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. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved a purchase and sale agreement for the Tribe to buy the 108-acre Takilth property at the confluence of Mill and Gooseneck creeks in Polk County. The land will be purchased as part of the Bonneville Power Administration’s Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program and bring the total number of conservation property acres the Tribe has obtained since 2012 to 1,993. “This is a really great property for our conservation efforts,” Tribal Lands Manager Jan Michael …

. … We don’t see alcohol on the streets or in the streets. I love that. Sharjah is more religious, so you can’t buy it here. People pray on the side of the road when it’s time to pray. Peaceful, people minding their own business. People are very respectable in how they act. It’s easy to live here. They don’t mess around when it comes to drugs at all.” While living in the United Arab Emirates, she has worked for a charity organization, helping the poor and homeless, and remarried in 1995 …

drive. “The Air Force helped straighten me up, helped me become an adult and pay more attention to detail,” he says. “It just made me a better person overall. My battle with leukemia helped me appreciate life a million times more and also helped me to be more willing to try new things. I feel like I have been given extra time and should make the most of it. The experience really humbled me and I enjoy the little things in life more.” He added, “Buy a Zilla. You won’t regret it.” For more …

.” At the time, McNeel’s children lived with her full-time and despite her addiction, she said they didn’t go without having basic needs met. “There wasn’t a problem with them,” she says. “I made sure they went to school every day, and were always fed and clothed.” Her secret lifestyle came to a screeching halt on June 6, 2020, after she and her boyfriend were arrested after stealing 17 guns from a sporting goods store, which they sold in Portland in a desperate attempt to buy heroin and keep from going …

since we did our first preschool immersion class in 2000, right there in the development of it. They’re very familiar with our program, Tribe, history, language and culture. They helped us develop so much curriculum. That’s huge because we can’t buy it. We have had to create it and make it work at different grade levels. That’s really big, not to mention all the teacher trainings in linguistics, teaching methodologies, immersion strategies, all kinds of stuff.” The Northwest Indian Language …

of McMinnville, $50,000, for its countywide relief nursery program expansion; Mapleton Food Share, $50,000, to buy a building it is currently leasing; Oregon Tradeswoman, $50,000, for job training in rural communities; Oregon Wild of Lincoln County, $40,000, for protecting Oregon’s rivers; Polk County Family and Community Outreach, $40,000, for Polk County youth mini grants; Polk County Fire District No. 1, $30,968, for community automated external defibrillator access and response efforts; Portland …

of Indian Education grant that will help the Tribe aid youths to successfully transition between grade levels. The Tribe’s Education Department plans to use the funds to provide an academic coach, buy supplies to enhance coaching sessions and hold family night activities; Adopted the Early Childhood Education’s triennial Child Care Plan, which identifies infant/toddler care as a priority, as well as Child Care Development Fund health and safety standards and a complementary amendment log. Early …

look like Adderall and Xanax,” McKnight said. “Don’t be surprised if we start seeing them in vitamin or aspirin form next. If you didn’t buy the medicine, don’t use it.” In other action, it was announced that the next General Council meeting will be in a hybrid format at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 7, on Zoom and in Tribal Council Chambers. Door prize winners were Boaz Wolpe, Karon Chapman, Tonya Gleason-Shepek, Bill Stephens and Mike Portwood, $50 each; and Robert Wiggs, Elias LaGoy and Tyla LaGoy, $100 …

coverage for everyone,” he said. “I’m very proud of my staff being able to come in and work.” Finance department staff also came in despite offices being closed. With payday looming on Friday, Jan. 19, Payroll Administrator Michelle Peterson, Assistant Controller Trish Squires, and Staff Accountants Casey Case and Shereena Bates made the trek into the office. “We really do care that everyone gets paid on time to be able to buy groceries and pay bills,” Peterson said, who navigated her Ford Bronco over …

, discussed challenges and opportunities for the Affiliated Tribes. This included the White House Tribal Nations Summit in December, where he noted Northwest Tribes were well represented. Other important issues mentioned were natural resources, climate change, clean energy, cultural sacred places and “getting our people out to vote.” Financial reports showed total income of $4,768,428, including grants, allowing ATNI to hire staff and buy a building, which will serve as a Tribal embassy …