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as both chief financial officer and chief operating officer in Silverton, Lorenz orchestrated a remarkable turnaround. Despite the shape of the place, he found a supportive staff and community. Early on, he "passed the hat" around the community and raised $1 million to keep the hospital afloat and begin a transformative remodeling process. The community anteed up another $1 million before the building and program renovations were complete. He evaluated services and made operational changes …

that occurred in the Governance Center. All employees were evacuated from the building as alarms sounded. Others on the Tribal campus were directed to shelter in place. The exercise was organized by Tribal Emergency Management Assistant Brandy Bishop for her capstone project in the Master Exercise Practitioner Program, a series of two courses on advanced program management, exercise design and evaluation practices in each phase of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. Typically …

Culture Champoeg Celebration attracts 100 attendees interested in Native plants 10.18.2018 Danielle Frost Culture , Events , Natural Resources ST. PAUL – The area now known as Champoeg State Park was once a thriving community where members of many of Grand Ronde’s French-Indian families lived. Translated into Chinuk Wawa, “Champoeg” also means “place to dig yampah.” With these connections, it made sense that the park was the location for the Champoeg Celebration, a Saturday, Oct. 13, event …

. “We’re getting a lot of good stuff put into the ground,” Drake said about the Tribe’s reforestation efforts. Drake joined Natural Resources Department Manager Michael Wilson in giving a 34-minute presentation to Tribal members who packed the longhouse. Wilson started the presentation with an overview of Willamette Falls and Tribal collection of Pacific lamprey and dip-netting for salmon at the site in Oregon City. “A very important place,” Wilson said. “Very important in our past, in our culture …

officer,” McKnight said. “I just chose to go ahead and have him look into it. I think he’s really excited about it. He got on it really quick. He called all the people he needed to call to get the policies and procedures in place.” McKnight said his department mirrored the current policies and procedures of the Independence Police Department. “I’ve known about it probably for a year or two,” Wolfer said. “I think when we started looking at it I saw that some of the agencies around here started …

. Brother Brent Bruckner was in the audience cheering on his brothers along with their parents, Jimmer and Melody. This year’s tournament featured four high school teams and four middle school teams in action. The Bruckner brothers were participating in the powwow tournament fresh off a third-place finish in the 6-foot and Under division at this year’s annual Hoopla 3-on-3 Tournament held in Salem in early August. Hoopla XVIII, held in front of the State Capitol each year, is the largest 3-on-3 street …

there for Christmas, and others who have no place else to go.” The donation came about when the Elders Committee gave its quarterly report to Tribal Council in early December. Tribal Elder and Elders’ Committee member Richard Ray made the pitch. “I raised the question of helping out the restaurant in light of the robbery,” Ray said. In addition to the Elders’ Committee contribution, Tribal Council agreed to donate another $250. Year-round, the Rays are patrons of Coyote Joe’s. Ray said that his job …

Festival being held at Yerba Buena Gardens. The Grand Ronde delegation will perform protocol singing and dancing, as well as deliver a short speech. The event is being sponsored by the Alcatraz Canoe Journey organizing committee, the Bay Area Indigenous community and International Indian Treaty Council. The Grand Ronde delegation will be mostly comprised of staff members because of the tight timelines occurring in the park. “It will show our connection to place and the history that we have …

of experience working for a Tribe puts her in a good place. “It puts me in a place of understanding federal Indian law and helps me understand how the Tribe and court operate,” Rivera says. Fasana hired Rivera for the job. She served as the Court Administrator for 19 years. “I am excited to welcome Lorena back to the Reservation,” Fasana says. “Lorena has a great deal of experience working in Indian Country and I think she will bring a big picture view to the court. We are delighted she has …

of the Nestuccas and found that Levi Bobb and some of his family resettled in Grand Ronde and married into the Tribe,” Lewis said. “I felt it was fitting to honor them with a place name in their original location.” In his application, Lewis wrote that the between 1856 to the 1880s, the Nestuccas visited Grand Ronde to shop for supplies and services. In 1875, they were moved to the Salmon River Encampment, about two hours away from Grand Ronde by horseback. Many then married Natives on the Grand …