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Guardian spirit
Reibach
records new CD
‘Tamanawas’
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
T
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
G
oing into record-
ing the fi nal com-
pact disc required
by his three-record deal
with High Spirits Re-
cords, Jan Looking Wolf
Reibach knew that the
agreed-upon Native
fl ute/jazz album was not
what was coming from
his heart.
Instead, the multiple
Native American Music
Award recipient wanted
to record melodies that
he had stockpiled during
his more than 10-year
career, as well as a few
new songs.
Upon receiving the
first couple of sample
tracks, Arizona-based
High Spirits agreed, jet-
tisoning the jazz album
concept and allowing
Reibach to return to the
subdued, organic flute
playing that started his
career in the early 2000s.
“Because this was the last
record with the label, I really
wanted to put my heart into it,”
Reibach says. “My own heart
and spirit more than ever, and
have it represent me more per-
sonally than the other albums.
“I really wanted to pursue
trying to record something that
would represent how I feel as a
Tribal Council
adopts 201
operating
budget
Jan Looking Wolf Reibach
recently released his new album
“Tamanawas.”
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Native American. I wanted to use
this opportunity to express myself
as a Grand Ronde Tribal member.
… It’s a really sincere recording.”
The result, “Tamanawas,” also
See REIBACH
continued on page 8
ribal Council adopted the
2014 annual budget at its
Dec. 18 meeting.
“This is one of the better budgets
we have put together,” Tribal Coun-
cil Chairman Reyn Leno said as he
thanked Tribal staff for their work
on compiling the budget.
The adopted budget is approxi-
mately $1.5 million more than the
draft budget sent to the general
membership for review in the No-
vember Tilixam Wawa.
Tribal Finance Offi cer Julio Mar-
tinez said the bulk of the increase
is because the monthly Elders’
pension payment will be $200 more
per month per individual starting
in January.
The adopted budget will be mailed
to Tribal members in the January
Tilixam Wawa.
In other action, Tribal Council:
• Approved applying for a $14,000
First Nations Development Insti-
tute Native Agriculture & Food
System grant on behalf of the
Grand Ronde Community Gar-
den;
• Approved applying for a $10,000
grant from the Oregon Humani-
ties Public Program to help fund
2014 history events in Grand
Ronde, including the opening
ceremony for Phase 1 of the
Chachalu Grand Ronde Tribal
Museum and Cultural Center;
• Appointed Mychal Cherry and
David DeHart to the Education
Committee;
See MEETING
continued on page 4
Tribal Strategic Plan seeks measurable objectives
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
P
erformance-based budgeting – or budget-
ing by measurable objectives – has been
a Tribal Council goal for many years, said
Tribal General Manager Mark Johnston.
Two previous efforts to make it happen failed
because the effort was “too cumbersome.”
Measurable objectives make the work of the
Tribe more transparent, program by program.
One of the tools for being transparent is
keeping track of expenses so that the Tribe and
membership might know, for instance, the cost
per person served or the cost
per project completed.
A recent Human Resources
Department study found that
46 percent of Tribal govern-
ment jobs are fi lled by Tribal
members and 9 percent are
fi lled by Tribal spouses.
Mark
“That’s a great number that
Johnston
we can build on with TERO,”
said Johnston. TERO is the
new Tribal Employment Rights Offi ce autho-
rized by Tribal Council.
With the hiring of Rick George as the Tribe’s
first Planning director, the entire Tribal ad-
ministration is being evaluated to see how well
departments are meeting goals from the 2010
Strategic Plan and to quantify the work remain-
ing to meet the commitment of the plan.
Performance-based budgeting enables budget
makers to prioritize and to check in with manag-
ers on performance and costs, said George.
The process points to the important things to
See PLAN
continued on page 6