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acquaintance with Tribes in Alaska - Tlinget and Haida - from her time there. "I'm happy to be here with these generous people," said Educational Service District 112 board member Trish Kellog. St. Helens Mayor Randy Peterson presented Leno with a belated key to the city. He had initially intended to present it to the Tribe during the Maritime Heritage Festival held in mid-July when Tribal Council member Cheryle A. Kennedy was chairwoman, but the Mayor's Office had run out of keys at the time. St …

we need to work on the VA in general. … With his private experience and with his service to our country like many of you here, he has a unique background to bring a problem-solving attitude toward this whole enterprise. He doesn’t have to do this. He could have retired, but he is willing to serve his country one more time.” McDonald said that the Department of Veterans Affairs, the second largest federal agency after the Department of Defense, is going through the largest transformation in its …

that are in about 25,000 acres of private timberland. Today, the Water Association has grown to serving 960 members, has more than 50 miles of pipeline and seven storage tanks that can hold 2.16 million gallons of water. Its $510,000 annual budget pays for Ekstrom and two other full-time employees. Ekstrom says Water Association engineering estimates put the potential maximum number of connections at 1,900 – almost double the current number. Where does the water come from? The local water supply …

the Columbia River Gorge. The Clackamas Chinooks named it Tomanowos and revered it as a spiritual being that healed and empowered the people since the beginning of time. The rainwater that collected in the meteorite’s crevices and pockmarks served as a powerful purifying, cleansing and healing source for the Clackamas and their neighbors. But that connection was broken when the Clackamas and other Tribes were removed from the West Linn area and relocated to the Grand Ronde Reservation in the 1850s …

issues. Among the items that Anuskewicz & McCabe was tasked with examining were determining whether all required documents are in each file and identifying deficiencies, recalculating blood quantum for each Tribal member using documentation available in the Tribe’s enrollment records and determining whether each Tribal member met all enrollment requirements in effect at the time of his or her enrollment. Almost seven years after the audit was submitted to the Tribe in December 2012, its …

University, who got involved with Chinuk Wawa classes a few years ago. Thirty to 35 adult learners have attended Tribal Chinuk Wawa classes and attained a "high-intermediate" skill in the language, said Zenk. "I'm very grateful to the Tribe for having supported this," Zenk said. "I'll sure feel good about this when it's done." Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

the increased detail provided by these surveys, its value is in providing more up-to-date information than a 10-year census form could ever provide, said Linda Clark, a dissemination specialist for the Census Bureau. Clark conducts free training sessions teaching how to access the data online. In the American Community Survey, the Census Bureau works with complex mathematical formulae that allow the sampling of very few Americans to represent the entire population. With the 10-year census, when every …

and hatchets were available, as were gourd vessels made with leather dye and sandstone and granite paint. The powwow, held under the big tent, saw hot days and cool evenings, sometimes with an intimate, family atmosphere, and sometimes busy and bustling. It competed with two other powwows here in the Northwest. "I think it went very well," said Whitecloud. "Never heard a complaint all weekend. We fed dinner to almost 400 people on Saturday, and we served breakfast on Sunday morning to a couple …

at the bottom of the "Per Capita Payment" Petition wording shown in the P.S. section below. In closing, I want to tell you that I am very thankful each and every day that I can proudly say, "I am a Grand Ronde Tribal member" and "I appreciate everything that the Grand Ronde Tribe has done for me and all of the Grand Ronde Tribal membership since Restoration on November 22, 1983." Thank you for your consideration. Leroy Good Roll #892 P. S. The "Per Capita Payment" Petition wording is as follows …

ago in Estonia. Now in Oregon, they will marry again before Smith's family. Leht-Smith and Vares said they count themselves among the Tatarin indigenous people, but Leht-Smith added that within Russian borders Estonia itself is an indigenous group. "They are very interested in our Chinuk Wawa program as well as the revitalization of our Tribal culture," said Tribal Public Affairs Director Siobhan Taylor. The group has been in touch with her since September 2013, she said. It was their first powwow …