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(VSo cfeJfcVsbmi PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM. OR PERMIT NO. 178 liii,i1m,ii,.i.ii.,i,(.i..i.iiiii...... J T39 F3 Of? NEWSPAPER PROJ. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE 1299 UNIUERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 imi ii MiMdi a rr i . - JJ ' () N j AUGUST 1 2012 J VtVteasss A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe 5f JT VrVrsss www.grandronde.org XJTMPQXJA. ROGUE RIVER KALAPUYA CHLAJ3TA Tribe continues effort to amend Reservation Act Leno testifies before House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor WASHINGTON, D.C. The Tribe continued its effort to amend the 1988 Grand Ronde Reservation Act to streamline how the Tribe takes former reservation land into trust on Tuesday, July 24, when Tribal Vice Chair Reyn Leno testified orally and in writing before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. In early February, Tribal Chair woman Cheryle A. Kennedy trav eled to Washington, D.C, to testify before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in support of Senate Bill 356, which is the sister bill to House Resolution 726. The Senate bill was introduced by Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley and co-sponsored by fel low Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden. The House resolution was in troduced by Oregon. Rep. Kurt Schrader and co-sponsored by Oregon Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Greg Walden, as well as Okla homa Rep. Dan Boren. The proposed amendment would end the current two-step process that requires the Grand Ronde Tribe take each piece of former reservation land into trust with approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and then request that the See ACT continued on page 9 r TV... L .7 J i r i 'I: ; A , Smote Signals file photo Junior Miss Grand Ronde lyana Holmes performs a fancy dance during the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 2011 Contest Powwow at Uyxat Powwow Grounds in Grand Ronde in August 201 1. Coiniftesti Powwow ft shim) spotlight on cMdlirein) By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer The success of recent in tertribal powwows for children, coordinated by longtime Royalty member Halona Butler and Washie Squetimkin (Colville), will show up at this summer's Contest Powwow as "a whole new revi talization for our young people," said Dana Leno-Ainam, primary organizer for the powwow and a member of the Powwow Special Event Board. "Many will be out at powwow for the first time," she said, be cause "young people are under standing powwow and wanting to be involved with regalia and through dance." This year's event, set for Fri day, Aug. 17, through Sunday, Aug. 19, at Uyxat Powwow See POWWOW continued on page 4 Solan oomiDfts seen doling juke back tto tiDne gornd , rTTl . tin i- ..: 1 TT.3k,.- ; ... ... J,.J..l,...,i..J.t 1 I I I i .,.J Photo by Michelle Alaimo The solar panel installation on the rooftops of the new Elder Housing phase is the third Tribal solar panel project. Eight solar panels deliver 2,500 kilowatt hours of power a year, which amounts to two to four months of electricity at current rates. By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer With the second low-income Tribal Elder housing development scheduled for completion and occupancy this fall, the Tribe has embarked on its third solar panel installation project. The new installation serves the 20 two-bedroom, one-bath units and the three three-bedroom, two-bath "grandfamily" units with 10 percent to 40 percent of their electrical needs, said Don Coon, Tribal Housing Authority Hous ing Improvement coordinator. Housing units facing south, best for making the most of solar panels, each received eight solar panels that deliver 2,500 kilowatt hours of power a year, which amounts to two to four months of electricity free at current rates, Coon said. The solar energy collection is improved be cause the units are well insulated and served by efficient heat pumps that heat the units in the cold months and cool them in the warm. For housing units not facing south, the proj ect installed as many as 32 panels on the top of carport structures and then devoted eight panels See SOLAR continued on page 8
