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Sara Thompson said the Tribe will also be keeping its cash assistance and state of emergency in place for the time being. Check www.grandronde.org for updates. Oregonians should check their EBT card balances, to make sure their benefits have been issued before shopping, a press release stated. If they are expecting a balance and don’t see one, they should call the ONE Customer Center at 800-699-9075. Tribal Council approved emergency food assistance Wednesday, Nov. 5, for Tribal member …

on the job overnight, he made sure his wife barred the door for safety; and on the other hand, when he was at home, the slightest infraction, or the slightest perception of an infraction, brought on a painful and unjustified punishment. "I had to go a quarter of a mile for water," Greene recalls, "and at night, it could be cold. One time, I wanted to get a wrap against the cold, and he thought I was talking back." "It's just amazing how much trauma is here," said Tribal member and Behavioral …

." Later in the same newsletter, the report Superintendent's Home Open to Employees on Sunday Afternoon, April 8, notes: "During the afternoon Miss Betty Langley, Miss Mayme Tedlock, Mrs. Emanuel Hudson (italics added), and Mrs. James MacDonald poured." A benefit of schooling at Chemawa, Bob Tom says, "was that Indians from different Tribes went to school with each other." "At one time, you could look at Tribes in the Northwest and you would see Chemawa graduates on Tribal Councils, in top …

the ballots are mailed out, but I vote! I suppose this is just one of the occurrences in which we're not asked before dumb decisions are enacted by the council. Marijuana prohibition is something that actually holds us back as a Tribe and society. When Measure 80 (the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act) passes in November, I would actually urge the council to invest some of these lands we're acquiring into major hemp production areas, which would benefit us all and generate some revenue (but don't give it all …

don't even know where to start. … "For us, Sam's visions and values can be seen in her commitment and loyalty to people with a particular burning passion for Tribal members in their efforts to attain self-sufficiency, success and overall fulfillment and happiness. Sam was fearless with a competitive nature, yet always a 'classy' professional and losing to her was easy to swallow because one would at least walk away with seeing her gorgeous smile and experience the wit that came along with it." Carl …

relationship." Under compacts with the state, which are negotiated through the governor's office, the state's nine Tribes agreed to have only one casino. As part of those agreements, Raphael said, Tribes were promised there would not be competition from private casinos, which are prohibited by the state Constitution. "They kept their end of the bargain," Raphael said. "It's wrong to break our agreement." At the Oct. 8 press conference, Atiyeh, Roberts and Kulongoski also expressed their concerns …

, including the one coming in Grand Ronde. With the support of past and current governors and Oregon's federal senators, the state Department of Transportation has moved forward with infrastructure that aims to encourage more car buyers to go electric. Oregon, with 1,300 electric cars, is leading the nation in its build out of the Electric Highway. The West Coast Electric Highway promises a corridor by 2020 when some 2 million electric cars will be able to travel between Canada and Mexico without …

," as predicted by Ferguson in his report to the membership in September 2011. "It certainly turned out to be that way, although it has not been consistent from month to month. … We are down year over year, the bulk of that coming essentially in two months, January and July," Dugger said, citing gasoline prices that reached the $4-a-gallon range in the spring because of a refinery fire in Washington state as one of the major causes. Gas prices briefly plummeted this summer and then skyrocketed again …

that I haven't seen for years. How proud I was as I looked around and saw so many there and thought how happy and proud my mom would be to see us all. I know if God has granted her a glimpse, she must have been standing on the edge of a cloud with her hands folded and thanking God with her soft smile on her face, so proud of her children, each and every one. When I left, I didn't want to cry, but I looked around and thought, "Will I be here again, with all of my family?" I'm 90 years old. Time …

them to the larger community." The Nashville association appreciated the exhibit for three reasons, Booth said. "Number one: They really enjoyed the fact that this was a cooperative exhibit and project between two cultural entities - the Tribe and the museum. "Number two: They looked favorably on the effort of this exhibit to recreate a part of the culture that had faded from recent memory -- the carving of the shovel-nosed canoe. "And number three: The significance of that impressed them …