Grand Ronde seek to block state funding of other tribes’ proposed land acquisition at Willamette Falls

Grand Ronde seek to block state funding of other tribes’ proposed land acquisition at Willamette Falls

The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon is urging Gov. Tina Kotek to slow walk a request from Willamette Falls Trust for up to $75 million in state funding to buy land near the falls. In a June 9 letter, Grand Ronde tribal chair Cheryle Kennedy wrote to Kotek that her tribe had “serious concerns about the proposal.”  Earlier in the legislative session, Willamette Falls Trust, a nonprofit with four tribal members on its bo…