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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1999)
OR. COLL. E 78 .06 S66 May 1, 1939 1ASTA PQUA ALLA iPUYA WER 1 1 lrSM w A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe MAY 1, 1999 DBspiate with Water Board resolved FEUS DI3E27S: BIA special election info, see page 5 A special election will be held this summer. In order, to vote, enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal members MUST register with the BIA. Community meetings were recently held in Oregon to discuss this enrollment issue. Please read the information on page 5. Members may purchase logo items Tribal Council has ordered cus tom Pendleton blankets and glass mugs with the Tribe's logo. Both items are for sale at the tribal of fices to tribal members and staff. See page 6 for mail order coupon. Tribal Council Nominations This year's Tribal Council nomi nations will be held at the May 2 General Council meeting. Three positions are open. Nominated members must be present at the meeting to accept or decline. V-' "n i at " . w" University of Oregon Library "N-- Received on: 05-05-qq Smoke signals Grand Meadows is home to 28 tribal families, and boasts a nice view of Spirit Mountain. The Grand Ronde Community Water Association (GRCWA) and the Grand Ronde Tribe have an nounced the settlement of issues between them concerning the terms on which GRCWA supplies water to Grand Meadows, the manufactured home subdivision owned by the Tribe. A dispute over these issues had been the subject of litigation be tween the parties pending in Polk County Circuit Court. The settlement results in dismissal of the suit. Under the settlement, the individual owners of each home in Grand Meadows will become mem bers of GRCWA and pay monthly service fees and water usage charges consistent with all members. Current hook-up fees applicable to this type of hook-up to the GRCWA system were also paid as part of this settlement. Both parties are pleased that the dispute has been resolved and look forward to mutual coopera tion in the future development of the Grand Ronde community. Grand Meadows was designed to support 37 single family dwellings, and 28 tribal families currently re side there. Many of these families are first-time homeowners and oth ers are Elders who have moved back to Grand Ronde after living away from the community for many years. Face smonninig The Tribe's latest grant helps unmask Northwest Native art while giving the city's museum a cultural facelift Story and photos by Oscar Johnson The many faces of Northwest Na tive art, tradition and culture have descended to Portland with the help of the Grand Ronde Tribe. "Down From the Shimmering Sky" Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde !1U Community of Oregon 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 Address Service Requested PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 Serials Deft. - Knicht Library i2S3 UHIWERSIIY OF OREGON EUGEHE UR 97W-12B5 is a Portland Art Museum exhibit of traditional and contemporary Native American masks of upper Northwest coastal tribes. The Tribe's Spirit Mountain Com munity Fund gave its largest grant ever $500,000, as presenting sponsor for the exhibit and to help establish the Museum's new Center for Native American Art, slated to open in August 2000. "It is the largest contribution for the Center to date," said Chuck Galford, Community Fund board member. There are more than 150 masks dating from the 18th century to the 1990s on display at the Museum through July 11. The exhibit includes an 1870 Nuxalk Sun mask ablaze with vi brant colors; Haida ceremonial masks with maneuverable eyes and brows; rt AM Cannibal bird mask used in pot latch by traditional Kwakiutl storytellers, singers and dancers, on display until July 11 at the Portland Art Museum. and a Heiltsuik eagle mask that magically transforms into a dazzling solar burst at the pull of a few strings. The masks are on loan from mu continued on page 2
