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Culture Tribal Elder Nora Kimsey walks on at 102 09.08.2011 Ron Karten History , Walking On The oldest member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Nora Kimsey, walked on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at the age of 102. Nora Kimsey was born Dec. 2, 1908, and lived through the Tribe's Termination and Restoration. Funeral services are pending. Check back at the Tribal Web site for updated information as it becomes available. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Chairwoman featured in NCAI video 11.02.2011 Ron Karten Tribal Council , Federal government Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy and the Tribal Canoe family are featured in a video posted on the National Congress of American Indians Web site. It can be viewed at http://www.ncai.org/ . The National Congress of American Indians is holding its annual meeting in Portland, Ore., between Oct. 30 and Nov. 4. Portland is located in the ceded homelands …

Tribal Government & News Tyee Nature Reserve open to the public 06.14.2012 Michelle Alaimo Natural resources By Rebecca McCoun Tribal biologist The Tyee Nature Reserve, located to the south of the Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority building, is open for public use and is accessible from Housing Authority's parking lot. Restoration of this site has been an ongoing project between the Tribe's Natural Resources and Cultural Resources departments and the Institute for Applied Ecology, a non …

Health & Education Applicants sought for Eula Petite Scholarship 03.27.2013 Ron Karten Education The Eula Petite Scholarship was established and dedicated to longtime Tribal member and educator Eula Petite and is awarded to a student in the Education Field at the Graduate level. Must be postmarked by April 30, 201 3. Visit the Tribal Higher Education Web site for more information and an application. http://www.grandronde.org/departments/education/higher-education/ Please contact the CTGR …

was overshadowed in August when the Tribe closed on the 23-acre Blue Heron Paper Mill site. The Tribe purchased the Blue Heron site for $15.25 million and at the time Tribal representatives said they were pursuing the second property, which included a boat dock. In July, Tribal Council approved a supplemental budget of $17 million to acquire both properties. The Blue Heron site was once home to the Charcowah village of the Clowewalla (Willamette band of Tumwaters) and the Kosh-huk-shix village …

companies in possibly acquiring the firm. Through January 2015, the Tribe invested $18 million out of various endowments and more than $13 million from its line of credit. Asghar said the money taken out of the endowments did not touch any endowment’s core funds – the corpus -- and even with the money taken out of the endowments, they still grew by more than $55 million in value. In early 2015 it became apparent that MicroGREEN was not going to turn a profit because it continued to cost more …

Tribal Government & News Tribal government debuts new website 07.25.2019 Danielle Frost Tribal Council , Tribal government , Tribal employees The Tribal government's new website design debuted on Wednesday, July 24. (Smoke Signals screenshot) By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer Visitors to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s website www.grandronde.org will notice some changes. The Tribe officially launched its newly designed site on Wednesday, July 24. Tribal employees …

Tribal Government & News Keizer City Council OKs Chick-fil-A eatery at Chemawa Station 02.03.2021 Dean Rhodes Economic development Chemawa Station KEIZER – The Keizer City Council unanimously approved on Tuesday, Feb. 2, a plan for a Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant to locate at the almost 16-acre Chemawa Station, which is jointly owned by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. The approved amendments to the site reduce the number of buildings allowed …

. The names will be forwarded to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for approval; And amended the Tribe’s contract with Elder Demolition of Portland regarding work at the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City. The amendment increases the contract from $847,852 to $931,527 so that the firm will demolish additional structures at the site. Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Hernandez said that even with the increase the contract is still within budget. Work on tearing down the more than 50 …

Culture Yesteryears - Sept. 1, 2024 09.03.2024 Yesteryears 2019 Yesteryears 2019 – The Tribe closed on its purchase of the Blue Heron Paper Mill site from Washington developer George Heidgerken, returning the land to Indigenous ownership for the first time since it was ceded to the federal government in 1855. The Charcowah Village of the Clowewalla and the Kosh-huk-shix Village of Clackamas were forcibly removed from the falls to the Grand Ronde Reservation in the 1850s. 2014 – The Tribe heard …