2 JULY 15, 2006
Smoke Signals
TRIBAL COUNCIL
CANDIDATES FORUM
WHERE: Tribal Gymnasium
WI I EN: Sunday, July 23, 2006 1 1 a.m.
AGENDA: Welcome and Introductions by Siobhan Taylor, Public
Affairs Director.
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Presentation by Tribal Council candi
dates. Each candidate will be asked to come to the microphone to be
introduced and present their information. Each Candidate will be
given four minutes to present.
12:30 p.m. Lunch will be served in the gym.
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Question & Answer: Tribal Council candidates
will be asked randomly selected questions. They will have two minutes
to respond. Questions will be previously submitted by Tribal members.
Tribal members may submit questions by completing a question form
and dropping it in one of the following locations: Government Center,
Health Center, Library and Community Center. Questions may also
be submitted to the Webmaster on the Grand Ronde website.
When submitting a question please include your name and Tribal
Roll Number.
2:30 - 3 p.m. Meet and greet candidates at their individual tables.
QUESTIONS: Siobhan Taylor, Public Affairs Director 503-879-
1920 or Bryan K. Langley, Education 503-879-2276.
Pow-wow Vendor Information
If you are interested in being a vendor at the Annual Contest Pow
wow, August 18-20, please contact Dana Ainam at 1-800-422-0232 ext.
2037 for an application.
The rates are as follows:
Non-Tribal members: ArtsCrafts $200, Food $350
Enrolled members of other Tribes: ArtsCrafts $150, Food $300
Grand Ronde Tribal members: ArtsCrafts $75, Food $125
In addition, there will be two free vendor spaces designated for smaller
Tribal member craft vendors. These spaces are ideal for Tribal members
who have a limited supply of items they wish to sell. Each space will
be shared with three to four other Tribal members for a four hour block
of time. Spaces will be filled based on the return of applications.
POW-WOW WORKERS WANTED
Clean up Contact Dana Ainam at 503-879-2037
Parking Contact Reina Nelson at 503-879-2223
ATTENTION TRIBAL MEMBERS
The following Committees or Special Event Boards (SEB) have vacant
positions: Education, Election Board, Pow-wow SEB and Royalty SEB.
If you are interested in serving on one of these Committees andor
Boards, please call Dakota Whitecloud at 503-879-1309.
NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Meetings
DATE TIME
Wednesday, July 26 5 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if
needed. Please call Dakota Whitecloud, Tribal Council Relations
Coordinator at 503-879-1309 to confirm.
Dear Editor,
In the early 1970s my sister, Karleen Parazoo, led a group of protestors
to the site which became the Trojan Nuclear Plant on the Oregon side of
the Columbia River. Karleen led the protest because the site was on a
traditional Chinook (Tchinouk) Cathlamet village fishing site, which
include an Indian burial ground. The protest was ignored; the Trojan
Nuclear Plant facility operated for many years after 1976, and now it is a
memory. The facility was built and operated by PGE of Portland, Oregon,
owned by Enron. Ownership of that land is another issue. The facility was
eventually shut down due to technical problems (1992) and the cooling
tower is now destroyed (May 2006). Other cleanup will continue at the
facility in the coming years.
What happened to the artifacts and burials uprooted when the Trojan
site was developed?
Does PGE know or does anyone know? A few months ago Tribal Chair
woman Cheryle Kennedy let the City of Portland know that Grand Ronde
is interested in the cleanup of an industrial site in the city because we
have ancestors tied to the land. Perhaps, we would also be interested in
what happened at the Trojan Nuclear Plant facility site?
Sincerely,
Claudette Parazoo
Tribal Elder 2923
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