S moke S ignals
april 1, 2014
Tribal Council OKs
applying for three grants
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Council approved ap-
plying for grants during its
March 19 meeting that would
increase Tribal police coverage,
help fund the Youth Program
and assist the Grand Ronde
Community Garden.
The U.S. Department of Jus-
tice COPS grant request is for
more than $700,000 and would
fund another police officer in
the community for three years.
A second officer and vehicle re-
quest were included to provide
more coverage for the Tribe’s
forest Reservation lands. The
Justice Department requires
the Tribe to keep each officer
on for at least 12 more months
after their 36 months paid by
the grant.
Planning and Grants Develop-
ment Manager Kim Rogers said
during the March 18 Legisla-
tive Action Committee meeting
that this is the fifth time the
Tribe has applied for the COPS
grant.
The Coordinated Tribal Assis-
tance Solicitation grant applica-
tion also includes an application
for the Tribal Youth Program
at near the maximum $500,000
amount spread out over three
years.
The First Nations Native Ag-
riculture & Food Systems Initia-
tive AARP grant would possibly
bring $20,000 to the community
garden effort. The Tribe would
provide an $11,251 cash match
if the grant is received.
In other action, Tribal Council
approved the enrollment of four
new Tribal members – one infant
and three non-infants.
Tribal Council also approved
the 2014 Grand Ronde Tribal
Housing Authority annual per-
formance report, which will now
be submitted to the U.S. Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban
Development.
Also included in the March 19
Tribal Council packet was an au-
thorization to proceed on the con-
struction of the longhouse entry
exhibit at the Chachalu Cultural
Center and Museum with a cost
not to exceed $57,000.
Tribal Council also approved
naming the new Women’s Tran-
sition House Chxi-san, Chinuk
Wawa for “new day.” n
WIC to visit Tribe
Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Family include a child under the age of 5?
You may qualify for the Women, Infants and Children program. With
WIC, you can get answers to nutrition questions and access fruits and
vegetables, whole grains, eggs, milk, cheese, juice, cereal and more.
A WIC representative will be at the Tribal Youth Education Building on
the first and third Tuesday of the month between 9 and 11 a.m. Walk-ins
are welcome.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 503-623-8175,
ext. 2297. n
Committee & Special Event
Board meeting days and times
Below is the most current information on the meeting days and times for
Tribal Committees and Special Event Boards:
• Ceremonial Hunt Board meets as needed. Chair: Marline Groshong.
• Cultural Trust Board meets at 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month
at the Elders’ Activity Center. Chair: Perri McDaniel.
• Culture Committee meets at 1 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at
the Chachalu Cultural Center and Museum. Chair: Betty Bly.
• Education Committee meets at 5:15 p.m. on the first Monday of the
month in the Adult Education Building. Chair: Tammy Cook.
• Elders’ Committee meets at 1 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month in
the Elders’ Activity Center. Chair: Gladys Hobbs.
• Enrollment Committee meets quarterly in Room 204 of the Governance
Building. Chair: Robert Schmid.
• Fish & Wildlife Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of
the month at the Natural Resources building. Chair: Harold Lyon.
• Health Committee meets at 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of the month
in the Tribal Health & Wellness Center. Chair: Patti Tom-Martin.
• Powwow Special Event Board meets at 5 p.m. the first Thursday of the
month at the Tribal Community Center. Chair: Dana Ainam.
• Rodeo Special Event Board meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of the
month at the Tribal Rodeo Office. Chair: Harold Lyon.
• Social Services Committee meets at 4 p.m. the second Monday of the
month in the Social Services conference room. Chair: Jenny Sanchez.
• Timber Committee meets at 5 p.m. the second Thursday of the month
at the Natural Resources building. Chair: Bob Mercier.
• Veterans Special Event Board meets at 5 p.m. the first Tuesday of the
month in the Tribal Community Center. Chair: Steve Bobb Sr.
To update information on this list, contact Publications Coordinator Dean
Rhodes at 503-879-1463 or dean.rhodes@grandronde.org.
Tribe curating ‘River People
of the Willamette’ exhibit
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
SALEM — The Grand Ronde
Tribe’s Land and Culture Depart-
ment is curating the upcoming
“kuri-tsfqw tilixam: River People
of the Willamette” exhibit at Wil-
lamette Heritage Center at The
Mill, 1313 Mill St. S.E.
The exhibit opens to the public on
Friday, April 11, and runs through
Saturday, May 26.
An invitation-only Tribal opening
reception will be held from 5:30 to 7
p.m. Thursday, April 10. The recep-
tion will feature a presentation from
the Canoe Family and speeches by
Tribal Council members, Land and
Culture Department staff members
and administrators at Willamette
Heritage Center. A buffet dinner
hosted by the Tribe’s Public Affairs
Department also will be served.
The exhibit will concentrate on
the Native peoples who populated
the shores of the Willamette River,
including the Clackamas, Mult-
nomah and neighbors like the Ka-
lapuya, since time immemorial.
“The Chinookan people of the
Willamette River were one of the
Tribes who signed the Willamette
Valley Treaty in 1855,” says Tribal
Historian David Lewis. “They are
interrelated with the other Chinoo-
kan peoples of the lower, middle
and upper Columbia River, mainly
Chinookan speakers, who controlled
the trade and fishing on the river.
“The Tribes, Multnomah and
Clackamas, occupied significant
areas on the river that are now the
cities of the Portland metropolitan
region and Vancouver.
“They had many villages and
towns up all of the tributaries down
to Multnomah (Willamette) River to
the Willamette Falls and managed
the fisheries at the falls. In historic
times, there were a number of chiefs
and headmen who interacted with
the explorers and settlers whose de-
scendants remain important leaders
in the Tribe today.
“They had a vibrant trade in the
region with all of the Tribes travel-
If you go
‘kuri-tsfqw tilixam: River
People of the Willamette’
Where: Willamette Heritage
Center at The Mill, 1313 Mill St.
S.E., Salem
When: Friday, April 11 through
Saturday, May 26
Cost: $6 for adults, $5 for
seniors 55 and older, $4 for stu-
dents with ID and $3 for youth 6
to 17 years of age.
More info: 503-585-7012 or
www.willametteheritage.org
ing the Columbia and Willamette
rivers, and Willamette Falls was the
center of much of that activity. Area
Tribes were interrelated by mar-
riage and by the trade. As part of
the Willamette Valley Treaty, they
were removed to the Grand Ronde
Indian Reservation in 1856.”
Lewis is working with Cultural
Exhibits Supervisor Julie Brown
and Collections Specialist Veronica
Montano on selecting items for the
exhibit.
“The exhibition will reveal new
information about these Tribes
who were removed to the Grand
Ronde Indian Reservation,” says a
promotional postcard sent out by
Willamette Heritage Center.
“River People of the Willamette”
will be the fourth Tribally curated
exhibit at Willamette Heritage
Center at The Mill.
In 2013, the Tribe put on “We
Were Here First … And We Are
Here to Stay,” in 2012 curated
“Grand Ronde Women – Our Story”
and staged “Grand Ronde Canoe
Journey” in 2011.
“This is the fourth exhibit at
Willamette Heritage Center in as
many years that has prepared the
way for exhibits at the new gallery
at the Chachalu Tribal Museum
and Cultural Center to be opened
to the public in mid-June,” Lewis
said. n
Community resources
The Clothing Closet on the Tribal campus.
• 10 a.m. to noon Monday;
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday.
Grand Ronde Food Bank, 9600 Hebo Road, Grand Ronde.
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday;
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.
• Contact: 503-879-5731. n
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