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mrsoMTED sro us. rosTACc rwo KMMTNO. 17t SALt M. on .,l,.i,lHlfjH.!l....l.......l..!, OR NEWSPAPER PRO J. UO LIBRARY SVSTEfl PRE J ?99 UNrUERSrrV OF OREGON EUGENE OR 9?4O3-i203 l n NOVEMBER 1, 2011 i I MM "rA Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe J Ju' 'SggZs - www.grandronde.org JVIOiLATYLA ROGUE RIVER KALAPUYA CELAJ3TA. woods pDn Fodtc gjorairati $672,525 to fund two police officers for three years By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer Moving to accept a three-year, $672,525 federal Department of Justice grant on Oct. 12, the Grand Ronde Tribal Coun cil has set the stage for a greater Tribal police presence in town. The Tribal police force will consist of three of ficers supervised by Tribal member Peter Wake land, the Tribe's Development Director. Earlier this year, Tribal member and Forest Patrol Officer Jake McKnight graduated from the state's Department of Public Safety Stan dards and Training Academy in Salem to become the Tribe's first officer. McKnight's position is Tribally funded. When the two new positions are filled, the four-member team will continue to work with the Polk County Sheriffs Office for coverage in the community. "We are not going to build a jail," said Tribal Council member Toby McClary. "And we are not going to set up our own police communications system." In July, the Oregon Legislature gave Tribal police the same powers given to other Oregon police. Senate Bill 412 required Tribal police be trained at the state's training academy, that Tribes provide police oversight, adhere to the See GRANT continued on page 9 1,463 Tribal members register to vote in Nov. 1 5 election By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Interest among Grand Ronde Tribal members in the Nov. 15 Constitutional Amendment election regarding enrollment re quirements is slightly less than the interest that occurred during 2008's enrollment election. According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Siletz Agency Office, 1,463 Grand Ronde Tribal members reg istered to vote in the upcoming elec tion. Of the 3,834 Tribal members who could have registered to vote, 38.2 percent did so. In 2008, 1,491 Tribal members out of 3,578 eligible registered to vote for a 41.6 percent registration total. In addition in 2008, 1,159 of those who registered eventually voted for a 78 percent turnout. In early June, Tribal Council voted 5-4 to send a bundle of four proposed enrollment changes to the General Membership. The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved calling See VOTE continued on page 8 si 1 Photo by Michelle Alalmo The Grand Ronde Canoe Family sings and drums during the first anniversary of the opening of Achaf-Hammi, the Tribe's plankhouse, in Grand Ronde on Saturday, Oct. 1 5. More photos on page 1 2. Second Elder housing units due in summer 2012 VfX ! 9 Jtt ""- I II I ill 1 By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer The Grand Ronde Tribal Hous ing Authority expects that the new development of 23 Elder homes, which have designs making new units easier to use and more comfortable to live in, will be completed next summer. Work on the Elders Housing Phase II, a new development of 23 Elder homes, recently began in Grand Ronde and will be completed next summer. Photo by Michelle Alaimo The build-out has started be tween the existing Elder housing units and the Governance Building, displacing some of the trees there, but keeping a country feel in the new neighborhood. The project is funded with "maxi mum development costs" of $5.6 million in federal Indian Housing Block grants, according to Housing Authority Executive Director Ca rina Kistler. The funding requires See HOUSING continued on page 6
