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JANUARY 1,2012
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2007 The Tribe traded 665 acres it purchased in 1998 in Colum
bia County for 230 acres two parcels of Stimson land bordering
the Tribal Reservation. The trade will make harvesting and thinning
processes easier than dealing with the timber in Scappoose, said
Tribal Natural Resources Director Michael Wilson. The new Tribal
property includes 70 acres adjacent to the Tribal Rodeo Grounds and
160 acres adjacent to the Reservation.
2002 Tribal member Valorie Sheker Robertson completed her
bachelor's degree in ManagementOrganizational Leadership from
George Fox University in Newberg.
1997 The third Security Guard Academy class graduated in
mid-December. The six graduates were Glenda Lytle, Lila Musso,
Jesse Robertson Jr., Mary Waggoner, Nathanial McGee and Duane
Many Hides.
1992 A front-page photo featured Colleen Kimsey, 11-year-old
Adam Leno and 10-year-old Samson George using 3-D concepts to
build a Christmas gingerbread house. Cathy Cline took the photo.
1987 The Tribe's hunting and fishing agreement with the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife was approved. On Jan. 12, a U.S.
District Court judge formally signed the decree, making it official.
"This is a major step in getting the Grand Ronde Reservation estab
lished," said Tribal Chairman Mark Mercier.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year incre
ments through the pages of Smoke Signals.
Chinuk Wawa classes offered
The Tribe's Cultural Education Department offers adult Chinuk Wawa
language classes from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday in Room 207
of the Tribal Education Building.
Language classes can be taken for college credit or for fun.
For more information, call 503-879-2249 or 503-437-4599.
Elders' garage sale seeking donations
Tribal Elders are regularly seeking donations for their fundraising
garage sales.
To donate an item or items, contact Tribal Elders Linda Brandon at
971-267-0918 or Duane Wheeler at 541-992-3254.
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Parent Of A Tribal Member And Legal Guardians Of
Grand Ronde Tribal Member Children
To Apply For The Temporary Staffing Pool
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's Temporary
Staffing Pool is accepting applications.
Tribal members, descendants, spouses of Tribal members,
parents of a Tribal member, and legal guardians of Grand
Ronde Tribal member children interested in assisting with
filling temporary vacancies on an "on-call" or an "extended
duration" basis are encouraged to contact the CTGR
Human Resources office. Employment applications are
available at the Human Resources office located in the
Governance Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road.
Applicants must pass the following background checks:
Criminal background
Work history
References
Tribal membership
Drug screen
Temporary employees will be subject to the CTGR's
Employee Handbook.
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SIGNS continued
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with Cultural Resources and Public
Affairs, has "truly been a collabora
tive project," Karnosh said.
"We recently completed and in
stalled a sign for Scio," said Brown,
"and as a result of that event, we
will be planning to co-sponsor a day
of sharing and identification with
the Scio Historical Society.
"There are so many farmers who
have items (rock, points, baskets,
etc.) that the idea came together
that an opportunity to identify
these items was not only necessary,
it would also help build our rela
tionship and the ties that we share
with the Scio community."
The project has led to other things
as well, said Karnosh, "which is go
ing to be really helpful for the Tribe
in the future."
He noted that METRO became
involved in the Graham Oaks Park
in Wilsonville, whereby METRO
paid for the sign but Grand Ronde
cultural specialists provided input
on what the sign would say.
"They wanted a Tribal perspec
tive," said Karnosh. "They heard
that oaks were important to the
Tribe culturally. That's really the
value of this whole project, the
chance for the Tribe to tell its own
story on the ceded lands."
Interpretive signs also will be
going up in Hunter Arboretum in
Dallas in January or February,
Salem Waterfront Park, the city of
Tualatin, Canemah Bluff Park in
Oregon City, one or two signs in Bu
ford Park, a hiking park around Mt.
Pisgah (outside of Springfield), and
North Mountain Park in Ashland.
The idea, said Tribal Elder Bob
Tom, is to make sure that people
up and down the Willamette Val
ley learn about the Grand Ronde
Tribe's ceded lands.
"The project has led to new 1-5
bridge south of Eugene," Karnosh
said. "It's a major highway project
and David Lewis got on the steer
ing committee for the interpretive
elements of that project. It's a huge
project, right on the river. It is go
ing to include interpretive signs
and other material that are being
built into the overall bridge project,
and that's really exciting.
"Still another thing that this proj
ect has led to is in the near future we
are going to be working with Tribal
GIS Coordinator Volker Mell along
with OIS and Cultural Resources
to develop an interactive Web map
of the ceded lands. So when it's
finished it will be all clickable with
images. People will be able to see the
signs and graphics without having
to get in their car and go there.
"We will be able to put a lot more
information on the Web site that
we couldn't fit on one sign panel.
There's way too much information
out there to put on one sign, but
the Web address will be on all the
signs. We're really excited about
that because it will be a major out
reach tool."
"We're doing a lot of work," said
Lewis. "Many will be installed in
the first part of the year."
Along with the sign at the Tribal
convenience store, said Lewis,
Tribal Council member photos will
be improved by adding names and
updating the framing.
"We've had lots and lots of help
from Volker Mell in GIS and all the
folks in Cultural have been great
about providing content and their
input on the interpretive signs,"
Karnosh said.
Public Affairs Director Siobhan
Taylor made sure the events went
off without a hitch.
"In Scio," Karnosh said, "for a
tiny town, we had a huge turnout
of local people and Tribal folks for
the sign unveiling. It really felt
like the whole town came out in
support of this, which was really
reassuring."
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