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S moke S ignals
APRIL 15, 2016
Visiting Fellow
2011 – The annual Tribal Easter egg hunt fell on April 23. The
latest Easter can fall is April 25, so it was a late Easter, but not the
latest possible.
2006 – The National
Park Service’s proj-
ect “Corps of Discov-
ery II: 200 Years to
the Future” came to
Grand Ronde. The
project was named for
the 1802-03 Lewis &
Clark expedition orig-
inally called “Corps of
Volunteers for North-
File photo
western Discovery.”
2001 – Enrollment
Committee members Nora Kimsey, Ila Dowd and Mabel Gaston
stepped down, taking with them 58 years of experience on the com-
mittee. Gaston was the youngest retiree at 89 while both Dowd and
Kimsey were 92. A going-away party was held to honor their years
of service to the Tribe.
1996 – The first Housing Authority Board of Directors was appointed
and included Brian Doke, David Foster, Tim Holmes, Julie Metcalf,
Mel Holmes, Linda Hale and Bob Watson.
1991 – Exterior and interior drawings of what the future Tribal
Community Center might look like were revealed. The Tribe had
received a Community Development Block Grant to build the center
in Grand Ronde.
1986 – Tribal Council was recruiting for members of the Powwow
Committee since the previous committee had been dissolved. “The
Council will appoint a small working committee and then ask for
additional volunteers,” it was reported.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in-
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Coeur d’Alene Tribal member and Hatfield Fellow Maria Givens,
left, and Tribal Council member Brenda Tuomi look at a necklace
that was gifted to Givens by Tribal Council during her visit to Grand
Ronde on Thursday, March 31. Givens is the 16th fellow selected by
Spirit Mountain Community Fund. She is working in Oregon Sen.
Jeff Merkley’s office in Washington, D.C., for 2015-16. Each year, the
Community Fund sponsors a congressional fellowship with a member of
the Oregon delegation to enhance the mutual understanding between
leadership in Washington, D.C., and Indian Country. The Hatfield
Fellowship was created in 1998 to honor Sen. Mark Hatfield’s public
service to Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
ATTENTION CTGR TELEPHONE SERVICE
If you have an emergency and need to dial “911” you must first dial
a “9” (9911).
The only calls that do not require that you dial a 9+ are those made
from the CTGR extensions within the CTGR campus and/or those who
use CTGR Tel for their home phone service.
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