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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (June 15, 2004)
JUNE 15, 2004 MOCC mmAi Mm A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org S3H3! mm They Got Game WannSprir Tribal menibeTMer ready to defend. The visiting Tribal members participated in the Grand Ronde Tribe's Second Annual All-Indian Youth Basketball Tournament in Grand Ronde on May 29 and 30. Talented teams came from all over the Northwest to compete and socialize with other Tribal youth. Made was voted the Most Valuable Player in the 1 2 and under age category and Picard was voted to the All-Star team. Tournament organizers said the turnout was so successful this year that they have begun discussions about having another tournament in the fall. MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 6. Restoration President Walks On ByPetaTinda Former President Ronald Reagan died on Saturday, June 5 at his home in Los Angeles, California. He was 93. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994. In 1983 Presi dent Reagan for mally signed into law the Grand Ronde Restoration Act, which re stored the Tribe's sovereignly as a nation, and the Tribe's Reservation Act in 1988, which restored a portion of the Tribe's land base. Reagan will be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. Reagan was elected Governor of California in 1966 and again in 1970. Reagan won the Republican Presi dential nomination in 1980. Tribal member Veronica Gaston met Reagan in 1994 during one of his campaign stops in Spokane, Wash ington. Gaston was in the 9th grade and to earn extra credit in her gov ernment class she and other students made signs to welcome the President. Reagan was so impressed with the signs the students made he asked to meet each of them personally. "He thanked me for helping with the signs and wished me well in school," said Gaston. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski issued a proclamation declaring Fri day June 11, 2004 as "Ronald Reagan Commemoration Day" in Oregon. Kulongoski also ordered that flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on July 4, 2004 to honor the former President. "If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be federally recognized as a Tribe. I think we owe him a great deal," said Gaston. Tribal Elder Care Facilities Moving Forward Duane Hussey wears many hats in bid to build out a revolutionary master plan. Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 961 5 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 n 1299 UNIVERSITY OF By Ron Karten The shovels aren't in the ground yet, but the ground work for the Tribe's upcoming Elder Care facilities is un derway. On the leading edge among today's best strate gies for building care facilities, this new Tribal con struction project is promising Grand Ronde's Tribal El ders the most ac commodating digs that the industry knows how to build. And the planning for this project is "right on track," according to Hous ing Authority Ex ecutive Director Carina Kistler Ginter. Work on the infrastructure is expected to begin this summer, and on the first of the homes by fall, she said. Duane Hussey, Tribal Housing Au thority Development and Construction Coordinator, has approached the project comprehensively. He is inves tigating, of course, what the builders and regulators need to do the job, but also what the Wellness people, who will Housing Authority Executive Director Carina Kistler Ginter work here caring for Elders, need to do their job right, what the folks at the Cultural Resources Department think ought to be included as func tional and de sign elements, and impor tantly, he is asking what the Elders, them selves, the ones who will one day be living there, want. "Fve promised them a safe en vironment to discuss the most personal things," said Hussey of his efforts to get in put from Elders. He has moved many of the quality of life issues that are too often ignored by bottom-line builders to a place of honor and regard. And he will be tak ing time to meet individually with El ders unable to come to the meetings. The questions for Elders at one re cent meeting went from the very ELDER FACILITIES continued on page 4 I!-- i lift JV .
