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FEBRUARY 15,2012
General Council briefed on Tribal police development
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Tribe has a state-certified po
lice officer who is on par with other
city, county and state law enforce
ment personnel and by the end of
May it should have a police depart
ment that is on equal standing with
other state agencies, Tribal member
and Tribal Director of Development
Peter Wakeland said at the Feb. 12
General Council meeting held in the
Tribal Community Center.
Wakeland and Tribal member
and Tribal Police Officer Jake McK
night outlined the Tribe's continu
ing development of a police force.
McKnight, who used to be the
Tribe's Forest Patrol Officer, gradu
ated from the Department of Public
Safety Standards and Training
Academy on July 22, 2011, the
same day that Gov. John Kitzhaber
signed a landmark state law that
puts Tribal police on par with other
law enforcement personnel in Or
egon once they receive appropriate
state training.
The state law allows Tribal police
to arrest Tribal and non-Tribal of
fenders on and off Tribal reserva
tion lands without the previously
required cross-deputization.
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Photo by Dean Rhodes
Tribal member and Tribal Police Officer Jake McKnight, left, and Tribal
member and Tribal Director of Development Peter Wakeland made a
presentation on the Tribe's Tribal PoliceLaw Enforcement effort at the Feb.
12 General Council meeting held in the Tribal Community Center.
McKnight wrapped up his field
training in January with the Polk
County Sheriffs Office and now
Grand Ronde is one of several
Tribes with state-certified police in
Oregon, Wakeland said.
The next steps, Wakeland said,
are to consummate mutual aid
Board seeks applicants
The Tribal Cultural Trust Board is beginning its 2012 grant-making
round. Grants ranging from $250 to a maximum of $1,000 are
available for Tribal members to use for cultural projects or activi
ties that support the understanding, practice and preservation of
traditional Tribal heritage and culture.
The grant-making round opened Jan. 15 and lasts through
Wednesday, Feb. 29.
Interested Tribal members can pick up a 10-page application
packet at the front desk of the Tribal Governance Center or call
Cultural Trust Board Chair Perri McDanielat 503-879-1313 or
503-435-8118 to have an application packet mailed.
Completed applications must be received by Feb. 29.
The project is supported in part by a grant from the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde and funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust,
which invests in Oregon's arts, humanities and heritage. D
Committee & Special Event
Board meeting days and times
Below is the most current information on the meeting days and times for
Tribal Committees and Special Event Boards:
Ceremonial Hunt Board meets as needed. Chair: Shonn Leno.
Cultural Trust Board meets at 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each
month. Chair: Peril McDaniel.
Culture Committee meets at 1 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month
in Modular No. 3. Chair: TBD.
Education Committee meets at 5:15 p.m. on the first Monday of the
month in the Adult Education Building. Chair: Jon George.
Elders' Committee meets at 10 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month
in the Elders' Activity Center. Chair: Gladys Hobbs.
Enrollment Committee meets quarterly in Room 204 of the Governance
Building. Acting Chair: Robert Schmid.
Fish & Wildlife Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of
the month at the Natural Resources Building. Chair: Harold Lyon.
Health Committee meets at 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of the
month in the Tribal Wellness Center. Acting Chair: Patti Tom-Martin.
Powwow Special Event Board meets at 5 p.m. the first Thursday of
the month at the Tribal Community Center. Chair: Dana Ainam.
Rodeo Special Event Board meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of the
month at the Tribal Rodeo Office. Acting Chair: Harold Lyon.
Social Services Committee meets at 4 p.m. the second Monday of the
month in the Social Services Conference Room. Chair: Jenny Sanchez.
Timber Committee meets at 5 p.m. the second Thursday of the month
at the Natural Resources Building. Chair: Bob Mercier.
Veterans Special Event Board meets at 4 p.m. the first Tuesday of the
month in the Tribal Community Center. Chair: Dakota Whitecloud.
agreements with Polk and Yamhill
counties and then establish dis
patch services with local dispatch
ing services, adopt and maintain
operational forms, obtain tort claim
insurance and attain agency certifi
cation through DPSST by May 31.
In addition, Wakeland said, the
Tribe is still discussing how to use
a $672,525 grant from the U.S.
Department of Justice that would
fund two police officers for three
years, but require the Tribe to fund
the two positions in their fourth
year.
Wakeland said he is not sure
if the Tribe will send two Tribal
members through the four-month
state police certification training
like McKnight or hire two police
officers who are already trained and
certified, but might not be Tribal
members.
Tribal Elder Betty Bly said she
would support training Tribal
members to be on the Tribe's bur
geoning police force instead of
bringing in outside people.
Tribal Vice Chair Reyn Leno
asked Wakeland if the May 31
deadline is guaranteed.
"We're working toward this May
31 deadline for getting certifica
tion," Wakeland said. "It's going to
be a lot of work, but we're dedicated
to doing it."
In other action, Tribal Cultural
Resources Department employees
Kathy Cole and Julie Brown briefed
the membership about an exhibit at
Willamette Heritage Center in Sa
lem concentrating on Tribal women
that opens in early April.
Titled "Grand Ronde Women
Our Story," the exhibit will honor
Tribal women who have been lead
ers or have gone into the workplace
to support their families or the war
effort in the 1940s.
"It is an opportunity for our
women to tell their story," Brown
said.
Brown said Cultural Resources
continues to seek photographs of
Tribal women who served in the
armed forces, held jobs that men
typically had during World War II
or worked during the Tribal Resto
ration effort of the late 1970s and
early 1980s.
Tribal Elders Val Grout and Vio
let Folden and Tribal spouse Terry
Gray won the $50 door prizes and
Tribal Elder Theresa Haller won
the $100 door prize.
Grout also opened the meeting
with the invocation.
The next General Council meet
ing will be held at 1 1 a.m. Sunday,
March 4, in the Tribal Community
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