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. Fire Management: Planned burns will be the preferred method of site preparation and vegetation management. Commercial thinning and proactive treatments will occur at 12 years instead of 20 to manage spacing. Silviculture: The focus is on cultivation, managing invasive species and implementing climate resilience. Silviculture treatments include burning, site prep, planting, netting, releasing, under planting, spot spraying, under burning and pre-commercial thinning. Drake then shared several maps …

Tribal Government & News Employees honored for 1,360 years of service 06.20.2023 Danielle Harrison Years of service Senior Children & Family Services Intake Specialist II Donna Johnson hugs Tribal Council member Jon A. George as she is recognized for 19 years of working for the Tribe during the second quarter service awards held in the Tribal gym on Thursday, June 15. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer Second-quarter employees hired …

, with at least five years of service to the Tribe, were honored during a Years of Service breakfast event at the Tribal gym on Thursday, March 21. The employees represented a combined total of 959 years of service. Tribal Council member Jon A. George gave the invocation and Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy welcomed employees. “I’m pleased to be here and to celebrate all of you,” she said. “You are the builders of our nation and our people. You do excellent work to make sure our services …

Gaming Tribe opposes Siletz Salem casino plan 01.28.2022 Dean Rhodes Gaming , Federal government , State government , Spirit Mountain Casino , Tribal relations The Siletz Tribe is proposing to build a second Class III casino in Salem northeast of the Interstate 5 and 99E intersection. The project would be built on 20 acres of trust land and eight acres of fee land. The Bureau of Indian Affairs held a virtual hearing regarding the project’s environmental assessment on Wednesday, Jan. 26. (Smoke …

Culture Back at the Table: Tribe signs MOU to help manage historic site 09.14.2011 Dean Rhodes Culture , History , Federal government , Natural resources MEDFORD -- With Lower Table Rock behind the speakers and Upper Table Rock behind the audience of almost 100, Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy formalized plans to involve the Grand Ronde Tribe in the future management of this sacred area on Saturday, Sept. 10. "It is the Creator's intention that we again be visible in this area …

for Environment, Fish and Wildlife at Bonneville Power. "This is an important site for protection and a big accomplishment for BPA ratepayers. … The power of partnership is so great, for us, for our children and for our grandchildren." The Nature Conservancy's Bell noted that one of the parcels that made up this donation came in 1985 from John Pickett, owner of the Pickett Slide Rule Co. "I'm not old enough that I'm even sure what a slide rule is," Bell said. "I'm still not sure I know what it does …

Ronde people)," said Ross Stout, president of the Willamette Heritage Center Board of Directors. Noting four exhibits on which the Heritage Center and the Tribe have participated, Stout said, "We're better telling the story of the Willamette Valley's first inhabitants." Among their descendants was Tribal member Mike Colton, who came with his family to see the credit that went to his late mother, former Tribal Elder Jackie Whisler, featured prominently in the section on Tribal Restoration …

by downloading an app. She and husband, Cecil, connected on the world’s most popular social networking site, Facebook, after Linda purchased her first smartphone in 2016 and signed up for an account. The two Elders can frequently be seen holding hands, smiling and sitting close together at different Elders Activity Center events, proof that love flourishes at any age. “My nephew showed me how to get on Facebook,” Linda says. “One of my friends took some pictures and helped me make a profile.” Cecil …

for school. “His school shoes wore out,” she says. The family was going to get him shoes with her husband’s latest paycheck. They were living paycheck to paycheck in those days. Then, his paycheck was stolen, Powley says. “Things happen.” She visited the Clothes Closet and found a pair. “I couldn’t believe that there was a pair that was perfect. People seem to find what they need there.” For many years, Matt Bucknell, Elementary Lead for the Tribe’s Education Department, has spearheaded Socktoberfest …

member; Dr. Donnie Lee, acting director of the Office of Clinical Support in the Portland office of the Indian Health Service; Jackie Mercer, executive director of the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest; Joe Finkbonner (Lummi), executive director of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board; and moderator Dr. R. Dale Walker, director of OHSU's One Sky Center, focused on programs addressing issues of Native wellness today. "We learned we're not in this alone," said …