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Volunteer position. Must be able to meet once a month.
Requires scheduling Royalty events.
Make decisions regarding Royalty issues.
For an application and more information, please call
Leonette Galligher at 503-879-501 7 or Claudia Leno at 503-879-5892.
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Tribal Elder Dorthy Lawe (second from left) is an inspiration to
us all. Through the years she has touched many lives. She has
just recently retired from the Elders' Committee, which she has
been a part of since the beginning. She has also been associated
with the Enrollment Committee since the beginning. Lawe has
volunteered a number of hours teaching crafts at Nanitch Sahallie.
"They (kids) were always glad to see me," said Lawe. "I feel they
needed someone in their lives in the situation they are in. They
always called me 'gramma.'"
Lawe loves living in the Elders' housing. She also enjoys spend
ing time with her friends at the Elders' mealsite.
"I just love visiting with everybody." said Lawe.
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TITLE: Employee Development Spe
cialist for Casino Human Resources
HIRE DATE: April 28, 1998
HOMETOWN: Brooks, Oregon
JOB DUTIES: Employee relations, in
terpreting policy and procedures, prob
lem solving, mediation, coaching, coun
seling, Tribal career development ere-
ate and deliver human resources training programs.
JOYS OF THE JOB: "The day to day challenges."
MOST INTERESTING PART OF YOUR JOB? "I love to study per
sonalities and people's styles. What about a person makes them talk, act, think
the way they do?"
HOBBIES: Basket weaving, painting, drawing, calligraphy and all kinds of crafts.
PHILOSOPHY: "Just do it!"
WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE TO SMC? "The opportunities the
casino provides and the fact my employment here gives back to the whole Tribe."
FAMILY? Roscoe and Rosella Langley, parents. Hattie Holmes Leno, grand
mother. William and Mary Langley, grandparents.
ANYTHING ELSE: "I have a goal to become a master weaver and that I live
my life as an example for my children and grandchildren."
Agency Creek Nutrient Enhancement
On November 29, 2001, employ
ees of the Fish and Wildlife Depart
ment placed 200 Coho salmon car
casses in Agency and West Fork
Agency Creeks to add nutrients
that enhance stream value to fish
and wildlife. Carcasses were ob
tained through the Oregon De
partment of Fish and Wildlife
(ODFW), and came from the Eagle
Creek National Fish Hatchery.
The hatchery froze the fish indi
vidually and then stored them in
their freezer for the Tribal biolo
gist to pick up. The average
weight of each fish was 8.5 pounds
totaling about 1,700 pounds.
Similar stream enrichments have
occurred, recently, in the Upper
Clackamas and Sandy Rivers and
Rogue Valley area streams. The
purpose of placing adult salmon
carcasses in waterways is to pro
vide nutrients to juvenile anadro
mous (ocean migrating) fish, as well
as other animals in the riparian
habitat. These nutrients are in lim
ited supply because the number of
spawning salmonids has decreased
drastically. After spawning, the
vast majority of these fish die and
the nutrients they obtained during
their stay in the ocean are then re
cycled into the freshwater system.
A recent study in western Wash
ington found 137 species of birds,
mammals, amphibians, and reptiles
that were predators or scavengers
of salmon at one or more stages of
the salmon life cycle. Other stud-
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ies have shown that the addition of
salmon carcasses causes an increase
in body weight and numbers of ju
venile fish.
The fish were distributed in ap
proximately three miles of Agency
and West Fork Agency Creeks, on
Tribal lands, along Agency Creek
Road. "We primarily threw fish di
rectly from the truck bed into the
creek. We also carried a few to the
creek, when it was a little farther
from the road. In all cases, we at
tempted to place fish in backwaters,
behind logs, along the margins or
in areas where they would not rap
idly move downstream. This was
somewhat difficult as the fish were
frozen and floated, and the water
was fairly high on this day," said Jeff
Baker, Tribal Biologist. When this
nutrient enhancement is done again
in the future, more Tribal streams
will be included. For questions or
more information regarding this
project, call Fish and Wildlife Coor
dinator Kelly Doerksen at 503-879-2385.
SMART People Wanted to Volunteer
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) is looking for volunteers to
read with children at the Grand Ronde Elementary School. We are serv
ing 30 students but we still have students that aren't being served. Be
ing a volunteer consists of a one hour per week commitment through the
end of April 2002. Grand Ronde has SMART on Mondays and Wednes
days. We are especially light on Mondays and need volunteers. If you
are interested in helping a child please call the Grand Ronde Elementary
School at 503-879-5210. Leave a message for Anne Riley.
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A five-day course designed to educate interested persons on Cultural Re
source Management, Archeology and Cultural Resource Protection Laws, and
more. This class will be held at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Governance Center Classroom 204. It will be held March 25 - 29, 2002.
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 8:00 A.M. -4:00 P.M.:
H Introductions and Not Just Stones and Bones Video
B What is Cultural Resource Management in Indian Country
B What is Archaeology and How Can it Help?
B Cultural Resource Laws Native American Graves Protection & Repa
triation Act, Archaeological Resources Protection Act, American Indian Reli
gious Freedom Act, and other state and Federal laws
B How to Aid Law Enforcement in Protecting Cultural Resources
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
B Bone Identification and Analysis how to distinguish an animal bone
from a human bone.
B Ground Stone Analysis Identifying wear patterns on ground stones.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 8:00 A.M. -4:00 P.M.
B Making Artifacts Flint knapping; How to get from a piece of rock to an
arrowhead.
B Identifying Artifacts What to look for in the field, historic vs. prehistoric.
B Topography Maps and how to use them, sketching a map, using a com
pass, interpreting contour lines.
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2002:
B Oral History Methods of gathering data for ethnographic studies.
B Native Plants Identification and traditional use of.
fl Site Forms How to fill them out, get the information and why it is
important.
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 8:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M.
B Basics of Field Survey A Mock Field Survey.
B Site Recordation Filling out site forms; a cumulation of the week's train
ing. Delivered by: The Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation Cul
tural Resource Protection Program.
Sponsored by: The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Cultural Resources
Department.
Registration Fee: $600.00 If you are a Grand Ronde Tribal member, you
may be eligible to have the Tribe's Education Department, "Short - Term
Training" Program cover the cost of your registration fee. You would need to
have a current short-term training application on file. For questions regard
ing this program contact Bryan Langley at: (503) 879-4591.
Location:
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Governance Center, Class Room 204
9615 Grand Ronde Rd,
Grand Ronde OR 97347
For more information on the training or to register, contact:
Perri McDaniel, Cultural Resource Protection Specialist at: 503-879-4577
or Connie Schultz, Cultural Resource Protection Specialist at: 503-879-2185.