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Northwest to help draft language for the Indian Child Welfare Act, passed in 1978. “It was passed, but with zero dollars,” Kennedy said. “So, in essence, it just became writing words on a paper. And I said, ‘So hopefully, that there will be funds that come with this acknowledgement, with this apology, and that we have the appropriations. … Increase funding for the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of Education, because they kept silent; they didn’t publish …

Kathleen George, a member of the Tribe’s Salmon Strength team, said experts believe these fish could be extinct within the next 30 years. The assessments echo a report by the National Marine Fisheries Service published in July 2024, after it finished a 5-year review of the species’ status. In a press release, NMFS quoted lead reviewer Annie Birnie saying, “The real issue is that they need safe connections to and from the high-quality habitat we know is above the dams. As long as they remain cut …

noted in his ruling that the Corps had spent the previous decades refusing to implement orders from the National Marine Fisheries Service to draw down reservoirs to improve passage for spring Chinook and winter steelhead. “At this time of year, fish would historically pass through the dam using a higher-elevation outlet called a penstock, but a 2021 court injunction outlined operations for moving fish through a lower-elevation regulating outlet this fall,” the Corps stated. George said …

for market rate. The student rental assistance program was recently increased from $500 to $1,000 per month for full-time Tribal students to account for rising rental costs. Part-time students receive $500. Students are given checks for three months at a time. There are no income restrictions for the program. Leno also discussed various housing services such as meeting with tenants who are experiencing financial or other issues, hosting an annual resource fair at Family Night Out with 35 local service …

. Agencies were ordered to restore any funds that had been paused or withheld. On Thursday, Feb. 6, the Tribe received a letter from Department of Health and Human Services Acting General Counsel Sean Keveney, stating that in late January, the Indian Health Service had asked whether the executive order imposing the funding freeze applied to programs serving American Indians and Alaska Natives. It does not, he said. Keveney wrote that “First, the order, by its plain terms, does not apply …

– has been an alarming example of political interference and overreach,” Cherry said. “I was held to a different standard than others, and after 28 years of dedicated service to the Tribe and casino, it has been incredibly disheartening to see my reputation dragged through the mud over an issue that was exaggerated for political purposes.” However, he noted that the ruling had given him “renewed hope,” in the justice system and “deep respect” for the Tribal Court. “I hope that moving forward …

considerations. Department members will visit the property, Barry said, and provide an assessment. “So, I’m really hoping more people reach out this year,” to request the service, Barry said. Elders who have physical or financial limitations can also ask for assistance in carrying out the advice they receive on improving their property’s defensible space. “We have in the past hired a couple of seasonal employees to go out and help with that,” Barry said. “It's increasingly important to consider wildfire …

on the heart of why we are here,” Heidt said. After the opening introductions and activity, educators were offered several groups of breakout sessions in the morning and afternoon. Morning sessions included a Native education student panel, Chinuk Wawa 101, the Willamette Education Service District’s approach on implementing the “Tribal History, Shared History” curriculum, collaboration between the Tribe, school districts and educational institutions in Oregon, generational healing through …

and projects. “Land management agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service terminated all non-wildfire seasonal positions with no plan to ever backfill them, which means that most of the archaeologists, botanists and other specialists that have been conducting Tribal consultation on forest activities with Grand Ronde for decades are now just…gone,” Karnosh said. “The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) eliminated thousands more positions at land management, environmental and other resource …

evaluate this, it has to be the best policy for the Tribe. It’s not about an individual. It’s about the fact that there are always transitions when the members of council change…It’s not to take away from your very excellent and honorable service that you have provided on behalf of the Tribe. … For the Indian Gaming Association, it has been the practice of this Tribe to have a Tribal Council member serve as a delegate. I think there’s good and important reasons for that.” Tribal Council Vice …