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4 MARCH 15, 201 2 Smoke Signals Tribe receives $60,305 grant By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Grand Ronde Tribe received a $60,305 grant from the U.S. De partment of Interior on Wednesday, March 7, to support Tribal Historic Preservation efforts. Tribal member and Tribal Histor ic Preservation Officer Eirik Thors gard said the Grand Ronde Tribe's federal allocation will be used to purchase archaeology equipment and pay for contracts to record Tribal historic buildings. The Grand Ronde Tribe hired its first archaeologist, Briece Edwards, in late 2011. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Tribe's grant as part of $8.4 million be ing given to 131 American Indian Tribes to support their Tribal His toric Preservation Offices under the National Historic Preservation Act. The National Park Service awards the grants to Tribes to assist in car rying out national historic preser vation program responsibilities on Tribal lands. "The participation of American Indians in the national historic preservation program is a major step forward in how we tell the story of our land and its people," Salazar said. "These grants will help Tribes recount their histories that date back centuries before Europeans set foot on this continent. As they tell the story, all Americans can gain a greater appreciation of their rich traditions and cultures." Tribes can use the grants to fund projects, such as nominations to the National Register of Historic Plac- Eirik Thorsgard es, pres ervation education, plan n i n g , historic structure reports, community preserva tion plans and brick- and-mortar repair to buildings. The grants come from revenues earned from federal oil leases on the Outer Continental Shelf. "Increased attention to the pres ervation of significant Tribal places, as well as Tribal culture and tradi tion, is important to all Americans," said National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis. "This grant pro gram provides important funding to protect the cultures of the first Americans." Thorsgard became the Tribe's Tribal Historic Preservation Of ficer in early 2011 after the Tribe received a $27,000 grant from the National Park Service. The position allows the Tribe to have increased sovereignty in controlling its architectural and historic sites on Reservation and trust lands. As the Tribal Historic Preserva tion Officer, Thorsgard has the authority on the Tribe's trust lands to assess potential archaeologi cal materials and devise plans to avoid affecting the site or move the materials out of the way of planned development without obtaining a ruling from the State Historic Preservation Office. D is proua to support the 10th annual , x . ,ZO 1 2 Tradi'ng at the Rjver - Vy A Place to Gather - Exchange - Grow bmbassy buites rortlana, UK 'V TS. t I . ' 7900 N-E. 82nd Ave. v-.... v ' 1 ' ". ' 2 t t v - S v .j mm 5 " i ' V.v5 1L 0 t. TNI EDC ..-JS . ECONOMIC l) All OI'Mf-NT ' ' CORPORA) ION ONABEN REGISTER NOW AT: www. onaben . org 1 J P "! - - m u. ..en m - - 1 Dllfc-di 1 rrs mm 'J Photos by Michelle Alaimo A group of middle school girls play a game called marshmallow swamp during a Girls Inc. of Northwest Oregon dass at Youth Education on Thursday, March 1 . The girls were divided into two groups and needed to work as a team to cross the "swamp" by stepping on marsh mallows, which were represented by a piece of colored paper. The Tribe's Youth Prevention Program collaborated with Girls Inc. for an "Allies in Action" training for middle school-aged girls. The training was offered last year to high school-aged girls and the girls who participated in that training worked with the middle school girls in this particular dass. Girls Inc. is a nonprofit organization that guides high school and middle school-aged girls"to be strong, smart and bold." It is an eight-week course running Feb. 2-March 22. 4 -iJi i ' ( rt. Tribal member and high schooler Amanda Grijalva, middle, looks on as middle school girls look through magazines for photos that illustrate emotions brought up by hurtful behavior to use in a collage. The girls looking through magazines include Tribal member Jillian Thomas, left, Tribal descendant Jordan LaChance, second from left, and Tribal members Andrea Grijalva, second from right, and Kyoni Mercier, right. Grand Ronde, OR. Friday II Saturday 7 P.M. U 7 P.M. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde would like to invite you to attend our 10th Annual Round Dance. It will be held at the Tribal Gymnasium. Thank you for respecting Grand Ronde's Tribal community and culture by not displaying gang affiliation or by bringing drugs,alcohol or weapons to this event. Ad created by George Valdez Ad created by George Valdez
