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, then vice chair, now chairman; Toby McClary, then a Tribal Council member, now Tribal Council secretary, and Tribal Council member Steve Bobb, who gave the invocation. "The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is a very generous Tribe," said then-Tribal Council Chairwoman, now Tribal Council member Cheryle A. Kennedy, "and it always has been." After a few years of reduced funds, stemming from the 2008 economic meltdown, funding available for gifts today is "moderately back on the rise," said George …

a good fit," said Garcia. Both were on hand to mark Grude's success and celebrated the event with a Tribal blessing drum song. Calling this "a very special occasion," Grude's daughter, Tribal member Brooke Chavez, presented her mother with flowers. "I'm so proud of her," she said. Denise Stone, one of two aunts on hand for the ceremony, brought many to tears. "We've been through a lot in our family. We're so proud of her. We've been trying to know the right things to help her. We love you," she …

need is, Heywood said that the Justice Department "is not very close to meeting it." A 2006 study said that involved service agencies would need $16 million to meet the crises out there. "We provide half of that (through grant programs)," Heywood said. Justice Department programs include compensation for crime victims, post-conviction advocacy, sexual assault victims' emergency fund and one that enables victims to shield their addresses and other personal identification information, called …

dedication. That's for sure. We're surrounded by English, so you really have to make a choice that you're going to speak Chinuk." "The goal is getting families to speak it at home," she said. That is encouraged in adult Chinuk Wawa classes and at quarterly Chinuk Family Nights, which are funded by a grant. "It's going great," said Cole. "They're learning very quickly. In fact, I have to keep creating new curriculum. They're really picking it up." The class includes Tribal history and culture …

and so we were able to partner with a local farm. It is awesome to see the community connect to it.” The program is currently full, but Health & Wellness will begin recruiting new participants in the spring. Forty people participated this year and the goal is to increase participation to 50 in 2019, which is very attainable given that the program currently has a waiting list. Those who are not referred by a health care provider also have the option of paying for the program and picking up …

. In early March. Bobb was being interviewed for a feature story by Smoke Signals staff writer Danielle Frost, who asked him to reveal something about himself that very few, if any, people know about him. Bobb related the fire alarm story and the fact that he never officially graduated from high school. “It hasn’t affected anything I wanted to do in my life,” he said, “but I don’t know that you could do that today. You really can’t get away with stuff like that.” During the editing of Frost’s story …

," or in the bridge's case, Bridge of the People. The "crossing" part reflects both the Native experience in the area and the use of the bridge. "It is very representative of use by people," Lewis said, "and it is connected by Tribal history and mythology with the nearby Bridge of the Gods." The other three name finalists are Abigail Scott Duniway Transit Bridge, Cascadia Crossing Transit Bridge and Wy'east Transit Bridge. Abigail Scott Duniway was known as the "the pioneer woman suffragist of the great Northwest …

for. It shows the blessings we get to share every day, and every day we give thanks to our creator." Kathleen George, director of Spirit Mountain Community Fund, presented Oregon Health and Science University's Knight Cancer Challenge with a check for $100,000. The grant will go toward ending cancer in our day. Nike co-founder and philanthropist Phil Knight, and his wife, Penny, promised to match gifts up to $500 million, aiming at a total gift of $1 billion. "This is a number that is very …

. "The basics are very important: food, water, toiletry and information," she said. As an example, Baxter said, most people are not injured from a building falling, but from items falling from shelves or people sliding into things. The emergency preparedness meeting and the ones to follow describe the steps it takes to create community, resilience and the kind of personal relationships that will keep the preparation and emergency processes working through communications made smoother by familiarity …

the habitat of this very rare snake endlessly into the future," he said. Management of the environment for these snakes "is not easy," Dirksen reported, "and the fact that no one else in the valley is doing it reflects the Tribe's capacity to take on unique and challenging opportunities." Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …