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. She hopes that sharing her story with others will help them avoid the ordeal she endured. “As a stage four survivor, there is an 80 percent chance that colon cancer will return so I need to remain vigilant,” she says. “The next time, it won’t be a surgery and removal. It will mean a colostomy bag. … Colon cancer is on the rise and statistics in Native Americans are more than 50 percent higher at risk increase. … We owe it to ourselves to take the best care of ourselves.” Case set up a display …

discussion to something a little more thoughtful. Best practices, frankly,” he said. “Real-world experience cuts through a lot of BS.” Giffen volunteered to supply any Tribal forest management practices data should Schrader need it to bolster his arguments in Congress. Wilson presented him a copy of the Tribe’s 10-Year Management Plan. The meeting ended with Leno presenting Schrader a framed ceded lands map to hang in his Washington, D.C., office. Because of Schrader’s busy schedule, a planned visit …

-- Steven Richmond became interested in learning more about Oregon’s first peoples while taking a Native American legal studies class in college. “I’ve learned a lot about Tribal issues and want to know more,” the Western Oregon University sophomore said. Since Richmond is also serving as an intern for Oregon Rep. Dan Rayfield of Corvallis, Tribal Legislative Information Day at the State Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 21, provided ample opportunity to visit with representatives from Oregon’s nine …

on camera…We could have addressed this early on during the process and we could have done better.” Jon George said as a Tribal leader, he doesn’t make decisions based on whether he likes someone or they like him. “I’m here to make decisions professionally and ethically about who would be the best fit for these things,” he said. “I have no qualms about anyone that we interviewed, I just thought the process was very confusing…There were two applications, two openings and how simple it would be to fill …

and that it has to be out here on camera…We could have addressed this early on during the process and we could have done better.” Jon A. George said as a Tribal leader, he doesn’t make decisions based on whether he likes someone or they like him. “I’m here to make decisions professionally and ethically about who would be the best fit for these things,” he said. “I have no qualms about anyone that we interviewed, I just thought the process was very confusing…There were two applications, two openings …

what was best for their families, but it seems some fellow Tribal members want to punish them for that. As somebody who spent a very long year trying to come up with a solution, I am happy to see a resolution that takes into account all the work we did, and the impacts and the families who have been waiting for so long to join a Tribe they clearly should be a part of. As a former Enrollment Requirements Ad Hoc Committee member appointed by Tribal Council and who took that job seriously, I am …

future on the mat continues to look unlimited. "I felt like I could take it pretty easily," Hofenbredl said, "if I wrestled my best." This year, Hofenbredl, in the 106-pound class, and Ben Rebischke, a senior in the 220-pound class, won their weight classes to lead the Dallas High School Dragons to their first state wrestling title. Hofenbredl's toughest match, he said, came in the quarter finals against Pendleton's Colton Skeen, whom he has wrestled and defeated before. "It was great," said Tribal …

Fund Administrative Assistant Kluane Baer. At the event, Tribal member and Spirit Mountain Community Fund Director Kathleen George thanked grant recipient representatives for allowing the Grand Ronde Tribe, through its philanthropic Community Fund, to partner with them in making western Oregon a better place to live. The Community Fund receives 6 percent of Spirit Mountain Casino revenues and distributes the money in an 11-county area, assisting efforts in arts and culture, education, health …

A. George and Land and Culture employees Bobby Mercier and Travis Stewart performing cultural drumming and singing. Kathleen George, Spirit Mountain Community Fund director, told grant recipient representatives that the fund is a commitment the Tribe made to "making Oregon a better place to live by investing in grass-roots organizations." She thanked those in attendance for their creativity and courageousness in the daily work they do. Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno, who also sits …

and the value these exchanges have for both groups. Land and Culture Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach described one historical value for the Tribe, closely related to the history of the forest. The Tribe, he said, chose the name Chachalu (place of the burnt timbers) for the Tribal Museum and Cultural Center because that was what the Tualatin and South Yamhill Kalapuya referred to when parts of the Grand Ronde Valley were devastated by a large fire in 1845. "Just like the forest has healed from …