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to know what we are doing here,” she said. “That’s good because this is a new position at the Tribe.” Kimsey’s grant-funded job is through the Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health, or LAUNCH, a childhood wellness program targeted at children from birth through 8 years of age. Its goal is to expand the use of culturally relevant prevention and wellness promotion practices in a range of child-friendly settings. Kimsey carried a stack of surveys with her to the Community Input meeting …

available. “This is a very good thing,” she says. “We’d make out OK on our own, but right now we need to stay put, and this really helps.” Laura Mix and Scott Lenaburg appreciated the risk employees were taking to keep Elders fed. “We are grateful they are doing this,” Lenaburg said. “I’m very thankful for everything,” Mix added. The elderly with underlying health concerns are the most at risk from the coronavirus, which is similar to the flu in causing fever, chills and difficulty breathing. People …

and has been listed in Good Sam, which is a publication for RV enthusiasts. The funding for the loan will come from the Tribe’s TriState Capital Bank line of credit. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved a rent reduction for Grand Meadows subleases to $1, which will allow them to pay for utilities directly instead of into a Tribal management account, which will make the process consistent with the Tribe’s new homeownership development Tipsu-ili’i; Approved a memorandum of understanding …

annually, although Tribal Council may increase it up to 200 by resolution. “These are the first of non-infants, non-emergency enrollments (under the new requirements),” Tribal Council member Tonya Gleason-Shepek said. “It was a good process and I wanted to say ‘hayu masi’ to the staff.” Tribal Council member Kathleen George said that she was aware of nervousness and concerns about the new enrollment process, but that lineal descent is what the Tribal membership approved. “It is our future and we’re …

Family. We even went on journey. It was such hard work, but it felt so good to work as a team, sharing our songs with other Tribes and meeting some great new friends. I already can’t wait for next year. At school I participate in the SMILE program. SMILE stands for Science & Math Investigative Learning Experiences and is a pre-college program put on by Oregon State University. I also help teach powwow dance classes to the kids in our community. It is important to me to not only help preserve our …

Institutes of Health, and on Oct. 5 the pole will be raised at its final stop on the journey, a healing garden at the National Institutes of Health. "It will be part of an exhibit that will display Native peoples' concepts of health and illness," Russo said. "This is a trip of a lifetime for me," said Merrill, who is a former editor of Smoke Signals . "I'm honored to be asked to do this. I'm super stoked to be a part of something so amazing." Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link …

educational experience. What I did get was the history of Native people who helped with western expansion, like Sacagawea, who served as a guide and translator for the Lewis and Clark expedition." "So, for Oregon, for education over the past 30 years, not much has changed. "It's an issue of historical, cultural competency for the school district itself." Toward the end of the school year, when the day came for students to wheel around their covered wagons, Saghaley wheeled the canoe around …

. "I hope this turns into a true collaboration between Salem-Keizer schools and Grand Ronde. If so, it will help us to establish Native culture and history programming and curriculum in the second largest school district in Oregon. "The Salem area has one of the largest populations of Grand Ronde members outside of the Reservation yet they do not get much in the way of culturally appropriate programming in the district." Both schools will open for the first time in the fall. Kalapuya Elementary …

completed. At the entrance of the museum is an exhibit showing the plankhouse experience. The collections room holds one of the largest basket collections in the Pacific Northwest. On display is a piece of Tomanowos, also known as the Willamette meteorite. Exhibits tell the Grand Ronde story, a history of more than 14,000 years up to present-day Grand Ronde. "So many folks have worked hard for years to make this dream a reality," said Reibach. "Tribal Council's support of Tribal culture …

was a “successful surprise.” One of the top comments by TikTok viewer 1realhillary said: “Now I’m sitting on the toilet at 7:30 a.m. CRYING.” Drew, whose TikTok moniker is earthassassin, posted a second video about the tape and the reaction it received. “All right guys. This has been a crazy morning,” he said. “I posted that video because I knew our friends and family would enjoy it, but I had no idea you guys would love it so much.” Drew and Kayla live in Springfield and have a 9-year-old son and 7-year …