Smoke Signals
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2008 - The Confederated Tribes of
Grand Honde received national TV ex
posure when "Little People, Big World"
featured Tribal members building a min
iature plankhouse and blessing it after
ward at Roloff Farms near Hillsboro.
2003 - The first Agency Creek Round
Dance was scheduled for April 4-5 in the
Tribal gym.
1998 - The Tribe received a $75,785 Welfare-to-Work grant from
the federal Department of Labor. The grant was one of the first in
$15 million in grants to help Native American Tribal governments
transform the lives of long-term welfare recipients.
1993 - Shonn and Dustin Leno won state wrestling titles for Wil
lamina High School, becoming the only brothers to ever win back-to-back
state titles in Oregon Class 2A wrestling. Shonn won his third
title and Dustin his second.
1988 - Congressman Les AuCoin introduced a new Grand Ronde
Reservation bill that calls for 9,81 1 acres being returned to the Tribe.
The bill follows two bills introduced in 1987 that called for creating
reservations with 15,700 acres and 5,100 acres, respectively. The
new bill restricts exports and the purchase of timber for 20 years
and requires that a minimum of 30 percent of timber revenues goes
to Tribal economic development.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year incre
ments through the pages of Smoke Signals.
Notice to Tribal mombor artists
Spirit Mountain Casino is inviting Grand Ronde Tribal member
artists to submit their original, artistic creations to be purchased
for the Rock Creek Court.
This request is open to Grand Ronde Tribal members only. Pieces
submitted for consideration must be the Tribal members' own cre
ation and suitable for public display.
A completed copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) can be ob
tained by contacting the Casino's Purchasing Department as listed
below:
D RFP by e-mail, send request to sara.zalonisspiritmtn.com.
D RFP by U.S. Mail, please call 503-879-3008.
Full details are available only to Grand Ronde Tribal members
requesting the RFP.
All requests for RFPs must be made
no later than April 30, 20 1 3.
(A blind-selection process will be utilized. Artists are asked to
not divulge submission information to any person except Casino
Purchasing Department personnel.)
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Notice to Tribal member construction,
contractors and workers
The Tribe is developing a list of Tribal member-owned construc
tion companies and workers with road construction experience who
are interested in performing construction work for the Tribe and on
Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) projects. The Tribe is
negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ODOT to
provide hiring preference to Tribal members, those with construction
companies and individuals with construction experience, to work on
various ODOT road construction projects.
Tribal members seeking employment in the construction field please
contact Steve O'Harra by calling 503-879-2113 or via e-mail steve.
oharragrandronde.org. Please provide your name, enrollment num
ber, phone number, type of work sought (unskilled laborer, concrete,
paving, etc.) and any special skills or experience you may have. The
Human Resources Department will assemble a list of interested per
sons that will be distributed to ODOT. This Ust also will be distributed
to general contractors selected to do work on Tribal projects.
Construction companies that are owned by Tribal members and
wish to be included on this list are requested to call John Mercier at
503-879-2400 or via e-mail john.merciergrandronde.org. Please in
dicate your business name, address, telephone, fax, specialty, name(s)
of Tribal members employed and roll number if available, fl
Ad created by George Valdez
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INTERNAL OPENINGS
TERO Director
Tribal Employment Rights Office
Grade: 15
Closing date: April 1
B Speech Language Pathologist
Clinic
Grade: 14
Closing date: April 8
Pharmacy Clerk
Pharmacy
Grade: 5
Closing date: April 9
B EHS Instructional Assistant
(part-time)
Early Childhood Education
Grade: 6
Closing date: April 12
College Intern
(Part-time, revised)
Education
Grade: 3
Open until filled
Legal Intern (Tribal members
only) June-Sept.
Tribal Attorney's Office
Grade: 6
Open until filled
INTERNALEXTERNAL
fl Adult Foster Care
Primary Caregiver
Adult Foster Care
Grade: 7
Closing date: April 8
Staff Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Grade: 19
Closing date: April 9
B Forestry Technician (Fire
SuppressionPrevention)
(seasonal)
Natural Resources
Grade: 6
Closing date: April 15
INTERNALEXTERNAL
I Silviculture & Fire Protection
(seasonal)
Natural Resources
Grade: 8
Closing date: April 15
Sr. Investment Analyst
Economic Development
Grade: 16
Open until filled
Internal applicants are
1 . Current Regular Employee, past
their six-month Introductory
period, 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 members
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 qualifications 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, parents
andor legal guardians of Grand
Ronde Tribal member children
3. Current regular employees
For a detailed job descrip
tion, please contact the
Tribe's job line at 503-879-2257or1-877TRIBEGR.