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is used to provide transit service for the elderly and disabled and others using public transit in the area; Approved an application to the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Rail and Public Transit Division for the Tribe’s allocation of federal 4310 pass through funding estimated to be $99,947; Approved the annual interagency agreement between the Tribe and the Willamina School District; Approved the first supplemental budget of 2015 to allocate $915,933 in funding for the Uyxat Powwow Grounds …

for 12 years before Restoration and two after. He was on Tribal Council the first time the group went to Washington, D.C., and was Tribal Chairman at the time of 1983's Restoration. "Dean made one of our first contacts with (Congressman) Les AuCoin," said Tribal Elder Margaret Provost. "Marv (Tribal Elder Marvin Kimsey) and Margaret (Tribal Elder Margaret Provost) and Merle (former Tribal Elder Merle Holmes) get a lot of credit for what they did," said Tribal member Brent Merrill, "and they did …

Tribal Government & News Tribe honors 39 for years of service 02.11.2011 Ron Karten Tribal employees Smoke Signals editor The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde honored 39 employees who, together, account for 532 years of service to the Tribe on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Among the 39 who were honored are the two longest-serving Tribal employees ever. Tribal Elder and Tribal Wellness Manager Bonnie Mercier and Tribal member and Tribal Health & Wellness Business Office Manager Terri Mercier both …

. “We’re getting a lot of good stuff put into the ground,” Drake said about the Tribe’s reforestation efforts. Drake joined Natural Resources Department Manager Michael Wilson in giving a 34-minute presentation to Tribal members who packed the longhouse. Wilson started the presentation with an overview of Willamette Falls and Tribal collection of Pacific lamprey and dip-netting for salmon at the site in Oregon City. “A very important place,” Wilson said. “Very important in our past, in our culture …

. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved a new agreement with the Oregon Department of Human Services to provide for payments for foster care maintenance, independent living programs for children, adoption assistance for children with special needs and kinship guardianship assistance; Approved issuing a Tribal credit card to Alec Mercier, who was recently named the new manager of the Information Systems Department; Appointed Levi Liebelt to the Powwow Special Event Board with a term expiring …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs grant application to convert Procurement building for veterans services 11.10.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council The Tribe’s current building housing the Procurement Department off Grand Ronde Road is slated to be converted into the new home of the Tribal Veterans Service Office in 2022. Tribal Council approved applying for a $51,888 state grant to help with that conversion during its Wednesday, Nov. 10, meeting. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke …

Smith, who is 98. Funeral services are being arranged by West Valley Funeral Home in Sheridan. A public memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 4, at Spirit Mountain Casino with a meal being served at 1 p.m. The service also will be streamed at www.grandronde.org. The Tribal government shut down for the day on Monday, May 22, after the news was announced. “The Tribe lost one of its great leaders over the weekend with the passing of former Tribal Chairwoman Kathryn Harrison,” Interim …

in $59,148 in income to the Tribe; Removed Toby McClary and added Tribal Council Secretary Cheryle A. Kennedy as an authorized signer on the TriState Capital Bank line of credit. Tribal Council also approved removing McClary as an authorized signer on Tribal bank accounts and credit cards and added Tuomi; Adopted the 2016 Indian Housing Plan as presented by the Tribal Housing Department; Approved an extension of the environmental services agreement between the Tribe and Industrial Economics Inc …

and their guests from across the region danced joyfully at the 2024 Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow. Toddlers in regalia clung to the hands of older siblings and occasionally tried to mimic a step or two, mothers danced with infants in their arms, parents and older siblings demonstrated steps for children as the drums pounded out the rhythm. A pair of young boys in regalia, each dancing alone, showed off their impressive dance moves. The older girls in both the outgoing and the newly crowned …

. Thomas recently resigned his position as Economic Development Director after being selected for the position earlier this year; Approved a secured loan of up to $50,000 to Shasta Administrative Services from the Tribe’s TriState Capital Bank line of credit. The decision brings the amount of Tribal funds loaned to Shasta, which the Grand Ronde Tribe has co-owned since November 2012 with Honolulu-based Hawaii-Western Management Group, to $1.4 million; Approved appointing Michael Boyce as the Grand …