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Spirit MoiflnftaoBi takes oven as parade sponsor
Smok? Signals file photo
Spirit Mountain Casino's float, "First Have
Compassion," makas its way down tha Grand
Floral Parada routa in Portland in 2010.
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Key Bank is out and Spirit Mountain Casino
is in. The casino, the primary business
enterprise of the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde, is the new official sponsor of the
iconic Portland Rose Festival's Grand Floral
Parade.
The centerpiece of the Rose Festival was of
ficially renamed on Wednesday, Jan. 19, during
an event held at the casino.
The Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Pa
rade will be held Saturday, June 1 1, and be seen
by tens of thousands in person and on television
worldwide since it is one of the longest-running
floral parades in the world.
The casino and Portland Rose Festival Founda
tion signed a three-year deal, said Rich Jarvis,
foundation public relations manager.
Casino spokesman Greg Fritz said that the
casino committed to a six-figure, three-year deal
as parade sponsor.
The Tribe has ancestral ties to Portland," Fritz
said. The Tribal board felt this was an important
event that deserved support."
See ROSE FESTIVAL
continued on page 9
Clark County
challenging
Cowlitz decision
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Clark County, Wash., com
missioners have become the
first entity to announce that
it will appeal the U.S. Department
of Interior's Dec. 23 decision to take
152 acres into trust as reservation
land for the Cowlitz Tribe.
The Cowlitz plan to build a casino
on land 15 miles north of the Portland-Vancouver
metro area near
La Center.
After meeting in executive ses
sion on Wednesday, Jan. 11, Clark
County commissioners directed
county legal staff to file an appeal
in U.S. District Court.
"This should come as no sur
prise," Commissioner Tom Mielke
said. "For years, the county has
raised concerns about this project
and its effects on our community.
Those concerns have not been ad
equately addressed."
Clark County representatives
said their lawsuit will be based
in part on the 2009 U.S. Supreme
Court decision Carcieri v. Salazar,
which prohibits the federal govern
ment from taking land into trust for
Tribes that were recognized after
1934, the year the Indian Reorga
nization Act was enacted.
The Cowlitz Tribe was federally
acknowledged in 2000.
The appeal also will focus on the
environmental impact analysis
submitted by the Cowlitz Tribe
and the Indian Gaming Regulatory
Act of 1988, county representatives
said.
The casino could face legal chal
lenges from a number of other
groups, including a coalition of
See COWLITZ
continued on page 8
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Tribal member Perri McDaniel to manage Eugene satellite office
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
a few
months of on
off service
in Eugene, Tribal
member Perri McDan
iel has been named
coordinator of the sat
ellite office.
"I hope to make a
fresh start," McDaniel
said. "We will be re
building the program
ming that used to be
provided regularly."
McDaniel, who lives
in Grand Ronde, is so
into the effort that she
is commuting down
to Eugene four days
a week and staying
with her daughter.
At the moment, Mc
Daniel is alone in that
effort, but is looking to
provide a good work
experience for a Tribal
member, possibly hir-
ing someone through
the federal 477 work experience
program.
Among programs that are
already in progress, McDaniel
named:
Traditional Lifeways,
Tuesdays from 2-8:30 p.m.
including woodcarving, bas
ket weaving, drum making
and Native art and design.
Tribal "member Greg Archu
leta teaches many of these
skills.
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Photo by Michelle Alalmo
Tribal member Perri McDaniel, a longtime employee of the Tribe and Spirit Mountain
Casino, is tha new coordinator of the Eugene satellite office.
Regalia making for ladies,
every other Wednesday from
3:30-8:30 p.m. (in February and
March, the dates are the 9th
and the 23rd) including lessons
on making shawls, dentalia
hair ties and accessories. Tribal
member Carol Haskins teaches
this course.
Making hand drums, Sat
urday, Feb. 26, from 10 a.m.-5
p.m.
Chinuk wawa classes, Lane
Community College long
house, Mondays and
Wednesdays from 5-7 p.m.
100 and 200 level classes
taught as Lane Commu
nity College courses have
already begun.
Wellness, including yoga,
strength and cardiovascu
lar training, and nutrition
See PERRI
continued on page 4