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, then there will be further public meetings we will hold as we move through that grant as well. I appreciate everyone taking time out this evening to hear our presentation. … Grants like this one and previous grants have allowed us to continue cleanup work and redevelopment at (the site).” Webb was joined at the presentation by Tribal Community Development Manager Kristen Svicarovich and tumwata village consultant Leonard Farr Jr. of Stantec Consulting Services Inc. “I really want to draw attention …

Bobby Mercier shared that he had prayed the items would carry the Tribe’s songs and words back to the other artifacts. “I hope it will remind them that they are in our hearts and our minds,” he said.

year at the University at Buffalo in New York, a Division I school. Head Coach John Stutzman said he has had to use Reyes right away on the team despite the coaching staff’s desire to build him up to wrestle in the weight class. Reyes wrestled at 106 pounds in high school. “He’s been working hard and is an overachiever,” Stutzman said in a phone interview. “He’s got a great work ethic and is a super kid and a great student. At 125 pounds, he is a little fireplug and is battling hard.” Reyes won …

taken and believed – like I believed for a long time – that there was something wrong with me, versus something wrong with the system,” says Jane Harstad of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. This video says the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1977 was passed and required states to finally provide services to prevent separating Indigenous families and keep children within extended family. It was a move to protect Native families, yet almost 50 years later, it’s still under attack. To watch …

. Fish started working for the Grand Ronde Tribe in April 2006 in the Information Systems Department. “I have the highest confidence in his ability to do this job,” said Tribal Council member Jack Giffen Jr. during the Tuesday, March 22, Legislative Action Committee hearing. “He has always been an outstanding employee,” added Tribal Council member Denise Harvey. Fish will be in charge of the Tribe’s regulatory entity for all gaming enterprises and supervise a staff of 12 employees. Boyce retired …

as basic equipment, technology and training. “We have applied in the past and been successful,” Tribal Grants Assistant Dana Morfin said during the Tuesday, March 7, Legislative Action Committee meeting. “Grants are announced in fall of 2023 and the wait for vehicles is approximately six to nine months. … I do know that we have some older vehicles that are around and they're actually needing repairs right now.” She added that the vehicles currently in use have at least 114,000 miles on them due …

repatriated from UC Berkeley. “We found them in rows of shelves, sometimes their skulls separated from the rest of bodies,” Nakia Zavalla, one of the Tribal members who is fighting to restore the remains, said. “It was horrific. I can’t believe that that practice ever existed – to go out and unearth human remains to take them back to a lab or to a higher institution or a museum for them to evaluate.” To make matters worse, when UC Berkeley did return 1,400 remains in 2018, NBC News said Berkeley …

generated allow the department to keep consistent in its training dollars for our members,” Langley said. “I am really happy about this change.” TERO Director Harris Reibach thanked council members during the same meeting. “Establishment of this fund will help ensure we can continue to fund ourselves and ensure sovereignty in TERO,” he said. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved applying for a $2.5 million development and implementation grant from the Administration for Children & Families …

Tribal Government & News ODFW Commission to consider Grand Ronde MOU Aug. 4 07.31.2023 Danielle Harrison ODFW If you go ODFW Commission meeting When: 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4. Grand Ronde’s agreement will be considered at 1:30 p.m. Where : ODFW headquarters, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive Southeast, Salem. More information: Call 503-947-6044 or visit dfw.state.or.us/agency/commission/minutes/23/08_Aug/index.asp By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor After it was abruptly pulled from the agenda …

the phase three drawings. “It’s going to enhance Chachalu and I look forward to seeing that come to life and how all that out there, what a difference that will make in the look of the museum,” he said. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved appointing Steve Bobb Jr. to the Ceremonial Hunting Board with a term ending on March 31, 2026; Approved an application to the SAMHSA State Opioid Response/Tribal Opioid Response Technical Assistance grant for $1.25 million; Approved an application to the Bureau …