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Don Day
2008 - Tribal Elder Don Day
waa buHy in the Forest Service's
Sweet Home Ranger District,
collecting timber for the planned
longhouse in Grand Ronde. A
helicopter transported about 50
eight- to 20-foot lengths of old
growth cedar logs out of a hole
behind a tributary of the Soda
Fork River and deposited them on
a landing off Soda Fork Road. The
logs were then trucked to Grand Ronde for splitting using traditional
tools and methods.
2003 A new 36-unit family housing community was under con
struction in Grand Ronde. Meant for moderate-income families, the
development includes mostly duplexes, grouped around a covered
central meeting place with a fire pit and toddler playground. 'There's
always been a great need for family housing in Indian Country," said
Linda Layden, the Tribe's Housing director. "And it's been a long
time in coming. So it's great to meet that need."
1998 - The Tribe and Spirit Mountain Development Corp. an
nounced plans to build a $3.1 million retail and commercial center in
Salem at the corner of Fairview Road and Commercial Street. 'The
project shows our confidence in Salem's future," said Tribal Chair
Kathryn Harrison. "We will produce a high-quality retail center that
benefits the entire community."
1993 - The Tribe announced purchase of the Zimbrick property
located near the Tribal Forestry Offices along Highway 18. The
Zimbrick's sold the 197 acres to the Tribe for $420,000, making it
the single largest land purchase by the Tribe at that time in its quest
to expand its reservation land base.
1988 - Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt held a brown bag luncheon
with women representatives from around the state, including Tribal
Council Secretary Kathryn Harrison, who was the only Tribal woman
present. She was selected to attend on behalf of the Oregon Commis
sion on Indian Services, of which she is vice chair. Issues of concern
included economic development, affirmative action, child care, child
abuse, alcoholism and drugs, women-owned businesses, prison is
sues, school closures, better communication with the governor's
office and jobs.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
OPEN FOR COMMENT
GOVERNMENTAL CORPORATIONS ORDINANCE
The Tribal Council, in consultation with the Tribal Attorney's Of
fice, adopted, on an emergency basis, a proposed amendment to the
Governmental Corporations Ordinance at the Dec. 12, 2012, Tribal
Council meeting.
The primary purpose of the proposed amendment is to eliminate
the requirement that Tribal Council must approve compensation of
director level and higher employees employed by Tribal corporations,
such as Spirit Mountain Gaming, Inc.
The Tribal Council invites comment on the proposed amendment to
the Governmental Corporations Ordinance. For a copy of the proposed
amendment please contact the Tribal Attorney's Office at 503-879-4664.
Please send your comments to the Tribal Attorney's Office, 9615
Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347, or by e-mail to legal
grandronde.org. Comments must be received by Jan. 31.
Harrison to receive honorary degree
from University of Portland in May
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signal editor
Former Tribal Chairwoman
Kathryn Harrison will receive an
honorary doctorate during the
May 5 commencement ceremony
at the University of Portland, said
the university's Director of Media
Relations John Furey.
Harrison will be honored for her
years of service to the Grand Ronde
Tribe and to the state of Oregon.
Harrison was born March 28,
1924, the descendant of an Alaskan
Native (Eyak) mother, Ella, and
Henry William Jones (Molalla), in
Corvallis.
She was named Kathryn May
Jones in honor of her great-great-aunt
Molalla Kate.
She graduated from Chemawa
Indian School in 1942 and subse
quently married Frank Harrison,
with whom she had 10 children.
In 1972, she became the first
Native American graduate of the
nursing program at Lane Com
munity College and worked at
Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene.
Eventually, she became an alco
hol rehabilitation counselor for
the Confederated Tribes of Siletz,
where she became instrumental in
helping the Tribe regain federal
recognition in 1977.
In the early 1980s, Harrison
returned to the Tribe of her father
- the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde and became involved in her
second Restoration effort, helping
Grand Ronde regain federal recog
nition in November 1983.
Kathryn, her son, Frank, and
her daughter, Karen, testified be
fore Congress about restoring the
Grand Ronde Tribe, which was
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terminated in 1954.
Following Restoration, Harrison
served on the Grand Ronde Tribal
Council from April 1984 through
September 2001, never losing an
election. She served as chair of the
Tribal Council for six years and was
vice chair for nine years. She over
saw the Tribe's resurrection from
Termination and guided the de
velopment of gaming as a revenue
source to fund Tribal educational,
health and cultural efforts.
Harrison, now 88, continues to
be an occasional spokeswoman for
the Grand Ronde Tribe. Her life
was detailed in a book, "Standing
Tall: The Lifeway of Kathryn Jones
Harrison."
In September 2012, she was
named a History Maker by the Ore
gon Historical Society and received
the Betty Roberts Woman in Lead
ership Award from Emerge Oregon,
a Portland-based training program
for Democratic women. D
REQUEST OF PUBLIC COMMENT
. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is requesting comments
for the following projects (primarily in Polk and Yamhill counties)
. proposed for use of $107,615 in estimated funding from the 2013-15
Federal 5310 Discretionary Grant "program offered by the Oregon
Department of Transportation: i .
1. Yamhill County Transit Area West Valley route Grand Ronde
extension,, purchased service costal$60,615); and
2. Salem Area Mass Transit District Grand Ronde 2X route, pur
chased service costs ($47,000).
Additional information is available from Kim Rogers, Planning &
Grants manager, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, 9615 Grand
Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347; 503-879-2250. The Tribe
invites comments on the proposed application by writing to this
address. Comments should be received before 9 a.m. Jan. 29. It is
anticipated that the application will be recommended for approval
on this date. The application may be revised based on comments
received. D
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