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she has taken residents on shopping trips, to the Tillamook Cheese Factory for a tour and to the Fourth of July Parade in Willamina. She said she goes on walks with residents and makes sure they get their needs from the Tribal Library. Buswell also said she has been working with Shaver to make sure the lodges are ready for an impending surprise August inspection from the state. “They just show up,” said Buswell. “This will be the first one. They gave us lists of things to have ready. We have …

to the Tribe with unique Tribal member-only dates that were restricted to just the Reservation, so not the whole Trask Unit,” said Belonga. “This is a huge step in exercising our sovereignty to implement that hunting season. The message is it comes full circle with implementing the hunts and then have the hunts be successful for two of the deer seasons and one of the elk seasons. We had four hunters exercise their right to be a leader and a role model in terms of stewardship for hunting practices …

Tribal Government & News Wood Village officials visit Tribe to discuss future of Greyhound Park site 02.29.2016 Brent Merrill Tribal Council The Grand Ronde Tribal Council hosted the Wood Village City Council in Grand Ronde for a meeting in Council Chambers on Friday, Feb. 19. Wood Village is home to the shuttered 31-acre Multnomah Greyhound Park that was purchased by the Tribe last year for $10 million as an economic development venture. Wood Village is one-square mile of land eight miles …

grandmother Beryle Contreras around the circle in her wheelchair. Edmund Bull (from Little Pine First Nation in Saskatchewan), John Scabbyrobe (from White Swan, Wash.) and Freddy Ike (Wasco/Yakama) were tapped as the Head Men for this year’s event. On Saturday night, there were as many as 400 people in the gym and as many as 100 dancers for one song. The event is a celebration of sobriety and community health and wellness, and is hosted each year by the Tribe’s Youth Prevention Program. More …

truly cares about her employees and the store and the Tribe, and she wants to be successful and she wants the Tribe to be successful. I think she is doing a fantastic job.” Nelson says the staff at Grand Ronde Station is a team. “To me, a manager is only as good as her employees,” says Nelson. “I can only be as successful as my crew and you can’t be successful if you don’t have a successful crew. All of them as a group are amazing.” One of the employees at the Grand Ronde Station who has benefitted …

. Of the 23 Tribal members at this year’s 16th private ceremony with Tomanowos held at the museum, it was the first ceremony for 18 of them. This year’s delegation from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde was one of the largest ever. In addition to Stewart, attendees included Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno and his wife, Liz; Tribal Council members Jon A. George and Chris Mercier; Tribal Chief of Staff Stacia Martin; Public Affairs/Publications Administrative Assistant Chelsea Clark; Tribal …

for help through CASA. “Our kids who have been removed from their homes and have gone into the state child welfare system, these kids are at tremendous risk. The system they go into is an incredibly difficult one. Supporting this vulnerable population is something that is so important to us.” CASA Executive Director Kari Rieck said the relationship with Spirit Mountain Community Fund is important to her organization. She said this is the third time it has received support from the Community Fund …

often referred to Liberty as “her little shadow.” Kitty and Curt spent 62 blessed years together. During that time, with their daughter, they traveled to visit relatives in Washington, California and Mississippi, just to name a few. They were known to shop at a garage sale or two. They’d load up their car with treasures and anticipated what they’d find at the next one. Eventually, they opened a secondhand store and Tricia ran the daily business. They bought Russell’s Marine more than 20 years ago …

by TailFeathers and Woods, respectively, before segueing into the opening night of the Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow. The Veterans Summit concluded Saturday morning with another general session that included a “Let Your Voice Be Heard” presentation and then honorings led by TailFeathers before the second day of the Veterans Powwow took over the powwow grounds. “It’s never about numbers for me,” Leno said about the fourth summit. “I don’t care if there is one veteran here or 100 veterans just …

is great at his people skills. I emulated a lot of his techniques because they worked.” Crabtree said he remembered how much Warden liked being in and working in the West Valley area. “That’s where he wanted to be from day one,” said Crabtree. “When he and I worked West Valley that was going to be a good day for him. He loves it out there and he always has. When I heard he was working for you guys I thought that’s so perfect because West Valley is home for him.” Now that he is nearing the end …