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:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, in Tribal Council Chambers in Grand Ronde and on Zoom. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

may register to attend by Zoom online at www.grandronde.org/constitutional-amendment-on-lineal-descent/ . Additionally, the Election Board will be holding office hours at the Tribal Community Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, through Tuesday, Nov. 26. Ballots will be mailed out on Friday, Nov. 8. In order for a vote to be counted, returned ballots must be received in the designated post office box at the Grand Ronde Post Office by 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9. The upcoming election …

. The Indian Health Care Improvement Act stated, among other things, that the Indian Health Service is the payor of last resort when an eligible Native American is covered by another health plan and excludes health benefits provided by Tribal governments as taxable income. Before passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Service took the position that Tribes paying for health care services for their Tribal members should be taxable income. The National Indian Health Board issued a letter …

of service, as well as time and place from Hawaii in 1941 to 21 st century Iraq and Afghanistan. Albany resident David Russell, 96, survived the Day of Infamy sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that saw his ship, the USS Oklahoma, sunk by Japanese torpedoes. He survived, but 429 of his fellow shipmates were killed or missing in action. Russell’s presence was a highlight of the Saturday afternoon session of the powwow, which saw 64 veterans line up and state their branch of service and years …

you for your service,” she added. Harvey said she hoped visitors to Grand Ronde felt welcome and that they would return for events like the Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow in July and the larger contest powwow in August. Tribal Council member Chris Mercier recalled how he met Bobb for the first time and how that meeting changed his outlook on veterans. “When I started working for the Tribe and started working with a lot more veterans, especially while serving on Tribal Council, I …

Resources to develop an interactive Web map of the ceded lands. So when it's finished it will be all clickable with images. People will be able to see the signs and graphics without having to get in their car and go there. "We will be able to put a lot more information on the Web site that we couldn't fit on one sign panel. There's way too much information out there to put on one sign, but the Web address will be on all the signs. We're really excited about that because it will be a major …

canoe owned by the Heritage Center will be part of the upcoming Grand Ronde Canoe Journey exhibit at the Heritage Center, 1313 Mill St. S.E., Salem. The exhibition, with curator credits spread across the entire Cultural Resources Department, "explores the importance of canoes to the Native Peoples of the Willamette Valley," according to the Heritage Center Web site. "(David) Lewis (manager of the Tribe's Cultural Resources Department) and his staff use the canoe as a means to share aspects …

they would work. He didn't know. Obviously, they did work and Westinghouse had an ongoing business and electricity in this country was changed forever." The project was the first long-distance transmission of electricity in the country, Gersh said, and it drew industry to the site, much of which has now moved on. "It's a hidden gem," said Gersh, "a secret. It's the second largest waterfall in the country by volume, behind Niagara Falls. It's a magical, deeply powerful place." "Holding on to traditions …

from drawings of this style of canoe last seen at Willamette Falls in 1831. "They used horses after that," said Mercier. In January, Tribal Elder and Site Protection Specialist Don Day selected the cedar log for the river canoe. The maintenance crew, including Tribal members Marcus Gibbons and Gregg Leno along with community member Kyle Towner (Siletz), brought it over to the shed on Hebo Road. They handled the heavy lifting with their equipment. Day then brought in the wedges and the expertise …

Culture Nick Jr. airing Hattie Mercier video 03.07.2012 Dean Rhodes People , Entertainment This story ran in the Nov. 1, 2010, Smoke Signals. The video is now airing and also can be viewed by clicking on this Web site: http://www.nickjr.com/video/?timeOnly=true&videoid=114955 Before it was over, the folks from Nickelodeon Junior spent two days in the West Valley area, shot five to six hours worth of digital video, and will, in a month's time, have that edited down to a 60-second television …