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Tribal Government & News Oregonians reject private casino measure again 11.14.2012 Ron Karten Elections , Gaming For the second consecutive election, Oregonians overwhelmingly rejected during the Nov. 6 general election the idea of allowing a private casino to be built in the Portland suburb of Wood Village. This time around, the "no" was louder. In 2010, Oregon voters rejected a ballot measure that would have specifically permitted a private casino to be constructed at the shuttered greyhound …

Health & Education Delphian School students reading to Tribal youth 02.14.2014 Dean Rhodes Education As many as 16 Delphian School students are reading to 47 children enrolled in the Tribal Education Department's pre-school classes. As their required community project, mostly senior and junior students, but also including some from middle and elementary grades, chose to be readers in the Tribe's SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) reading program. "This seemed very fulfilling," said senior …

be taxed by the state. Its creation and operating guidelines are included in the Tribe’s gaming compact signed with the state in January 1997. “Our council at the time did see the wisdom of working with the governor to create an agreement that would, number one, allow our casino to grow, to continue to produce more revenue for the Tribe, but also would be a good response to those people who thought that some of that revenue should be coming back to the state,” George said. The Community Fund …

language for the naming of Tilikum Crossing. That day of escorting the train across the bridge for the first time was historic for us.” Leno said the Grand Ronde Tribe signed the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 that ceded all of the land that is now Portland to the federal government. “Our relation with Portland is not just with the city, but to the ground,” Leno said. “Our connection to Portland is with the land. You can pour a lot of concrete, pour a lot of blacktop and lay down a lot …

a bachelor of arts degree in cultural anthropology with an emphasis on Northwest Native American cultures, along with an interdisciplinary master’s degree comprised of coursework in cultural anthropology, museum studies and folklore studies. “I feel that it is very important to preserve our history,” Craig says. “If you don’t know where you are from, you don't know where you are going. Before the settlers, there was a thriving indigenous community here.” Craig says she wanted to curate an exhibit …

in Willamina, where they recently purchased a house. In his spare time, he also helps coach football, basketball and baseball at Willamina High School. McKnight says it is helpful to have the Tribe’s newest officer be well-known in the community. “It’s great,” he says. “JJ really knows the Tribe and its members, and it is easy to plug him into the community. I am looking forward to him being a part of our team.” The addition of Flynn brings the number of officers at the department to seven. Flynn …

here is often missed. When I went to school, we were taught that there were Plains Indians and Coastal Indians. That didn’t fit with my people. All Tribes are very unique.” Harrelson said that Tribal people have been in Oregon since “time immemorial.” “We have oral histories about the floods that came through here 18,000 years ago,” he said. “Our ancestors have been here for 500 generations.” Harrelson also talked to educators about how they could incorporate Tribal history into different lesson …

. “It is the mission of the ECE to lay the foundation for lifelong success,” Riggs said. Chinuk Language Program: Nine staff members currently instruct 12 Early Childhood preschool students, 19 kindergarten through third-grade students and 15 high school students in learning the Tribe’s language. “We hope to bring Chinuk Wawa back as a living and breathing language to help heal and restore a major factor of our Tribal identity,” Riggs said. Youth Education: The department’s 10 full-time staff …

of Transportation Director Matt Garrett. “It felt really cool to put my pickup on this road today,” Mercier said to chuckles from the audience. “This is pretty personal for me, and not just because I attend night classes in Portland twice a week. I got involved with the bypass committee when I was 29 years old and six months into my council career, and knew very little about local governments or transportation issues. I’m now 42. Being a part of this whole project and process has been a learning …

and a member of the Oregon Department of Veteran’s Affairs Advisory Committee. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak with you today. Oregon is truly unique when it comes to the relationship between the state and the tribes. Together, we have done amazing things, from Governor Atiyeh and the creation of the Commission on Indian Services, to Governor Kitzhaber’s Executive Order 96-30, and then passage of SB 770, which put into statute the government-to-government relationship. We should all …