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S moke S ignals
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Tribal Council approves sending
financial information to members
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Council adopted amend-
ments to the Public Records and
Fiscal Management ordinances at
its Wednesday, Sept. 28, meeting
that will, in combination, allow the
Tribe to send audited financial in-
formation to Tribal members.
According to the approved resolu-
tions, no comments were received
from the Tribal membership re-
garding amendments to the Pub-
lic Records Ordinance while two
comments were received regarding
amendments to the Fiscal Manage-
ment Ordinance.
“Tribal Council believes it is ap-
propriate to permit the mailing of
audited financial statements to Tribal
members,” the resolutions state.
In other action, Tribal Council:
• Approved an agreement with the
state Department of Human Ser-
vices that will allow the depart-
ment to continuing making foster
care maintenance payments, spe-
cial rate payments and guard-
ianship and adoption assistance
payments, and reimburse eligible
administration and training costs
for Grand Ronde children under
the jurisdiction of Tribal Court or
who are voluntarily placed out of
the home by or with Tribal partic-
ipation;
• Re-appointed Portland business-
man Sho Dozono, former Oregon
congresswoman Darlene Hooley
and state Rep. Val Hoyle of Eugene
to the Spirit Mountain Community
Fund Board of Trustees for two-
year terms. In addition, Tribal
Council appointed Tribal Council
member Denise Harvey to the
Board of Trustees to serve out the
remaining term of former Tribal
Council member Ed Pearsall;
• Removed Pearsall as an autho-
rized signer on Tribal bank and
investment accounts and added
newly elected Tribal Council
member Kathleen George, as well
as authorized a Tribal credit card
for George’s use in her role as a
council member;
• Appointed Tribal Council mem-
ber Tonya Gleason-Shepek as a
delegate to the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians with remain-
ing Tribal Council members as al-
ternate delegates, and authorized
the paying of $2,400 in dues;
• Appointed Tribal Council member
Brenda Tuomi as the Tribe’s del-
egate to the National Congress of
American Indians and authorized
paying $25,000 in dues;
• Appointed Tribal Council mem-
ber Kathleen George to the Spirit
Mountain Gaming Inc. Board of
Directors with a term ending in
June 2018;
• Approved a memorandum of un-
derstanding between the Tribe
and the Willamina School District
for the 2016-17 school year. The
Tribe and school district have had
an interagency agreement since
2003 and it has been renewed
annually;
• Approved the agenda for the 11
a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, General
Council meeting that will be held
in the Tribal gym. The presenta-
tion in executive session will be
a financial report by Robert W.
Baird Inc. representatives;
• Approved the enrollment of 16
non-infants and two infants into
the Tribe because they meet the
requirements outlined in the En-
rollment Ordinance and Tribal
Constitution;
• And approved two Restoration
Roll corrections.
Also included in the Sept. 28 Tribal
Council packet were authorizations
to proceed to demolish the house on
the Rhodes property that used to be
the Men’s Transition House and for
staff to develop and present costs for
the full build-out of the Chachalu
Museum & Cultural Center.
Cultural Resources employees
Jordan Mercier and Brian Krehbiel
led the ceremonial drumming and
singing to open the meeting.
The meeting, in its entirety, can
be viewed on the Tribal website,
www.grandronde.org, by clicking
on the News tab and then Video.
Molalla meeting
Photo by Rob Greene
Tribal Council members, from left, Jack Giffen Jr., Secretary Jon A.
George and Tonya Gleason-Shepek attended the Thursday, Sept.
22, Molalla School Board meeting to discuss a memorandum of
understanding between the school district and Grand Ronde Tribe that
would allow the high school to keep its “Indian” mascot, but with more
cultural appropriateness and respect for Oregon's Native American
history. Once approved, the MOU would be the second for the Grand
Ronde Tribe, which approved an agreement with the Banks School
District on Aug. 3 that allowed it to retain its “Braves” mascot.
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