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students from second through eighth grades, with one wheel under each of them, with basketballs and plastic hoops on the side to fiddle with, cycled back and forth across the court, up and over ramps, with small unicycles and five-foot "giraffes," miraculous not just that they got up on the unicycles and stayed up, but that nobody ran into anybody else, coming and going as they did. One fellow, seemingly stopped by traffic, jumped his unicycle up and down like a pogo stick while others circled …

years old," Edwards says. "And, to me, that is one of things about archaeology because it is just not the 'oh my' factor that this shell has survived, but we know what it was … we know that most likely this was being eaten because the drain came out of the kitchen. We know that peacocks are not indigenous to Italy, so this was something that had to be imported, so we're talking about status and economy. So from this one artifact, for me, I just loved how we could go different places …

, claimed Australia. "The aboriginals were throwing spears at him and he claimed it as empty land." The story everywhere was similar. As morally flawed as the doctrine is, it was "one of the first principles of international law," Miller said, Tribal Attorney Rob Greene told a story from his recent vacation. He had climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and planted the Grand Ronde Tribal flag at the top. "Are you telling me," he asked Miller, "that that was not valid?" Greene described a federal …

Chevrolet pickup along the route with the ground crew. Her pickup doesn't just get her from one stop to another, it also serves as her bed during the trip. The Canoe Family camps the entire time and regardless of the offers to set up a tent and air mattress for her, Parmenter declines and sleeps on the bench seat of her truck at the campsite. Along with Parmenter, Tribal Elders Linda Brandon, Beryle Contreras, Julie Duncan, Laura Gleason, Kathryn Harrison, Floriene Hoff and Claudia Leno attended …

from career development to construction training. Since then, the 477 Program, Vocational Rehabilitation Program, and the Human Resources departments from both Spirit Mountain Casino and the Tribe have moved into the building and have set up shop to provide employment services to Tribal members, other Natives, veterans and job-seekers within our community. The new building is a “one-stop shop” for Tribal members and community members seeking employment, employment training services and career …

of western red cedar. One of the masks Stewart created was specifically for this exhibit and is based on a local legend and is titled “Winter is Coming.” “I wanted to bring out something that no one had really seen before,” said Stewart. Stewart said he has become part of a collective of artists over the years and that he felt that when the opportunity to display Tribal member art in Chehalem Cultural Center’s current art exhibit that he wanted to include other artists from beyond Grand Ronde. “We …

decided she wasn’t finished helping people. Poage received an honorable discharge from the Army in 2008, leaving at the rank of captain. “I was home retired for several months and driving my husband nuts,” Poage says with a laugh. “I’m used to having one or two jobs and going all the time, and all of a sudden I was just in the house.” Poage, 66, has bachelor’s degrees is nursing and business administration from Southern Oregon University in Ashland. She says it wasn’t long before she started …

for funding. "We teach the bootstrap method," says MERIT Program Coordinator Mona Edwards, meaning, "Starting a business without incurring debt." Actions that spell success for those participating in the program, Edwards adds, include staying on task, continuing to move forward and doing necessary research. One example of research is understanding the target market. Among all of the Tribal and community members who have taken the class - about 10 each year - many from the Confederated Tribes of Grand …

went to environmental preservation projects. Ten grants for a total of $322,150 went to health projects. One $1,000 grant went to historic preservation. Spirit Mountain Community Fund Executive Director Kathleen George welcomed grant recipients and said, "It is a great day for us when we can share our Tribe's values just as our ancestors did." The Community Fund continues the Native tradition of potlatch, she added. Tribal members Brian Krehbiel, Bobby Mercier and Tina Lara welcomed the nonprofit …

and called Vandebergh, who contacted Dirksen to see if Grand Ronde Natural Resources Department staff could help determine the status of the compromised den. Everyone feared that the nearby logging operations spooked mother bear into abandoning her cubs. Dirksen set up three trail cameras to determine whether mother bear was returning to her cubs, as well as try to determine the condition of the cubs. "One was right at the opening and the two others were at angles that captured the opening of the log …