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to have your help, too. Please contact any one of us to get involved. We do have a special project of creating a forestry club for our youth that is in need of volunteers. If interested, call 503-550-0923. Thank you again. Janelle Justen Whistle Punk Adventures Dear Smoke Signals: Klahowya nayka tilixam, I have received the latest news from home, the Tilixam Wawa and the July 15 edition of the paper. What caught my attention was the actions council took to absolve itself of responsibility …

as a one-time event to coincide with Oregon's 150 th birthday in 2009. While Oregon was celebrating 150 years of statehood, the five federally recognized Tribes of western Oregon wanted Oregonians to know that they have called this land home since time immemorial. Of the five Tribes that coordinated the first powwow, four continue an event that has become an annual tradition. The Tribes still cooperatively planning and participating in the powwow are the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Grand …

issues were taboo among the general public, she says. As a result, there are many roadblocks to care with patient fear being a big one. There is a genetic component with behavioral issues, Karn says, but many issues beyond the genes are at play. Poverty and alienation may be both causes and results of behavioral problems. That can mean no job, no close relationships or no peer group support. Add the difficulty of gaining access to care, such as the cost of transportation, medications, ongoing …

. The afternoon Circle of Culture presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 22, was the latest of 14 similar trainings being held day and night, Merrill said. The sessions aim at reaching all 1,250 casino employees. Reibach has delivered the presentation 35 times to new hires at the casino and at universities and other venues so far this year. He made five presentations in one week at the end of October. "Jan's story is so powerful and well-received," said Dempsey. "We hear a continually positive response …

in the Event Center. The day focused on games, including bingo and "Let's Make A Deal," and the drawing for gifts and prizes. Tom's smooth segues from one activity to another played like "The Late Show," with the monologues as much fun as the activities. Rex Haller and granddaughters Breanna Bilbrey and Cheyenne Haller entertained with guitar and song. Brad Leno, Cultural Interpretive specialist at the Land and Culture Department, set up a camera outside of the Event Center and offered Elders free …

transferring process. We have a dedicated decontamination team and two trailers for mobile responses." Melinda Seibert, the other co-chair at West Valley, added that its emergency team is training with ham radios. "I'm not impressed with what is between the covers of three-ring binders," said Erik Rapp, Oregon Emergency Management planner. "I'd like to see training and outreach on a continual basis." "As Jan (Looking Wolf Reibach) would say, 'We're all one people' in an emergency," Baxter said …

long since a sighting of the northern Pacific subspecies, as this one is believed to be, that many thought it had gone extinct in western Oregon, said Breece. There are only a few pockets in western Oregon where this rattlesnake has historically existed, said Biologist Lindsay Belonga. So, what's become of this first rattlesnake to make it back home? "Hopefully," said Dirksen, "it is back to making a living at Rattlesnake Butte." In 2012, the Bonneville Power Administration and The Nature …

classes attending, all are pre-school, but only Chak Chak and Mawaich are HeadStart-funded programs. The philosophy of the SMART program is to help children acquire essential skills early. "Also," said Jong, "if they develop this interest early, they'll read for the rest of their life." SMART provides the Grand Ronde program with 200 books each year. Pre-schoolers are invited to take one book home a month. For the October-May program, about half of this year's books are gone, said Tribal Librarian …

on.” Once Bly decided on the Navy for a career, he set his sights on moving up the chain of command. “There are a very low percentage of people who stay in long enough to become a chief petty officer,” he said. “And the Navy is very strict about the process. … There are a lot of hoops to jump through. It is a very strict application process.” After 10 years, he became a chief petty officer and continued to move up through the ranks until 2002, when Bly was commissioned as one of 75 chief warrant …

a one-step process that would allow the Grand Ronde Tribe to take land within its original Reservation of more than 60,000 acres into trust as on-reservation land and once the land is taken into trust it would automatically become part of the Tribe’s Reservation. Currently, the Grand Ronde Tribe must apply to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for a fee-to-trust application when it purchases land. After the land is accepted into trust by the BIA, the Tribe then must amend its Reservation Act through …