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MAY 1, 2016
Educational sessions
scheduled for two
proposed amendments
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
T
Courtesy photo by Rob Greene
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno, second from right with back to the camera, testiies before the
Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission in Bandon on Friday, April 22. Commission members approved a
rule authorizing the harvest of hatchery spring Chinook salmon and/or hatchery summer steelhead
for ceremonial purposes by Grand Ronde Tribal members from a platform or from the shore at
Willamette Falls.
Commission OKs Grand Ronde
harvest at Willamette Falls
Tribe continues regaining lost rights to hunt, ish
By Dean Rhodes and Brent Merrill
Smoke Signals staff
B
ANDON – The Oregon Fish & Wild-
life Commission voted by acclamation
during its meeting held Friday, April
22, in Bandon to allow ceremonial ishing
by members of the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde at Willamette Falls, restoring
rights lost by the Tribe in the 1980s when it
was seeking support for its Reservation Plan.
The new rule will allow the harvest of hatch-
ery spring Chinook salmon and/or hatchery
summer steelhead for ceremonial purposes
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continued on page 9
hree educational sessions regarding two
proposed amendments to the Tribal Con-
stitution have been set for May 17 through
19 in Portland, Grand Ronde and Eugene, re-
spectively.
Tribal Council decided in identical 5-2 votes to
send the proposed Tribal Constitution amend-
ments to voters during its April 6 meeting.
The irst amendment would, if approved by
voters, remove the parent on the roll at time of
birth and time of application requirements and
add language deining “Grand Ronde blood.”
The new deinition, with new wording in ital-
ics, would read: “Grand Ronde blood is deined
as all Indian blood derived from a direct ancestor
whose name validly appears on the oficial Trib-
al membership roll prepared under the Grand
Ronde Restoration Act; provided, that such roll
may be corrected by Tribal Council with the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior or the
oficial Tribal membership roll prepared by the
Tribe between Nov. 30, 1984, and Sept. 14, 1999;
provided that such roll may be corrected by the
Tribal Council in accordance with the Tribal
Enrollment Ordinance.”
The second proposed amendment would reduce
General Council participation requirements for
initiatives, referendums and the calling of spe-
cial General Council meetings.
Currently, the Tribal Constitution requires at
least one-third of the adult general membership
– more than 1,300 people – to sign a petition for
an initiative, referendum, recall effort or mem-
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continued on page 3
Memorial Day event scheduled
Purple Heart recipient to
speak at annual ceremony
By Brent Merrill
Smoke Signals staff writer
P
urple Heart-recipient Sgt.
Joel Dulashanti will be the
keynote speaker at this year’s
14th annual Memorial Day Cere-
mony in Grand Ronde, according to
Tribal Elder and Veterans’ Special
Events Board Chairman Steve
Bobb Sr.
Bobb, a Vietnam War-era Marine
Corps veteran, said that Tribal
youth J.C. Rogers, 15, will sing
the national anthem at this year’s
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continued on page 7
If you go
2016 Memorial
Day Ceremony
When: Noon Monday, May 30
Where: Tribal Community
Center & West Valley Veter-
ans Memorial, 9615 Grand
Ronde Road
More information: 971-241-
3313
The Grand Ronde Honor Guard,
including, from left, veterans Alton
Butler, Raymond Petite and Michael
Lane bring in the lags during
the 13th annual Memorial Day
Ceremony held at the West Valley
Veterans Memorial last May.
Smoke Signals ile photo