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S moke S ignals
march 15, 2014
Elder Bingo moved to Saturdays
Elder Bingo will be held at 12:30 p.m. the second and fourth Saturday
of the month at the Elders’ Activity Center.
For more information, contact Elder Activity Assistant Daniel Ham at
503-879-2233. n
2009 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Carcieri v. Salazar
that the Secretary of the Interior does not have the authority to
take land into trust for Tribes that came under federal jurisdiction
after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act was adopted. The ruling
placed a significant hurdle in the way of Native American Tribes
recognized after 1934 to have the federal government take land into
trust for them.
2004 – Tribal member Meghan Zimbrick,
right, helped the Willamina Bulldogs win
their first ever state playoff game 45-29
against East Linn Christian High School.
Also on the team were Tribal members
Caitlin Zimbrick and Janel Lara.
1999 – Tribal Chair Kathryn Harrison
penned a letter from Tribal Council regard-
ing an upcoming vote on blood quantum
enrollment issues. “Enrollment of members
with no social, cultural or economic ties to
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the Tribe serves to erode the Tribe’s iden-
tity,” Harrison wrote in discussing how Tribal membership had
grown from 862 members in 1983 to 4,333 in early 1999.
1994 – Three Native American artifacts were donated to the
Tribe by Sharon and Richard Doran of Sheridan. They included a
Makah or Nootka basket, a grinding rock found along the banks of
the Yamhill River, and a berry crock that was found on Slick Rock
Mountain. The Tribe was “aggressively” seeking historical items
and encouraged anyone interested in making a donation to contact
Tribal offices.
1989 – A raffle drawing was scheduled to help send Stan Knee-
land to run in the April 1 Boston Marathon. Kneeland took first in
the Grand Ronde Annual Fun Run in August 1988 and said at that
time that he was planning on running the more than 26 miles in
Boston.
1984 – Eight of the nine members of the Interim Tribal Council
spent a day in orientation about the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ pro-
grams, personnel, branches and services during Tribal Recognition
Day at the Portland area office.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in-
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
ATTENTION TRIBAL MEMBERS
COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL EVENT BOARD VACANCIES
The following Committees and Special Event Boards have vacant
positions.
Social Services Committee
1 Vacancy
Please send completed applications to Stacia Martin, 9615
Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
INTErNaL OPENINGS
n Legal Intern
Legal
Grade: 6
closing date: march 18
n Dental assistant
Dental
Grade: 5
closing date: march 19
n ceded Lands Specialist
Land and Culture
Grade: 11
closing date: march 18
n Pharmacy Director
Pharmacy
Grade: 21
closing date: march 19
n accounting clerk
Finance
Grade: 6
closing date: march 19
n asset Inventory Specialist
Procurement
Grade: 8
closing date: march 19
n high School
Intern/Preschool aide
Early Childhood Education
Grade: 1
closing date: march 1
n housing Groundskeeper/
maintenance Technician
Housing Authority
Grade: 6
closing date: march 1
Help needed identifying plots
The Facilities Department is asking for help identifying veteran’s
plots.
If your family member’s or friend’s plot is a veteran and we do not have
a veteran’s flag present on holidays, please inform us.
We will do our best to mark all plots of veterans. Contact Adam Leno at
503-879-5525 or adam.leno@grandronde.org. n
INTErNaL/EXTErNaL
EXTErNaL OPENINGS
n aFc caregiver
(on-call)
Adult Foster Care
Grade: 5
Open until filled
n Executive Director
Limited Term appointment
of 2-3 years
Housing Authority
Grade: 17
Open until filled
n Economic Development
administrator/manager
Economic Development
Grade: 19
Open until filled
n Support counselor
Behavioral Health
Grade: 9
Open until filled
n medical Director
Medical Clinic
Grade: 23
Open until filled
n mental health Nurse
Practitioner
Behavioral Health
Grade: 17
Open until filled
n Family Nurse Practitioner
Medical Clinic
Grade: 17
closing date: april 7
n Forestry Technician
(Fire Suppression/Prevention)
Natural Resources
Grade: 6
(On call)
closing date: april 11
Internal applicants are
1. Current Regular Employee, past
their six-month Introductory pe-
riod, receiving at least a “meets
expectations” on most recent per-
formance evaluation and not under
disciplinary action or performance
improvement within the previous
six months,
2. Grand Ronde Tribal members
3. Spouse of a Grand Ronde Tribal
member or
4. Parent or legal guardian of Grand
Ronde Tribal member children
Internal recruitment
For those individuals meeting mini-
mum qualifications an interview will
be given in the following ranking
order:
1. Grand Ronde Tribal members
a) Qualified Grand Ronde Tribal
members who show they meet
the minimum qualifications of the
position during the course of the
interview process will be given
first consideration for hire and the
recruitment process will end
2. Tribal member spouses, parents
and/or legal guardians of Grand
Ronde Tribal member children
3. Current regular employees
For a detailed job description, please
contact the Tribe’s job line at 503-
879-2257 or 1-877 TRIBEGR.
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