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often intersects with cases of missing Indigenous people. This has become more apparent in an NBC News investigative report based in Arizona. According to the segment published on Saturday, Dec. 9, Tribal members were lured to treatment centers in Arizona as a larger Medicaid scam. “State officials alleged the providers of these homes made millions off fraudulent Medicaid claims, billing for services not given as well as for people who were in prison or had even died,” NBC Correspondent Liz Kreutz …

building will include 12 classrooms, outdoor play areas, community room, large commercial kitchen, 16 administrative offices, break room, restrooms and other support areas. The building will be constructed where the current softball field is located adjacent to the old powwow grounds courtyard in front of the Governance Center. The area has been fenced off in preparation for construction to begin. Webb said the building will take approximately one year to construct and should be open …

. Their society was matriarchal, meaning clans were led by women. They also valued debate when forming laws. Jett points out that some believe the U.S. Congress custom of allowing speakers to finish without interruption was modeled off how the Iroquois conducted business. The Muscogee Nation is another Tribe the video features due to its well-developed judicial system where crime was punished depending on the character of the defendant and circumstances of the crime. “The Muscogee prioritized …

traditional songs with samples of contemporary sounds like eagle cries and Indigenous pop culture references. One song shown in the video uses audio from the movie, “The Addams Family.” In the scene, Wednesday Addams goes off-script from her stereotyped Thanksgiving play to tell the Natives, “Do not trust the pilgrims.” During their high energy performances, the audience is dancing to the same rhythm. “When I look out in our show and see people from all different nations, all different backgrounds …

to Grand Ronde’s uyxat Powwow Grounds Friday, July 11, and include a Veteran’s Summit, Veterans Royalty coronation, food and lots of dancing. The powwow will begin at uyxat Powwow Grounds off Hebo Road with a Veterans Royalty pageant at 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, and conclude with a grand entry at noon Sunday, July 13. Veterans Special Event Board Chair Molly Leno is organizing the event, as she has done for the past few years. “I feel like the Veterans Powwow is more family-oriented and it’s very …

for employees to seek care for their minor children or dependents. Copies of the new policy were emailed to all employees in early September. They must contact their manager and/or human resources representative to submit a request. “The policy was designed to ensure support for time off to attend court, counseling or relocation appoints without fear of losing their job,” Tribal Human Resources Director Sarah Harvey said. “This type of policy for the casino and Tribe will build loyalty and reduce …

on wellness issues, but he wants community input to be sure he is on the right track. The Monmouth/Independence YMCA Web site (www.miymca.net), however, is a window into many of the programs he has already built and successfully sustained in recent years. Among them are pee-wee sports for 4 to 6 year olds, cheerleading, karate, gymnastics, T-ball, track and field, and tennis for starters. He says he's "a big promotion guy," so the community will be hearing about existing programs in Smoke Signals …

into the cradleboard and could be carried on the mother's back, on a horse or even hung from a tree to sway in the wind while the mother was working. "Each cradleboard is so different and so beautiful in its own way," said Tribal Elder Debi Anderson, who participated in the Portland satellite office on Barbur Boulevard. The first step of creating the cradleboards is to cover the board. Students then made pads to make the cradleboard comfortable. Once that was complete, Payne and Haskins helped each …

of heavy, especially when you wind up standing out there for 45 minutes or longer. Even though we tried to tuck it under his shirt collar and stuff like that, by the time 45 minutes went by it was pulling on his neck pretty heavy. It’s kind of weighty. “So we had asked Deitz Peters if he could somehow put a leather pad around that and add some padding so it wasn’t just that single string, and we gave it to him.” However, as the veterans started assembling their equipment and regalia for the upcoming …

education cluster and being invited to share the biliteracy seal program with language program administrators for several of the nine federally recognized Tribes in Oregon, Carlisle said. “This could only be made possible with Tribal language revitalization programs building and growing so well,” she said. “It is an honor to recognize AI/AN (American Indian/Alaskan Native) students in this way.” Tribal Librarian and Chinuk Wawa instructor Kathy Cole is one of those whom Carlisle shared the program …