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, at approximately 9:45 p.m., events will end with a Fourth of July staple - a fireworks show. Tickets range from $5 to $20 and can be purchased on the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Web site or by calling 503-390-2225. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

company that helps anyone learn software, design and business skills. Brayden got some ideas there on how to start. "The site taught me how to submit our app to the app store," he says. The website opened for business on Feb. 11. By Feb. 19, customers had purchased 36 apps at $3.99 each. The app for Apple iPhones, iPads and iTouch is at the iTunes store at itunes.apple.com/us/app/icallelk-instructional-elk/id814067094?mt=8 . The duo has plans for new apps, including one with elk recipes, a specialty …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs purchase of 91 more acres at Chahalpam site 09.15.2014 Ron Karten Tribal Council , Federal government , Natural resources Tribal Council approved the purchase and sale agreement for acquisition of the Chahalpam Phase 2 property, which entails 91 more acres, at its Wednesday, Sept. 3, meeting. The Tribe originally acquired 338 acres on the North Santiam River southeast of Salem in Marion County and just downstream from Stayton in 2013. The original …

Culture 31st Restoration celebration schedule set 10.30.2014 Ron Karten Culture , History , Events The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will celebrate its 31st anniversary of Restoration, which occurred on Nov. 22, 1983, with a day's worth of events on Saturday, Nov. 22. The celebration starts at 9 a.m. with a prayer service for Tribal members and their families at the Atudship rock mound, which is designed to be a sacred memorial for healing. The site, first used during 2013's 30th …

of the Culture Board and community-based group Seekers worked together to provide a variety of cultural materials for the public during the Tribe’s Contest Powwow. Tony Johnson had an interactive Chinook Wawa display, and some illustrations of old Tribal photographs were on display for people to try and identify. Old inkwells excavated from the Cloverleaf School site and a glass plate made from the east windows of the school also were on display. Additionally, the initial draft for the proposed Cultural …

with him for years and saw him as a “key liaison” and his position being “of critical importance” to Oregon’s nine Tribes, Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno said. 2008 – The Tribe received a two-year grant from the Administration for Native Americans for the architectural schematic design of the Tribe’s planned museum and cultural center. The two-year project included surveying, soils analysis, wetland and archaeological site assessment, and preliminary interpretive design of exhibit space. The Tribe …

an opportunity to comment on them before they return to Tribal Council for possible adoption. In other action, Tribal Council also: Approved an addendum to the Portland Harbor Superfund Site Natural Resources Damage Assessment Plan that provides an update on the current status of the plan and more detailed information on the proposed focus for conducting the remaining phases of the cleanup; Approved an agreement to accept an $81,000 grant from the Collins Foundation to help document Portland …

they would build a 140,000-square-foot casino and hotel near Interstate 5 on a 20-acre parcel that is trust land. The Siletz proposal, posted at www.oregontribes.com , proposes that revenues would be split with 25 percent going to the state, 25 percent to the Siletz Tribe and 50 percent being divvied up between the other eight federally recognized Tribes in Oregon – slightly more than 6 percent per Tribe if split evenly. Martin said the Grand Ronde Tribe supports a site in the Portland metropolitan …

Culture Tribal member builds shields for Standing Rock water protectors 12.14.2016 Brent Merrill Culture , People , Natural Resources When Grand Ronde Tribal member Monty Herron saw images of water protectors being assaulted on the ground by law enforcement officers at the site of a months-long conflict over water in Cannon Ball, N.D., he felt a call to action. In particular it was the graphic image of water protector Sophia Wilansky’s arm being shredded by a Morton County Sheriff’s concussion …

percent to 10 percent for occupation of rooms at Spirit Mountain Lodge; Approved a transportation program agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs that will bring the Tribe approximately $1.086 million in funding for transportation projects and activities; Approved a contract with MacKenzie, a firm with offices in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, for land use planning assistance at the 31-acre Multnomah Greyhound Park site in Wood Village purchased by the Tribe in 2015; And approved the enrollment …