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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.
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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
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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;
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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
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