartment units during its Wednesday, Aug. 7, meeting. The apartments would be built next to the existing Wind River Apartments in Tribal housing. If approved for the …
/articles/2024/08/07/tribal-council-approves-5-million-grant-application-for-housing/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council votes ‘no’ on amendments to SMGI Board selection process 09.13.2024 Danielle Harrison Tribal Council By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council voted against approving amendments to the Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. articles of incorporation that would have put the board in charge of recruiting director candidates, reduced reserved Tribal Council member seats by one and increased non-Tribal Council seats by one, during its Wednesday, Sept. …
/articles/2024/09/13/tribal-council-votes-no-on-amendments-to-smgi-board-selection-process/Tribal Government & News Facebook Live event features information on upcoming constitutional amendment election 09.30.2024 Danielle Harrison Facebook Live , Tribal Constitution By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor The Tribe held a Facebook Live event on Wednesday, Sept. 25, to provide more information to Tribal members about the upcoming lineal descent constitutional amendment election. Lineal descent will once again be put to a vote on Monday, Dec. 9. The Tribe’s Election Board will be …
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