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S moke S ignals
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Bike helmets available
The Tribe’s Social Services Department has bicycle helmets avail-
able for distribution.
Those needing a helmet need to visit the department and sign a
helmet application, as well as get fitted.
For more information, contact Social Services at 503-879-2034.
Salem Health Foundation
announces scholarships
SALEM – The Salem Health West Valley Foundation announced that
beginning Feb. 1 scholarship applications are available for students in
medically related fields of study.
To receive a scholarship application packet, visit www.salemhealth.org/
scholarships and click on the Salem Health West Valley Foundation link.
Completed application packets must be received in the administrative
office, 525 S.E. Washington St., Dallas, by 4 p.m. Friday, March 24, or
postmarked by Wednesday, March 22. Applications also can be e-mailed
to wvfoundation@salemhealth.org.
Applicants must have a permanent residence in Polk County or be a
current employee or family member of a current employee at Salem Health
West Valley, and must have applied to a college in their field of study
before applying for the scholarship.
Final selections will be announced by May 2. For more information,
contact Salem Health West Valley Foundation at 503-831-3456.
Attention full-
time students
All full-time students must submit verification that they have applied
to a scholarship outside the Tribe before funding will be released for the
term/semester. Verification can include a scholarship award or denial
letter, e-mail verification that an application was submitted, a copy of
the application or the financial aid award letter that lists an outside
scholarship. Please contact Education at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, if
you have any questions.
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Address:___________________________________
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Tribal Council approves agreement
with Scappoose regarding its mascot
By Bethany Bea
Smoke Signals Intern
Following in the footsteps of its
Jan. 25 decision regarding the Banks
School District’s mascot, the Grand
Ronde Tribal Council approved a
memorandum of agreement regard-
ing the Scappoose School District’s
mascot, the Indians.
The agreement, approved on
Wednesday, Feb. 8, makes the
Scappoose School District the sec-
ond to reach an agreement with the
Grand Ronde Tribe regarding its
use of a Native mascot.
Although the Oregon Board of Ed-
ucation initially banned the use of
Native mascots in public schools, an
exception to the ban was approved
in 2016 and school districts are
now allowed to work with any of
Oregon’s nine federally recognized
Tribes toward keeping or modifying
their mascots into something more
culturally appropriate.
Scappoose School District will
retain the use of the “Indians” mas-
cot name and will work with the
Tribe to modify its mascot image,
currently a spear and feather, to
ensure cultural appropriateness.
As part of the agreement, the
school district will adopt the Tribe’s
fourth- and eighth-grade history
curriculums and sponsor a Native
Club for sixth through 12 graders.
The most significant difference
between the Banks agreement and
that with Scappoose is that the lat-
ter is for eight years vs. five years
with Banks.
In other Native mascot-related
news, the Eugene Register-Guard
reported on Saturday, Feb. 11, that
the Marcola School District will do
away with its longtime mascot, also
an Indian. In a 52 percent to 48
percent vote by district residents,
the School Board was urged to es-
tablish a new mascot.
Superintendent Bill Watkins said
the district will be adopting the
Grand Ronde Tribe’s fourth- and
eighth-grade curriculums in its
schools in the fall of 2017.
In other action, Tribal Council:
• Approved the sale of the Mushy
Logging Unit to Round Valley.
The harvest of 7.8 million board
feet is estimated to bring in ap-
proximately $2.9 million to the
Contributed image
The current mascot image for the
Scappoose High School Indians
is a spear and feather. The school
district will work with the Grand
Ronde Tribe on a more culturally
appropriate mascot image under
the terms of a recently approved
memorandum of agreement.
Tribe after fees. The logging unit
is named after Richard “Mushy”
Ray, who walked on in April 2016;
• Approved the East Gopher Valley
Timber Harvest of approximately
1.41 million board feet, which
is estimated to bring in almost
$495,000 to the Tribe after fees;
• Appointed Tribal Council mem-
ber Denise Harvey as the Tribal
delegate to the National Indian
Gaming Association with a term
ending January 2018.
• Approved two applications to the
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation that would continue to
fund the Tribe’s agreements with
Cherriots, Yamhill Transit and
Tillamook County Transportation
District to ensure adequate pub-
lic transportation is available to
Tribal members;
• Appointed five Tribal members
to the Tribal Employment Rights
Commission: Tribal Elders Wink
Soderberg, Russell Wilkinson and
Diana George and Tribal mem-
bers Camille Mercier and Sarah
Harvey. The appointments have
staggered term limits ranging
from March 2018 to March 2020;
• Appointed Shayla Myrick-Meyer
to the Culture Committee with a
term ending March 2019;
• And appointed Richard Van Atta to
the Veterans Special Event Board
with a term ending March 2019.
Lands Department Manager Jan
Looking Wolf Reibach performed
the cultural 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.
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