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JUNE 15, 2019
June
• Monday, June 24-Thursday, June 27 -- Native Youth Wellness Warrior
Camp, Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9600 S.W. Hebo Road.
• Wednesday, June 26 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, June 26 – Family Night Out, 4:30 p.m., Governance
Center campus, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2034.
• Sunday, June 30 – Tribal Council nominations, 11 a.m., Community
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
July
• Thursday, July 4 – Independence Day. Tribal offices closed.
• Wednesday, July 10 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Thursday, July 11-Sunday, July 14 – Veterans Summit & Marcellus
Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow. Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9600
S.W. Hebo Road. 541-480-5932.
• Friday, July 12-Sunday, July 14 – Elders Marketplace, 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Spirit Mountain Casino, 26820 S.W. Salmon River Highway. 503-
689-5005.
• Wednesday, July 24 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, July 24 – Tribal Council Candidates Forum, 6 p.m., Tribal
Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
Lamprey harvesting
schedule announced
The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife set the lamprey harvest season
at Willamette Falls from Saturday, June 1, through Wednesday, July 31.
Harvesting is allowed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays through Mondays.
Harvesting is prohibited Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Harvesting is restricted to the east side of Willamette Falls and does not
include the Horseshoe Area at the peak of the falls. Gear is restricted to hand
or hand-powered tools only.
A permit is required, but Tribal members are allowed to use their Tribal
enrollment card in lieu of a state-issued permit. In addition, Tribal members
can harvest for distribution to other Tribal members. However, the distribu-
tion must be done without charge.
Harvests must be recorded on an ODFW harvest card available from the
Grand Ronde Natural Resources Department or by contacting the Clackamas
ODFW Office, 17330 S.E. Evelyn St., Clackamas. Harvest cards must be filed
by Aug. 31.
People planning on harvesting lamprey should stop by the Natural Resources
office off Hebo Road and pick up an information packet.
For more information, call 503-879-2376.
Official Tribal Facebook pages
• Smoke Signals: www.facebook.com/SmokeSignalsCTGR/
• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: www.facebook.com/CTGRgov
• Grand Ronde Tribal Council: www.facebook.com/
TheConfederatedTribesOfGrandRondeTribalCouncil
• Grand Ronde Health & Wellness: www.facebook.com/GRHWC
• Spirit Mountain Community Fund: www.facebook.com/
SpiritMountainCommunityFund
• Youth Education: www.facebook.com/
CTGRYouthEducation
• Grand Ronde Station: www.facebook.com/
GrandRondeStation
• Grand Ronde Royalty: www.facebook.com/
CTGRRoyalty
• Community Garden: www.facebook.com/
GrandRondeCommunityGarden
• Food Bank: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeFoodBank
• Youth Council: www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthCouncil
• Social Services Department:
www.facebook.com/CTGRSocialservices/
• Children & Family Services: www.facebook.com/CTGRCFS/
• Grand Ronde Higher Education: www.facebook.com/
Grand-Ronde-Higher-Ed
• Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department: www.facebook.com/
Grand-Ronde-Tribal-Police-Department
• Grand Ronde Cultural Education: www.facebook.com/
Grand-Ronde-Cultural-Education
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Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez
Chinuk Wawa Language Program Manager Ali Holsclaw, left, shares a laugh
with Tribal member Faye Smith during the annual Tribal Community Input
meeting held in the Tribal gym on Wednesday, June 12. The meeting provides
Tribal members the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions that
will help guide Tribal programs and grant applications.
Community Input meeting attracts 25
By Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals staff writer
As the new Young Child Well-
ness Community coordinator, Keri
Kimsey looks for opportunities to
connect with Tribal families to as-
sist the Tribe’s youngest members.
The annual Community Input
meeting was a chance to do just that.
Kimsey’s department was one of
several represented at the event,
held in the Tribal gym on Wednes-
day, June 12. It attracted approxi-
mately 25 people in addition to 30
staff members.
“People are interested in getting
to know what we are doing here,”
she said. “That’s good because this
is a new position at the Tribe.”
Kimsey’s grant-funded job is
through the Linking Actions for
Unmet Needs in Children’s Health,
or LAUNCH, a childhood wellness
program targeted at children from
birth through 8 years of age. Its
goal is to expand the use of cultural-
ly relevant prevention and wellness
promotion practices in a range of
child-friendly settings.
Kimsey carried a stack of sur-
veys with her to the Community
Input meeting, passing them out to
whomever came by the table.
“I would encourage Tribal fam-
ilies with young children to let us
know what their needs are,” Kim-
sey said. “I can bring the surveys
to them if it helps.”
The event was organized by
Planning & Grants Development
Manager Kim Rogers, who said
the main focus of the event was
to review current projects and
programs, take suggestions for
improvements and use input for
strategic planning.
“The input gathered at this event
will be taken and used with differ-
ent programs, grants and future
plans,” Rogers said.
The evening began with an in-
vocation by Higher Education
Manager Brian Langley before a
dinner consisting of roast beef in
gravy, mashed potatoes, salad and
cookies.
Tribal Council members Jack
Giffen Jr. and Michael Langley also
attended.
Tribal Planning Director Rick
George said the annual Community
Input meeting is an opportunity to
engage with the membership and
find out more about their desires,
needs and wants for the future of
Grand Ronde.
“This provides an opportunity to
collect important information that
is required by grants,” George said.
“It’s also a chance to hear from the
community and put that into pro-
gram planning.”
Departments represented at
the event included Tribal Police,
Emergency Management, Hous-
ing, Education, Recreation, Natu-
ral Resources, Youth Prevention,
Domestic Violence, Geographic
Information Systems, Planning
& Grants Development, Cultural
Resources, Tribal Court, Social Ser-
vices, Tribal Employment Rights
Office, Employment, Food Bank,
Behavioral Health, Vocational
Rehabilitation, Dental, Child Well-
ness, Food Bank and Health &
Wellness Center.
Tribal Elder Faye Smith was
attending for the first time.
“I mainly came here out of curi-
osity,” she said. “I wanted to see
the different programs that were
represented here and what they all
had to offer.”
Seven-year-old Tribal member
KaLea Liebelt said she enjoyed
visiting the Dental information
table the most.
“I got a lot of stuff,” she said,
pointing to a bag filled with tooth-
paste, floss and toothbrushes. “I
learned that you have to make time
to brush your teeth. If not, you’ll get
cavities.”
Elders Marketplaces scheduled
The Elders Marketplace will be held at Spirit Mountain Casino, 26820
S.W. Salmon River Highway, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, July 12,
through Sunday, July 14.
Future marketplaces will be held Aug. 16-18.
For more information, contact Julie Little at 503-689-5005 or Penny
DeLoe at 971-241-0864.
