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, but it’s not yet clear which plot will ultimately produce the best quality or how the soil will respond to the different treatments. As with the Linfield site, members of the Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department told the audience that camas can be present but unnoticed in areas long turned to other uses. “In 2005 or 2006, there was a wildfire on this property (at the time under different ownership),” Cultural Resources Department Manager David Harrelson said. “And every year after that, the camas …

supplemental budget hearing announcement regarding acquisition of unspecified ceded lands in Clackamas County was posted in the glass cases at the front of the Governance Center. The hearing will be held during the next Tribal Council meeting on Wednesday, June 26. Hunting seasons, tags OK’d Tribal Council also approved hunting seasons and tags on Reservation and trust lands for the fifth consecutive year at its June 12 meeting. Fish & Wildlife Program Manager Kelly Dirksen said during the Tuesday …

who were sanctioned for not prescribing adequate amounts of narcotics. “Notably, this coincided closely with the Oregon euthanasia legislation,” she says. Now, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction of very limited opioid prescriptions. “This is hard for us because our goal in life is to help people,” Hull says. “It is difficult when people come in and have an agenda about what they want to take when we know it may not be the best thing for them. It puts us in an adversarial position …

.” Harrison called Holmes at his home right after the call from AuCoin to share the news with him. Smoke Signals reported in the Dec. 4, 1983, issue that everyone would be informed of progress as it was being made on the efforts to restore benefits to the membership. “Through the Smoke Signals we will do our best to keep you informed of our progress in the development of procedures for the health, education and other entitlements that our Tribal members are now eligible to receive …

logger and ran a cedar stealing business that even amazed the police trying to catch him for a time. Sioux Tribal Elder Jess Robertson worked on the cedar crew. "I cut a lot of cedar with him," said Robertson. "He was the best cedar thief I ever knew. And he had more guts than a government mule. He could get caught red-handed and bluff his way through it. I really admired him." Tribal Elders Gene and Butch LaBonte worked with Dean stealing cedar. "There were a lot of things that he showed me …

Health & Education Districts, Tribe weighing school re-opening options 07.30.2020 Danielle Frost Education , State government Graphic by Samuel Briggs III/Smoke Signals By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer With the start of school just around the corner, district leaders are grappling with how to best educate children while keeping everyone safe. School leaders predominantly favor a hybrid model of both in-person and virtual learning, which allows them to switch gears if needed due …

in the area that Catabay says was, for a time, "the smallest reservation in the nation." The Takelmas ultimately merged with other Rogue River Indians under the treaty. "It's important to reacquaint ourselves with the area," said Tribal member John Mercier, who also is Tribal Director of Program Operations and Tribal lead for the management plan, "and be able to participate in the management of that area. "My hopes personally, and I think it's a reflection of what the Tribe hopes, is to be able to visit …

," Kennedy said. "If you visit Grand Ronde, you'll see that everything is new. "What we're doing now is educating people because education is a powerful tool. … Our job here today is to build a good relationship. You'll find that the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is a good partner." Kennedy then gifted copies of the Tribe's treaties to Portland City Commissioners Dan Saltzman and Amanda Fritz. "Our grandfathers signed these," Kennedy said. After a showing of the Tribe's 25 th Restoration …

shipmates get together each year, sometimes as many as five or more of them from the USS Kirk. Tribal Elder and Tribal Council member June Sherer served in the Army from 1966-69 in Germany. At 64, Sherer also was honored as the powwow's senior woman. The senior man was 91-year-old Walt Grophy, a World War II Army veteran who served in Europe. This was also Grophy's third visit to the Tribe's Veterans Powwow. The junior woman honored at the powwow was 47-year-old Beth Randolph, who served …

to honor the recent passing of her husband, Gene, who was "a wonderful, honorable man." Tribal member and Staff Sgt. Frank Hostler also came back to visit during the powwow. Stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington, he is recovering from a number of medical issues and also working with environmental concerns for the 21 Bravo combat engineers, where he is a squad leader. Hostler expects to be released from the Army within the year, after 19 years of service, and study urban planning. People from …