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.” Morfin added that the grant would provide funding for a mental health counselor to assist with a focused suicide intervention and provide for community training opportunities similar to GONA and trauma-informed trainings that have been provided in the past. “I want to thank you and the whole team for bringing this forward,” Tribal Council member Kathleen George said. “It’s obviously a tremendous spending package and we know that the services are tremendously needed. We know coming out of COVID …

or those who are the subject of pending juvenile dependency hearings. Tribal Council member Kathleen George said during a Tuesday, Aug. 20, Legislative Action Committee meeting that the solution to the ongoing enrollment issues is a constitutional amendment. “Tribal members can decide how they want our Tribal government to move forward and how they want us to enroll new Tribal members,” she said. “I’m encouraging everyone to participate in the constitutional amendment election…and leave …

and has been listed in Good Sam, which is a publication for RV enthusiasts. The funding for the loan will come from the Tribe’s TriState Capital Bank line of credit. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved a rent reduction for Grand Meadows subleases to $1, which will allow them to pay for utilities directly instead of into a Tribal management account, which will make the process consistent with the Tribe’s new homeownership development Tipsu-ili’i; Approved a memorandum of understanding …

site visit to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer Four years into a project to teach the Tribe’s teenagers about philanthropy, grantmaking and community service, the program is hitting its stride, with an annual luncheon to celebrate the organizations chosen by interns of the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. This year’s Youth Grantmaking check presentation was held Friday, Aug. 8, at Spirit Mountain Casino Event Center. Summer youth …

annually, although Tribal Council may increase it up to 200 by resolution. “These are the first of non-infants, non-emergency enrollments (under the new requirements),” Tribal Council member Tonya Gleason-Shepek said. “It was a good process and I wanted to say ‘hayu masi’ to the staff.” Tribal Council member Kathleen George said that she was aware of nervousness and concerns about the new enrollment process, but that lineal descent is what the Tribal membership approved. “It is our future and we’re …

previously served on Tribal Council. "I'm hoping to see some of my grandmother's work. (Maude Warren Hudson) was a great basket maker." "I've seen pictures of my mom (Elder Joyce Ham) as a little girl that I had never seen before," said Elder Alan Ham, "and of my great-grandpa, John Mose Hudson, and of my grandmother, Ila Dowd." "I can't speak highly enough of our staff that put this together," said Tribal Elder June Olson, former manager of what was then the Cultural Resources Department …

asked about it along the way. "It's just a matter of time," Lewis says. He spent much time in Washington, D.C., going through microfilm. He says he hopes to still find letters related to the Grand Ronde Tribe discussing the Reservation. "I pulled a reel from 1872 with correspondence and reports about the Grand Ronde Reservation," he says. He went through the national anthropology records. He looked at surveys from the 1940s. "They were doing river surveys, some on the Columbia, some …

at the 27 th annual Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow held Friday, July 12, through Sunday, July 14. The three-day powwow was the first held since the spring installation of 8,800 square feet of synthetic turf to prevent powwow dancers from spraining their ankles like they did on the previously uneven sod. “I love it,” said 47-year-old Ian Gallagher (Klamath Modoc) before the Saturday afternoon grand entry. “It feels good on the knees. It’s real cushiony. I really like this. It’s bouncy …

,” he said. “I think that a common theme you’ll see in my presentation is that there’s a lot of cross collaboration among different programs within the Natural Resources Department. It’s awesome to see our teams work together.” Natural Resources programs include Timber Resources, Parks and Recreation, Fish and Wildlife, Fire Management and Protection and the Native Plant Nursery. Drake noted that Natural Resources continues to grow its programs and have increased staff from 24 to 34 employees since …

stands up at the end of the screening or comes up to us afterward, and says something to the effect of, “You know, I saw so much of myself, or my family’s story, in this film, and this has sparked a conversation or has made me think a little bit more about my parents’ experience, my grandparents experience.” That’s exactly what the film is intended to do, he said. “Here in Oregon, there was one of the biggest ones in the country, Chemawa, which took kids from all over the United States, even up …