Smoke Signals 9
MAY 15, 2011
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Photo by Michelle Alalmo
Australian Steve Hamming, left, looks at tha pola outsida off tha
Tribal plankhousa as Tribal mambar EirikThorsgard, Tribal Cultural
Protaction coordinator and Tribal Historic Prasarvation officar, tails
him what tha carvings maan on it during a stop at tha araa on Monday,
May 9. Hamming is a lacturar at Flindars Univarsity in Adalaida,
Australia, tha univarsity thatThorsgard is working on his Ph.D
through, and is a co-suparvisor for Thorsgard's Ph.D work. As part of
his two-day visit to Grand Ronda, Hamming briafly mat with Tribal
Council to introduca himsalf and Thorsgard showad him around tha
Tribal campus and rasarvation.
Polk County does not
object to Tribe's proposal
Two tracts totaling 142 acres ID'd for transfer to trust status
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The three-member Polk County Board of Commissioners voted April 19
not to object to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's proposal to take
two lots totaling about 142 acres into its Trust Lands.
Polk County Assessor Doug Schmidt said the loss to the county would
be minimal less than $400 a year for all taxing districts affected.
Tribal member and Tribal Lands Manager Jan Reibach said one par
cel is about five acres, located near Tribal headquarters and adjacent to
land that is already part of the reservation. He said the parcel, which is
currently used to grow hay, will be used for a drain field system serving
Tribal housing.
The larger tract is about 137 acres south of Spirit Mountain Casino. It
is mountainous forestland located south of the Yamhill River and also
adjacent to reservation land.
Reibach said the tract, called the South Yamhill Property, is currently
managed as forestland and putting it in trust is part of an ongoing effort
to regain lands lost during Termination.
'The Tribe is acquiring this property to support consolidation of its land
base and self-determination objectives," said a Department of Interior letter
to the Polk County Board of Commissioners seeking comment on the acquisi
tion. 'There is currently no development planned for this property."
"Over the years, the Tribe has established an excellent relationship with
both Polk and Yamhill counties," Reibach said. "Their staff is top notch
and I appreciate their professionalism."
The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Northwest Regional Office will make the
final decision on incorporating the properties into Tribal trust lands. D
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