S moke S ignals
august 15, 2014
Flagging opportunities
TERO is working with A Plus Flagging Inc. on ODOT projects. They are
seeking certified flaggers and anyone interested in becoming a certified
flagger. A Plus Inc. will train and certify you! If you or anyone you know
is interested, call TERO at 503-879-2188.
Construction workers needed
for work on upcoming projects
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Employment Rights
Office (TERO) is seeking construction workers who are CTGR Tribal
members and enrolled members of federally-recognized Indian Tribes
to participate in a workforce that is being prepared for deployment on
construction projects. Projects are located on the Grand Ronde Res-
ervation and on ODOT projects in various locations in northwestern
Oregon.
TERO is looking for workers in the following job classifications:
• Carpenter
• Laborer
• Equipment operator
• Cement masons
• Truck driver
• Electricians
• Ironworkers
In addition, TERO is also seeking experienced Native American
highway traffic control flaggers for assignments to projects. A limited
amount of training positions in construction trades are available to
candidates that meet apprenticeship requirements.
immediate need and assignments!
• Laborers
• Concrete form setter
• Concrete finisher
For an application to be considered for these opportunities or for more
information, go to www.grandronde.org/tero or e-mail tero@grandronde.
org or call 503-879-2188.
ENROLLMENT ORDiNANCE
OPEN FOR COMMENT
The Tribal Council, in consultation with the Tribal Attorney’s Office,
adopted, on an emergency basis, proposed amendments to the Enroll-
ment Ordinance at the July 2, 2014, Tribal Council meeting.
The primary purpose of the proposed amendments is to amend the
Loss of Membership provisions in the Ordinance to provide that deci-
sions regarding disenrollment, other than voluntary relinquishments,
be made by the Enrollment Committee rather than Tribal Council.
Among other things, the amendment provides that if the Enrollment
Committee decision is to disenroll, then the member will be provision-
ally disenrolled. During the appeal process, the member will continue
to receive health care and certain housing benefits. All other rights
and benefits will be suspended. Suspended monetary benefits will
be separately accounted for and held by the Tribe through the appeal
process.
The amendment applies to loss of membership cases for which Enroll-
ment Committee recommendations have been made, but have not yet
been acted upon by the Tribal Council. The Enrollment Committee’s
decision may be appealed to the Tribal Court. The proposed amend-
ments also include minor technical (i.e., typographical, housekeeping)
modifications.
The Tribal Council invites comment on the proposed amendments to
the Enrollment Ordinance. For a copy of the proposed amendments,
please contact the Tribal Attorney’s Office at 503-879-4664. Please send
your comments to the Tribal Attorney’s Office, 9615 Grand Ronde Road,
Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 or by e-mail to legal@grandronde.org.
Comments must be received by Aug. 31, 2014.
Elder Bingo postponed
There will be no Elder Bingo until 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at
the Elders’ Activity Center. For more information, contact Elder Activ-
ity Assistant Daniel Ham at 503-879-2233.
‘It is a name that honors our ancestors’
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borhood closer together and remind
families in the area that this land
and more had been ceded more than
150 years ago by ancestors of the
Grand Ronde Tribe.
This is the first Parks and Rec-
reation Department name that
honors the indigenous people of
the area. It comes on the heels of
the naming of a Willamette River
bridge “Tilikum Crossing,” also
suggested by the Grand Ronde
Tribe and also honoring the area’s
Native American roots.
“It is a name that honors our an-
cestors,” said Tribal Council member
Jon A. George at the unveiling, “the
original people of this place, the
Clackamas and Multnomah people.
“Khunamokwst Park is a name
that honors us as the Willamette
Valley Treaty Tribe, and our com-
munity of Portland. Together, we
will enjoy the beauty and protect
the health of this place, just as our
ancestors did.”
Tribal Council member Denise
Harvey, Public Affairs Director
Siobhan Taylor, Tribal Attorney
Rob Greene, Land and Culture
Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach
and Administrative Assistant
Reina Nelson, and her son, Peter,
as well as Lewis, Archuleta, Cole,
and many others from the Tribe
attended.
Peter Nelson said he observed
“a sense of community” at the cer-
emony. “They were showing love to
each other and the area.”
“khanawi ntsayka-ixt-tilixam nt-
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Council member Jon A. George speaks during the naming celebration
for Khunamokwst Park in Portland on Thursday, Aug. 7. Tribal Council
member Denise Harvey, left, also attended the event.
s a y k a ,” said Reibach after the
ceremony. It means “we are all one
family.”
Reina Nelson called it “a great
place for the community.”
All stakeholders in the develop-
ment of the park participated in
the naming.
About 100 coalesced for the early
evening ceremony, including Tribal
representatives of the Confeder-
ated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
Members of the local community
attended. Many had participated
in the park’s planning. Represen-
tatives of youth groups attended.
They had visited many parks and
consulted with established public
artists before submitting design
ideas.
Leaders of the city’s Parks and Rec-
reation Department attended. Port-
land Parks Commissioner Amanda
Fritz described features of this de-
veloping project. She cited a nature
area, interactive woods and paths, a
large open lawn, picnic areas, a small
skateboard spot for beginners and
other young skateboarders, lights at
night, on-street parking, a rain gar-
den, and the feature most promising
— a flushing toilet.
Portland Commissioner Nick
Fish, who set the project in motion
with the purchase of the property
in 2009, was honored but could not
attend the ceremony.
Mike Abbate, director of the
Parks Department, emceed the
event. “We are all stewards of this
place,” he said.
Representatives of the park’s
designers and builders also came
for this landmark moment for the
project.
Previously, this former Werbin
property had served industrial
purposes.
“This was all woods when I was
a boy,” said Donald Rumford, 78,
wearing a University of Oregon
cap. Until 1998, Rumford had been
a maintenance man for a build-
ing that once sat right where the
ceremony was taking place. He
pointed to the southwest corner of
the property where “a little house”
used to sit, he said.
“Not in my wildest dreams did I
think we’d have a park in the com-
munity,” said Emily Hill, who came
to the opening with her children,
Pippa, 4, and Pascal, 2. The family
lives eight blocks away and has
been attending meetings since last
summer.
“There have been rumors for lon-
ger than that,” she said.
Until the completion of Khu-
namokwst Park, expected next
spring, the family travels to Harp-
er’s playground, eight miles away.
The Tribal Canoe Family and
members of Tribal Royalty sang
and drummed at the ceremony’s
beginning and end.
Come next spring, 1,500 families
will have a city park in their neigh-
borhood. Its name will honor the
legacy of the Tribe’s ceded lands
and the people of the Cully neigh-
borhood.