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estate portfolio. "Now, we're coming back," Reibach said as he discussed two recent purchases in the Grand Ronde area. In February, the Tribe closed on purchasing the Rink properties, a combined 139 acres that Reibach called a "very strategic purchase" because it connects Tribal lands together in Grand Ronde. In addition, the Rink properties provide the Tribe with income since a tenant is renting a house on one tax lot and the Tribe can license hay harvesting on about 100 acres to the northeast …

, Dobkins said. This year, and for a few more to come, it is and will be the Chemawa photo project. "The project is one that will exist on a number of levels," Dobkins said, "and change over time." It will include straight research to archive the photos. Studying the yearbooks will play an important role in making identifications and verifying time. It will include meetings with Chemawa students past and present, and that will likely involve Grand Ronde and other Native American Elders who attended …

his daughter's emerging bow stave in a vise, that in turn was clamped to one of the picnic tables under a tent, where the action was non-stop with youth filing, sanding and painting the blanks, knotting and waxing bow strings and finding ways to carry the finished bows and arrows over their shoulders. Bringing Back the Bow is an Oregon nonprofit funded for this summer's three-day camp by a $3,500 grant from Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the Grand Ronde Tribe's philanthropic arm. Founded …

and the Proteus from 1969-73," Sixkiller said. Tribal Elder Herman Hudson Jr. said that his three uncles - Johnnie, Gene and Ken, all passed on - served in World War II, as did he; Johnnie in the Army and Gene, Ken and himself in the Navy. Tribal Elder Alton Butler served in the Marines from 1969-80 and served in Vietnam. Tribal Elder and Tribal Council Vice Chair Reyn Leno served in the Marines in Vietnam from 1969-71. "One turn," he said. Bob Duncan served active duty in the Navy from 1964-68 …

." "It makes me so mad that we gave them $35 for all their land," said Salem resident and Willamette Heritage Center member Karen Bender, referring to one section of the exhibit. At Termination, allotments of Tribal people were sold as community property and each Tribal member received $35. "That's just unreal." "Because of reading the stories, it puts a face on Indian culture and their heritage in the area," said her husband, Ed. "We lived in Oregon all our life, but we never heard …

grant the Siletz, just one of the many Tribes forced to reside within the boundaries of the Coast Reservation, a unique right to claim favorable on-reservation treatment under the IRA (Indian Reorganization Act) for all land acquisitions in the area of overlap, including land that my Tribe lives on. … The Siletz and only the Siletz are entitled to have treated as on-reservation acquisition of all the property they propose for trust within the 800,000 acres of the Coast Reservation. To give …

is "one of the good things we do." Recipients were: Altrusa International Inc., $4,000 for a project called KidzShop; Ayla Birth, $4,000 for prenatal, birth and postpartum breastfeeding support for inmates and caregivers; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lane County, $15,000 for a school-based mentoring program; Bradley Angle House, $40,000 for culturally-specific domestic violence support, shelter and advocacy services; Bringing Back the Bow Corp., $3,500 for the Grand Ronde traditional bow building …

staffers for "truly embracing what we were feeling in our hearts as Native Americans." Illustrator Nancy Wylie called the project "a learning process. The work here was in the detail, and the difficulty was in how to bring all the information together into one illustration." "I've learned so much about Native ways," said graphic designer Karin Onnka. "Everytime I'm out, I honor this land as you and your ancestors do." Grand Ronde Royalty - Nakoosa Moreland, Iyana Holmes, Amelia Mooney, Makenzie …

the turmoil we were going through. Penny is a real asset to the Tribe. Mom's memorial was the send-off that befitted this wonderful woman. Thanks to CTGR for providing funds to defray the cost. I wish no Tribal member ever has to go through the loss of a loved one, but it is comforting to know that CTGR is here to help. Gratefully, the children of Rose Lee Team Derry Hall Roll #2701 Gail Vladyka Roll #2704 Kay Colman Roll #2700 Darliss Sanderson Roll #2702 Deanna Teem Roll #2703 Share On Facebook …

in the 1970s." It continued through the rise of modern Indian Nations, "one of the great American social movements, rivaling the civil rights and women's movements." He fought to bring sweat lodges into penitentiaries and worked with "profound religious leaders" representing the Native American Church to protect the spiritual use of peyote. "The peyote religion is 10,000 years old," he said. He took aspects of that case to the Supreme Court twice, with the court ultimately giving states the right to decide …