Search

Tribal membership and regional academic communities," said Land and Culture Department Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach, one of the leads in making this happen. "With a great interest in this new chapter in the Tribe's cultural history, inquiries to donate artifacts and items into the Tribe's collections have increased substantially. Also, people are coming forward with offers to volunteer after our opening." Chachalu has already started holding cultural classes in two classrooms and has …

, a towable emergency generator, radio equipment, training and disaster event exercises, emergency supplies, storage containers and other related equipment and supplies; Approved the enrollment of four new Tribal members - three infants and one minor; And approved the voluntary relinquishment of membership for one Tribal member who decided to join his father's Tribe. Tribal Council member Jon A. George and Tribal members Jan Looking Wolf Reibach, Eirik Thorsgard and Brian Krehbiel performed the cultural …

service. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved the enrollment of one infant into the Tribe; Corrected two roll numbers assigned in error; Approved a supplemental budget appropriation increase to the 2014 budget that will account for the $2.7 million Employment Services building to be constructed next to the Tribal Community Center; Appointed Tribal Council member Kathleen Tom to the Governor's Regional Solutions Advisory Committee; Authorized Titu Asghar, director of Economic Development …

Culture Gravestone sought for Tilmer 08.06.2014 Dean Rhodes People , History History often sweeps away the little things. That's not always so with families. They know the people who were towering figures in their lives, whatever the larger community and country knew of them. Still, even among families, things get lost. Tilmer LaChance Leno, 99 at the time of her death, was born in 1858 in St. Paul, Ore. In 1877, she married the first David Leno, one of the Tribe's pioneers, who also …

of McConnell’s regular work hours. “Because we are a small department,” he said, “we don't have the manpower to assist with all those hours, so we chose one specialty, and that was detection.” Nixwa is trained to detect the odors of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin or any derivatives of those narcotics. He presents a passive alert, meaning he sits when he detects one or more of the odors. Since June, Nixwa has made five finds resulting in five arrests. Polk County District Attorney Aaron Felton …

Tribal Government & News Tribe receives grant to conduct wildlife inventory 10.14.2015 Dean Rhodes Federal Government , Natural Resources The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde was one of only three Tribes nationally to receive a three-year Administration for Native Americans environmental grant that will allow the Tribe to perform a fish and deer inventory on Tribal lands. The grant will award the Tribe $215,451 in the first year, $103,828 in the second year and $94,488 in the third year …

awards: one in News and one in Features. Her photo of the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse that occurred over Grand Ronde was honored in the News Photo category while her photograph of Tribal youth on spring break was honored in the Features Photo category. Rhodes was honored with a second-place award in News Writing for his story about the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse and a third-place award in Feature Writing for his story about a book that recounted Louis Kenoyer being the last speaker …

Police stopped a vehicle at the Seaway Market that matched the description of one from where shots were reportedly fired on Highway 18. There, officers arrested Tracy Davis of Newberg, and Devyn Hopkins and Ethan Parkin, both of Salem. The three were transported to the Polk County Jail in Dallas, Tribal Police Chief Jake McKnight said. Davis was charged with three counts of second-degree burglary and Hopkins of felon in possession of a weapon and an additional parole violation. Parkin’s booking …

will be helped by the assistance; Approved the 2018 self-governance funding agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior that will bring the Tribe $2.778 million in funding; And approved the enrollment of one infant and one non-infant into the Tribe because they meet the requirements outlined in the Enrollment Ordinance and Tribal Constitution. Also included in the Oct. 11 Tribal Council packet were authorizations to proceed that approved a $5,000 agreement with Native Networks to develop …

being used dates back to the early 2000s. The request would cost between $19,000 and $45,000. The Housing Department agreement is between the Grand Ronde Tribe and 10 other Tribes in Oregon and California to use Tribal enrollment data to determine annual Indian Housing Block Grant funding. By using enrollment data, the Grand Ronde Tribe gains $321,241 in housing funding. In other action, Tribal Council approved the enrollment of one infant into the Tribe and OK’d paying up to $30,000 in annual …