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Tribe continues
effort to amend
Reservation Act
Leno testifies before House
Subcommittee on Indian and
Alaska Native Affairs again
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Chairman Reyn Leno
made his second appearance
in less than a year before
the House Subcommittee on In
dian and Alaska Native Affairs on
Thursday, May 16, seeking passage
of an amendment to 1988's Grand
Ronde Reservation Act that would
streamline how the Tribe takes
land into trust.
Leno also testified before the
subcommittee during the previous
Congress in July 2012.
The legislation, H.R. 841, was
introduced by Oregon Rep. Kurt
Schrader and has bipartisan sup
port from the entire Oregon con
gressional delegation.
It seeks to 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 the
land be designated reservation land
by Congress.
The legislation would allow the
Grand Ronde Tribe to combine the
two-step process for real property
that is within the boundaries of its
original reservation established in
1857.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Director
Michael Black testified that the De
partment of the Interior continues
to support the legislation as it did
in the previous Congress.
"H.R. 841 has the support of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the
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Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno speaks as he serves as the master of ceremonies at the Memorial Day
observance held at the West Valley Veterans Memorial on Monday, May 27.
Tribe hosts annual
ceremonial meal,
name dedication
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
On the 10th anniversary of
the West Valley Veterans
Memorial's dedication,
more than 200 people attend
ed the annual commemoration
of veterans, an honored group
among the Grand Ronde Tribe.
On Monday, May 27, events
started, as always, with a noon
meal of ceremonial elk stew
prepared under the direction of
Tribal Nutrition Department
Manager Kristy DeLoe. She
again was joined in cooking this
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Jan Looking Wolf Reibach plays taps during the Memorial Day observance
held at the West Valley Veterans Memorial on Monday, May 27.
John Lillard slims down thanks to good habits
Tribal Elder John Lillard
pours olive oil on a spinach
salad as he makes it in his
home in Elder Housing
recently. Since 2005, Lillard
has been living a healthy
lifestyle, including watching
what he eats, to maintain a
healthy weight.
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
A nybody with a taste for fatty,
processed foods knows
XTjLhow difficult it is to
give them up for uncooked
carrots, tomatoes and greens
as 64-year-old Tribal Elder
John Lillard has done.
He also has substituted chicken and
fish for most red meat, given up breads,
rice and potatoes, and he walks about six
miles a day.
Lillard walks 1.5 miles each way to the
big store twice daily. The change
in diet and increased physical
activity has added up to him
living at a healthy weight again,
a place he has been heading
See ELDERS FEATURE
continued on pages 10-11