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at the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site that the Tribe purchased in August 2019. He was originally scheduled to go on trial in February 2021 but it was delayed multiple times. Mejia was found guilty of first-degree arson, second-degree arson, second-degree burglary, second-degree disorderly conduct and second-degree criminal trespass. The first three are felony convictions. He will be sentenced by Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Kathie F. Steele on Monday, May 23. According to circuit court …

months for each home. Phase two will have 32 lots and site improvements will begin in spring 2023. The price per square foot ranges from $175 to $230, which is below average. According to homes.com, the average price per square foot of a single family home in Oregon is currently $269. “The homebuilder (Scholten Construction) is working on individual costs for each different design,” Webb said. “This is a very trying and expensive time given the supply chain issues and inflation costs. We …

the state granted the Tribe a permit to erect a fishing platform on the contested property. The Tribe was then forced to ferry materials to construct the platform across the Willamette River from the Oregon City side. The platform was completed on Oct. 23, 2018. PGE then filed an appeal with the state Land Use Board regarding the Tribe’s fishing platform site because the city of West Linn did not regulate the structure, but the Land Use Board dismissed the appeal in April 2019. On July 28, 2021 …

Manager David Fullerton was held Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Tribal Council Chambers, with 41 additional participants joining via Zoom. Health Services Executive Director Kelly Rowe began the meeting with a short presentation describing the village and its Chinook Wawa name, which translates to “together we grow.” A mock-up of the site showed a privacy fence will enclose 10 shelter units, a hygiene facility, a kitchen and an office. Each 64-square-foot shelter unit will be prefabricated for quick assembly …

filled up quickly and there is currently a waiting list. A second tiny shelter site will be located near the old community garden in Grand Ronde. To qualify for the tiny shelters, a person must be a Grand Ronde Tribal member, spouse or parent of a Tribal member. “We’ve had a lot of feedback from the guests who are very thankful for being able to find this shelter and not be living in their vehicles or in tents,” Rowe said. The three representatives fielded about seven questions from the Facebook …

Grand Ronde,” “It’s All About Context: How Culturally Informed Landscape Understandings Expand Knowledge of Archaeological Site Interpretation,” “Does That Belong in a Museum? Conceptualizing Western Oregon Stone Bowls as Potential Funerary Objects,” “Heritage Sites at the Intersection of Landscape, Memory and Place: Archaeology, Heritage Commemoration, and Practice,” “Community Outreach in Cultural Preservation” and “Fires Everywhere: Reviewing the Cultural Resource Response to the 2020 Oregon …

to leapfrog over Spirit Mountain Casino and build a second casino closer to Salem. In 2017, the Siletz Tribe proposed building a second casino at the 20-acre site off Interstate 5 and splitting the proceeds with the state of Oregon and eight other federally recognized Tribes in Oregon. The Grand Ronde Tribe objected to that proposal as well. The Salem market has become more important to Grand Ronde’s Spirit Mountain Casino following the Cowlitz Tribe opening Ilani Casino approximately 17 miles north …

by staff at Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center, Historic Preservation, Youth Enrichment, Youth Education and Youth Prevention. Youths spent the week excavating a site in what once was downtown Grand Ronde, now home to Chachalu. Cultural Protection Specialist Chris Bailey said the camp was designed to spark an interest in young Tribal members to become more engaged with their culture and perhaps consider archaeology as a future career. “There aren’t enough Indigenous people involved in this career …

historical connections to Willamette Falls. Beckham called it “intellectually dishonest,” and in a 205-page analysis, said the Umatilla had not previously identified any traditional Tribal fishing sites west of Celilo Falls, some 100 miles to the east. A historically vital fishing site for the Tribes of the Columbia Plateau, which include the Warm Springs, Umatilla and Yakima peoples, Celilo Falls was submerged by the Dalles Dam in 1957. Brown is now the Executive Director of the Willamette Falls …

dart over the dragon’s head. A roar went up nearby, as one of the boys struck the dragon’s head with his dart. The girls said they were especially looking forward to the next day, when the group planned a hike from South Lake to Hebo. Further up the road, a second group was touring Fort Yamhill and learning about the Tribe’s work to map the site using ground penetrating radar, before later switching places with the atlatl group. They took turns pushing the radar carriage and observed how …