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effects she potentially sees happening if ICWA is overturned and how it relates to case practices in child welfare. “The first thing that comes to mind is disproportionality,” she says. “The entire purpose of why it exists was the sheer number of Native children entering foster care. Those protections will go away. I cannot even imagine what would happen without it. The purpose is to keep children and their (extended) families together. Without that protection, so many more will enter foster care. We …

, Adult Foster Care Caregiver Pearline Metzker and Multi-Media Specialist Jordan Smith. 5 years: Children and Family Support Services Specialist Zoey Holsclaw, Community Health Driver Stephanie King, Senior Records Clerk Emma Leno, Administrative Assistant Lacy Leno and Tribal Police Sgt. Rod McAllister. The employees will be honored at a later date when large gatherings are once again permissible. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest …

distribution will be a general welfare payment and nontaxable, Kennedy said. “This general welfare payment is to help ease the continued financial burden of COVID-19,” Kennedy said. “We’re very pleased that we are able to assist our Tribal members. We know that the pandemic has hit our members very hard.” In 2020, adult Tribal members received eight COVID-19 Relief Program payments that totaled $4,400. In closing, Kennedy again encouraged Tribal members to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus …

, and they can hear what I hear. … I’m not sure exactly what it is, but I think it’s part of a cell phone or Google eye or something.” Mejia’s most recent criminal conviction was a 2018 disorderly-conduct charge in Lincoln City. According to the Lincoln City News Guard , he also was cited and released by the Lincoln City Police Department in July 2020 after police received a report of a man with a beer pushing a crosswalk button over and over again. Other criminal convictions include driving under …

with reported illegal burning in the 50200 block of Southwest Hebo Road. Assist outside agency with a welfare check in the 28000 block of Salmon River Highway. A male subject was arrested and transported to the Polk County Jail in Dallas for violating the conditions of a valid restraining order. Reported trespass in the 47000 block of Southwest Hebo Road. Assist outside agency with a reported missing person in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Motorist assist occurred in the area of milepost 4 …

of milepost 26 on Highway 18. Friday, Sept. 17 Warrant arrest occurred in the 8700 block of Grand Ronde Road. Warrant arrest occurred in the 8700 block of Grand Ronde Road. Assist outside agency in the 8100 block of Fire Hall Road. Assist outside agency in the 800 block of Main Street in Willamina. Driving complaint received in the area of milepost 26 on Highway 18. Assist outside agency in the Willamina area. Saturday, September 18th Warrant arrest occurred in the 7000 block of Fire Hall Road …

. Suspicious activity reported in the 27000 block of Salmon River Highway. Suspicious activity reported in the 48000 block of Dragonfly Drive. Friday, Aug. 3 Suspicious activity reported in the area of milepost 24 on Southwest Hebo Road. Assist outside agency in the 25000 block of Yamhill River Road. Citizen contact occurred in the 9600 block of Grand Ronde Road. Animal complaint received in the 27000 block of Salmon River Highway. Driving complaint received in the area of milepost 26 on Salmon River …

Tribal Elders, Connelly said. The finished book includes plenty of space for people to create their own artistry as they work to heal themselves. “The community I’m making it for is Indigenous, so it has Northwest themes: Lamprey, cedar, camas, some First Foods,” Connelly said. There are pages for coloring in, pages for journaling and activity prompts designed “to get the reader thinking about certain things; thinking about what wellness looks like for them. … There are prompted diagrams, so …

Mercier, who took a year off from Tribal Council after serving three consecutive terms from 2004 to 2013. Mercier, who is attending law school at Michigan State University, received the second most votes with 543, or 15.06 percent. He said before Election Day that he will take a leave of absence from law school if elected. First-time Tribal Council candidate Tonya Gleason-Shepek received the third most votes with 539, or 14.95 percent. She ran on a slate with Leno and incumbent June Sherer. Sherer …

and children from foreign countries to the United States. She made an impact that continues to last for many generations. She continued her advocacy with e-mail campaigns, most recently preventing the coal trains from traveling through the Columbia River corridor. Janis was an avid, devoted reader and learner. She studied political and religious philosophy, history and environmental justice. She read books beyond the average, but also loved Harry Potter and Dr. Seuss. Nothing was off limits …