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," Kitzhaber said. "At the end of the day, we're having a real problem with service delivery." Kitzhaber added that pooling resources probably will be necessary because "no magic pot of money will suddenly appear. We have to do a better job of leveraging the resources that we have." Leno then switched to the Red Hills controversy in which the Warm Springs Tribe is attempting to purchase land near Lafayette in Yamhill County - smack dab in the middle of Grand Ronde's ceded lands - as part …

the community toward food self-sufficiency. Under the plan being considered, Food Share will bring its leadership skills and experience with food self-sufficiency to Grand Ronde to help create new possibilities for the local food bank. The partnership would be unique to both the Tribe and Food Share. And the local food bank and community gardens will participate. Marion-Polk Food Share supplies food to the Community Resource Center and 97 other partners in its service area. One goal for Food Share, said …

Council, staff from Land and Culture, Tribal Engineer Jesse White's office, and staff from Public Affairs, Grants, Planning, Legal, Finance, Education, Procurement, Public Works, Facilities, temp workers, contractors and the Capital Campaign team. "Without these people," said Tribal Planning Director Rick George, "we wouldn't have a Tribe, no less a museum." Granting agencies for Phase I included Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, the National Park Service, Oregon Cultural Trust, Oregon …

of Oregon in Portland for its Rockwood Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, $20,000; • Polk County Sheriff's Office in Dallas for Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Enhanced Law Enforcement, $225,000; • Portland Homeless Family Solutions for capacity building to support Portland's homeless families, $30,000; • Randall Children's Hospital Foundation in Portland for its Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program, $20,000; • Returning Veterans Project of Portland for its Service Expansion …

Culture Education key to first Tribal lawyer hired by Legal Department 12.31.2014 Ron Karten People , Education , Tribal Employees Holly Partridge, 34, has been headed for college and law school for as long as she can remember. “I always knew that I would go to college,” she says, but after her marriage to Kelsey Partridge in 1999, “life decided I would have to put it off for a while.” Later in 1999, Kelsey went from service in the Oregon Army National Guard to active duty at Fort Lewis …

in March. Administrative Program Manager Joani Dugger reviewed the assistance programs administered by the Housing Authority, which include Down Payment Assistance grants, Medical Adaptation grants, Home Repair grants, Indian Health Service Water and Sanitation funding, Tenant Based Rental Assistance and Student Rental Assistance. Dugger said the Student Rental Assistance program is the largest that the Housing Authority administers, helping more than 450 Tribal students since 2006 in paying …

we can do it." Public Affairs Director Siobhan Taylor said that the Tribe wants to know, "What can we do for you?" Involved in the Friday meeting were representatives of the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, Oregon State Parks, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Jackson County Board of Commissioners, Medford City Council, The Nature Conservancy and the Lomakatsi Restoration Project . From the Tribe, in addition to Leno …

employees who have worked at the Tribe for more than 30 years – Tresa Mercier and Gregg Leno – are both Tribal members. “There has been more of an emphasis on hiring Tribal members and giving them an opportunity to do the job,” Fullerton says. “I think Tribal members do want to work for the government and Tribal members in the service-based departments that we have really take pride in providing good services to the membership.” The growth in overall Tribal governmental employees from 316 in 2013 …

Highway. Thursday, Sept. 6 Reported illegal camping in the area of Service Road 510 Agency Creek. Reported illegal camping at Big Buck Campground. Friday, Sept. 7 Assist outside agency with a fatal commercial motor vehicle crash in the area of milepost 20 on Southwest Hebo Road. Citizen contact occurred in the area of Andy Riggs and Fire Hall roads. Assist outside agency with a warrant arrest in the 200 block of First Street in Willamina. Male subject was arrested and transported to the Yamhill …

with a civil issue in the 48000 block of Dragonfly Drive. Thursday, April 19 Suspicious activity reported in the area of milepost 1 on Agency Creek Road. Illegal camping reported in the area of Service Road 302. Assist outside agency with a reported missing person in the 27000 block of Salmon River Highway. Criminal trespass reported in the 100 block of Wind River Drive. Male subject was arrested and transported to the Polk County Jail in Dallas. Suspicious vehicle reported in the area of Fort Hill …