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INTERNAL OPENINGS
I Housekeeper (swing shift)
Public WorksFacilities
Grade: 5
Closing date: June 15
I After Care Advisor
Early Childhood Education
Grade: 6
Closing date: June 1 5
I On-call Teacher Aide
Early Childhood Education
Grade: 5
Closing date: June 22
I Certified Medical Assistant
Medical Clinic
Grade: 6
Closing date: June 25
I Grants Coordinator
Community Fund
Grade: 6
Closing date: June 29
I AFC Primary Caregiver
Adult Foster Care
Grade: 7
Closing date: June 29
EXTERNAL OPENINGS
I Physician
Medical Clinic
Grade: 23
Open until filled
I Caregiver (on-call)
Adult Foster Care
Grade: 5
Open until filled
I Executive Director
Housing
Grade: 17
Open until filled
For a detailed job
description, please
contact the Tribe's job
line at 503-879-2257 or
1-877TRIBEGR.
INTERNALEXTERNAL
Forester
Natural Resources
Grade: 12
Closing date: June 1 8
Community Health
Department Manager
Community Health
Grade: 14
Closing date: July 3
Registered Nurse
Diabetes Case Manager
Medical Clinic
Grade: 13
Closing date: July 6
Internal applicants are
1 . Current Regular Employee, past
their six-month Introductory pe
riod, receiving at least a "meets
expectations" on most recent
performance evaluation and not
under disciplinary action or per
formance improvement within
the previous six months,
2. Grand Ronde Tribal mem
bers 3. Spouse of a Grand Ronde
Tribal member or
4. Parent or legal guardian of
Grand Ronde Tribal member
children
Internal recruitment
For those individuals meeting
minimum qualifications an inter
view will be given in the follow
ing ranking order:
1. Grand Ronde Tribal members
a) Qualified Grand Ronde Tribal
members who show they
meet the minimum qualifica
tions of the position during
the course of the interview
process will be given first
consideration for hire and the
recruitment process will end
2. Tribal member spouses, par
ents andor legal guardians of
Grand Ronde Tribal member
children
3. Current regular employees
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request application from CTGR Human Resources at 503-879-2109.
Currently, Spirit Mountain Casino has several job openings. Job
postings are updated every Friday and can be viewed at http:spir
itmountain.comcareers or you may call the Job Hotline number at
503-879-2350, ext. 3744, or 800-760-7977, ext. 3744.
If you are an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde and need assistance in processing an application or have any
questions, you can contact Tribal Development and we would be
happy to assist you.
E-mail: TribalDevelopmentspiritmtn.com
David DeHart: 503-879-3867 or cell: 503-437-2176
Misty Carl: 503-879-3813 or cell: 503-437-1679
Trina Pesterfield: 503-879-3896 or cell: 503-437-2122
"The TYibal Career Development Department (TCD) is responsible
for enhancing the self-sufficiency opportunities for enrolled members
of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. This department will
meet the needs of Tribal members through a progression of custom
ized processes to ensure opportunities for the individual by providing
a collaborative and trusting environment, consultation and career
recommendations. "
Association appreciated the
exhibit for three reasons
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community."
The Nashville association appre
ciated the exhibit for three reasons,
Booth said.
"Number one: They really enjoyed
the fact that this was a cooperative
exhibit and project between two
cultural entities the Tribe and
the museum.
"Number two: They looked favor
ably on the effort of this exhibit to
recreate a part of the culture that
had faded from recent memory
the carving of the shovel-nosed
canoe.
"And number three: The signifi
cance of that impressed them. The
exhibit highlighted an aspect of
Native American culture that had
not been highlighted elsewhere.
The significance of the exhibit was
that it was bringing to the larger
community the story of river canoes
that used to ply up and down the
Willamette and other rivers, as
opposed to the more well-known
ocean-going, Chinook-style canoes.
They got that and recognized that,
and wanted to applaud it."
The process of carving the canoe
was an education for Cultural Edu
cation Specialist Brian Krehbiel.
"We came across every obstacle
I think you can come across when
carving a canoe," Krehbiel said,
from heart rot to bug holes. The
carvers went back to pictures of
river-going canoes from the area,
but the question still remained,
"Where is this style of canoe going
to start and stop at?" he said. "It
kind of looks like this, but what's
that part and where is it from?"
With carvers like Tribal Elder
Robert Watson, "one of the most
dedicated carvers," Krehbiel said,
"there were lots of ideas we bounced
off each other to do this. Same with
Travis (Mercier), Bobby (Mercier)
and Richard (Bubba) Sohappy, who
took a lot of pictures and helped us
mark this event."
The Tribe already had ocean-going
canoes, but carving the river
style canoe "brought us a little
closer (to who the Grand Ronde
people are)," Krehbiel said.
"The maps were a great success,
and received very well," said David
Harrelson, Culture Protection spe
cialist, who researched the maps
and produced them in collaboration
with Tribal Graphic Design Spe
cialist George Valdez. "The maps
provided a strong visual connection
for the Tribe to our ceded lands,
and they were also successful in
communicating our Tribe's connec
tion to our rivers and a canoeing
tradition."
Kudos for the exhibit go to many
on Tribal staff, including curator
Julie Brown, community canoe
carvers led by Krehbiel and Mer
cier, mapmakers Harrelson and
Valdez, Cultural Resources Secre
tary Veronica Montano and Tribal
GIS Coordinator Volker Mel, and
at Willamette Heritage Center
to Booth and staff member Keni
Sturgeon.
Krehbiel also singled out Tribal
Elder Don Day for his advice on
traditional methods for splitting
the log ultimately carved into the
Kalapuya-style river canoe, and
Darel Peper for making the plugs
that filled the many holes found in
the split cedar body of the canoe.
"Tribal Elders and members
of the Tribal community shared
knowledge, gave time and helped
in many ways to make all this
possible," said Lewis. Thanks also
go to Tribal Council and the Wil
lamette Heritage Center at The
Mill for helping finance the exhibit,
he said.
The exhibit served two purposes,
Lewis added.
"I think it's significant," he said,
"as we planned the exhibit to not
only tell the story of the restoration
and the revival of canoe culture,
but also as a part of that recovery.
The exhibit became a vehicle for
the recovery portion that involved
development of advanced carving
projects at the Tribe, which were
centered around the carving of the
Kalapuya river canoe, so the exhibit
was part of the cultural restoration
occurring."