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Prayers for a Big World,” received the President’s Award for most effective overall floral presentation. The float was designed by Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr. 2009 – For the third time in six years, the Tribal Natural Resources Youth Crew Program won the Frank Roberts Oregon Youth Conservation Corps Project of the Year Award as best in the state for 2008. High school students were hired to the crew for the summer to build trails through reservation lands, participate in challenge courses where …

, as well,” Logan said. The design will be released soon, she said. A silk scarf featuring parfleche butterflies is available on Good Day’s website. “We did fittings and the designers put us in what thought was best suited for us,” Logan said. She said that as far as she knew, she was the only Pacific Northwest or Grand Ronde Tribal member present, and that it felt like an honor to be a representative of her Tribe and region. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe …

Court Judge Michael H. Simon wrote in his judgement was “a nuanced distinction, at best.” In December, both the Tribe and PGE requested summary judgement, a decision issued in favor of one party when the judge finds there is no genuine dispute over the facts in a case and therefore no need to go to trial. However, Simon ruled that neither side had proved its case sufficiently to win outright. “The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde respects the court’s decision and appreciates the careful …

outside that Tribe’s territory, the DOI is knowingly impeding the Karuk Tribe’s cultural sovereignty, frustrating its ability to provide governmental programs and impoverishing the Karuk Tribe in order to enrich a Tribe that has one-third the number of Tribal members and a casino twice as large as Karuk’s,” he said. The Coquille Tribe contends that the Medford area is a part of its ancestral homelands, and that it should have the right to determine what is best for its people and to provide …

training was finding the time and the most rewarding part being able to bring the medal home to Grand Ronde. “Receiving closure was the best part,” she said. “I did one last thing for her. I got to finish what she started…I gave her a year and then eight-and-a-half hours of marathon time.” Blanchard is grateful for the support of the Grand Ronde Tribal community. “I’m thankful for literally everyone in the community,” she said. “Jon (George), Cheryle (Kennedy), Chelsea (Clark), so many were cheering …

by improving forecasting, analyzing volume, identifying peak periods and minimizing risk.” All that, she noted, has made it significantly easier to provide highly accurate revenue forecasts, although those will unlikely ever be perfect. “There are still external factors beyond our control,” she said. “For example, a snowstorm or news reports of road closures can have a detrimental effect on visitation despite even the best planning.” A significant amount of analysis goes into each year’s …

of federal and state programs, ongoing undercover operations and Web sites that track countless peoples-of-interest across the country. In Oregon, intelligence programs range from the Oregon State Intelligence Network to Regional Information Sharing Systems to Analytical Unit Services, and public safety officers throughout the system are encouraged to participate. One program enables safety officers to access information about impending warrants "to see if it may involve one of their cases," Reuben …

, cultural education, archaeology, sacred sites and spaces, repatriation, Columbia River art, storytelling, educational curriculum, environmental resources, land conservation and the eternal question of what determines one’s culture. The first day began with Tribal Council member Jon A. George welcoming more than 200 audience members – including Tribal members, Tribal Elders, Tribal staff members, visiting Tribal members, scholars, educators, nonprofit representatives and a multitude of government …

around Willamette Falls and the surrounding area since time immemorial, and our members continue to do so,” he said. “There can be no doubt that the Willamette Falls area is one of our treaty-reserved, usual and accustomed areas where our members fish at sites, which have been passed down through generations for subsistence and ceremonial harvest purposes.” Kennedy and other Tribal Council members firmly maintain that any claims of a lack of consultation or potential treaty violations aren’t …

what was best for their families, but it seems some fellow Tribal members want to punish them for that. As somebody who spent a very long year trying to come up with a solution, I am happy to see a resolution that takes into account all the work we did, and the impacts and the families who have been waiting for so long to join a Tribe they clearly should be a part of. As a former Enrollment Requirements Ad Hoc Committee member appointed by Tribal Council and who took that job seriously, I am …