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PRESORTED STANDARD MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM. OR PERMIT NO. 178 :3 ciijn '4 sa pi OR NEWSPAPER PROJ. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 OCTOBER 1,2013 i """ moke w mnal A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org UMPQUA ROGUE RIVER KALAPUYA CHASTA 1 .1 Photos by Michelle Alalmo Madison Ross, 1 1, is led by her mother, Sarah, as she makes her first appearance to the community during her Coming of Age ceremony at the Tribal plankhouse on Sunday, Sept. 29. Leading up to this community event, Madison spent four days with her mother and grandmother. Elder Kelly Nelson, praying, learning family and Tribal histories, making giveaway items, such as beaded necklaces and cedar bundles, and on a search for the spirit that will guide her through life. This was the first public Coming of Age ceremony for the Grand Ronde Tribe in more than 1 00 years. CDTJifiJDJ-ff Hk Madison Ross beads necklaces with her grandmother, Elder Kelly Nelson, at Nelson's Grand Ronde home on Thursday, Sept. 26. This was the second day of her five-day Coming of Age ceremony. jiyiii0jjyIjyjftilrftfitjitfi4!lirttiMii ej'fnftii"ep pge to see more photos Spirit Mountain Community Fund hits $60.68 million in charitable giving By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, reached the $60.68 million mark in charitable giving on Wednesday, Sept. 18, as 25 checks worth $591,517 were dis tributed during its quarterly check presentation in the Governance Center Atrium. Formed in 1997, Spirit Mountain Community Fund distributes 6 per cent of profits from Spirit Mountain Casino to nonprofit organizations in 11 western Oregon counties, as well as to Oregon's nine federally recog nized Tribes as part of its Oregon Tribal Grant program. Since its inception, the Com munity Fund has awarded 1,984 grants worth $60.68 million. So far in 2013, it has distributed 83 grants worth $2.3 million. The Community Fund supports projects in the areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Health, His toric Preservation, Public Safety, Environmental Preservation and Problem Gambling. Community Fund Executive Di rector Kathleen George welcomed representatives of the grant re cipient organizations and thanked them for partnering with the Grand Ronde Tribe to make Oregon a See FUND continued on page 5 Tirolbe receives $695,466 dud OOJ giraimtis Funds will pay for substance abuse counselor, domestic violence position, police equipment and training By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde received three grants totaling $695,466 from the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday, Sept. 18, designed to bolster Tribal police efforts and help combat substance abuse and domestic violence in the Grand Ronde area. The awards were part of the department's nationwide effort to enhance and support Tribal justice and safety with 192 grants awarded to 1 10 Native American Tribes totaling $90 million. See GRANT continued on page 7 U.S. Attorneys meet with Tribal leaders By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer CELILO VILLAGE The four Colum bia River Tribes hosted a Government-to-Government consultation with U.S. Attorneys at the Celilo Village longhouse on Wednesday, Sept. 18. "It is especially fitting that these important discussions take place at Celilo Village, once the location of Celilo Falls, where Native settlements and trading villages existed in various configurations for 15,000 years," said Amanda Marshall, U.S. Attorney for Oregon. A project of the U.S. Attorney General's Native American Issues Subcommittee, some 25 Tribal representa tives from across the Northwest and 30 U.S. Attorneys from across the country attended. Tribal representa tives let the federal attorneys know what has worked and what still needs improve ment in Tribal law enforcement. For the Confederated Tribes of Grand See ATTORNEYS continued on page 8 Jack Giffen Jr.
