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. But look at us now. Some of us have no way of getting around because the younger people just don’t care. We are nothing to this place anymore. Why mistreat Elders? We are good people, but I have a surprise for the Tribe. I have a rent bill for the Tribe to pay back to me. So far it is $1,500. If I had my own place, I would not have to do this. Elders desire a lot in life, and I mean not being homeless. The Tribe put me up at the hotel for 12 days. I have paid for all the other days. My cost so …

that they had been stolen from Logan after a friend of his posted the story to social media. After asking several questions over the next few days, Logan determined it was worth it to meet up with the man and see if his story was true. To keep herself safe, she met him in a public place and asked an employee to watch out for her. “I went outside and there was this guy, holding my box of regalia,” she said. “I had so many emotions. There was a sense of victory, relief and peace. I’ve never had this feeling …

Council Chairman Chris Mercier said. 2002 – Grand Ronde Tribal youth put on a strong show of force at the state track and field finals in Monmouth representing Willamina High School. At the state meet, Tribal member Matt Zimbrick won second place in the triple jump while Tribal member Caitlin Zimbrick took first place in the long jump. 1997 – Grand Ronde Tribal representatives met with Oregon congressional representatives and aides in Washington, D.C. The meeting’s purpose was to educate …

John Mercier said. “We’re hoping that we can still get all the compliances and agreements in place. The public has been really understanding (about the delay) and that’s been nice. … The heavy trucks on the road cause a lot of damage there.” The long-awaited work from Hebo Road to Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center was first delayed due to unsafe air quality caused by the catastrophic wildfires in September 2020 and then again in 2021 due to lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercier said …

systems after being forced off their homelands. “It's really important to understand that we became dependent upon these government foods because we did not have the knowledge of these new environments,” Blue Bird Jernigan said. She references her Tribe’s reliance on river cane for shelter and food, but when the Tribe was moved to a reservation in Oklahoma, they were uprooted to a place that was entirely different and lacking the river cane they needed. “We were traditionally farmers …

… think about like 500 generations being connected to this place,” Svicarovich said. “What we're really trying to do is also broaden the public's understanding of (the) Grand Ronde Tribe's connection to this place over time. Cultural protection onsite is really important and is certainly a part of our activities under the grant. We know that there are known cultural resources on site, archaeological deposits dating back to 1700 years ago. They're petroglyphs.” The Tribe’s plan is available …

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to Salem in 1990 to begin a 24-year photojournalism career with the Statesman Journal , where he covered the Portland Trail Blazers, Division I college football, the Thurston High School mass shooting and then-Sen. Barack Obama’s visit. He left in 2014 to pursue freelance photography, shooting Oregon State University football and basketball games for The Associated Press. Gonzalez also had a photograph of a Woodburn farm worker featured in the book and nationwide traveling exhibition “Americanos …

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the oldest living member of the Tribe, Nora Kimsey. In addition to meeting with Tribal Council, the governor visited the Health & Wellness Clinic, the Tribal Library, Education Complex and made a surprise visit to Tribal Elder Hubert Mercier. 2002 – The eighth annual Government-to-Government Summit was held in Grand Ronde at Spirit Mountain Casino. Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber made what many believed would be his final appearance at the summit. He spoke about Executive Order 96-30 that mandated state …