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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 2004)
MAY 1, 2004 MOCC A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org Spirit!: Mountain Commiiiity Fumd Tribal Council Working Together Leaders meet in Grand Ronde to discuss ways to continue support of Oregon's non-profits. Tribe has given $25 million since the establishment of the Community Fund in 1997 By Brent Merrill Members of the Spirit Mountain Commu nity Fund Board and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's Tribal Coun cil met in Grand Ronde on Thursday, April 29 to discuss ways to ensure the continued support of many of Oregon's non-profit organizations. The meeting was upbeat and positive and lead ers came away with renewed momentum to keep up with the Tribe's tradition of giving back to the community. The Council and the Fund Board issued this statement following the meeting "The Grand Ronde Tribal Council and the Spirit Mountain joint public announcement in the coming Community Fund Board are committed to work- months." 8 K " 9 " " -"' ing together to ensure funding for Oregon's non profit community. We are in the process of work ing out funding logistics, including the timing of contributions. We are making every effort to expedite this process and will make a further Tribal member and Spirit Mountain Casino Marketing Director Adam Henny, who has been See Fund on page 3 Front Page Picture Of Native American Skull Insults Oregon Indians The Oregonian stands by use of the picture and compares it with publishing a photo of caskets returning from Iraq. By Ron Karten When the Public Information Manager for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (CTGR) learned about the front page story in the April 16 issue of The Orego nian, he was incensed. "Just that they had put one of our ancestors on the front page to sell newspapers made me sick to my stomach," said Brent Merrill, the Tribe's Public Information Man ager and the Editor of Smoke Sig nals. The story, above the fold, fea tured a photograph of a Native American skull discovered above the ceiling of a Portland house be ing renovated. Indians have long honored their dead and the sacred objects accom panying funerals by keeping them beyond the light of publicity and photographs. Out of respect for this tradition, Oregon law prohibits public display of such items with out Tribal approval. The Oregonian, with a longstanding reputation for being considerate of Indian culture, nev ertheless, discussed the pros and cons of publishing the picture be fore going ahead in this instance. "Any time we run sensitive ma terial, we try to approach it with sensitivity and you know, discus See Skull on page 3 lilt Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 961 5 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 our. i t-it wen . wu'jni v-j 1299 UNIUERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-i 205 PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 11 linilN rvjy 7. i If Room To Grow "Except for the sun not being out, it's a great day for Grand Ronde and it's a great day for the community," said Richard Kline, General Manager for the Spirit Mountain Casino. Groundbreaking followed by a week or so actual work on the lodge expansion that will add some 1 50 rooms to the existing lodge and is slated for completion by March, 2005. "We're going to bring Spirit Mountain Casino more toward the idea and the vision that we all have of a destination resort," said Kline. Breaking ground (above) with Kline, were from left Tribal Council member Bob Haller, Tribal Financial Officer Larry Kovach, Tribal Council member Jack Giffen, Jr.,Tribal Council Secretary June Sell-Sherer, Richard Kline.Tribal Council Vice-Chairman ReynLeno and Tribal Council member JanD.Reibach, Kline and Kovach (below) in an impromptu discussion after the ground breaking. .J 0 .
