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PRESORTED STANDARD MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 700 Eight names are being added to Veterans Memorial 4 pg. 8 may 15, 2023 General Council briefed on construction projects 8No more stolen sisters9 By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer T ribal Engineering and Planning Manager Ryan Webb briefed the membership on various capital improvement projects on and off the Tribal campus during a Sunday, May 7, General Council hybrid meeting held via the Zoom video conferencing application and in Tribal Council chambers. <This is a great opportunity to talk about what we9ve done and what we have coming up, and celebrate all the great work we9ve been able to do,= Webb said. He provided the Trib- al audience with an update of Creekside El- der housing, the Tribal homeownership devel- opment, men9s transi- tional housing, domestic violence shelters, Wind River Apartments, wastewater treatment Ryan Webb plant expansion, War- riors of Hope program expansion, language education building, health care and vaccination clinic, Grand Ronde Fire Station upgrade, child development center, Tumwata Village, resident recreation center and electric vehicle charging stations. <I think everyone would agree it9s been a busy year with a lot of construction work happening and some great buildings being constructed to house different services of the Tribe,= Webb said. Projects Creekside Elder Housing: The 24-unit project located at Hebo and Grand Ronde roads includes 12 two-bedroom, one-bath duplexes. Each unit is 1,120 square feet, with 18 market rate units and six subsidized units. Each one will have solar pan- els plus backup battery storage. The $7.19 million project is funded with 80 percent Tribal dollars and 20 percent federal grant funds. The orst unit will be ready for occupancy later this month and the onal unit by the end of September. See MEETING continued on page 9 Photo by Kamiah Koch A red dress display was set up in the Governance Center Atrium on Friday, May 5, to recognize Missing and Murdered Indigenous People with ties to Oregon. Grand Ronde Tribal member Heather (Haller) Cameron was recognized on a dress as a missing Indigenous person since 2012. By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer M ay 5 marked a somber occasion in Indian Country as Indigenous com- munities from throughout the United States and Canada gathered to remember those who are missing and murdered. The Grand Ronde Tribe9s Warriors of Hope Domestic & Sexual Violence Program marked the day by honoring their Indigenous rela- tives with singers, speakers and a moment of silence. Eleven red dresses were displayed through- out the Governance Center Atrium where the event, which symbolizes missing and mur- See MISSING continued on page 7 Kennedy is featured speaker at Clackamas Community College By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer O REGON CITY 3 As she looked out at the crowd of more than 100 people who had gathered to hear her speak, Grand Ronde Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy summed up the mo- ment: <Wow,= she said. Photo by Michelle Alaimo Kennedy was the featured speaker at Clackamas Community College on Tuesday, May 9, hosting the lecture, <Do You Know Oregon9s First Peoples? A History of the Grand Ronde Tribe.= See SPEAKER continued on page 6 Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy is gifted a photo of Clackamas Community College9s Wacheno Welcome Center building after her lecture <Do You Know Oregon9s First Peoples? A History of the Grand Ronde Tribe= that was held at the college9s Niemeyer Osterman Theatre in Oregon City on Tuesday, May 9. The building is named after the Wacheno family, who Kennedy is a direct descendant of, and Dan <Old Man= Wacheno signed the Willamette Valley Treaty as chief of the Clackamas on Jan. 22, 1855. On the right is college President Dr. Tim Cook.