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The Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde and Spirit Mountain Casino
are working together to do good
things. The Tribe has grown and
flourished in recent years. The
growth that the Tribe has experi
enced has presented many opportu
nities and challenges. Current chal
lenges include handling revenue
above the amount that the Tribe has
ever seen before.
As the Tribe continues to grow,
new challenges will also present
themselves of how to handle the rev
enue generated by the Tribe's eco
nomic ventures, presenting new
challenges in the areas of allocating
revenues, creating employment op
portunities and providing services to
the tribal membership.
There are 541 tribal members who
are between the ages of 18-65 liv
ing in the three closest counties near
Grand Ronde. The tribal offices and
the reservation lands are located on
the borders of Polk and Yamhill
counties. Lincoln County is located
20 miles from Grand Ronde.
Nearly half of the tribal member
ship of working age who live closest
to Grand Ronde work either at the
tribal offices or Spirit Mountain Ca
sino. (Excluding tribal members who
commute to work from further away.)
The Tribe employs 116 tribal mem
bers of the 278 positions with the
Tribe. Another way to look at it is
that 42 of the tribal staff are Grand
Ronde tribal members.
The casino employs 157 tribal
members out of the 1488 positions
at the casino. While this is only
10.5 of the casino work force, it is
an outstanding number when one
compares the statistical numbers of
tribal members employed at the ca
sino and Tribe to the number of
tribal members who live in the sur
rounding area. Furthermore, many
spouses or head of households of
tribal members are employed at the
tribal offices or casino and earn in
come for their families that contrib
utes to the households of tribal mem
ber families.
The casino is geared towards a flat
organizational structure. This
means that teamwork is an essen
tial part of the business operations.
There are only 30 management
positions out of the 1488 positions
possible at Spirit Mountain Casino,
meaning that management repre
sents 2 of the possible positions.
Grand Ronde tribal members occupy
36 of those 30 positions. 30 of
the 157 tribal members employed at
the casino are employed in supervi
sory staff positions. 52 of all tribal
members working at the casino earn
over $12.00 hour.
26 of tribal members employed
at the casino work as table game
dealers. While the base wage of a
table games dealer is $6.50 and av
erage wage for a dealer is $17.00
hour due the tips being included.
Another interesting aspect of tribal
member employment with Spirit
Mountain Casino is that 70 of the
original tribal members hired at the
casino are still employed with the ca
sino. The casino and Tribe succeed in
offering opportunities for tribal mem
ber employment as well as excellent
benefit packages for employees.
Training, educational opportunities
and professional growth are strongly
encouraged and implemented at
both organizations.
Spirit Mountain Casino's Human
Resources department is one of the
most progressive in Polk County.
Employees are encouraged to seek
opportunities for advancement
within the casino and utilize em
ployee programs for leadership op
portunities. Some of the services the casino
provides to staff include: Spirit
Mountain University Leadership
program, Spirit Got It program,
Communication Cafes, Communica
tion Celebrations, Policy Focus
Group meetings, Employee Assis
tance programs, tuition reimburse
ment programs and cash benefits for
perfect attendance.
If you are a tribal member inter
ested in working at Spirit Mountain
Casino, call Carol Larsen toll free at
1-800-760-7977 or (503) 879-3730
ext. 3836 to set up an appointment
to explore career opportunities.
If you are interested in working
for the Tribe, call 1-800-422-O232 or
879-2257. Many of the employment
opportunities are posted in Smoke
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Attention: New Tribal Members
Roll 's 47444930, 4276 & 4277
The Tribe sponsors a health plan through ODS Health Plans for
MedicalVision and Standard Insurance for Dental.
The Risk Management Department is holding open enrollment for
new tribal members. We have already mailed out applications and
plan summaries. If you have not received your packet please call us.
If we do not receive your application by 091 799,
you will be unable to enroll in the plan until 01012000.
If you need more information please contact our office
at 1 -800-442-0346, ask for Val Sheker or Amy Justen.