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Culture Obama designates November as Native American Heritage Month 11.14.2011 Ron Karten Culture , Federal government President Barack Obama designated November as National Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 1. In his proclamation, Obama said: "From the Aleutian Islands to the Florida Everglades, American Indians and Alaska Natives have contributed immensely to our country's heritage. During National Native American Heritage Month, we commemorate their enduring achievements and reaffirm …

members wanted the proposal bundled or as four separate votes. The next three educational meetings will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the Monarch Inn, 12566 S.E. 93 rd Ave., Clackamas (off Interstate 205); 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Riverhouse Hotel, 3057 N. Business 97, Bend; and after the 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, Tribal Council meeting in the Governance Center in Grand Ronde. Tribal members who will be at least18 years of age on Nov. 15 have until Monday, Oct. 17, to register …

Culture Nick Jr. airing Hattie Mercier video 03.07.2012 Dean Rhodes People , Entertainment This story ran in the Nov. 1, 2010, Smoke Signals. The video is now airing and also can be viewed by clicking on this Web site: http://www.nickjr.com/video/?timeOnly=true&videoid=114955 Before it was over, the folks from Nickelodeon Junior spent two days in the West Valley area, shot five to six hours worth of digital video, and will, in a month's time, have that edited down to a 60-second television …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Oct. 15, 2012 10.12.2012 Ron Karten Letters Dear Tribal membership: My wife and I were extremely disappointed when we read in the Oct. 1 issue of Smoke Signals that our Tribe is actually coming to the aid of "busting" marijuana grows. For shame! Were we as a membership asked before the council made the decision to lend our resources to such a ridiculous operation? I know our membership falls short of participation (shame on them, too) when …

' children - Kaelynn, 11, Makai, 9, Shasta, 7, Seq'hiya, 6, and even Qwinem, 1 - played in the water and on the shore for hours. They sat in chairs in the river; pulled out a rowboat and paddled up and down along the shore; rolled on the grasslands by the river, and, of course, went for rides in the jet boat. "Making memories," said Grimes. Grimes also is working with the Tribe to develop historical signage along the river to plant the history in solid ground, said Tribal Public Affairs Director …

it seems that we are indulging these sponsorships for the sake of the sponsorships themselves, regardless of partnership or coalition building. This really flies in the face of struggling Tribal members who do not look at this as a "small investment"; this "one-half of 1 percent" is yet another slice of spending that, although relatively small by itself, is combining with other unnecessary spending to contribute to more and more waste, detracting from benefits and services for Tribal members. I …

. "All throughout school, everything I did was Indian health services. I was dedicated to learning the services and jumping right in." As executive director, she oversees clinical services, behavioral health, youth programs and preventive health programs. AIHFS takes on the challenges of being an urban Indian with scant federal funding from Indian Health Service. More than half of American Natives live in urban settings nationwide, but the agencies serving them receive about 1 percent of federal …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor - Aug. 1, 2012 07.30.2012 Ron Karten Letters Klahowya nayka tillixam, Klahowya! I thought it was time I share a few thoughts concerning the low voter participation issue that has plagued our community over the years. This condition is the result of lack of understanding and poor education. I'm talking about Indian education and what it means to be an indigenous human being - something so hard to be in this world of two worlds we live in. Being …

proposal by a 68-32 percent margin. So far, casino proponents have spent more than $1 million on a deluge of TV ads backing the project, which they have dubbed "The Grange." "What the proponents of measures 82 and 83 are proposing is not just fuzzy math, it's Vegas math," said Justin Martin, the Tribe's lobbyist. Includes information from Willamette Week. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest …

, in the Tribal Community Center. The next regular General Council meeting will be held after the summer break at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, at the Tribal Community Center. Tribal Elders Gene LaBonte and Ed Larsen and Tribal spouse Liz Leno won the $50 door prizes and Tribal Elder Dorothy Shortt won the $100 door prize. Community Input meeting At 1 p.m. Sunday following the General Council meeting, the Tribe held its annual Community Membership Input Meeting in the gym in Grand Ronde. Forty-two people …