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about her Tribal Elder aunt who often spoke about how her people always took care of the four-legged friends. “It’s been handed down in our generations,” Stwyer said. “She speaks very eloquently about how important it is that we look after the animals.” At these mobile vet clinics, Tribal community members can bring cats and dogs to receive spay/neuter procedures, vaccinations, microchips and 12 months of flea and tick medication, all for free. According to the First Nations Veterinary website …

said. “Whether it’s banking or investments or consulting, to go out every three to five years to make sure that you are re-examining your relationship with your business partners and you make sure your (deal) is still competitive in the market. That’s what we’re doing.” One of the most visible reasons, and one of the reasons why Meyer asked Tribal Council about Wells Fargo, is the bank’s support through investment funding of Energy Transfer Partners’ controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project …

. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe had been challenging the Army Corps of Engineers’ granting of permits to Energy Transfer Partners of Dallas, Texas, to allow for as many as 200 water crossings in the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline project. Boasberg denied the Tribe’s request for a temporary injunction to halt the pipeline’s construction and ordered both sides of the conflict to appear at a status conference on Friday, Sept. 16. Within an hour of Boasberg’s ruling, the Department …

states on its website. Current company officers include President Paul Kaiser, a 30-year veteran of the health insurance industry, and Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Hernandez as Board of Directors secretary. Its website lists several Northwest Tribes besides Grand Ronde as clients – Chehalis, Jamestown S’Klallam, Nisqually, Nooksack, Shoshone-Paiute and Suquamish. The initial $350,000 loan to Shasta was designed to help the company address cash flow issues stemming from software system …

, and smother tree seedlings, hampering reforestation efforts. English ivy is particularly problematic and often threatens all vegetation levels of forested and open areas. It can grow along the ground and climb into the forest canopy, according to the website invasive.org. Other invasive plants often found on the Reservation include common tansy, Canada thistle, bull thistle and reed canary grass. “Some of these things have been here for decades, and others were plants that were brought back …

Tribal Government & News Tribe withdraws from Willamette Falls Trust 05.13.2021 Dean Rhodes Willamette Falls By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy has formally notified the Willamette Falls Trust that the Grand Ronde Tribe will no longer participate as a member. The trust is a nonprofit organization that is raising funds and engaging the community to “realize the collective vision for a spectacular Riverwalk at the Falls,” according to its website …

project was announced on Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2021 by Bow & Arrow Brewing, an Indigenous female-owned brewing company in Albuquerque, N.M. Almost 35 breweries across the country are listed on Bow & Arrow Brewing’s website as participating breweries releasing a “Native Land” beer with their respective land-acknowledgment labels through March. Bow & Arrow Brewing’s website says that to participate, each brewery has to research which Tribe’s ancestral lands their brewery sits on and commit …

flying debris. Children are at the highest risk of injury, so please keep a close eye on kids and restrict the type of fireworks they are allowed to use.” The National Weather Service said on its website that projected weather models were continuing to show disagreement about the extent of the heat wave, with predictions for temperatures reaching 105 or higher in Salem ranging from 35% to 75%. Overnight temperatures are expected to remain high as well, making it harder for people to recover from …

Ronde and Eugene. A video of the Grand Ronde session can be viewed on the Tribal website, www.grandronde.org . In addition, a PowerPoint presentation prepared by Tribal staff was mailed first class to all adult Tribal members at the end of May. Tribal Council decided in identical 5-2 votes to send the proposed amendments to voters during its April 6 meeting. The first amendment would, if approved by voters, remove the parent on the roll at time of birth and time of application requirements and add …

. According to her Oregon House website, Hoyle earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Emmanuel College in Boston, Mass., and lives in west Eugene with her husband and two dogs. Her two children attend college in Oregon. She also has more than 25 years of private sector business experience in domestic and international sales, wholesale distribution and retail management in the sporting goods industry. “I think she is viewed as someone who is a real up-and-coming leader in the state …