10 JUNE 15, 2013
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Education offers Chinuk Wawa classes
The Tribe's Cultural Ivluration Depart mnt offers adult Chinuk Wawa lan
guage rlassi'.s from J to :.'() p.m. Monday and Wednesday in Room 207 of the
Tribal Education Hinlilm. IjinKuajj classes inn he taken for college credit or
fun. For more information, call .r,0.-87!)-22 1!) or .r,0.M.17- l.r!)!.
New CTGR Higher Education
Program deadlines set
There are now only two Higher Kducation programs depending on
whether you art full-time or part-time.
The deadline for the Full-Time College program is LJ.'sL30j;Uy3
before the start of classes. The deadline for the Part-Time College pro
gram is at least 10 days before the start of class.
Visit the Tribal Web site for more program informat ion and an applica
tion. www.grandronde.orgdepartm'nts'ducationhigher-educntion 0
Canoe Family receives
Potlatch Fund grant
The Grand Ronde Canoe Family received a $1,437 grant from the
I'otlatch Fund's 2013 InterTribal Canoe Journey Grantmaking Pro
gram. The grant will help the Canoe Family during the Paddle to
Quinault 2013, Honoring Our Warriors, in July.
Twenty-five groups received grants totaling $4 1,000 that will aid 39
canoes on the paddle. All canoes funded by the Potlatch Fund either
have a strong roster of youth or are comprised of Native Elders and
leaders advocating for cultural preservation through sharing their
knowledge. The canoes also are drug- and alcohol-free, following tra
ditional protocol, instill a sense of Native pride, incorporate language
and environmental teachings, provide leadership training and have
youth-based educational elements.
The Grand Ronde grant was for the Stankia canoe. H
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provide stable funding for habitat
acquisitions in the Willamette Ba
sin to offset the effects of federal
dams on the Willamette River and
its tributaries. The land will be pro
tected in perpetuity with a conser
vation easement that guarantees
that it will be managed by the Tribe
for fish, wildlife and other conserva
tion values, with an emphasis on
restoring the land to a more natu
ral, indigenous condition.
"This is a monumental Tribal
acquisition of land that will forever
protect important natural and cul
tural resources in our ceded lands,"
Reibach said.
The Tribe must now draft and im
plement a management plan that
will convert the agricultural fields
and a home site to cultural plants
and native habitat over time.
Previously, the property was per
mitted for gravel mining.
"Without the hard work of BPA,
the Western Rivers Conservancy
and the Tribe, it would likely be
mined for gravel today rather than
protected for our future genera-
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The Chahalpam property is home
to spring Chinook salmon, winter
steelhead, Pacific lamprey, Oregon
chub, western red cedar, Oregon ash
and red-legged frogs among other
native plant and animal species.
Reibach credited Tribal Council
for its "persistence and support
for a greater presence in our ceded
lands" and the Ceded Lands Acqui
sition Team, which includes him-
Map created by George Valdez
self, Ceded Lands Manager Michael
Karnosh, Tribal attorneys Jennifer
Biesack and Ryan Sudbury, Hy
drosystem Compliance Special
ist Lawrence Schwabe, Natural
Resources Department Manager
Michael Wilson and Tribal Realty
Specialist Teresa Clay for putting
in long hours and intense work to
bring the acquisition to fruition.
"We're very fortunate to have a
Tribal Council that is so support
ive and action-oriented to lead us
in such a massive undertaking,"
Karnosh said. "In addition, the
combination of programs into the
Land and Culture Department
really streamlined things for this
complex land transfer."
"The process for this project is
very intensive with many steps and
requirements that demand a high
level of coordination by the Tribe
with many offices and agencies,"
Reibach said. He also thanked the
Tribe's Cultural Protection Program
and its partners at BPA and the
Western Rivers Conservancy for
making the acquisition possible.
"Through everyone's hard work
the Tribe is making the dream of
the return of its ceded lands a real
ity," he added.
The Chahalpam acquisition
brings the Tribe's conservation land
holdings in its ceded lands to 435
acres. In 2012, the Tribe acquired
97 acres at Rattlesnake Butte in
south-central Willamette Valley
near Junction City.
"This total will certainly increase
as the Tribe pursues further conser
vation projects in its ceded lands,"
Reibach added. B
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Kailiyah Krehbiel lines up
an arrow as sha tries out
a bow she made during
the Bringing Back the
Bow camp held at Uyxat
Powwow Grounds on
June 4 -5. More than 60
youth participated in the
class that taught them
how to make a bow like
their ancestors. The camp
was funded in part by
Bring Back the Bow, Spirit
Mountain Community Fund
and the Tribe's Land and
Culture Department. It was
the second consecutive
year that the class has been
offered in Grand Ronde.
Courtesy photo
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