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Plan Project Advisory Committee member Louise Coulson and interim Tribal Employment Rights Office Director John Mercier attended. An increased number of bus stops, bus shelters to shield riders from the weather and a local connector service to transport people within the community were three of the main suggestions offered at the meeting. “There are some events I would love to go to, but I can’t make it up there,” Gaston said. “I know our Elders would appreciate having a bus stop at the Elders …

to me,” Giffen said. “I knew nothing about it. I had no background on it. Basically, I was asked to sign it without any information on it, which is not the way I work.” Although Cascades Indian Chief Tumulth is a treaty signer of the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855, he never made it to the Grand Ronde Reservation to validly appear on an official roll or record of Grand Ronde Tribal members created by the Department of the Interior. Tumulth was executed in April 1856 by the U.S. Army before …

Democratic Party, the Daughters of the American Revolution and Portland State University. “Oregon families have lost an extraordinary champion,” Sen. Jeff Merkley said in a press release. “I loved her from the first time I heard her deliver a fiery call to action at a political event. She was known for her straight-forward style, her honesty and integrity. She was deeply involved in serving her Tribe and the wider Douglas County community. She was a passionate and effective leader. “We will all …

,’ the result of colonization and its aftermath.” A few of the public meeting attendees were in recovery. One said that when he was using, it was a huge challenge to talk to his son about staying away from drugs and alcohol because he “felt like a hypocrite.” “I didn’t know how to address it,” he said. “I felt like I didn’t have any ground to stand on as a parent.” Lara said that helping parents and young people to better understand each other is important. “Parents need to understand that it is OK …

for seven generations to come.” Leno said that lamprey are in “trouble” because of increasing numbers of sea lions wintering at the Falls and putting Pacific lamprey at greater risk. “I think sea lions are just going to bring a whole new issue to the table for Willamette Falls,” Leno said. California sea lions are consuming salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and lamprey at Willamette Falls. According to the state Fish & Wildlife Department, sea lions ate an estimated 14 percent of wild winter steelhead …

hopeful, but I think that we here at Spirit Mountain Community Fund are fortunate because we get to see the heroism of people helping the most vulnerable and the most needy every day. We get to work with heroes. And you are those heroes.” George said that the day’s grant recipients are reasons to be optimistic. “It is because of people in this room, people here today, sitting in these chairs before us that more than 100 rural kids will have a safe and educational place to be when school …

they are important to the community,” said Mercier. “We live in a golden age of food and food options right now, and I think people are aware of it but I would like to see more people aware of it. Options are out there and strangely enough people don’t know about them.” Mercier might be right about people needing to learn more about food resources and options, but it has become increasingly clear that many people know about the Tribe’s iskam mfkHmfk haws Food Bank on Grand Ronde Road. According to Ambrose …

, Greg Archuleta and Chris Rempel for the drumming to open the event and George offered the invocation. “This day has been honored for all of us,” said George, who recognized the efforts of the Tribe’s Culture Committee to organize the event. “It’s great to see all of you today. It’s wonderful to have our Elders here. I remember when everyone took care of everyone and we shared everything. We may not have had much, but we were such a rich community.” Following George’s invocation, Culture Committee …

will be a hard act to follow in terms of the attention he has given Indian Country,” Mercier said. “Whether it’s Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders or Ben Carson or Donald Trump, I cannot picture any of them pulling off what he did today.” Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell delivered the opening remarks to start the conference. Later in the day, the first of three “armchair sessions” featured Jewell along with Oneida Chairwoman Cristina Danforth, Acting Deputy Secretary of Education John King, Deputy …

opportunities for the Tribe to build its income and assets during the Sunday, May 5, meeting held at the Tribal Community Center. Thomas, a Tribal member, was hired in November 2018 as the new Economic Development director, a position that had been vacant since 2016. He previously served the Tribe as the chief executive officer of Spirit Mountain Casino from 1993 to 2000. “I came back to find business opportunities for the Tribe and to put systems into place for the Tribe to make sound decisions …