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they had to leave behind, but there wasn’t always the time even for that. “There’s some at the Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Museum, but it’s just a few pieces that were dug up at a site,” Mercier said. “Other places you see like bone carving pendants, carved horn spoons, maple burl bowls, that’s about it. I guess there’s a handful of stone carvings, not very many, but a good handful of those, where just looking at those and the bone carvings and stuff like that, we learned those unwritten …

here in the past, they primarily looked at the lives and perspectives of the soldiers stationed at Fort Yamhill, McKenzie said. The Tribe is taking a different approach, examining not only the site’s brief decade as a fort, but about the years before and after that period, from the perspective of its original inhabitants. Speaking to attendees at the Tribe’s Honor and Recognition Event in 2024, McKenzie said it was something of a surprise to find herself with a doctorate in the little-known …

months as a Ceded Lands specialist. In that role, she served as the Tribal representative in negotiations over the Superfund site in the Portland Harbor. Two weeks later, she passed the Oregon State Bar Exam and later in 2013, she became the first Tribal member hired by the Tribal Attorney’s Office. The Tribe had created a position of Honors Attorney for Tribal members lacking the required two years of legal experience, to give them a way to join the department while they are gaining experience …

ruts left by the treads, watching in satisfaction. The site may look a mess now, he said, but it will soon recover and the trees left standing will benefit from increased sunlight and decreased disease pressure from overcrowding. Understory plants like hazel, osoberry and snowberry will establish themselves, providing food and habitat for wildlife. “In a year or two, you won’t even be able to tell they were here,” he said. Trammell and the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department are focusing …

, basketry and sculpture, including themes of identity, memory and culture, drawing inspiration from her Siletz heritage. Siletz Tribal member Gabby Severson Severson said she plans to create large-scale bead weaving that will be transformed into a site-specific billboard for one month on Highway 101 near the coast. For this project, she is examining Indigenous travel routes and heavy coastal tourism, noting a lack of representation of her Tribe and other Native communities. “Being selected …

a lot of work, but really fun, when you look back.” The site visits involved hours of interviewing and shooting video, followed by countless hours of editing. The theme of the videos is efforts to maintain Tribal culture. “It’s really important for a Tribe that’s been through Termination and figuring out how we stay connected to that land is kind of the goal of that series,” Williams said. “We refer to it in community as ‘keeping it living.’ … Our history is written upon the landscape, because …

returned from the Gulf War. Unfortunately, far too many service men and women do not return from war. I would like to recognize and honor those who did not return, and also give a special recognition to their families, as their lives were changed forever. I want to say how thankful and grateful I am to all service members and to their families.” Speakers included Polk County Veterans Service Officer Marie McCandless, who served in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, and NorthWest Senior and Disability …

Restoration video, created by the Public Affairs Department, to learn more about Tribal history. After the video, King read the list of grant recipients, who then posed with Dozono and Reibach for photos taken by Tribal photographer Michelle Alaimo. Recipients on June 15 were: Basic Rights Oregon Fund, $25,000; Broadarts Theatre Inc., $3,000. Clackamas Service Center Inc., $2,000; Corvallis Art Center, $15,000; Council for Responsible Sport Inc., $5,000; Dental Foundation of Oregon, $25,000; Financial …

Administration), and county and state programs." Bickford is founder and volunteer director of the National First Nations Veteran Service Organization. The two-day program included workshops on many veteran issues, including disability, success stories, health care and homelessness, as well as a session on understanding American Indian worldviews. Led by Seattle Indian Health Board's Annette Squetimkin-Anquoe, a Colville Indian who leads the Washington Urban Indian Tobacco Prevention and Control Coalition …

. Tribal Council did not act on the term limit idea, which was endorsed by 75.5 percent (701-227) of those responding to the September 2010 survey. Almost 61 percent of those responding said they favor two terms as the limit for Tribal Council service while a combined 93 percent of respondents said that a maximum of three terms or less should be the limit. At the Jan. 4 Tribal Council meeting, McClary said there were many issues regarding term limits, such as whether the limit should apply …