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the piece last year, he lived in Medford and was able to visit Table Rocks frequently during the writing process. “It was written over a period of about a month,” he says. “I would go up to Table Rocks and ask if I was doing this OK. I think a big part of my thought process during it was oral history. (Rewriting) it brought me back to how it felt seeing Table Rocks every day. Down there I learned that the red-tailed hawk mascot of Southern Oregon University was inspired by a Takelma story of how …

pushing a heavy wheeled cart holding a ground-penetrating radar device across the roughly mown section. On this already-warm July morning, McKenzie is trying to finish her work for the day before the sun grows too hot to continue. She has spent a decade of her life journeying to this time and place, acquiring the skills she is now bringing back to the Tribe. Since time immemorial, the area now known as the Fort Yamhill State Heritage Area was the homeland of the Yamel branch of the Kalapuya …

Culture Tribe takes possession of former Grand Ronde Middle School site 08.31.2011 Ron Karten History The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde became official owners of the eight-acre Grand Ronde Middle School property on Monday, Aug. 15, Tribal member and Tribal Lands Manager Jan Reibach announced in a Tribal-wide e-mail. The Tribe agreed to buy the land and 27,443-foot facility for $675,000 from the cash-strapped Willamina School District in May. The district has since consolidated its …

donors included $1,500 from Dakota Whitecloud. Other significant donations came from Portland resident Lou Nelson ($100) and Gary Jones of Salem ($288). Gaston also held numerous raffles during the meeting to give away prizes to those who donated. The grand prize - a Pendleton blanket - was won by Barbara Mercier. Gaston said that about $2,000 of the funds will be spent to buy the vest and the remainder will pay for any training or equipment Nixwa needs. She is planning another Friends of Nixwa …

a person to buy a loft and then finish it to their liking. 1996 – The Tribe established a Cultural Resources Protection Program in response to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. June Olson, a Cultural Resources specialist, said that she has become familiar with the act. “We have the right to recover our people from the many museums and institutions which have held their remains for many years,” she said. 1991 – The Tribe was advertising for an Alcohol and Drug Program …

. Also included in the Jan. 28 Tribal Council packet were authorizations to proceed that transferred $1,890 from contingency to Emergency Operations to buy Community Emergency Response Team training bags and allocated another $1,800 to purchase food for individuals taking the eight-week CERT trainings being held in Grand Ronde. Tribal Council also directed the Tribal Attorney’s Office to draft amendments to the Children and Families Ordinance that will, if approved, provide notice …

Culture Tribal teen collecting pennies for presents 11.30.2011 Ron Karten People Tribal teenager Loren Hahn, 16, knows the value of a penny. Or, more accurately, the cumulative value of a lot of pennies. For the second year in a row, she is collecting pennies to buy Christmas presents for the less fortunate. Hahn started Pennies for Presents last year when she was 15. It is a nonprofit foundation that helps less fortunate families have a better holiday. The goal, Hahn says, is to raise enough …

Marketing Director Shawna Ridgebear. “Despite all these efforts, the casino was unable to raise bingo customer attendance.” Ridgebear said bingo was operating with an average of 30 players and it needs a minimum of 50 player buy-ins to break even. During January, bingo was closed more than 30 percent of the time due to extreme low attendance. “We are grateful to all of the guests who have supported bingo over the years and hope they will continue to find a different form of entertainment …

.” “You know, this documentary follows an investigation into abuse and missing children at the Indian residential school that my family was sent to, near Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada,” NoiseCat said. “It’s a very personal story, but it’s also a story that’s shared by people all across Indian Country, not just in Canada, but also here in the United States, where there were 417 federally funded Native American boarding schools. He continued, “And every place we bring this film, someone …

Author Visit by Connie Fairfield Ganz Events Event Author Visit by Connie Fairfield Ganz May 4, 2023 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Tribal gym, 9615 Grand Ronde Road Hosted by the Grand Ronde Tribal Library. Food and raffle prizes. Upcoming Events Tribal Council Tribal Council meeting (66) April 19, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Events Social Security Presentation & Luncheon April 20, 2023 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Events Grand Ronde Education Summit (2) August 25, 2023 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM View All Events …