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to break during the war.The fundraising event also included other speakers, dancers and the Eagle Beak Singers. 1997 – Tribal member Tammy Garrison, owner of T & L Cookie Co., gained regional notoriety after winning the Wal-Mart Championship Bake-off for Oregon and was set to compete in the national championship. She began her business earlier that year. 1992 – The Tribe was gearing up for the ninth annual Restoration celebration on Nov. 22. “I was really young at the time,” said Karen Harrison …

. 15, to the preceding Monday to give Tribal members extra time to Christmas shop. During its July 26 meeting, Tribal Council named Sept. 15 as the date for the third per capita payment of 2017. Tribal Council also approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Oregon Cooperative Procurement Program. Procurement Manager Larry Leith said at the Tuesday, Aug. 1, Legislative Action Committee meeting that the Tribe uses the state program to buy goods and services and usually purchases big-ticket …

stories “On the Rocks,” which was about Grand Ronde Tribal members harvesting salmon at Willamette Falls for the first time in more than 100 years, and “General Council debates mascot issue” about the March 2016 General Council meeting, respectively. Tribal photographer Michelle Alaimo won a second-place award for Best News Photo in the Associate Division for her photo “Tribe honors this year’s first salmon” that appeared in the May 15, 2016, issue. Associate members of NAJA are non-Tribal members …

Reserves. Frank graduated from Linfield in 1966. He then joined the Navy full-time, serving in the Pacific (stationed out of Japan) during the Vietnam War until 1968. Frank studied painting at the Rieveld Academy in The Netherlands and subsequently obtained a Master of Fine Arts in painting at Penn State University (1973). He was involved for several years in New York with art galleries and his art. He served in the Peace Corps in Tunisia, teaching art and living skills to developmentally disabled …

. The camas bulbs ranged from the size of a large garlic clove to the size of a big apple, and the yampah was about the size of a finger. “Camas was the primary plant food of our ancestors,” said Tribal Historic Preservation Office Manager David Harrelson. “Most people recognize it because it has this beautiful blue flower. The bulbs themselves are harvested and put in an earthen oven and cooked for a long period of time. Eating camas becomes possible after you cook it for two to three days. Our ancestors …

husband, Ron, and Gary Williams won a donated jar of strawberry jam. The next General Council meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in the Tribal Community Center. The earlier meeting time is to accommodate the Tribal Council Christmas Party being held the same day. Tribal Council Vice Chair Cheryle A. Kennedy also announced that the February General Council meeting will be held in Portland and the April meeting will be held in Eugene. During other business, Gaston donated a crocheted blue …

Road collapsing and an influx of refugees from the Coast who used Spirit Mountain Casino as an emergency shelter. The four-day event focused on inter-agency and multi-state coordination and emergency management centers were established on the local, state, federal and Tribal levels throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho. For the first time ever, all nine federally recognized Tribes in Oregon participated. Jamie Baxter, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s Emergency Operations coordinator …

. “This has been a long time in coming,” Tribal Council Vice Chair Cheryle A. Kennedy said during the Tuesday, Dec. 13, Legislative Action Committee meeting. “I appreciate all of the hard work that our staff has done.” The MOU states that the Tribe and city will form a Policy Committee that will discuss issues and reach further agreements. The committee will be co-chaired by a representative of the Tribe and the city, and will meet quarterly. Earlier in the week, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales signed …

life, Jim continued to prioritize his time with family. He is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Feehan; daughters, Kathleen George and Bernadette Feehan; son-in-law, Rick George; and grandsons, Noah, Sean and Dylan. Jim is remembered as a loving, humorous and life-loving man and an epic storyteller. He was a special husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend. A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Grand Ronde. Interment in the Grand …

benefits. Dates will be posted on the Tribal Community Garden Facebook page soon, We are starting a list of individuals interested in volunteering at the garden this year. For the garden to be successful, we need at least 10 to 20 volunteers. The last three years we have had four dedicated people who still volunteer. We had numerous garden days where we had a pretty good turnout each time. Yet we need to ramp up our volunteers so we can do a weekly schedule. With more volunteers we could accomplish …