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S moke S ignals
JULY 1, 2017
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, July 12............................................................................5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 26............................................................................5 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
General
meeting
General Council meeting
11 11
a.m.
a.m. Sunday,
Sunday, Sept.
Feb. 5 10
Community
Center
Tribal
Community
Center
Elders schedule sewing classes
Tribal Elders will be holding their next sewing classes from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 25 and Aug. 29, in the Elders Activity Center,
48940 Blacktail Drive.
Lunch will be available and the class is open to everyone, not just
Tribal members.
There will be a $10 fee for each class. Instructor is Susan Clark.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own sewing machine.
For more information and to sign up, contact Elders Activity Assis-
tant Dan Ham at 503-879-2233.
Rattlesnake Butte
property taken into trust
Tribal Lands Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach announced on Wednes-
day, June 14, that 96.68 acres of conservation lands – Rattlesnake Butte
– in Lane County near Junction City have been taken into trust.
The property was purchased by the Tribe through the Bonneville Power
Administration’s Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Fund using BPA funding.
“The project is especially historic for the Tribe as it is the first property
the Tribe has transferred into trust out of our local area,” Reibach said.
“Transferring lands into trust is an inclusive and highly technical process
that requires deliverable-based project management by the Tribal Lands
Department and participation of several departments, including Legal,
Natural Resources, Engineering/Facilities/GIS and THPO (Tribal Historic
Preservation Office).”
Reibach recognized Realty Specialist Teresa Brocksen and Senior Staff
Attorney Jennifer Biesack for their work to identify and implement mul-
tiple solutions during the process.
Under federal law, lands held in trust for Native Americans cannot be
sold or transferred to non-Native Americans and can benefit from federal
programs for business development, housing, environmental and cultural
protection.
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503-879-1447
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DEADLINE DATE
ISSUE DATE
Wednesday, July 5 ........................July 15
Friday, July 21 ............................. Aug. 1
Monday, Aug. 7 ......................... Aug. 15
Editorial Policy
St. Michael’s offers brunch
St. Michael’s Catholic Church offers an open house brunch every Sunday
following Mass. The brunch is free to the community. Brunch begins at
about 11:30 a.m. following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Mass attendance is not
required for brunch attendance. For more information, contact Janelle
Justen at 503-550-0923.
Tribal Office Closures
Tribal offices will be closing on noon Monday, July 3, and closed on
Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day.
SMOKE SIGNALS, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com-
munity of Oregon, is published twice a month. No portion of this publication may be reprinted
without permission.
Our editorial policy is intended to encourage input from Tribal members and readers
about stories printed in the Tribal newspaper. However, all letters received must be
signed by the author, an address must be given and a phone number or e-mail address
must be included for verification purposes. Full addresses and phone numbers will not
be published unless requested.
SMOKE SIGNALS reserves the right to edit letters and to refuse letters that are determined
to contain libelous statements or personal attacks on individuals, staff, Tribal administration
or Tribal Council. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Letters to the
editor are the opinions and views of the writer. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of SMOKE SIGNALS, Tribal staff, Tribal administration or Tribal Council.
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2017 Tribal Council
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Reyn Leno
Tribal Chairman
— ext. 2399
reyn.leno@grandronde.org
Cheryle A. Kennedy
Tribal Vice Chair
— ext. 2352
cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org
Jon A. George
Tribal Secretary
— ext. 2355
jon.george@grandronde.org
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Chris Mercier
— ext. 1444
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— ext. 1777
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— ext. 2305
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— ext. 2300
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