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recommending that people wear masks if they feel more comfortable doing so and bring hand sanitizer,” she adds. A solemn aspect of this year’s powwow will be an honoring on Saturday after grand entry for Charles “Charlie” Tailfeathers and Fred Ike Jr., who walked on in 2020 and 2021, respectively. However, a lighter moment of that portion will include an award for the best dressed drum group. There also will be other dance specials during this time as well as a prize for best classic song by a drum …

and nestled between an Indigenous-owned tattoo shop and an events hall hosting yoga, community gatherings and concerts, Bee and Barry Beads is far more than just a business. For Barry, a full-time firefighter/EMT and Foster, a full-time mom to four children ages 3 to 9, the bead shop is therapeutic, a place for them to decompress and a creative outlet to relieve stress. “I have pretty much been dreaming of this as long as I can remember,” Barry said. “This is something we are very passionate about …

thought the same.” Wink also thanks Rebecca Crocker and June Olson for the time they spent helping him get elected to Tribal Council. Chris Mercier says his only regret from his time together on Tribal Council with Wink was that he didn’t pick his brain more and learn more about Wink’s time on council before Restoration. “He was good to work with,” Chris Mercier says. “You couldn’t ever say he didn’t have a sense of humor. One thing I noticed about him – he was very outgoing and sociable. When I …

or two to process checks received from outside sources. This means I am at the mercy of the Tribe to issue a check, for less money, then wait until the school receives it, and wait even more until they do a check run. Normally, I receive my scholarship funds the first Friday of school, which would be Aug. 26. But since the school has not received anything from the Tribe, I will have to wait for an undetermined amount of time thus creating a significant hardship since I make payment arrangements …

arts training for his success with the guitar. His family operated a dojo in Eagle Point for a few years in 2005-06, but Lewis studied martial arts for nine years. During that time, he earned a second degree black belt in American open style karate and "did the tournament circuit for a year." He won two world titles, he said, in traditional kata and traditional weapons (a bow staff). During that time, he competed in 20 tournaments, against hundreds and hundreds of fighters to get to the world …

Immersion class (Lilu - wolves) and the 2-year-olds' class (Kwis Kwis - chipmunks). "The focus (of the education for the children) is the miracle of a tree," said Professor Pricklethorn, known among adults as Warren Hoselton, a Toronto, Ont., certified arborist and supporter volunteering his time and money to the nonprofit's educational campaign. "We tell them about all the good things that trees do." He said that trees "clean the air, create oxygen, reduce heat in the summer and clean storm water …

homelands and we welcome you." Tom then told her personal story of being a mixed race Native American. Her father, Leon "Chip" Tom, is full-blooded Indian while her mother, Marianne, was full-blooded Irish. "I was raised in a house with different values from different sides of my family," Tom said, "which I'm very thankful for." When the Grand Ronde Tribe was terminated in 1954, the Tom family moved to Denver, Colo., as part of the federal government's relocation policy. Her father, who was trained …

of the enrollment audit. It wasn’t until specific individuals started getting their disenrollment letters that there was a cry of foul play and targeting. Then things got more heated over the next few months and that seems to continue from time to time. Now we are at the point where Angie Blackwell has referred to the disenrollment of a specific group of individuals as a means for the Tribe to practice “gerrymandering.” To me that type of thinking is way out of line, to say the least. I say …

in regards to Native American curriculum and teaching youth about local Tribes. "Many students see Indians as people of the past," she said. "With this new position, I am looking forward to changing that perception." As a teacher, Reeves said, she could be busy with many problems at once. "When I was teaching, I had to write an e-mail, tie a kid's shoe, comfort a crying child, eat my lunch on the fly and read 28 other children a story, all at the same time. OK, not really all …

that we do and the community that we are. I can’t wait to tell them.” Thompson says her biggest challenge so far is having several events going on at once. “There are so many things happening right out of the gate, but everyone has been very helpful. … I don’t have the institutional memory associated with people who have been around for years,” she says. “There are so many big things going on but it makes for an exciting time, too.” When she is not working, Thompson says she enjoys tropical vacations …