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to document and preserve Tribal cultural resources by working with Tribal staff and students. “There is a need for additional information about the time period from the settlement of the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation up until Termination,” Tribal Historic Preservation Program Manager David Harrelson said. “This is an era of history where we don’t have living people to tell us about those days and so the material evidence by archeology can help with that.” 2010 – The Grand Ronde Canoe Family …

. “As vaccination efforts continue to ramp up, we will continue to use our platform via public service announcements and other messaging to raise awareness on the safety, efficacy and importance of vaccination so our state and communities can come out of this awful pandemic as soon as possible.” Center Enes Kanter posted a selfie of himself getting vaccinated on Twitter, saying: “Just got vaccinated today with my brothers. The faster we get vaccinated, the sooner we can return to our lives with our loved …

a combined eight payments that totaled $4,400 in 2020. So far, the Grand Ronde Tribe has not announced any plans on how it will spend American Rescue Plan funds. Some of the allowable expenditures permissible by the Treasury Department’s guidance include responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency and its negative economic effects, providing premium pay for essential workers, investments in infrastructure like water, sewer and broadband, and replacing lost revenues to provide governmental …

of our people. At the time of early Euro-American settlement of the Willamette Valley, camas was so thick in areas that the patches of blooming flowers were confused as lakes from a distance. This name honors the people and lifeways of the Kalapuya people who are the Indigenous people of the Willamette Valley.” While the word “lacamas” exists in other parts of the Pacific Northwest, such as Lacamas Lake in Clark County, Wash., “lakamas” is unique to Chinuk Wawa and makes Linfield University …

the statement. “This came out of our City Council retreat. We do a retreat around February time and this year, like many organizations, we were talking about equity and inclusion,” Dirks said. “That was a big part of our retreat and the council was talking not so much about what we’ve done, but what we haven’t done or acknowledged. Certainly, our partnership with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has put that into focus of this isn’t really our land.” The statement reads: “The Chinookan peoples …

tattooing and dancing that were banned in Alaska in the early 1900s by missionaries and outsiders. “They truly believed our way of living was demonic and we were heathens” Tahbone says in the video. “Our ability to come together as a community was broken.” Tahbone says she felt the gap in the community’s ability to fully practice its cultural traditions back in 2012 so she took it upon herself to learn how to tattoo. The video shares clips of Tahbone preparing to apply a chin tattoo and the ceremony …

the Higher Education Department work with Youth Education programs so that students would be more aware of the various services that were offered. 2001 – Tribal Elder and former Tribal Council Chairwoman Kathryn Harrison was honored with a Tom McCall award at the eighth annual Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism Citizenship Awards Banquet in Portland. McCall was an influential Oregon governor who achieved national fame and the award honored outstanding contributions from people who “mirrored spirit …

homeland of Ireland. Frost and her son were featured in a March 2020 “So Far Away” story about Tribal members who live overseas and significantly distant from the Reservation. Liam graduated from secondary school – the equivalent of a U.S. high school – and received his first choice of universities. Starting in October, he began attending the British Irish Modern Music Institute through the Technological University of Dublin. “He is doing a bachelor of arts in Commercial Music in drumming,” Frost …

Culture Yesteryears - March 15, 2022 03.14.2022 Danielle Harrison Yesteryears 2017 – Spirit Mountain Casino was planning for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21 in Grand Ronde with a special viewing event for guests of Spirit Mountain Lodge. When the moon passed between the Earth and sun, a total solar eclipse would provide a momentary sliver of daytime darkness from one corner of the United States to the other. The casino’s location was in the totality viewing area so it was planning to make …

allowed in our house.” Leclaire says many Native storylines in entertainment depict Native people inaccurately. Liza Black, Cherokee Nation citizen, author and history professor at the University of Indiana, is also introduced to talk about how Hollywood’s depiction of Native people shaped the way Americans views Natives now. Black says by the 1960s movements of young Native activists began protesting the American government and one Indigenous activist leader received so much media attention …