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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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August 15, 2000
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Grand Ronde Tribal Elder Grace Engelhardt, 87, cuts the ribbon officially opening the new Elder's housing
development. Tribal Housing Specialist and Tribal member Bryan Langley watches Grace with pride.
By Brent Merrill
August 1, 2000 marked an impor
tant day in Grand Ronde Tribal his
tory it was the day that the Tribe's
first Elder's housing development
was dedicated.
Soon, our Elders will be moving
into their new homes.
One of the first ideas brought to
the Tribal membership by Tribal
Council after Restoration in 1983,
was a plan to build affordable hous
ing for our Elders. Tribal leaders
wanted to build a community within
our community a place where
Elders could be safe, comfortable
and close to each other. Located just
north of the Tribe's government of
fices, community center and health
clinic, Elders will now be closer to
needed services.
"During Restoration, Elders would
call and a lot of them wanted to
come back but we didn't have a place
for them to live," said Tribal Chair
Kathryn Harrison at the site dedi
cation. "Now, today when they call
and want to come home, we say
'yeah come on, we got a place.'"
Harrison took time to thank mem
bers of the Tribal Council past and
present. She also thanked the many
staff members who worked on the
project.
"We always have to remember the
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Harvard University Honors
Tribal Intergovernmental Affairs
The Grand Ronde Tribe is one of 16 finalists for
prestigious university's Honoring Contributions in the
Governance of American Indian Nations Awards 2000.
By Brent Merrill
The Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde's Intergovernmental Affairs
program "Enhancing Government-to-Government
Relationships" has
been selected as one of 16 finalists
for this year's Honoring Nations
Awards 2000. Harvard University
in Boston, Massachusetts sponsors
the awards.
According to Andrew Lee of
Harvard's Honoring Nation's pro
gram, Grand Ronde was selected
"because of its effectiveness in build
ing ongoing, cooperative and produc
tive relationships between the Tribe
and other governments, including
the federal government, the State of
Oregon, Polk and Yamhill Counties
and other local jurisdictions."
Harvard's Honoring Nations pro
gram, now in its second year, pro
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Culture Site is Ready to Go
By Brent Merrill
A community-based culture site
near the Tribal pow-wow grounds is
nearly complete just in time for this
year's Contest Pow-wow. The one
and a half-acre project was approved
by the Elder's Committee and Tribal
Council and was the dream of sev
eral Tribal members.
Tribal member Jan Michael Rei
bach said he had a spirited conver
sation with fellow Tribal member
Shonn Leno that led to the duo put
ting the project together, seeking
permission from Elders and ulti
mately going to Council for ap
proval. "We thought what we needed was
a cultural site where everybody
could go and use for whatever rea
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The new culture site is ready for visitors. The one and a hair-acre site
has three sweat lodges, two covered areas for gathering or drumming,
a changing room and a barbeque pit.