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website www.grandronde.org , there were 51 active cases of COVID-19 being monitored by the Health & Wellness Center as of Tuesday, Sept. 14, and 18 new cases detected. In addition, the Willamina School District has 25 students who have tested positive for COVID-19 and 57 students who are in quarantine because of exposure. “I believe the increase in positive COVID-19 infections in the West Valley is mostly attributed to the increased contagion of the Delta variant,” Health Services Executive …

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 …

of Oregon Tribes in a room where many large meetings were held would serve as a reminder to federal employees of the importance of government-to-government relations with Tribes. 2011 – Tribal Elder Ellen Fischer was appointed to the Chemawa Indian School Board. She served as an employee of the Salem school for 27 years before retiring in 2009. “I loved it there,” she said. “I liked the people that worked there. And you learned a lot from the students. I enjoy that.” Chemawa served approximately …

for the planning of the Tribe’s health and human services clinic. Larsen would act as a liaison between the Tribal community and health care and planning departments to find out what kind of health care was most needed in the clinic. “I would like to say I’m very excited about becoming involved with my people and I’m looking forward to being very helpful and informative on this project,” he said. Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year increments through the pages of Smoke …

was removed from her birth family and placed with a white couple. “I wanted to find the people who look like me,” Harness says in the video. “I was tired of being the only brown person in the communities where I lived and not having anybody around that knew what that felt like or even cared what that felt like.” Mathew Fletcher, a law professor at Michigan State University and a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, discusses the assimilation tactics before ICWA. Fletcher’s …

. “I want to learn more because culture is part of who I am. Not living in Grand Ronde has affected me, because I always wanted to be more involved.” 2007 – More than 100 people came to Grand Ronde to share ideas to combat use of methamphetamine. Two dozen speakers were featured during the two-day “Tools for Healing and Meth Prevention” conference. “It’s a full-phase approach that deals with enforcement, treatment, prevention and recovery. If you leave any of these out, there will be a lapse …

methamphetamine and behaving in an extremely hostile manner. Yamhill County Sgt. Don Stackpole, who was on scene, recalled what happened in a letter to Tribal Police Chief Jake McKnight. “At several points during the ensuing 30 minutes of that standoff, there were multiple times where I felt convinced that this incident was going to result in the serious injury or death of the subject and/or law enforcement,” he said. “An additional, aggravating factor was that there was an elderly, bedridden man trapped …

Health Administrator Cheryle A. Kennedy was honored as Outstanding Portland Area Health Administrator at an awards banquet in Portland featuring more than 250 health care workers. Kennedy served as the Grand Ronde representative to the Native American Indian Health Board and had worked in the Grand Ronde Health Department for eight years. “It was wonderful to be nominated for the award. When I got the invitation to the banquet, I didn’t know I’d won,” she said. Yesteryears is a look back …

the Democratic primary in 2022. Before becoming a legislative assistant, she worked in Schrader’s office as the 2020-21 Mark Hatfield congressional fellow sponsored by Spirit Mountain Community Fund. “As I prepare to serve my first full term in the U.S. House of Representatives, I’m extremely proud of the team I’ve assembled in Washington, D.C., to work with me on behalf of all Alaskans,” Peltola said. Peltola defeated former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in an August 2022 special election to succeed Don …

at Spirit Mountain Casino in September 2021. In that role, she focused on creating efficiencies for Spirit Mountain’s business operations through strategic planning, developing better collaboration and communication processes, and evaluating new opportunities. “I began my career at Spirit Mountain, and I’m proud to be an enrolled Tribal member,” she said in a press release announcing her hiring. “I have a strong desire to ensure our success and aim to do so through collaboration, communication …