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Culture Indigenous Place Keeping Artist Fellows selected 05.13.2025 Art Chantele Rilatos (Contributed photo) Douglas Burgess (Grand Ronde) and Chantele Rilatos (Siletz) have been selected as the two Indigenous Place Keeping Artist Fellows for 2025. “This fellowship not only provides the resources to begin this project, but also the recognition to help build momentum for long lasting cultural impact in my communities,” Burgess said. “Being the recipient of this fellowship reassured me I am …

Culture Canoe Journey brings together Tribal Elders, youth in cultural celebration 08.12.2011 Michelle Alaimo Culture , People By Michelle Alaimo Smoke Signals photographer On Monday, July 18, the Grand Ronde Canoe Family paddled away from Squaxin Island, Wash., and began the annual Tribal Canoe Journey. Six days and 160 miles later they arrived at the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in La Conner, Wash. About 90 people from the Tribe, from Tribal youth to Tribal Elders, participated …

expansion of compassion clinics; Daisy C.H.A.I.N. of Eugene, $40,000, for increasing access to preventive pre- and post-natal care programs; De La Salle North Catholic High School of Portland, $34,803, for an academic resource center; Ethos Inc. of Portland, $33,500, for music programs for undeserved youth; Free Geek of Portland, $20,000, for a digital inclusion associate; Friends of the Columbia River Gorge, $35,000, for its Gorge Resilience effort; Friends of Tyron Creek of Portland, $10,000 …

Bailey, Rui Byrne, Brayden Fox, Cohlman Hubbell, Auburn Mercier, Timothy Murphy and Symphony Zimmer. First grade: Satara Blanchard, Micah Bruckner, Owen Campbell, Libby Ellingson, Mali’la Grefsrud-Norwest, Bailey Murphy, Stephen Sanchez-Haller and Wren Stone. Second grade: Ezri Bailey, Logan Clark, Sophia Grout, Laila Holsclaw, Wyatt Hubbell, Konner Hyatt, Aliya ManyHides, Presley Savage, William Stone, Nicholas Thayer, Conner Trammell and Kayden Zimmer. Third grade: Paige Baker, Chenoa Freeman …

Mercier, Macie Murdock, Elizabeth Neese, Joshua Patterson and John Emmett Scarbrock-Edson. First grade: Micah Bruckner, Owen Campbell, Justin Cummings, Riya Daligdig, Libby Ellingson, Antonio Emery, Cloey Freeman, Mali’La Grefsrud-Norwest, Alexzander Hill, Elyse Johnson, Tobias Justman, Jordan Kittelman, Ashton Mankins, Bridgette Manley, Bowen McGuire, Bailey Murphy, Tristan Newton, Edward Pike, Vanessa Springer, Wren Stone, Destiny Taylor and Carly Wertz. Second grade: Ezri Bailey, Haylee Barker …

Erhardt walked on Monday, May 17, 2021. Yahn & Sons Funeral Home in Auburn, Wash., is assisting the family. Toye D. Jeffers Dec. 6, 1962 – May 29, 2021 Tribal Elder Toye D. Jeffers walked on Saturday, May 29, 2021. Baird Memorial Chapel in La Pine, Ore., is assisting the family. Kenneth Lee Graham May 17, 1956 – May 29, 2021 Tribal Elder Kenneth Lee Graham walked on Saturday, May 29, 2021. Broussard’s Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas, is assisting the family. Laisane Ray McKnight Nov. 3, 1956 – June …

Hamlin, Health & Physical Education Coach Shane A. Thomas, Academic Advisor Devon Mercier, Applications Administrator Dina Sayers and Behavioral Health Program Care Coordinator Dorothy De la Rosa. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

it rains I am not going to get wet. This is crazy. Are they going to stop going to see the Elders on the home visits, too? If you ask me, this is just stupid. Some of us don't want to get sick and this is not saving money for the Tribe sending out the meds by mail when we live here on Tribal land or not too far away. We can go collect them ourselves. Or if we can't, we had someone from Wellness deliver our meds to us. So if you want to save money, quit sending them here locally. Start saving …

Culture Connie Graves is an ace in making Kalapuyan basketry 05.31.2018 Danielle Frost Culture , People , Elder Profile By Danielle Frost Twenty years ago, Tribal Elder Connie Graves could count the number of known Kalapuyan Tribal basket makers on one hand, or more precisely, one finger. “It was just me,” Graves, 62, says. “There was no one else left that I knew of.” Today, thanks largely in part to Graves’ teaching, there are several Tribal members who have learned the art of basketry, which …

. In his mind, blackouts were the only form of escape from the horrific abuse he endured in earlier foster homes. “I would always be drinking, fighting and running away,” Martineau says. “No one could get me to stop. I never thought that I was worth it. But the people on the streets used to tell me, ‘You don’t belong here with us.’ And I would say, ‘Yes I do.’ I believed that.” Today, Martineau, 57, is the Tribe’s alcohol and drug counselor, and recently celebrated 27 years of sobriety. He …