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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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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.
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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
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