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because it doesn’t have a shoulder, so most choose to use Grand Ronde Road and connect to Highway 18 from there. That’s why realigning Highway 22 at Kissing Rock is one of the mid-range proposed projects for the upcoming Tribal Transportation Plan, with completion projected in seven to 12 years. Mercier spoke to 24 Tribal, community and staff members, as well as transit planners at the Tribe’s transportation program public involvement meeting held at the Tribal gym on Wednesday, Nov. 28, to gauge …

by the U.S. Census Bureau, 5.5 million people identify as Native American or Alaska Native either alone or in combination with one or more other races. “The United States expects all nations to live up to their treaty obligations,” Lhamon said. “It should live up to its own.” The full 314-page report, which addresses criminal justice and public safety, health care, education, housing and economic development in dedicated chapters, can be found at the commission’s website at www.usccr.gov. Share …

– Tribal Council established the Tribal Burial Fund, which capped the benefit at $3,000 per funeral, and made it eligible to all enrolled Tribal members or those who met the criteria to be enrolled. Headstones were also an option depending on the availability of funds. Tribal Council designated Merle Holmes to administer the fund. 1984 – Several candidates for Tribal Council wrote letters to Smoke Signals detailing why they were the best choice to help lead the Tribe post-Restoration. One …

,” she said. “We are monitoring it closely and unless it goes on for more than a few weeks (longer), we won’t need to worry about anything.” “The Tribe is able to fund many of our services,” said Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy during the Sunday, Jan. 6, General Council meeting. Nationwide, the Bureau of Indian Affairs currently has 2,455 furloughed employees, approximately one-third of its labor force. Additionally, 54 percent of funding for the Indian Health Service, which offers …

Culture Yesteryears -- Feb. 1, 2019 01.31.2019 Danielle Frost, Staff Writer Yesteryears , History 2014 Smoke Signals file photo 2014 – The country’s longest car-free bridge over the Willamette River had a one in four chance of receiving a Chinuk Wawa name. Out of 9,000 submissions, the Grand Ronde Tribe’s suggested name “Tillicum Crossing,” or “Bridge of the People,” was among the finalists. “It is very representative of use by people,” Tribal Historian David Lewis said. “And it is connected …

Program Manager Angie Blackwell says it is especially notable because of the program’s expansion in the past three years and a relatively new management team. Blackwell has served as manager for three years. Two of the four program coordinators have been in their positions for one year. “It’s really a whole team effort here,” she says. “We have excellent teachers who are well-educated and deserve to be paid well. In general, this field has a lot of turnover, but not here because the Tribe …

time. He has decided to assign the game as a regular part of all of the Native studies classes he teaches. “To find all of these peoples in one game is amazing,” he said. “I hope the kids get involved with the game, and that it is offered as part of the indigenous education of our children so they grow up learning about the many Tribes.” “When Rivers Were Trails,” is available for download on iTunes and Google Play stores, and for PC/MAC play at https://indianlandtenure.itch.io/when-rivers-were …

with someone from Tri-Met who was struggling with the dilemma that several different groups wanted naming rights to the bridge. “That’s when I suggested a Tribal name be used,” she said. “Give it a name that honors the original people of the Portland basin. Name it for the people who make up today’s Grand Ronde Tribe.” 2009 – Grand Ronde Tribal Elder Janet Billey was one of numerous Native Americans featured in the new coffee-table photography book “Faces From the Land: Twenty Years of Powwow …

in itself, there is one less thing to worry about. The state Land Use Board of Appeals dismissed the case filed by Portland General Electric in October, which appealed a decision by the city of West Linn that the fishing platform is not regulated by the city’s comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance. The removable platform was constructed so Tribal members could safely harvest hatchery salmon and steelhead from rock outcroppings located near a PGE hydropower facility at the falls. The Tribe had …

. If not, medication and instructions were dispensed. Tribal Emergency Management Assistant Brandy Bishop coordinated the event for Grand Ronde and also volunteered at other exercises. “The event went well, but we definitely learned that there are areas to improve on,” she said. “The biggest one is getting enough volunteers. We need to work on our organization with that. But we also learned we have the capability to very quickly set up a dispensing pod when needed.” The most challenging aspect turned …