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service agreement with Polk County, the Tribal Police Department is now the primary law enforcement agency in the area. “Due to the high crime rates in the remote and rural area, which also contains one of the largest tourist destinations in Oregon, it is imperative that, in the absence of Polk County enhanced services, the Tribe operate its police department to ensure the safety of its community and neighbors. In order to do so, it requires BIA funding,” Giffen said. However, he told the House …

for two grants. The two-year, $94,828 Youth & Innovation grant would fund planning and creation of a community mural each year and the two-year, $245,717 Youth & Community grant would fund family tutoring nights and related cultural activities, as well as a family engagement navigator. Approved the enrollment of one infant into the Tribe and accepted four voluntary relinquishments of Tribal membership. Also included in the March 25 Tribal Council packet were authorizations to proceed that instructed …

is to harass the waitresses. For the last five years, the Rays have contributed $100 toward the Christmas dinner. It is a large cast of characters who make the dinner happen every year. This year, volunteers took a lump of coal that came in the form of a makeshift crowbar used during the robbery and replaced it with turkey, ham and fixings for more than 600. “One of the largest crowds ever,” said Coyote Joe’s owner Rolly Heuser, a Willamina resident. Heuser has owned Coyote Joe’s for all but three …

a federal holiday in 1937 even though the day had been unofficially honored for many years beforehand. However, Oregon remained one of four states, including Hawaii, Alaska and South Dakota, that did not officially recognize the day. Columbus’ arrival in the Americas is now widely viewed as the beginning of the subjugation of Native peoples in both South and North America and started the settlement of the Americas by Europeans, which proved disastrous for Native populations. The city of Berkeley, Calif …

staff. Fantastic job and I’m very proud of each and every one of them.” In September 2014, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the Tribe’s Fish and Wildlife Management Plan, which delegates authority to the Tribe over natural resources on Reservation and trust lands. In addition, an administrative rule was developed that provides additional hunting tags to the Tribe outside of state-issued hunting tags already allocated to the membership for the Trask Hunting Unit as part …

for the teachers to fill out," Cole said. Eventually, Minahan said, the Tribe would like the curriculum endorsed by the state Department of Education so that it can be taught to more grade levels in more school districts. Oregon school districts will be more likely to implement it in classrooms with the endorsement, she added. "When you actually look at this book, and this is just the history that will be taught in fourth grade, you can see how much work went into preparing for just one grade …

the Rogue River Indian wars in 1855. Subsequently, to make the wars stop, agents of the government force-marched the Tribes upstate to the Grand Ronde Valley on the Trail of Tears between February and March 1856. This was one of the so-called Trails of Tears that Tribal peoples across the country endured in the 19th century. Don Skundrick, a Jackson County commissioner, invited the Tribe to make a presentation about the stewardship agreement and how recreational opportunities are affected …

. Compared with the 10-year average of less than 250,000, this was the biggest year ever for fall Chinook. "This is the most optimistic and hopeful thing happening in Indian Country," said Marshall. "You've been able to restore the salmon." "The Tribes taught us about looking seven generations into the future," said Jenny Durkan, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington state, "but it's incredible how much one generation can accomplish." Tribal leaders also sought help with environmental …

Tribal Government & News Tribe receives prestigious Stewardship Award 10.31.2013 Dean Rhodes Natural resources The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde was honored last month with a prestigious conservation award by one of the state's premier conservation groups. The Portland-based Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership addresses environmental challenges in the lower 146 miles of the Columbia River, according to the group's executive director, Debrah Marriott. The partnership was created …

interesting, (and worked on) very different things. I worked with LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) images," optical remote sensing technology that the Tribe uses to map the ground and tree canopy elevation changes of Reservation lands. In addition, it helps give exact locations of the rivers and streams. "I was out with foresters a couple times," he said, "so I can see how they log here; and with (Tribal) biologists. One day, I was out at the weir to help measure salmon. I got to know the forest …