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september 1, 2014
Casino participating
in H.A.M. Food Drive
In recognition of Hunger Action Month, Spirit Mountain Casino is hold-
ing a H.A.M. Food Drive to benefi t Marion-Polk Food Share by accepting
non-perishable food items from Sept. 1 through Sept. 29.
Casino guests who bring in a bag of non-perishable food of three items
or more will receive one drawing ticket for weekly cash drawings of $50
to $500 with a limit of one ticket per day. Weekly drawings will be held
Monday, Sept. 8, 15, 22 and 29, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Marion-Polk Food Share’s 10 most wanted food items are peanut but-
ter, tuna and canned meats, fl our, canned vegetables, canned fruit, pasta,
shelf-stable dairy, canned tomato products, cereal and canned soups.
“We are excited to partner with Marion-Polk Food Share to help feed
local families in need,” said Interim General Manager Stan Dillon. “Hun-
ger Action Month is a reminder to everyone that hunger exists in your
community. Supporting the efforts to end hunger makes an event like this
special to the Spirit Mountain family.”
Marion-Polk Food Share is the regional food bank serving Marion and
Polk counties through a network of almost 100 hunger-relief partners.
As the second largest of 20 regional food banks in the Oregon Food Bank
Network, the Food Share collects and distributes nutritional foods to food
pantries, meal sites, foster homes, low-income day care centers, shelters
and senior housing sites.
Last year, the network charities distributed more than 9 million pounds
of food, 113,000 emergency food boxes and 641,000 prepared meals to
hungry individuals and families in Marion and Polk counties. n
Help wanted
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s 477 Employment and Train-
ing Program and Land and Culture Department have resources that can be
utilized along with community members who have a passion for gardening
or want to learn the art of agriculture. If you are a Grand Ronde Tribal or
community member and want to be a part of the planning, preparation and
cultivation of the Tribal garden and orchard site for this year’s planting sea-
son, contact Barbara Gibbons at 800-242-8196, ext. 2135, or e-mail barbara.
gibbons@grandronde.org. n
Our family would like to invite Tribal members to
join us for the celebration of
Sara Griffi n’s
Coming of Age ceremony. It will be held Sept. 2, 2014, at 1
p.m. in the Tribal plankhouse. Sara is the granddaughter of
Christine Voutrin-Parke and the daughter
of Jimmy Griffi n and Judy Thompkins.
Strengthening
Wounded Survivors
Our community healing, building on our strength.
Our circle invites the community to join in healing current or past
trauma. Our goals of the eight-week course involve processing and
forgiving violence that has personally happened to us. Past hurts to
current abusive relationships … we encourage all people to come and
join together in healing.
Following White Bison, Mending Broken Hearts curriculum, we
hope to use traditional methods of healing for Native communities.
We know our community carries strong values and beliefs that aid in
our healing from the multigenerational trauma we have experienced
up until current-day hurts.
Generally, domestic violence is a pattern of behavior, including physi-
cal violence or sexual violence, by an intimate current or former partner.
It is seen in male/female and same-sex partner relationships.
Domestic violence takes many forms and includes a range of actions
intended to control: isolation, intimidation, using children, emotional
abuse, economic abuse, coercion and threats, minimizing, denying and
blaming, cultural abuse, ritual abuse, sexism and sexual abuse.
Sexual violence takes many forms as well, but all acts are intended
to control the survivor without their consent or their ability to give
consent.
Join us and take an eight-week journey as we discuss completing
relationships and completing trauma that has not been resolved.
Location: Grand Ronde Housing Authority,
28450 Tyee Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
Dates: Aug. 13 thru Oct. 1 (each Wednesday evening)
Times: 5:30-7 p.m.
Ages: 18+ (male or female trauma survivors)
For questions or comments, contact Anne Falla,
offi ce 503-879-1660 or 24 hours 971-832-0730.
Land & Culture Department
Oral History Project
In honor of our Tribal Veterans, the Tribe would like to memorialize their
stories for our future generations.
Who:
All Tribal Veterans and their families
What: We would like to record your story for inclusion in the Tribe’s
cultural and historical collections.
Where: We have dedicated a room at Chachalu for recording oral
histories. It is set up for both audio only and video recordings.
Additionally we have mobile audio equipment for those who
wish to participate but are unable to travel to Chachalu.
How:
Contact Reina Nelson at 503-879-2226 to schedule a time to
record your history.
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Land and Culture Department
Chachalu: Tribal Museum and Cultural Center
8720 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347
Phone: 503-879-2226
Fax: 503-879-2126
E-mail: landandculture@grandronde.org
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