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. She also received first- and second-place awards in the TV Best News Story category for her reports posted on YouTube about the proposed site of a new Grand Ronde gaming facility in Wood Village and the Tribe hosting a fire camp in September, respectively. Tribal member Justin Phillips, who is Smoke Signals’ page designer, received a second-place award in the Best Layout category. The 11 awards bring Smoke Signals’ total to 110 since 2007. “Independent quality journalism is the foundation …

of COVID-19 being monitored by the Health & Wellness Center as of Thursday, Sept. 23, and 10 new cases detected. The site also says the Tribe has recorded 183 positive COVID-19 tests and 3,052 negatives for a positivity rate of 5.6 percent. The Tribe has vaccinated more than 20,900 people in 2021. In addition, the Willamina School District previously reported it has 25 students who have tested positive for COVID-19 and 57 students who are in quarantine because of exposure. “I believe the increase …

applications,” Frost said. “I succeeded in creating a novel, less expensive, more environmentally friendly method of synthesis of a safe, non-toxic polymer suitable for use in targeted drug delivery platforms. This is a means of delivering a needed medication to a person at the site of the disease in the body rather than to the person systemically which can have an effect on the body as a whole.” Frost is currently working as a research scientist at the Technological University of the Shannon …

is for retention of Tribal employees,” Tribal Elder Sanda Henny said. “A majority of our turnover has to do with external difficulties. Meeting one-on-one with Tribal members gives us an idea of the basic needs of each individual.” 2002 – Tribal members, archeologists and anthropologists gathered in Grand Ronde to attend a five-day archaeology course hosted by the Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department. The program helped familiarize archeologists with cultural site protection and educated a new generation …

Culture Watchlist: ‘The Forest Grove Indian Training School, 1880 – 1885’ 05.31.2022 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist An article in this edition of Smoke Signals called “Indian boarding school report includes Grand Ronde location” has a companion video on our YouTube channel where we visit three federal Indian boarding school sites in Oregon listed in the Department of Interior’s report. In the video, Smoke Signals visited Chemawa Indian School, the site …

the Grand Ronde, Willamina and Sheridan areas. 1997 – The first residents moved into Grand Meadows, a new 37-lot manufactured home park in Grand Ronde. Tribal member Carl Lambert and his wife Betty were excited to be back in the area after Carl moved away in 1951. The retired couple said that they were looking forward to volunteering, taking computer classes, having lunch at the Elders meal site and meeting new friends. 1992 – Tribal member Chris Leno was featured for his new job as a business …

Office of Equity and Inclusion since 2005, and was the top Native American diversity administrator at the school. 2008 – The Tribe received a two-year grant from the Administration for Native Americans for the architectural schematic design of the Tribe’s planned museum and cultural center. The two-year project included surveying, soils analysis, wetland and archaeological site assessment, and preliminary interpretive design of exhibit space. The Tribe was prepared to provide $52,000 in matching …

with the visit,” Kennedy said. “We talked about what was happening and the need for services. … That was the nature of the visit. She (Levine) hasn’t been out to Indian Country a lot and wanted to acquaint herself with our services. I was very pleased we were recommended as a site to be toured and it was a great to share that the Tribe is working very hard to provide a full complement of services.” Kennedy, who served as the first Tribal Health Director, said she is proud that the Tribe has been expanding …

in 2023 between the Tribe and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to jointly manage the property with the eventual goal of the Tribe taking over ownership. “The arrangement has been very successful,” OPRD Field & Community Services Deputy Director Matt Rippee said. “Operations are going well. (The Tribe) would like to assume ownership and use the site as a hub for celebration in addition to keeping the property open to visitors. (We) are committed to an ongoing relationship.” Tribal Lands …

40 structures at the tumwata village site, including all fire damaged buildings and warehouse buildings; Approved an application to Philanthropy Northwest for its EPA Region 10 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grant for up to $250,000; Approved an application to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grant for up to $10 million; And approved the enrollment of three infants into the Tribe because they meet …