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6 AUGUST 15, 2008 Smoke Signals Sag DTi off ttDue Turobe Community Fund program awards $301,000 to Tribes By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Confeder ated Tribes of Grand Ronde, awarded $301,000 to six Oregon Tribes in early August as part of the first Oregon Tribal Grant Program. The Oregon Tribal Grant Program is designed to support innovative programs or program enhancement within Oregon's nine federally recognized Tribes. Eligible projects included program support or capital improvements. There is a $75,000 cap per grant award. The six grants awarded in early August include: $40,000 to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians to complete preliminary excavation and foundation work that will pave the way for construction of anew multi-functional Tribal Community Center. The new facility will replace an older and inadequate facility used for similar purposes since 1930. The new community center will provide Tribal members with a place to gather for important community activities and provide opportunities for the general public as well. $50,000 to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to help the Warm Springs Tribal Museum modernize and replace outdated audio-visual analoglaser equipment used in its permanent exhibit gallery. The replacement hardware will incorporate state-of-the-art digital technology and will enhance the overall experience for thousands of museum visitors for many years to come. $75,000 to the Burns Paiute Tribe for the purchase and installation of new irrigation equipment and agricultural implements to support their hay grow ing operations. The new equipment will increase annual hay production, thereby increasing Tribal income to support other Tribal needs. It also will expand employment opportunities in the Tribe's rural community. $46,000 to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation for the development and production of a comprehensive curriculum for high school students that translates their Tribal history book into modules to support student project-based study. The new curriculum will be integrated into subjects currently offered and serve as a springboard for the develop ment of a college preparatory elective based upon the book. $50,000 to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon to design, create and install informational signs to be placed at historically significant sites within Grand Ronde's ceded lands. The informational signs will chronicle the presence and cultural importance of the area's indigenous inhabitants and will be viewed by travelers throughout Grand Ronde's western Oregon ceded lands, which include the Willamette Valley, the Columbia River and southern Oregon. 'The signs will provide cultural awareness and histori cal understanding of our peoples," said Kim Rogers, Division Manager of the Grand Ronde Planning and Grants Department. The signs will incorporate important natural resource information and Tribal contact information. $40,000 to the Klamath Tribe to support construction of a new Tribal Com munity Transportation Maintenance Building, which will provide a centrally located, enclosed facility to perform routine and preventive maintenance to the Tribe's bus fleet. The Tribe's Transportation Department provides com munity members with reliable and affordable transportation in a semi-rural setting. Annually, the buses transport 4,000 Tribal members and 1,200 com munity members. On a daily basis, the buses are a key part in ensuring that Klamath Tribal Elders can access critical health and wellness services. In its 10 years of existence, Spirit Mountain Community Fund has donated more than $40 million to charitable groups and organizations in 11 western Oregon counties. Spirit Mountain Community Fund is administered by an eight-person board of trustees, made up of government and civic leaders and Tribal representatives. "It is an honor to extend our funding support to the nine federally recognized Oregon Tribes to ensure that they have the programs and services to meet the ongoing needs of their Tribal membership," said Grand Ronde Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy about the new Oregon Tribal Grant Program. The Elders, Grand Meadows & Fssn2y IIoc3 win be baviss ceesscsity yard sates! Cong jcin the Eon end see what treasures yoacsa find? One rasa1 Is; I i . sr n W I u i t 3 11 'mm rtli )ixLAm WAfln I i r t A - I' -'-',1 .n:.' ....... : : Photo by Summer Youth employee Joel Selwyn The Tribe's new reader board is operational at the entrance to the Tribal campus along Grand Ronde Road. The computer software to add and delete messages to the reader board was installed on the computer of Publications Coordinator Dean Rhodes. On July 22, the Tribal Council adopted a Record of Instruction regarding use of the reader board that states: "The Tribal reader board is to promote events or meetings that are Tribally sponsored or specifically related to the Tribe. They must be of general interest to the Grand Ronde Community and be held on the Tribal Campus or at the Casino. Notices must be submitted two weeks in advance for listing on the reader board." To contact Rhodes about listing an event on the reader board, call 503-879-1463 or send an e-mail to dean.rhodesgrandronde.org. Public Notice Open For Comment Public Notice for Comment on the Grand Ronde Tribe's application for 2009 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funding. The Grand Ronde Tribe obtained a LIHEAP grant last year from the Division of Energy Assistance within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This grant program assists income eligible Tribal members with energy assistance (utility bills, fire wood, etc.), crisis energy assistance, and weatherization (e.g. furnace repair, caulking, insulation). The Tribe's LIHEAP service area includes Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Multnomah, Washington, Tillamook and Clackamas counties. If you are interested in obtaining services from the current program please contact Social Services at 800-242-8196 for energy assistance and the Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority at 503-879-2405 for weatherization. The Tribe is taking public comment on the 2009 LIHEAP application which is to be submitted by Sept, 2, 2008. A draft will be available for review at the Planning & Grants Department at the Tribal Gover nance Center on Aug. 15, 2008. It will also be available at the Housing Authority booth at the powwow. You may also call Planning & Grants Development at 503-879-2250 with your comments on the plan or to obtain more information about the plan. nmrnimi iiiuii iiini.aimn.nwimMLnwi.niM.ainL ii mi mi .iipp lir,biii-it:briHn;lllll-llM'Vl,i,U:lt,lni,U;Hll,lnaMil'U''Kll,i-i ki'Ullifcl'i'MklM'iU jr Attention Parent! and primary caregiver! of Grand Ronde diildrm with diaabiSties, sped al tir S We are creating a support group for parents and caregivers of Grand Ronde children with spedal needs. We will first begin an e-mail and telephone contact Hst and later we will ? be coordinating meetings with the group. 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