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COVID-19 vaccine just before Christmas. Health Services Executive Director Kelly Rowe said the Tribe's Health & Wellness Center received 200 doses of the recently approved Moderna vaccine on Tuesday, Dec. 22. “I am very happy to say we received the first allotment of the Moderna vaccine and we are starting to vaccinate clinic personnel, Tribal first responders, then adult foster care workers and residents, so we can start getting some herd immunity built up,” she said. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec …

it rained, the water would fall into the bowls and they would think that the water had healing powers. She talked about that, stories from generations above her. I’ve always wanted to come and see it. It’s just amazing.” Tribal ancestors used to dip their spearheads into the crevices and pockmarks of Tomanowos to obtain spiritual strength before a hunt. Modern-day Grand Ronde members dipped cedar boughs into rose water to cleanse Tomanowos and also, perhaps, reconnect some of the spirituality …

lost by the Tribe in the 1980s when it was seeking support for its Reservation Plan. The new rule will allow the harvest of hatchery spring Chinook salmon and/or hatchery summer steelhead for ceremonial purposes with a limit of no more than 15 fish taken per year by Tribal members. Only hatchery-origin fish will be allowed to be taken. Wild fish will be released unharmed back into the Willamette River. “I think it was an historic day for the Tribe to recover our fishing rights up at Willamette …

Ronde eventually received $45 million in CARES Act funding that supplemented many of its efforts to assist Tribal members. Tribal events started to be canceled left and right as the number of cases burgeoned in Oregon. The April 5 General Council meeting in Eugene was scrapped as Lane Community College closed, the Summer Youth Employment Program was postponed and the annual internship to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and concurrent visit to Tomanowos did not occur …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Sept. 1 08.31.2011 Ron Karten Letters Dear Tribal Council members and those responsible for the education cuts: My name is Nancy Babb, and I have left each and every one of you a telephone message concerning a letter I received Aug. 18, 2011, from the Education Department cutting my education funding $3,000 a year. There are several reasons why I am upset with this decision. First of all, I start school Monday, meaning I am receiving a major …

of an accurate census count are so valuable that both Census Bureau workers and Tribal leaders are pushing for responses from everybody in the Tribal community. The recent visit by the Census Bureau workers to Tribal Council on March 1 came to redouble that effort. American Community surveyors have seen that when Tribal Councils support the survey effort there is better cooperation in Tribal members completing the surveys. Also as part of that effort, Census Bureau workers do everything they can …

right away that the Tribe didn't already have copies of them. One was a Grand Ronde Agency book of allotments from 1889. "We've seen these allotments before," he said, "but not the original books." The other book was a pass book recording Natives coming and going from the Grand Ronde Agency starting in 1861. Natives could not just leave the Agency, Lewis said. "They needed a pass and it was in this book that the agent recorded the passes. I had to call back to the staff to see if they had …

unemployment rate, and international events, such as the European debt crises and unrest in the Middle East, continue to affect casino operations as guests concerned about the fluctuating stock market and gas prices are spending the same amount of money per visit at Spirit Mountain, but are reducing the number of trips they make to Grand Ronde. Comparing numbers from August 2010 and August 2011, net revenues and profit at Spirit Mountain are almost identical, as is the dividend that Spirit …

decorated with yellow, red, black and white, the colors of the Native American medicine wheel. Nine elements, depicted as triangles, decorated the bottom of the drum and represented the nine federally recognized Tribes in Oregon. "I hope our entry reflects Native Americans' concern not only for our planet, but all of mankind," Bobb said. The Rose Festival theme this year was "Making Memories." "It's great to have a part in this, and to represent the Tribe," Bobb said. "The float is what we stand …

days of networking, breakout sessions and evening events. “It is wonderful to be back with my peers in the philanthropic community,” George said. “I had the honor to serve as Community Fund director for several years. Potlatch is a social contract of giving among Tribes and is a deeply rooted value in all of our communities. It is always important to me to recognize that the role of being invested in the community is a deeply rooted tradition.” In addition to George, other guest speakers …