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spiritual. It was just a very touching experience.” Anderson was one of two Tribal Elders selected in a drawing for the Tribe’s annual trip to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City near Central Park. The other was Tammy Childs, who lives in Colorado. “I read the articles in Smoke Signals about the trip and it sounded very interesting so I decided to put my name in,” Childs said. “I didn’t think I would get selected so when I was, I was excited and honored.” Like most Tribal …

that matter. “I started down at the preschool when I was 3,” says Larsen. “People were always cheering me on. I remember in the interview saying that I credit the education program out here for a lot of where I ended up.” Larsen, who graduated in June, began working for the Education Department she has been a part of most of her life as a lead tutor/adviser in Youth Education on Oct. 12. “I just happened to be on the interview panel and I was just very impressed,” says Education Department Manager …

run on Tribal Council. During the time he owned the store and served on Tribal Council, Larsen gained a reputation for giving and looking out for his friends, family and customers. Larsen graduated from Willamina High School and became a logger and log truck driver like most everybody else his age. Like many other Grand Ronde Tribal members, he started working alongside his father at an early age. “I started riding with my dad in the log truck when I was 8, 9 years old,” says Larsen during …

Tribal Government & News Former Tribal leaders discuss first female majority on Tribal Council 10.13.2016 Brent Merrill Tribal Council , Culture , History As the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde continues to move into the future, one thing is clear – the Tribe is evolving. And now, for the first time in modern Tribal history since 1983’s Restoration and possibly for the first time since Tribal peoples arrived in the Grand Ronde Valley, five women hold a majority of seats on the nine-member …

manager in 2018, testified that, “Multiple staff on site that day reached out to Greene or others, because it was a little traumatic.” Fullerton said his own text to Greene at the time said, “They're shooting water at us.” Kennedy testified that she had been present during the incident, “seeing those trees come barreling out of that chute and our workers in their little raft were under it. It was very scary, and I feared for the lives of our workers and I called our attorney Rob, and I said …

. He said, 'Every powwow time, I have a gathering here. Come over and have a few drinks with us.' " Selwyn doesn't drink, but she said, "I remember his big, huge smile. He was a kind man, a very kind man." "When my son, Ryan, passed away," said Tribal member Denise Harvey, "I wanted his burial place to be under the apple tree (in the Tribal cemetery). It is an old apple tree with many roots and nobody wanted to disturb the roots to dig a grave. Ryan's body was never recovered. He was lost at sea …

has taken the position that if the plaintiffs prevail in the appeal, the taking of the land into trust could be undone. U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, whose district includes La Center, previously had questioned the Department of the Interior’s promise to take land into trust for the Cowlitz Tribe while the legality of the land transfer remains tied up in federal court. “It is extremely concerning that the Bureau of Indian Affairs would make this unprecedented move – signing the land into trust …

for the Willamette Falls Locks include decommissioning them or transferring ownership from the Corps of Engineers to a new owner, either private, public or a combination of both. The commission will work to advise state, local and regional stakeholders on the development and implementation of policies relating to the repair, re-opening, operation and maintenance of the Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks. The commission also will oversee transfer of ownership from the corps, as well …

in the June 1 Tribal Council packet was a summary of directives that, among other things, authorized Finance Officer Chris Leno to transfer $20,000 from contingency to fund the annual amount the Tribe provides to the Willamina School District, directed staff to process a request for the National Park Service to convey Molalla Kate items to the Tribe to be held and preserved, and outlined rules for this year’s Willamette Falls ceremonial fishing, including the allocation of $5,000 for nets, harnesses …

Shasta Administrative Services in Redmond, as well as manager of Ilihi LLC, which continues to seek collection of MicroGREEN accounts receivable. Asghar worked for the Tribe for more than five years, having started as Economic Development director in January 2011. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved the transfer of the allocation of stored water from the previous owners of Chahalpam on the North Santiam River to the Tribe; Approved an amendment to the Tribal Marriage Ordinance that would …