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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 …

future investments at Willamette Falls.” “However, we urge the governor to veto the $45 million allocation to the Willamette Falls Trust,” she said. “This private nonprofit has operated without transparency, declined public input and has not accounted for how past funding has been spent. The Trust has not completed a feasibility study, has failed to demonstrate meaningful progress and has excluded the public and Grand Ronde from its visioning efforts. Any investment at this sacred site must …

crimes. The Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Site-Based Program grant will be for up to $1 million and be used for employee and contractual costs with the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office to administer the program. “This grant will be used to support proactive investigations in partnership with Yamhill County focusing on illicit opioids, stimulants, overdoes cases and violent crime,” Tribal Grants Program Manager Wendy Sparks said during a Tuesday, April 21, Legislative Action …

' cousin, Valerie Alexander. "It is right next to the train tracks and was also on the trail by the river. I heard that they used to hear the horses brush against the cabin walls when they came up the trail." "The road (that goes by the cabin site and an orchard) is called Indian Mary Road and the year-round water source for the refuge is Indian Mary Creek," Williams says. The will to the properties was very complicated, Alexander says, and in order to preserve the home site on the river (Indian …

supervisors. Changing the definition of “waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act is a two-step process, EPA officials said. After the proposed new rule is published in the Federal Register sometime this summer, the proposal will be out for public comment and Tribes will be able to submit their input at that time. Portland Harbor cleanup The consultation segued into discussing the Portland Harbor superfund site cleanup and most of the EPA officials on the phone left the meeting. Mercier said …

had to work around, memorializing, not Tribal history, but the history of the soldiers at the gate. The foothills of the Coast Mountain Range had been a hospitable site for the Yamel branch of the Kalapuya for millennia. Deer and elk were abundant and camas thrived in the floodplains, while Oregon white oak nourished wildlife and provided a bounty of acorns. The hillsides offered tarweed seeds, wild carrots, thimbleberries, huckleberries, native blackberries and more. The hill that later became …

the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Community Paths Program for a feasibility study for a pedestrian/bike connection between Grand Ronde Road and Spirit Mountain Casino. The intent is to use the old railroad alignment as much as possible. Work is in the planning phase. tumwata village: Demolition of old structures at the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City continues. So far, 75% of the existing buildings have been demolished . At the same time, work has been ongoing for designing …