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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
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Grand Ronde Tribal
Housing Authority
The Tribal Housing Authority is out of Tribally
funded down payment assistance at this time.
Public Notice
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Tribal Housing Pest Control
The Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority desires to contract for
Pest Control Services for the following locations in Grand Ronde,
Ore.: For Elder Housing Phase I & II rental subdivision, Family
Housing and Grand Meadows.
Proposals must be received by the Grand Ronde Tribal Housing
Authority, 28450 Tyee Road, Grand Ronde, Ore. 97347 no later than
4 p.m. July 8, 2013.
Contact Michele at 503-879-2401. B
Public Notice
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Tribal Housing
Landscape Maintenance
The Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority desires to contract
for services for Landscape Maintenance at the following locations in
Grand Ronde, Ore.: For Elder Housing Phase I & II rental subdivi
sion, Family Housing and Grand Meadows.
Proposals must be received by the Grand Ronde Tribal Housing
Authority, 28450 Tyee Road, Grand Ronde, Ore. 97347 no later than
4 p.m. July 8, 2013.
Contact Michele at503-879-2401.B
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SUMMIT continued
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ern Oregon, is a Navy veteran with
35 years of experience in providing
Native wellness and healing train
ing in Indian Country.
Grand Ronde Tribal Chair Reyn
Leno, a Vietnam-era Marine Corps
veteran, attended one of the first
planning meetings for the summit
in San Diego in late November. After
returning and talking with the rest of
Tribal Council, he pledged the Grand
Ronde Tribe's support as host.
"We were invited down because
a lot of people know about our Vet
erans Powwow," Leno said. "They
picked Grand Ronde because they
recognize that ours is one of the best
Veterans Powwows in the country.
I've been on council for 17 years
and this is the first actual outdoor
conference I've ever been involved
in. Everything else is always at a
casino or something."
Leno said it is an honor for the
Tribe to host the Summit.
"I think it was important for
Grand Ronde because, number
one, it was a great recognition of
our Veterans Powwow, which I
think a lot of our Tribal members
have worked really hard to make
one of the best in the country," he
said. "And I think it is obviously
an opportunity for Grand Ronde
to acknowledge that we don't ac
knowledge just Native American
veterans or just our veterans, we
acknowledge all veterans."
Many of the Tribe's programs
have been involved in the plan
ning process to host the Summit
with Social Services Department
Manager David Fullerton leading
the organizational effort.
Fullerton said Summit organiz-
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homeless population and numerous
disabled veterans.
Tail Feathers said he envisions the
Summit as a village where veterans
will camp and eat together, receive
free health care and haircuts, obtain
assistance with coordinating ben
efits, play traditional games, listen
to traditional stories, participate in
singing and dancing, attend work
shops and participate in activities to
promote their personal healing.
"Healing is the spirit driving the
Veterans Summit," Tail Feathers
said.
According to a 2012 report re
leased by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs, there are more
than 154,000 veterans who iden
tify themselves solely as American
Indian or Alaskan Native.
Registration for the Summit
begins at noon Tuesday, July 9,
and an opening ceremony starts
at 3 p.m. under a big tent erected
Map created by George Valdez
at Uyxat Powwow Grounds. Tail
Feathers is scheduled to give the
blessing.
Evening activities for each day
will include singing and dancing
in the Tribal plankhouse with the
Grand Ronde Canoe Family, sto
rytelling, traditional and modern
games and horseshoes.
Cameron Smith, new director of
the Oregon Department of Veterans
Affairs, will be the keynote speaker
at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 10,
In the Self-Care Village tent,
veterans will be able to partake
of massage and chiropractic care,
receive haircuts and participate in
talking circles, counseling sessions
and sweats.
Workshops scheduled for Wednes
day include "Teamwork in Today's
World" and presentations on sui
cide, post-traumatic stress disorder
and mental health, spirituality,
healthy relationships and self-care
and mentoring.
Thursday afternoon workshops
will key in on benefits coordination,
the Social Security Administration
and dealing with the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Friday will feature Howard Rain
er as the inspirational keynote
speaker at 8:30 a.m. Rainer (Taos
PuebloCreek) administers the Na
tive American Education Outreach
Program at Brigham Young Uni
versity in Utah and is considered
a leading Native American trainer
in providing workshops in building
self-esteem and enhancing motiva
tion among Native American adults
and young people.
A Parade of Colors, organized
by Veterans Special Event Board
member Reina Nelson, will occur
at 10:30 a.m. and feature a color
guard of female veterans from the
East Coast.
A powwow at 2 p.m. Friday, July
12, will transition the Summit into
the annual Marcellus Norwest Me
morial Veterans Powwow.
Transportation is being provided
to the Summit from Salem and
Eugene at 9 a.m. Tuesday', July
9. Return trips will leave Grand
Ronde at 12:30 p.m. Friday, July
12.
Meals will be provided starting
with a sack lunchand dinner on
Tuesday and continental break
fasts, sack lunches and dinners on
Wednesday and Thursday. Friday's
meals will only include breakfast
and lunch,
Leno said that two Navajo code
talkers'who served during World
Warft also will attend the Sum
mit. "The bottom line is if you help
"one veteran in this whole thing,
it is going to make it worthwhile,"
Leno said. B