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SEPTEMBER 1,2011
2006 - Nysayka Ikanum Our Story, an ongoing virtual experience of
the Tribe's Cultural Resources Department debuted online on the Tribe's
Web site. Created by Portland-based ISITE Design, sections cover the
Tribe's past, present and future with hundreds of Web pages. "Nothing
will ever be taken down," said then-Cultural Collections Coordinator
Lindy Trolan. "It will only be added to."
2001 Tribal members Cristina Lara and Teresa Henry, two Wil
lamina High School seniors, were the first to work as interns at the
American Museum of Natural History. The internships evolved follow
ing the Tribe's legal negotiations with the museum for ownership of the
Tomanowos, the Willamette Meteorite.
1996 Groundbreaking for the Grand Ronde Health and Wellness Cen
ter occurred on the cusp of powwow weekend. Human Resources Division
Manager Cheryle A. Kennedy broke ground on the site with a backhoe.
1991 The seventh annual Contest Powwow was held, drawing ap
proximately 5,000 people. The annual Royalty Pageant crowned Deana
Gardner as 1991-92 Miss Grand Ronde and Courtney Galligher as 1991
92 Junior Miss Grand Ronde.
1986 The Tribe held its second annual Contest Powwow, which at
tracted more than 450 people for dinner. In addition, it was announced
that Tribal Council is beginning to cautiously develop a Tribal Court
system for fiscal year 1987.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year incre
ments through the pages of Smoke Signals.
Recycle Center moved
The Recycle Center has been moved temporarily to 9675 Grand Ronde
Road. For more information, contact Tribal Facilities Manager Michael
J. Larsen at 503-879-2407. B
503-879-5211
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; Attention Parents and primary caregivers of Grand Ronde
Z children with disabilities, special needs, or extra challenges: s;
We are creating a support group for parents and caregivers
of Grand Ronde children with special needs. We will first
begin an e-mail and telephone contact list and later we will
be coordinating meetings with the group.
If your child, grandchild, foster child, etc. has extra chal- p
lenges (medically, emotionally, or developmentaHy) and you
would like to collaborate and share resources with other rzi
parents, please send your contact information in an e-mail
to: lewis.dmcomcast.net or can us at 503-566-3093.
Thank you,
David (2741) and Donna Lewis
parents to Saghaley (5132) and Inatye (5323)
Chomawa on list of Indian schools
EPA says need to be cleaned up
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signalt editor
Chemawa Indian School in Salem
was one of more than 160 government-operated
Tribal schools that
the Environmental Protection Agen
cy has told the Bureau of Indian
Affairs to clean up.
EPA inspections of the Tribal
schools, which teach more than
40,000 students, between 2005 and
2008 found violations of seven envi
ronmental laws, including the Clean
Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the
Toxic Substances Control Act.
Many schools, according to the
EPA, simply were not keeping up
with monitoring requirements for
asbestos contamination and water
quality. Others did not dispose of
waste properly and a few Tribal
schools registered unsafe levels of
bacteria, arsenic and even uranium
in the water.
According to the compliance agree
ment between the two federal agen
cies, Chemawa Indian School was
in violation of the Toxic Substances
Control Act by not properly marking
a PCB storage area and items and
failing to properly dispose of PCB
bulk product waste. The school also
failed to notify the EPA before start
ing PCB waste-handling activities.
Under the settlement, the Bureau
of Indian Affairs will correct all
violations at the 72 schools and 27
water systems found to be deficient,
and set up a monitoring system to
keep tabs on conditions. The agree
ment includes a $235,000 civil pen
alty, which will be used to clean up
asbestos.
The settlement affects 60 Tribes
that have Tribal schools or public
water systems on or near their
Tribal lands.
"Children are more vulnerable
to environmental exposures than
adults, which is why ensuring that
schools provide safe, healthy living
environments for our children, par
ticularly in Tribal communities, is a
top priority for EPA," said Cynthia
Giles, assistant administrator of the
EPA's Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance.
"Today's landmark settlement will
help strengthen public health and
environmental protection in Indian
Country and will improve environ
mental management practices at
federally managed Tribal schools."
Other Northwest Tribal schools
affected by the settlement include
the Coeur d'Alene Tribal School and
Shoshone Bannock School in Idaho
and the Muckleshoot, Yakama and
Quileute Tribal schools in Washing
ton state.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 201 1
Changes to Social Services
Emergency Assistance
and Medical Gas Voucher Program
For all income criteria programs, wage verification for past 60 days
(wage stubs) will need to be submitted. If client has not worked for a
period of time, client will need to submit a printout from their State
Employment Office or printout from Oregon Self Sufficiency Office as
verification of income. Rentaldeposit or utility assistance may be uti
lized only one time in a 24-month rolling calendar period and is not to
exceed the maximum contribution of $1,000 per household within any
24-month rolling calendar period.
Medical Gas Vouchers
Social Services will not provide gas vouchers for medical appoint
ments, counseling or drug & alcohol treatment. The only exception to
this is for scheduled treatment plans, (i.e.: radiation, chemotherapy,
surgery, etc.) and has caused hardship on the family, medical gas
vouchers can be distributed to meet the need of the circumstances. A
copy of all scheduled treatment plans must be received before client is
eligible to receive this service. Assistance will end on the date of the
last treatment appointment.
For a complete copy of policy or questions, please contact Tammy C.
Garrison at 503-879-2077. H
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If you have any questions, contact
Brian Krehbiel at 503-879-4639
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