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MAY 1, 2023
Smoke Signals
Health & Wellness
Center entrance
Reminder: The drive-through entrance at the Health & Wellness
Center is for loading and unloading only. The entrance was built
with our Elders and those with mobility issues and their
ease of access in mind.
If you are coming to the center to pick up prescriptions, please
park in one of our regular parking spaces. þ
Introduction to
Construction Training
Ofering entry level skills training for individuals
interested in construc}on careers.
Receive over 40 hours of training including:
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OSHA 10 Cer}oca}on
Basic First Aid / CPR Card
Entry Level Equipment Opera}on:
Skid Steer
Manliv
Telehandler
Trainees will also be invited to engage with poten}al
employers.
Tui}on: $35004Waived for those who qualify.
To receive addi}onal details, including registra}on
informa}on complete the online form located at:
htps://forms.oïce.com/r/ThrkzJkbKB
*SCHEDULE:
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Mon.4Fri.; 8:00 a.m.45:00 p.m.
June 549, 2023
Individuals must be at least 18 Years old to register and must
be an enrolled tribal member of a federally recognized tribe
@Knife River Training Center
35973 Kennel Rd. SE, Albany OR
Tui}on support is provided through a Future Ready Oregon
Grant via the Willamete Workforce Partnership. A complete
Future Ready Oregon applica}on package will be required of all
trainees who receive tui}on support.
*Schedule may be subject to
change due to registra}on or
training connicts.
Complete request for registra}on/
at:
All trainees must have a valid drivers license, and comp/steel
toed footwear4all other PPE will be provided.
Consistent par}cipa}on during training is required. Any absence
Willamete Workforce Partnership/Knife River Training Center is an equal
opportunity program/employer. Language assistance is available to
individuals with limited English proociency free of cost. Auxiliary aids or
services are available upon request to individuals with disabili}es. Oregon
Relay 1.800.735.2900
TRIBAL VETERANS
SERVICE OFFICE
Contact us at (503) 879-1484 or via e-mail at CTGRTribalVSO@GrandRonde.Org
Veterans!
You may not need it now, but you could in the future.
As a veteran who has served your country, you deserve
to apply for these beneots and resources.
You may think another veteran needs it more than you or you
are taking resources from another veteran, but you are not.
You may not want beneots, but having them
can beneot your spouse and your family.
Contact the Tribal Veterans Service Ofoce to ask questions, ond out more
information or ole for a service-connected disability today!
Ad by Samuel Briggs III
Kotek 9 s decision about
gambling has never changed
GAMING continued
from front page
<Gov. Kotek has been consistent
throughout her tenure as a repre-
sentative, as speaker of the House
and now as Oregon9s governor,= said
Grand Ronde Tribal lobbyist Justin
Martin. <It should come as no sur-
prise that her position and policies
around gambling have not changed.
Gov. Kotek has been very clear with
her policies on off-Reservation gam-
ing and also clear that she does not
want to see expansion of gambling
as a whole within the state.=
Ironically, it was the Siletz Tribe
attempting to obtain approval for a
Salem casino decades ago that cre-
ated the Oregon governor hurdle.
The Siletz Tribe9s plans had been
approved by the George H.W. Bush
administration, but was hamstrung
by a 1997 U.S. Court of Appeals
decision upholding a governor's
right to veto off-Reservation casino
construction.
Then-Gov. Barbara Roberts over-
ruled the federal decision and
struck a deal with the Siletz Tribe,
laying groundwork for Chinook
Winds.
The Siletz Tribe oled an appli-
cation with the Department of the
Interior to build an 180,800-square-
foot casino with 2,000 gaming
devices and 45 table games north
of downtown Salem in April 2020.
During a January 2022 Bureau
of Indian Affairs virtual public
hearing on the Siletz proposal, 21 of
the 28 speakers were Grand Ronde
Tribal members or employees who
unanimously spoke in opposition to
the idea of allowing the Siletz Tribe
to leapfrog over Spirit Mountain
Casino and build a second casino
closer to Salem.
In 2017, the Siletz Tribe proposed
building a second casino at the 20-
acre site off Interstate 5 and split-
ting the proceeds with the state of
Oregon and eight other federally
recognized Tribes in Oregon. The
Grand Ronde Tribe objected to that
proposal as well.
The Salem market has become
more important to Grand Ronde9s
Spirit Mountain Casino following
the Cowlitz Tribe opening Ilani
Casino approximately 17 miles
north of the Portland-Vancouver
metropolitan area in April 2017.
Kotek9s letter also was sent to
Department of the Interior Secre-
tary Deb Haaland and Assistant
Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan
Newland.
<Her transparency and commu-
nication with Oregon9s sovereign
Tribes has been great throughout
her time in the Oregon Legislature
and we expect that to continue,=
Martin said. <As governments,
both the state and the Tribes have
utilized gambling as a means to an
end to be able to provide for their
citizens, funding education, eco-
nomic development, water, parks
and wildlife, health, housing and
veterans programs.
<The last thing Oregon needs is
an arms race for more and more
gambling, and Tribes spending
precious resources that fund vital
governmental programs. Attempt-
ing to leave rural Oregon to pursue
long-shot projects and locations
in our most populated cities like
Portland, Salem, Bend, Eugene
and Medford just doesn9t make
much sense.= þ