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Environmental Assessment prepared
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Natural Resources Department
Notice of Availability for the 2013-2022 NRMP
The Tribes' Natural Resources Department staff prepared an Envi
ronmental Assessment to analyze and describe potential environmental
effects associated with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Natural
Resources Department 2013-2022 Natural Resources Management Plan
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) guidelines.
The BIA has determined that the Action Alternative will not result
in significant impacts to the quality of the human environment and has
issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). Therefore, an Envi
ronmental Impact Statement is not required. This notice of availability is
identifying the decision to proceed with the 2013-2022 Natural Resources
Management Plan. Code of Federal Regulations (25 CFR 2.7) requires a
30-day appeal period after the decision to proceed with the action is made,
before the action may be implemented.
Appeal information will be made publically available after the 30-day
period is closed on July 10, 2013.
For further information, or to obtain a copy of the EA and FONSI,
contact Natural Resources Department Manager Michael Wilson at
47010 S.W. Hebo Road, Grand Ronde, Ore., 97347, or by phone at 503-879-2424.
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Volleyball nights held on Wednesdays
The Tribe's Recreation Program holds open volleyball from 5 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday in the Tribal gym. Volleyball is open to anyone wanting to
participate. For more information, contact Recreation Coordinator Mat
thew Mosley at 503-879-1369 or matthew.mosleygrandronde.org.
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High school graduate Wilson Bobb, left, is
handed the Pendleton blanket he chose by Matt
Zimbrick, Tribal Middle School lead, during
the Education Division's annual Graduation
Celebration in the Tribal gymnasium on Friday,
June 21. The Tribe honored 1 15 students, including kindergarten and
first-grade Chinuk Wawa language class graduates and eighth- grade
graduates for the first time during the celebration. The Tribe also honored
28 members who received high school diplomas, 1 7 who received their
GED and 39 college graduates as well.
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the country.
Being held from July 9-12, the
Summit will lead into this year's
Veterans Powwow, which starts
Friday, July 12, and runs through
the closing ceremonies on Sunday,
July 14.
Transitioning from Summit to
Powwow will be a Parade of Col
ors organized by Veterans Special
Event Board member Reina Nel
son. The parade starts at 10:30
a.m. from Uyxat Powwow Grounds
and will follow the road up to Fort
Yamhill State Park.
An all-women warriors honor
guard from the East Coast will lead
the parade. Veterans and others
will line up with those who came
from farthest away leading the
parade and those coming from the
Grand Ronde community walking
last. All veteran honor guards also
will walk in the parade.
After the parade, but still before
grand opening on Friday evening,
Chet Clark (Dine) plans a gourd
dancing event in the arena to honor
all veterans.
Friday evening, after the 7 p.m.
Grand Entry, attendees will see
the Royalty Pageant featuring
Veterans Queen Iyana Holmes. She
also plans a giveaway during the
pageant, followed by the naming of
next year's Veterans Queen.
On Saturday afternoon, directly
following Grand Entry at 1 p.m.,
award-winning musician Jan Look
ing Wolf Reibach will play taps.
The Veterans Special Event
Board will honor all World War
II vets with pins, a patch and
T-shirt with this year's powwow
logo. In addition, the board will
present a special Medal of Valor
to the Grand Ronde Tribe's three
surviving World War II veterans
Allen (Biff) Langley, Herman
Hudson Jr. and Eugene Hudson.
Their names will be engraved on
the back of each. And Nelson is
making three bone necklaces to
hold the medals.
An honor song for all attending
World War II veterans will follow.
Tribal Elder and Tribal Council
member Steve Bobb Sr. designed
a new logo for this and future Vet
erans Powwows, developed with
input from Tribal Council Chair
and Marine Corps veteran Reyn
Leno and Social Services Manager
Dave Fullerton.
It will be used each year for the
Veterans Powwow, though not the
Summit this year, Bobb said. Only
the date will change each year.
"For the graphic part, we wanted
to depict yesterday's warrior and
today's modern warrior with the
folded flag in the background for
those who have lost their lives in
service of freedom," said Bobb. "My
goal was to keep it simple so it could
be made into patches, but still make
a point."
Later Saturday afternoon, a
tiny tots special dance is planned,
hosted by Sharon Norwest, widow
of Marcellus, who walked on in
2011.
Tent seating will be available on
Saturday evening when the tradi
tional dinner will be served. It is
free to all beginning around 5 p.m.
before Grand Entry.
Following dinner on Saturday
evening, Deitz and Rose Peters will
host two dance specials: a Veterans
Golden Age Men's Traditional and
a Veterans Golden Age Women's
Traditional. The Grand Ronde Ca
noe Family also has been invited to
perform then.
On Sunday, Grand Entry will
again begin at 1 p.m., followed later
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Tribal Elder Deitrich Peters dances during Grand Entry of the Marcellus
Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow at Uyxat Powwow Grounds last July.
in the afternoon with closing cer
emonies, retiring of the colors and
a drawing of raffle winners.
This year's winners will take
home a bike, a barbecue, a gen
erator and Pendleton blankets, to
name a few.
Also this year, in order to fa
cilitate a single theme, Nelson
said that all new ribbon shirts and
regalia will be ready for special
veterans and the Grand Ronde
Honor Guard.
The ribbon shirts are being made
by Tribal Elders and sisters Marilee
Norwest and Marcella Selwyn.
Marilee has for many years been
making ribbon shirts and regalia
for Tribal members, honor guards
and veterans.
Wink Soderberg, Gene LaBonte,
Raymond Petite Jr., Michael Lane
and Wayne Chulik (Tlinget) make
up this year's Grand Ronde Honor
Guard, with Chulik carrying the
Eagle staff.
Red Hoop, from Reno, Nev., will
be host drum.
Chet Clark's (Navajo) Johonaaei'
singers from Salem will be honor
ary drum. Native drums every
where are invited to attend and
perform.
More than 20 vendors will again
work the powwow, said Chulik, who
is a member of the Veterans Special
Event Board with responsibility for
the vendors.
Nick Sixkiller (Cherokee, Wolf
Clan) is again emcee for the pow
wow. Deitz and Rose Peters are head man
and head woman and Tony White
head (Siletz) is Arena Director.
Thanks go to powwow spon
sors, including the Tribe and the
Gresham-based Native Wellness
Institute, the Veterans Special
Event Board, the Tribal Public Af
fairs Department and to Fullerton,
Nelson said.
Planning for this powwow started
six months ago, Nelson said, but
for the coming year, "We should
start planning it right after this
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