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repairs, new slot machines and chairs, and exterior painting. Casino staff did an outstanding job keeping the projects on time and within budget. As we get into the CY2016 budget, Tribal Council and casino staff will begin looking at any additional projects that need to be completed in 2016. Employment Services building On July 23, the Tribal Employment Rights Office moved into the new Employment Services building and began serving Tribal members and other Natives, offering a variety of services …

. That’s been the whole idea from the beginning just to get that art form a little more exposure. We wanted people to realize there is a unique art form to western Oregon.” Stewart has three pieces featured in the exhibit. His carvings include two masks and a wood panel with two grasshoppers facing each other. “The panel is something I did a long time ago and I was able to get it on loan from the person that has it now,” said Stewart. The panel is titled “Grasshopper Bunk Rail” and it is made …

found more than 75 percent of those providing input supported term limits. At that time, the survey respondents favored limits of two terms. The amendment, however, allows three-term limits with a year off required before a Tribal member may run again for three more consecutive terms. The amendment would not affect those currently on Tribal Council who have already served more than three consecutive terms. The limits were arrived at, said Giffen, by taking an average of the length of time Tribal …

-American written documents. Of 22 treaties between white and Native communities at that time, only seven were ratified. In 1851, the Willamette Valley Treaty Commission discussed issues with Tribes that came up again and again. European Americans wanted to move Tribal peoples to the east of the Cascades while Indians, with their attachment to the land, demanded a guarantee that they could maintain their foods, land and resources. Stephen Dow Beckham, professor emeritus of History at Lewis …

and their ancestors have lived in what became Oregon since time immemorial. The late January date remains symbolic of that history since the powwow occurs before Oregon's birthday in mid-February. The event was planned only for that first year to make the statement, but the popularity of the event, which has drawn as many as 5,000 attendees, encouraged Tribes to make the Gathering of Oregon's First Nations Powwow an annual event. Participating Tribes this year were the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde …

for Yamhill County who walked on in 2006. "This is a time to honor and remember those who have served." Kennedy remembered her uncle Gene Hudson as a humble man. "When we walk this earth," she said, "we have a great job to do. … This is the time to be mindful of and show appreciation of those who have sacrificed." Leno, also a Vietnam-era Marine Corps veteran, said, "It is amazing to think that each one named on the memorial has stories to tell, and the only way we lose them is to forget." U.S. Sen …

on Indian Services as a state senator in 1975, when he co-sponsored and got both legislation and an appropriation approved. At the time, he was Senate Republican leader, heading what was then called the "Phone Booth Caucus" because there were so few Republicans in the Senate that they could have met in one. Ever since, including the eight years he served as Oregon's chief executive, he's been a stalwart supporter of maintaining government-to-government relationships between Oregon Tribes and state …

or Chuck or Chuckles or Charlie or Two Feathers or Dad - had a difficult and challenging life. He overcame many hardships to reach harmony in his heart and serenity in his mind. Although this transformation took a long time to achieve, his self-sacrificing generosity, contagious laughter, unshakable faith and unfailing love endured his entire journey. He loved his family and friends; he loved his Tribe and all Tribal members; he loved his higher spirit; and he loved those stolen moments on loose …

a lot more time with interventions." The school also is starting out with too many children not ready for kindergarten. The research says that families play a major role in a child's reading success. Youth from 5 to 16 years of age, for example, spend 15 percent of their time in school and 85 percent with families, parents and communities. Across the state, one-third of third-grade students are not reading up to state standards. However, for 85 percent to 90 percent of poor readers, intervention …

Tribal Government & News Tribal members now the majority of government's employees 09.27.2018 Dean Rhodes Tribal Employees If you’re talking to an employee of the Grand Ronde Tribal government, your odds for the first time in 10 years are better than 50-50 that the employee also is a Tribal member. General Manager David Fullerton released employment statistics during the Wednesday, Aug. 22, Tribal Council meeting that revealed that Tribal members are now the majority of governmental employees …