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. They will be back again for the Contest Powwow on Saturday, Aug. 20. They also have been at Elders' activities and Memorial Day events. Nagalla also is a staff physician at Oregon Health and Science University, making this program "a unique partnership" among Tribe, OHSU and DiabetOmics, Johnston said. In the next step of the program, Community Health will distribute kits for home testing to Tribal members throughout the Tribe's six-county service area. "The next step is getting kits out to everybody …

candidate statement. Gleason-Shepek becomes the 44 th Tribal member to serve on Tribal Council since 1983's Restoration. Leno, Mercier and Gleason-Shepek will serve through September 2017. They were sworn in to office on Wednesday, Sept. 10. During the swearing-in ceremony, Sherer and Tom were honored for their years of service on Tribal Council with Tribal Pendleton blankets. Of the 3,919 Tribal members eligible to vote - 18 or older -- in 2014, 1,296 cast ballots for a 33.1 percent turnout …

and reports from the Veterans Special Event Board and Health Committee. The General Council meeting was postponed from May 4 so that Tribal members could attend the memorial service for Tribal Elder Charles G. Haller. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

did to help the Tribe obtain the Tribal Historic Preservation Office designation and associated funding agreements with the National Parks Service." Also under Thorsgard, the department started conducting on-reservation archaeological work. He sees the work and planning required in the Cultural Protection Program as having "adequately trained me for this new position." His previous work also required innovative thinking and partnership development. Both are useful tools, he says …

heritage in the final design. 1988 – Ray McKnight, Marvin Kimsey and Merle Holmes won the Tribal Council election, garnering 98, 77 and 74 votes, respectively. McKnight was the only incumbent re-elected as Gene LaBonte and Merle Leno did not have enough votes. Chairman Mark Mercier thanked both for their service, noting that the Reservation Bill process was “no cakewalk.” Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year increments through the pages of Smoke Signals. Share On Facebook Share …

in Portland and the Tribes can save limited Indian Health Service funding to care for other members. Mark Johnston, former head of the Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center and current deputy executive director of the Coquille Tribe, returned to discuss veterans’ health care. “Negotiating the MOU was real simple,” Johnston told an audience of about 30 people. “The harder part is getting Native veterans signed up with the VA.” Johnston said the Department of Veterans Affairs protected sovereign immunity …

will continue to be here for a while. We have a lot of volunteers from the NA group who want to help. … They have been there and see the need.” Families with young children also are allowed to stay overnight on an emergency basis. Haller is hoping to expand the service to single people in the future if he has volunteers who will spend the night as well. “When we can get it going further, then we can start bringing them in,” he said. “Right now, people can warm up and we can talk to them if they want …

Treatment Center in Gervais. However, its contract with Indian Health Service was set to expire on Oct. 1. Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year increments through the pages of Smoke Signals. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

of owning a business. He also was chair of Spirit Mountain Development Corp., an organization established to bring business and industry to the Grand Ronde area. 1988 – Indian Health Service began offering massage therapy for Tribal members with injuries, disabilities, chronic pain, stress, grief and life changes. Dawn Faith Cloud was a licensed massage technician and had been in private practice as a body/mind therapist since 1981. “I am very pleased to be able to offer this nurturing, healing …

and other artisan items, as well as photographs, audio recordings and large plasma screen televisions explaining the story of the Tribe. “This exhibit will tell who we are as a people,” said Spirit Mountain Management Mentee Elaine LaBonte. 1998 – The Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Cultural Resources Protection Department joined forces to preserve a 75-acre wetland area near Corvallis where a band of Kalapuya considered part of their home country. The area, which was adjacent to Mary’s …