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, who had just returned from New York City and the visit to Tomanowos. The ceremony opened with a drum that included Riggs and Cultural Resources Department employees Brian Krehbiel and Jordan Mercier and their respective daughters, Kailiyah Krehbiel and Ila Mercier. After dinner, McNary High School graduate Evan Harvey spoke and then eighth-grade and high school graduates were honored. After Eastern Oregon University graduate Michele Plummer spoke, GED and college graduates were honored. Graduates …

that if they get off track the peacemaker can bring them back, he said. “I’ve got a firm philosophy that in any dispute, there’s your side, there’s my side, and somewhere in the middle lies the truth,” he said. For more information about the Peacemaker Program and other Tribal Court volunteer opportunities, such as becoming an advocate for Tribal children in abuse and neglect cases, visit the Tribal Court in the Governance Building or go to: www.grandronde.org/about/tribal-court/court-programs/ Share …

Culture New book tells early-life story of Louis Kenoyer 11.14.2017 Dean Rhodes Culture , History “My Life, by Louis Kenoyer: Reminiscences of a Grand Ronde Reservation Childhood” Published: By Oregon State University Press in cooperation with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde To order: Visit www.osupress.oregonstate.edu Cost: $35 For approximately 51 years, Louis Kenoyer was truly unique. He was the only person who spoke the Tualatin Northern Kalapuya language after his father walked …

as a child. Raised in Milwaukie, McEachran said his family stopped and visited with Velma Mercier, who was a cousin to McEachran’s mother, in Grand Ronde on their way to Rockaway Beach. “They would sit and visit, and that was a real highlight. We came this way so we could go through Grand Ronde,” remembered McEachran. “As little kids we would sit in the car and who got to see the Grand Ronde sign first was the winner. My mother lived here, was born here and went to St. Michael’s because …

often referred to Liberty as “her little shadow.” Kitty and Curt spent 62 blessed years together. During that time, with their daughter, they traveled to visit relatives in Washington, California and Mississippi, just to name a few. They were known to shop at a garage sale or two. They’d load up their car with treasures and anticipated what they’d find at the next one. Eventually, they opened a secondhand store and Tricia ran the daily business. They bought Russell’s Marine more than 20 years ago …

, Denise Harvey, Chris Mercier and Army veteran Brenda Tuomi followed the veterans into the dance arena to the beat of Chet Clark’s Johonaaii Singers. The Four Directions drum group then brought in the fancy shawl dancers, bustle dancers and jingle dancers, and they were followed by children of all dance styles. Tribal Elder, former Tribal Council member and Navy veteran Wink Soderberg gave the invocation and said that when people come to visit Grand Ronde they should be treated like family …

that will be a plus for our membership here and for all that wish to come and visit. Thank you very much and I hope you still stand behind me on this issue and voice your opinions. Rex D. Haller Roll #905 Dear Tribal members: I am not normally one to bet. But in hindsight I would have bet that the person most eager to respond to my July 15 letter would be Leroy Good. Some aspects of Leroy’s letter are very misleading and warrant responses. I stand by my gerrymandering theory, but more on that later …

adopt the policy that was originally in your packet or you can adopt the policy that was handed out tonight with the additional language.” The board moved to accept the revised policy with the additional language and it passed unanimously. The next item was consideration of the original request made by Grand Ronde Tribal member Angela Fasana, who is a Willamina High School graduate and parent of a current Willamina student. Fasana’s original request was inspired by her visit to Pendleton, where …

on Rural Communities, Land Use and Water. Leno invited Clem and committee members to visit the Grand Ronde Tribe and also discussed public safety issues and the creation of the Tribal Police Department, the Tribal Employment Rights Office memorandum of understanding with the state Department of Transportation and the Tribal history curriculum being used in several school districts at the fourth-grade level. Helping to ensure the event went off successfully were Public Affairs Administrative Assistant …

everywhere” to hang a flag inside school facilities. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is the only federally recognized sovereign nation within the school district’s boundaries. The original request to hang the Tribal flag did not officially come from the Tribe, but from Tribal member Angela Fasana, who is a graduate of Willamina High School and has sent both of her children to Willamina schools. Fasana’s original request was inspired by her visit to Pendleton, where she saw the Umatilla Tribal …