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JUNE 1, 2016
Educational sessions review proposed
amendments to Tribal Constitution
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
T
he second of three educational sessions to
review two proposed amendments to the
Tribal Constitution attracted 53 Tribal
members to the Governance Center Atrium on
Wednesday, May 18.
The irst session was held the day before at
Portland Community College’s Sylvania campus
and attracted 18 Tribal members and the third
Photo by Dean Rhodes
Tribal exercise
to prepare for
massive
earthquake
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
T
he Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde will join the
state, surrounding counties
and fire districts, and Oregon’s
eight other federally recognized
Tribes in a four-day exercise from
Tuesday, June 7, through Friday,
June 10, to prepare for a potentially
catastrophic earthquake occurring
off the Paciic Ocean coast.
Dubbed “Cascadia Rising,” the ar-
ea-wide exercise will simulate a full
rupture of the Cascadia Subduction
Zone causing a 9.0 earthquake and
tsunami along the Oregon coast.
The simulation also will take into
account the thousands of after-
shocks that would probably follow
such a geological event.
If an earthquake of that magni-
tude occurred, emergency manage-
ment officials expect substantial
damage to infrastructure in west-
ern Washington and Oregon, in-
cluding many highway overpasses
and bridges collapsing, which would
cause travel restrictions through-
out the Paciic Northwest and affect
delivery of everything from food to
fuel to medical supplies.
Signiicant transportation infra-
structure damage also could strand
Paciic Northwest residents in their
See EXERCISE
continued on page 11
session was held Thursday, May 19, at Lane
Community College in Eugene, attracting 16
Tribal members.
The two proposed amendments to the Tribal
Constitution, which will be decided in a July 8
vote by Tribal members who register with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, would affect the powers
See SESSIONS
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Tribal Attorney Rob Greene explains the two proposed constitutional amendments that Tribal voters
will consider during the July 8 election during an educational session held in the Governance Center
Atrium on Wednesday, May 18.
Tribal youth JC
Rogers sings the
national anthem
during the 14th
annual Memorial
Day Ceremony held
at the West Valley
Veterans Memorial
on the Tribal campus
on Monday, May
30. Behind her are
guest speakers
Joel Dulashanti,
Portland area
regional president
of the Purple Heart
Association, middle,
and Ed Van Dyke,
deputy director of the
Oregon Department
of Veterans’ Afairs.
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Eleven names added
to Veterans Memorial
By Brent Merrill
Smoke Signals staff writer
M
emorial Day saw 11
new names added to the
West Valley Veterans’
Memorial in Grand Ronde on
Monday, May 30.
The ceremony under sunny
skies marked the memorial’s
14th anniversary.
The traditional irst rile salute
was heard throughout Grand
Ronde at 8:16 a.m. as the Grand
Ronde Honor Guard honored
veterans buried at the Tribal
Cemetery.
Grand Ronde Veterans Special
Event Board Chairman Steve
Bobb Sr. said the Honor Guard
then traveled to Willamina Cem-
etery, Buck Hollow Cemetery
See MEMORIAL DAY
continued on page 19