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back in the 1990s when Ed was on Tribal Council, he was acknowledged as a key figure in the effort to win over West Valley residents and business owners. He was nominated for his first run for Tribal Council by Tribal Elder John Mercier, who at the time was in his 20s. “I remember it quite clearly because we used to go and visit him at the store,” Mercier says. “I didn’t even give it a second thought. Now, all these years later, I would definitely give it a second, third, 10th thought before I …

for their own child, he says. “I brought her into one of the treatment groups that I was doing,” recalls Leno. “I introduced her and told my story. After that she was able to come in as a regular visitor of mine and just visit.” Time has brought reflection for Leno. He is now a father. He still wonders. “Even to this day, I don’t know if I was in her shoes,” says Leno. “I don’t know if I could be that forgiving. I don’t know and I’ve been the person. I know that it was an accident. I never intended …

Falls. “While other people traveled to the Falls or came to visit and trade, our ancestors were the people of the Falls. Fishing at the Falls was central to our life and culture. Today, we maintain an ongoing connection to the Falls. We harvest lamprey as our ancestors did. We also work closely with government agencies, businesses and organizations that are connected to Willamette Falls. “This rule and our fishing at the Falls will have a profound impact on the Grand Ronde people …

, but the actual material evidence left behind that can fill in the gaps in history. We want to be able to tell the story of the people who came to the Grand Ronde Reservation. We saw this need.” Harrelson and Edwards say there is a desire to have this type of information to help educate the membership and people who visit the Tribal museum and cultural center – Chachalu. “There is a need for additional information about the time period from the settlement of the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation up until …

Ronde eventually received $45 million in CARES Act funding that supplemented many of its efforts to assist Tribal members. Tribal events started to be canceled left and right as the number of cases burgeoned in Oregon. The April 5 General Council meeting in Eugene was scrapped as Lane Community College closed, the Summer Youth Employment Program was postponed and the annual internship to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and concurrent visit to Tomanowos did not occur …

a five-year time frame and we’re already two years into it and there’s an (appropriate) time to look at it.” She reminded Tribal members that the current MOA will stay in place until is it is replaced by something else. “So, while we’re really disappointed, I really want all of our hunters and fishers to know that there is no short-term change to the way, or the areas, in which we’re going and hunt and fish in the upcoming year,” she said. To watch the commission hearing in its entirety, visit …

Bruce Thomas. “It was after the initial visit with them that council decided to take a closer look at gaming.” Jim Willis, the Tribe’s general manager at the time, says discussions at the leadership level were whether there would be gaming in Grand Ronde ever. Willis, who now lives in southern Oregon near Table Rock, says the small contingent of Tribal Council members who visited Alabama came away with a different view of Tribal gaming. “That visit changed a lot of people’s minds,” says Willis …

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