OR. COLL.
78
CHASTA . 06
UMPQUA S66
MOLALLA October
KALAPUYA ; 1, 000
ROGUE RIVER !
Lluri
A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
www.grandronde.org
October 1, 2000
ft Li 1-1 w- k T I 1 w
VewA Council Members Take Oath of Office
iUii,vV
i ' . H
Grand Ronde Tribal Court Judge Katherine English (left) welcomes the
Tribe's recently elected Tribal Council members Ed Pearsall, Cheryle
Kennedy and Jan Reibach (right).
This year's new Tribal Council
members were sworn into
office by Tribal Court Judge
Katherine English on Wednes
day, September 13. Tribal
Council member Ed Pearsall was
re-elected. Cheryle Kennedy
and Jan Reibach are the newest
council members.
The current Tribal Council
consists of Chair Kathryn Harri
son, Vice Chairman Ed Larsen,
Council Secretary Reyn Leno
and members June Sell-Sherer,
Bob Haller, Butch LaBonte,
Ed Pearsall, Cheryle Kennedy
and Jan Reibach.
WOU New Library Opens With the Help of the Tribe
By Justin Phillips
With a donation of $250,000
from the Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde through the Spirit
Mountain Community Fund, West
ern Oregon University (WOU) held
it's dedication on September 20 for
the new Wayne and Lynn Hamersly
Library.
Tribal Council member Vice-Chair
Ed Larsen and Angie Ellis, Spirit
Mountain Community Fund Admin
istrator, attended the dedication.
"We have educated many Tribal
members through this college, and
we'll continue to do that," said
Larsen, speaking on behalf of the
dedication.
President of WOU Betty Young
blood told the story of accepting the
check of $250,000 through a lunch
on March 4, 1999 with Polk County
Commissioner Ron Dodge and
Tribal Council Chair Kathryn Har
rison. "It was a very good lunch,
and it wasn't the food I was talking
about either," said Youngblood.
p
Photo by Justin Phillips
Western Oregon University in Monmouth recently opened a new stu
dent library on campus. The new Wayne and Lynn Hamersly Library
was dedicated on Wednesday, September 20 thanks to a donation of
$250,000 from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's Spirit Moun
tain Community Fund. As part of the Tribe's gaming agreement with
the State of Oregon, six percent of profits from the Spirit Mountain
Casino are shared with deserving organizations throughout the state.
Tribes
Oppose
Sovereignty
Challenges
COEUR d'ALENE, ID. (AP) - City
and county leaders on the Coeur
d'Alene Reservation have refused to
join a coalition that challenges the
sovereignty of Indian Tribes.
Coeur d'Alene Tribal Chairman
Ernie Stensgar said during an on
going Tribal convention that local
governments on his reservation have
rebuffed invitations to join the North
Central Idaho Jurisdictional Alli
ance. Kootenai County Commissioner
Ron Rankin whose county in
cludes part of the reservation con
firmed that the commissioners would
not join the coalition.
"We don't believe that's a proper
use of tax dollars," Rankin said. Nor,
he said, have individual commission
ers contributed to the alliance. "We
are not part of that."
Rankin was among the speakers
on a panel discussion about Tribal,
state and local government affairs
during the annual convention of the
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indi
ans. The conference was held for
the first time in Coeur d'Alene.
Samuel Penney, Chairman of the
Nez Perce Tribe, said he hopes in
terest in the North Central Idaho
Jurisdictional Alliance is fading.
"The alliance has spent tens of
thousands of dollars fighting the Nez
Perce Tribe and has not won on any
front," Penney said.
The alliance is comprised of 23 cit
ies, counties and taxing districts. Its
leaders say they are not anti-Indian,
but they dispute the Tribe's right to
impose regulations on non-Indians
who live within reservation bound
aries. The Tribe contends that right
was granted to them by treaty.
Rep. Elizabeth Furse, D-Ore., got
an ovation when she criticized gov
continued on page 2
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
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 Dept. - Kni9ht Library
1299 UMVERSITY OF OREGON
EUGENE OR 97403-1205
University of Oregon Library
i Received on: 10-04-80
Sioke signals
! I
1 .
5th year
ANNIVERSARY
EXTRAVAGANZA
TRIBAL ANNIVCRJARV 6VENT noon-Jpm
Stop by the Kalapuya banquet rooms at the Casino
to celebrate Spirit Mountain Casino's fifth successful
year. All Tribal members and their families are invited.
OCTOBER 21-22, 2000