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Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Oregon congressional delegation voicing its concerns. “It basically is to keep in place the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, which is a piece of the Affordable Care Act,” Kennedy said. “It is the vehicle that delivers health care for Native Americans. “I believe most Tribes have sent in their letters already that try to refocus that health care is a big industry and there are jobs that are very important to all citizens. So we really wanted to emphasize …

place, and they’d put a microphone. My cousin Arnold Logsden would sing with us, so it kind of entertained people. … In Independence, I think that was a real small town, and that’s where the grower had his field.” World War II began in 1939. In 1941, Smith said, “When I was 16, my dad, him and my stepmother went to work in Portland, building airplanes. It was wartime.” Smith and her sister Rose found jobs in a plant where they packaged eggs for the Army. They snatched eggs from a conveyor belt …

Reentry; Yamhill Carlton Together Cares, $7,500 for expanding services to community children. Large grant recipients: American Military Encouragement Network, $50,000 for food box support for military, veterans, Tribes and families in need; Family Building Blocks, $100,000 for Doris’s New Place, a permanent relief nursery for the Santiam Canyon; Impact NW, $50,000 for Early Childhood Services: Healthy parent-child development; Kinship House, $50,000 for mental health therapy for children in foster …

from here; we’ll get the work done.’ And so, we got all of that fixed up where it was inhabitable.” She said to go from those days to now is “a great, great thing.” “So, to see that, to today, with the masses of people that are here, it’s just astonishing for me,” she said. “And what a great, great thing. And to know that we have professionals who are willing to come to work at Grand Ronde, to make the drive, because there’s no place to live here, to make the drive, I applaud you for wanting …

, to store them. They were always right here whenever we needed them to be here." In addition to the television, IS provided the library with new software to connect the library's database with such other functions as loaning books and DVDs and keeping track of the collection. In fact, the project brought out the best in a number of departments. "Joe Loomis (Limited Energy Telecommunications technician) and Jodie Kraemer (Telecommunications administrator), who keep the Tribal phone system going, had …

things.' "Today, I come to work with a smile on my face. I do whatever this man asks me to do. I'm here. I lace up my boots every day." "I can read people's minds," said Keuftedjian, who purchased the service station four years ago. "I knew he could be a good employee when I saw him." "I love it here," said Anderson, four months into the job and still receiving rave reviews from his boss. "He's doing great," said Keuftedjian. "Today, he is one of my best employees." With seven gas stations north …

that by doing my best to be a positive role model in the lives of our Tribal youth, I am able to make a small return contribution to the community." Her daughter, Mikayla, 4, is enrolled in the Lilu Chinuk Immersion class, and her son, Ian, almost 2, is enrolled in the Early Head Start program. Both are members of the Grand Ronde Tribe. "My goal," she says, "has always been to work in education." She would like to be both history teacher and archaeologist - "a little bit of culture and a little bit …

wanted to correct historical wrongs. That bonded us, particularly the Grand Ronde Restoration, which was opposed by local timber interests. He knew that this was an injustice that needed to be taken care of." AuCoin remembered Hatfield as a "friend … loyal, principled, heaven-sent. He was my best friend in Congress." Hatfield was born in the Willamette Valley farm town of Dallas on July 12, 1922. He spent most of his youth in Salem, where he worked as a guide at the new state Capitol. It's that local …

said, “We’re all about making the best use of food. We try to be good stewards of our food.” For the food providers in the group, both small and large scale, Burr said that the casino regularly buys from local farmers and other food producers. “It’s not very hard to work with us.” He mentioned fresh herbs, eggs and tons of pork among just about any foods the casino uses, while noting that the casino has opened up lines with Native fishers on the Columbia River, but said that delivery problems …

, "to understand community needs for the long term. It's more than providing food. We want to be involved with community gardening, nutrition and cooking efforts. We want to make sure we're doing what the community wants and needs. This is not a cookie cutter plan." The Tribe wants to know how the system works, if the operation needs to be improved and how best to do that. To that end, Food Share has turned to University of Oregon graduate student Lexi Stickel. Her expertise is in conflict …