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month and a half. Amelia had stopped walking around Oct. 10 and was very fussy and said “Ow!” a lot. They took Amelia to the emergency room several times. The first time she saw the doctor they said Amelia was constipated and told her to give Amelia fiber. When that did not help, they took her to one ER and waited five hours with a crying baby without any assistance. Then they took her to another ER that finally saw her and found out she had a massive urinary tract infection. Even after …

and that Yosemite is one of only a few national parks in the United States to have a full-time anthropologist. The land for Yosemite National Park was set aside when President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill passed by Congress in 1864. The park was actually created when Congress passed the Yosemite Act in 1890. Yosemite National Park covers an area of 747,956 acres of well-known granite cliffs, waterfalls, pristine streams, giant sequoia trees, mountains and valleys. Landmarks include the world …

. The vote tally was three in favor, two against and one abstention, and four votes were required for passage. Summer immediately called for a five-minute recess to deliberate and was heard telling Henry as board members left the room that he could not abstain. After about a 20-minute break, the board reconvened and Henry changed his abstention to a yes vote. Summer then said the motion passed and “we have adopted the rule of resolution.” Schools that will now have to begin negotiations …

hard at getting those tags and the season organized, and this one is just a great story. I think she had mentioned that she had been hunting for 50 some years before she got this elk. She got it under the Tribal tag so for us that is really thrilling.” Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno, himself an avid hunter, said he is happy for Gilbert and her family, and even happier for the larger Tribal family. “I always say for every Tribal member out there – even though you may not hunt or you might …

of Spirit Mountain Casino profits as part of the Tribe’s gaming compact with the state of Oregon and distributes the funds to nonprofit organizations in 11 northwestern Oregon counties, as well as once a year to the state’s nine federally recognized Tribes. Granting categories include education, health, arts and culture, environment, historic preservation and public safety. On March 16, the Community Fund distributed 27 large grants, 11 small grants and one Tribal grant. The largest single grant stayed …

earned bachelor’s degrees, 125 have earned certificates or associate degrees, and 202 have graduated high school or earned GEDs. Cook added that in 2015 the Tribe has 48 members in two-year degree programs, 204 members in four-year programs – full- and part-time -- and 21 members pursuing master’s degrees. Eighty-one members were involved in adult vocational programs as well. “The Education Committee encourages every Tribal member with a dream for their future to pursue it through education …

relationship with surrounding cities and counties led to a discussion of the proposed amendments to the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, which are back before Congress again. The amendments would amend the Reservation Act to create a one-step process that would allow the Grand Ronde Tribe to take land within its original Reservation of more than 60,000 acres into trust as on-reservation land and once the land is taken into trust it would automatically become part of the Tribe’s Reservation. Currently …

range of habitat restoration projects and Banner is a habitat restoration technician from Utah State University. One of the raised beds is filled completely with 3,000 camas lilies and the other raised bed has Yampa, bare-stemmed biscuit-root, slender-leafed onion, harvest brodiaea lily and Tolmie’s cat’s ear lily. The camas was planted in October 2014 and is now 3 to 4 feet tall and the other raised bed was planted in November. The lower beds, or “cutting blocks,” are planted with Indian Plum …

can help acquire funding for worthwhile projects. “One other way that Spirit Mountain Community Fund is trying to be conscientious about our work and about what we do with our funding … we know that it is true that historically the philanthropic community has not invested in traditionally marginalized communities,” she said. “These may be communities of color. These may be our LGBT community. Maybe it’s our disabled community who have not traditionally been invested in as much as needed …

said he thinks the visit will change things for the princesses. “I am sure that the court no longer sees Grand Ronde as a place along the side of the road on the way to the beach,” said Chinn. “Being of Chinese descent, I know how important it is to retain the culture, history and language of one’s origin. It is important for people to know where they came from as well as looking to the future.” Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest …