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to all the participating Tribal enrollment offices in Oregon to obtain the information they needed to anonymously track Tribal students in their classrooms. She said ECONorthwest looked at several key indicators of how those students were doing in the school system. The report led Tribal leaders to use the results to address the current state of Oregon Tribal students. “The Tribes used that data to re-engage the Oregon Department of Education and say we have a very serious problem here. We need …

Department of Education selected the Willamina School District to represent Oregon’s efforts. “It was pretty cool,” Zimbrick said. “I am just really grateful and thankful that this is an initiative that the state is recognizing as an important piece of the education puzzle and addressing chronic absenteeism is something that we all need to pay attention to. If we find a model that works, we need to continue to support it.” “I know one of the things that Willamina is doing is that it became very …

in the community. “We decided to move into a neighborhood that was predominantly run by gangs,” he said. “It was a very violent, dark, hungry, scary place.” However, after 14 years of working in the community, Salem Dream Center has improved the neighborhood through establishing relationships, even with gang members. The Dream Center established a medical clinic, helped youth with their homework and ran a mentorship program, as well as opened the local middle school on the weekend to give youth …

Mercier. “There are very few places where there is no food; it’s just a question of ‘Do you have healthy, affordable food?’ That’s the whole goal of the FACT Team and this meeting; ‘What can we as a community do to improve food access and have better food options?’ ” Roundtable discussions focused on barriers to food, current resources in the community that provide food options and opportunities to improve food access. Mercier said the FACT Team will continue to meet monthly and that they would …

excited to have these representatives from the state here with us today,” said Zimbrick, whose children are Grand Ronde Tribal members. “This has been a passion of mine for so many years. I’m excited to see a formal panel put into place. I’m very thankful.” Sugg, who has been with the Sheridan district for three years, said he is optimistic about seeing the plan working in the near future. “I’m glad we are working on a formal plan that will benefit our students,” said Sugg. “I look forward to what …

everything I do, but I’m really passionate about the language.” Rose Festival Court members were interested in the Culture program’s language app for their smart phones. They seemed to love the idea that they could download the app and learn the language. “One thing that I am so proud of with our Court is that we hold up the positive side of our youth,” said Rose Festival President Frank Chinn. “They represent their schools and they represent their communities very well. It’s amazing what …

policy restricts travel to two committee members attending the same event. During the actual meeting, Tribal Council had a very light agenda, only approving the agenda for the Dec. 4 General Council meeting held in the Tribal Community Center. Cultural Resources Department employees Bobby and Jordan Mercier performed the cultural drumming and singing to open the meeting. The meeting, in its entirety, can be viewed on the Tribal website at www.grandronde.org by clicking on the News tab …

in June supported the development of a pool in Grand Ronde,” Rick George said. Rick George also said Tribal members expressed an interest in having more information about costs associated with different types of community pool projects. “We are going through the process of as feasibility study,” Rick George said. “Your Tribal Council appropriated money to contract out with a very competent firm to help us go through this process. “This is a study of what kind of pool might fit this community …

Young of Alaska, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, about the two bills when he returns to Washington, D.C. Leno then segued to another issue: federal funding for Tribal police and how Terminated Tribes, such as Grand Ronde, do not receive monies for the very expensive job of operating a police department. “There seems to be different rules for Terminated Tribes and regular Tribes,” Leno said. For instance, since Grand Ronde was terminated for 29 years …

,” he said, to determine if the district utilized input from the state. Cornwall and Education Department Indian Education Specialist April Campbell, who is a Grand Ronde Tribal member and former head of the Tribe’s Education Department, became involved in the controversy after the April School Board meeting. “I was invited to attend a board work session,” Cornwall said. “When I attended the work session, I shared that I thought the request to have the Tribal flag be placed in the gym was very …