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S moke S ignals
OCTOBER 15, 2016
General Council briefed on Tribal investments
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Tribal membership was
briefed in executive session on the
Tribe’s investment portfolio during
the Sunday, Oct. 2, General Council
meeting held mostly in executive
session in the Tribal gym.
Two representatives from Robert
W. Baird & Co. – San Francis-
co-based Managing Director John
Fitzgibbons and Milwaukee, Wis.-
based Director of Institutional
Consulting Patrick Cronin – gave
a presentation that lasted slightly
more than an hour.
The two Baird representatives
also ielded about 10 questions and
comments from Tribal members.
Since the meeting was held in
executive session, Smoke Signals
cannot report on any of the inan-
cial details discussed. However,
Tribal members who were unable
to attend can contact Tribal Coun-
cil Chief of Staff Stacia Martin at
503-879-2304 or stacia.martin@
grandronde.org to request a free
copy of the meeting on compact disc.
The meeting started with an in-
vocation from Tribal Elder and for-
mer Tribal Council member Steve
Bobb Sr. and cultural drumming
and singing was performed by the
father-and-daughter team of Brian
and Kailiyah Krehbiel and Brian’s
nephew, Kaikanim Mercier.
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn
Leno struck a different approach
at the General Council meeting,
encouraging the membership to
make motions and seconds to ap-
prove the minutes of the previous
meeting instead of Tribal Council
members doing so as had been the
previous practice.
He also said that Tribal members
wanting to provide the invocation
at future General Council meetings
should sign up when they arrive
and a person will be picked.
In other action, it was announced
that the next General Council
meeting will be held at 11 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Tribal gym
to review the proposed 2017 budget.
Winners of the $100 door priz-
es were Lise Alexander, George
Water Partnership wins
cultural resources award
McEachren and Ernest Norton, and
the winners of the $50 door prizes
were Toby McClary, Stephanie
Wood, Maxine Clements, Dorothy
Leno and Laura Gleason. McClary
donated his winnings to the Elders.
In addition, two beaded necklaces
created by Tribal Council Secretary
Jon A. George and five donated
items from Tribal member Veronica
Gaston were rafled off.
An edited version of the meeting,
without the executive session, can
be viewed on the Tribal website at
www.grandronde.org by clicking
on the News tab and then Video.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
From left, Tribal Elder Greg Archuleta, Chris Rempel, Tribal Cultural
Education Specialist Brian Krehbiel, Tribal Cultural Education
Coordinator Jordan Mercier and Tribal Council Secretary Jon A.
George drum and sing at the beginning of the Portland City Council
meeting held in Portland City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Watching is
Commissioner Amanda Fritz, third from right, Mayor Charlie Hales,
second from right, and Commissioner Dan Saltzman. Tribal members
attended the meeting to show their support for the signing of a
resolution declaring the second Monday in October — Oct. 10 this year
— Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It is the second consecutive year that the
Portland City Council has issued the proclamation.
© Paramount Pictures
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The Lake Oswego-Tigard Water Partnership
received a national award for outstanding accomplishments relating to
cultural resources and Tribal outreach at the 22nd annual meeting of the
American Cultural Resources Association held in Palm Springs, Calif.
The partnership is constructing new drinking water infrastructure for
the cities of Lake Oswego and Tigard and it hired Archaeological Investi-
gations Northwest Inc. to conduct the archaeological and historical studies
for the project and identiied ancient Native American artifacts dating
back more than 11,000 years.
The association award recognized the partnership’s communication and
collaboration with local Tribes, which resulted in the installation of the
sculpture “The Man from Kosh-huk-shix” in George Rogers Park that was
created by Grand Ronde Tribal member Travis Stewart. The sculpture
pays tribute to Grand Ronde ancestors.
Photo by Dean Rhodes
Patrick Cronin, front, and John Fitzgibbons of Robert W. Baird & Co gave an
approximately hourlong presentation on the Tribe’s investment portfolio
during the Sunday, Oct. 2, General Council meeting held in the Tribal gym.
Here they are seen on the computer monitor used by the Tribal Information
Systems staf to record the meeting. Most of the General Council meeting was
held in executive session.
Family Movie Night
11.10.16
5:15pm
Tribal Gym
Come eat dinner & dessert and watch a movie with Youth Prevention. If you have
any questions call Shannon Stanton 503-879-1489
Thank you for respecting our Grand Ronde Community & Culture by not diplaying
gang affiliation and by not bringing drugs, alcohol, or weapons to this event.
Tribal Council Secretary Jon A. George testiies in support of a
resolution declaring the second Monday in October — Oct. 10 this year
— as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the city of Portland during a Portland
City Council meeting held in Portland City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 5.