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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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.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.
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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.
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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.