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10 S MOKE S IGNALS MAY 1, 2015 Tribal Council appoints committee, board members By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved 35 ap- pointments and re-appointments to various committees and special event boards at its April 22 meet- ing. Tribal Council re-appointed An- drew Freeman and Sharon Wattier to the Ceremonial Hunting Board; appointed Francene Ambrose and re-appointed Betty Bly to the Cul- ture Committee; re-appointed Alton Butler, Mychal Cherry, Da- vid DeHart, Tracy Moreland and Brenda Tuomi to the Education Committee; re-appointed Janet Giddings, Sharon Hanson and Mi- chael Mercier to the Election Board; re-appointed Sharon Freund, Lau- ra Gleason, Sharon Hanson and Robert Schmid to the Enrollment Committee; appointed Tyson Mer- cier and re-appointed Kristina Summers to the Fish and Wildlife Committee; appointed Kelly Rowe and re-appointed Alan Ham, Anna Hannan and Janet Phillips to the Health Committee; re-appointed Dana Ainam, Kalene Contreras and Bobby Mercier to the Powwow Spe- cial Event Board; appointed Amber Case, Claudia Leno and Shirley Walkhoff and re-appointed Jamie Adams and Alan Ham to the Social Services Committee; re-appointed Jerry George and Richard Ray to the Timber Committee; and ap- pointed Alton Butler and Lorraine Lash and re-appointed Steve Bobb Sr. to the Veterans Special Event Board. In other action, Tribal Council: • Approved the agenda for the Sunday, May 3, General Council meeting, which will feature pre- sentations by Spirit Mountain Community Fund and the Tribal (PSOR\PHQW5LJKWV2IÀFH7KH meeting starts at 11 a.m. in the Community Center; • Approved use of a Tribal credit card by General Manager Dawn Doar; • Authorized the Natural Resourc- es Department to purchase ap- proximately $220,000 in crushed rock for forest road construction and maintenance in 2015; • Authorized the Gaming Com- mission to negotiate, finalize and execute amendments to the Tribal-State Minimum Internal Control Standards that are part of the Tribal-State Class III Gam- ing Compact; +HOGDÀUVWUHDGLQJRQDPHQG- ments to the Enrollment Ordi- nance. The proposed changes will be published in two Smoke Signals and will seek Tribal member comment before being considered for final adoption. Among the changes are adding procedures for removing names of living or deceased individuals from the Restoration Roll who did not meet Restoration Act requirements and providing pro- FHGXUHVDQGVWDQGDUGVIRUÀQGLQJ reasonable doubt of a member’s required lineage and ordering DNA testing, paid by the Tribe, to establish required lineage; • And approved applying for two Bureau of Indian Affairs grants – an $84,532 Climate Adaptation Planning grant that will help pay to host a conference in fall 2016 focused on natural and cultural resources and climate change, and a $38,945 Ocean and Coastal Planning grant that will be used to compare anadromous fish survival on the Reservation with WKDWRIVLPLODUÀVKLQWKH3DFLÀF Ocean. Also included in the April 22 Tribal Council packet was a staff directive directing the General 0DQDJHU·V2IÀFHWRZRUNZLWKRWK- er Tribal departments to identify funding sources and opportuni- WLHVIRUDUHFUHDWLRQDOÀWQHVVDQG physical therapy swimming pool in Grand Ronde. The directive asks for a report back to Tribal Council in time for consideration in develop- ment of the 2016 budget. Ceded Lands Manager Michael Karnosh, Education Department Manager Leslie Riggs and Tribal Artisan Brian Krehbiel opened the meeting with cultural drumming and singing. The meeting, in its entirety, can be viewed on the Tribal website, www.grandronde.org, under the News tab and then click on the Video link. Q Online degree programs Turn your college credits or associate degree into a more powerful four-year degree from Portland State University. Undergraduate degrees offered: BA/BS in Social Science, BA/BS in Arts & Letters and BA/BS in Liberal Studies. For more information about online degree programs, contact the PSU Salem Center at 503-315-4281 or e-mail psusalem@pdx.edu. Q Stories of Grand Ronde Royalty Past and Current The Land and Culture Department launched a new Oral History project on March 1 st , 2015. This project highlights the stories of our past and current royalty contestants and facilitators. tĞĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĂŶLJdƌŝďĂůDĞŵďĞƌƐǁŚŽŚĂǀĞƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚŝŶZŽLJĂůƚLJƚŽƐŚĂƌĞƚŚĞŝƌĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐƐŽƚŚĞLJ ǁŝůůďĞĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĨŽƌĨƵƚƵƌĞŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐďLJďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĞdƌŝďĞ͛ƐĂƌĐŚŝǀĞƐŚĞƌĞĂƚŚĂĐŚĂůƵ͘ tŚĂƚǁĞĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚƚŽĚĂLJďĞĐŽŵĞƐƚŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ͛ƐŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘ ŚƚŽĚĂLJďĞĐŽŵĞƐƚŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ ƐŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘ WůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ^ƚĂĐĞLJZƵŶŶŝŶŐďŝƌĚĂƚϱϬϯͲϴϳϵͲϮϯϴϭƚŽƐĞƚƵƉĂƟŵĞƚŽƐŚĂƌĞLJŽƵƌƐƚŽƌLJ͘ ĂƚϱϬϯͲϴϳϵͲϮϯϴϭƚŽƐĞƚƵƉĂƟŵĞƚŽƐŚĂƌĞLJŽƵƌƐƚŽƌLJ͘ 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 kHanawi ntsayka-ixt-tilixaN ntsayka We are all one family.