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purchasing Portland Meadows horse racing track and incorporating a “racino” on the existing site. “We have to pursue all viable options if the rules of gaming in Oregon are about to change,” Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy said. “If the governor is going to allow off-reservation gaming, and he repeatedly said in recent months that he is about to for the Warm Springs, we have a responsibility to our 5,000 members to continue to sustain our economic self-sufficiency.” 2000 – In an effort …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- April 15, 2020 04.14.2020 Danielle Frost History 2015 2015 – The new Grand Ronde Food Bank, iskam mfkHmfk haws, held a grand opening to commemorate the partnership between the Tribe and Marion-Polk Food Share in building and operating the site. The Tribe built the new Food Bank structure, which included 3,300 square feet of space to store produce, canned goods and frozen foods. Construction was funded by a $500,000 Housing & Urban Development block grant …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- Aug. 1, 2020 07.30.2020 Danielle Frost History 2015 2015 – Archeology students from the University of Washington in Seattle participated in an archeological dig at a site on Grand Ronde Road. The Tribe’s Historic Preservation Office, in collaboration with the university’s Department of Anthropology, hosted a summer archeology “field school” on the Tribal homelands for students. The course, “Field Methods in Indigenous Archeology,” taught students how …

at the Squaxin Island Tribe in Shelton, Wash., and ended in Port Angeles, Wash. The trip took 12 days. “This event helps strengthen unity between the old Tribes,” Tribal member and Language Specialist Bobby Mercier said. “Just getting the traditional feeling back was a big thing for us.” 2000 – The Tribal Elders housing site was dedicated, bringing to fruition an idea that had been in the works since Restoration to build affordable housing for Elders. Tribal leaders were seeking to build a community …

and supply to the Tribal building; And approved a memorandum of agreement with the Indian Health Service that will support development of 16 new homes at the Creekside Elders housing development at the southwest corner of Grand Ronde and Hebo roads. The $200,000 needed to extend water and wastewater infrastructure to the site will use $150,000 in Indian Health Service funds and $50,000 in Tribal funds. During other business, Tribal Council members thanked numerous Tribal staff members …

than one week at a time over a three-week period; Removes state positivity requirement in favor of county positivity requirement. The new guidance also recommends that schools consider hybrid models at the beginning that return a portion of the school population first and then add more students on-site over time. “This will allow schools to build new safety routines, stabilize cohorts and avoid sudden disruptive transitions back to comprehensive distance learning due to quarantine or isolation …

.” Changes to the state guidance on Jan. 19 include resources to support outdoor instruction, revisions to align with the occupational safety and health rules, requiring employee representation for back-to-school planning and a requirement that districts offer on-site COVID-19 testing if they are located in counties in high case counts. Schools in Yamhill, Marion and Polk counties are currently included in that description. The Willamina hybrid model will feature a half-day, morning or afternoon session …

grants total approximately $333,000 for the upcoming biennium; Approved installing an access gate at the Tribal conservation property Chahalpam in Marion County to limit and discourage trespassers and combat illegal dumping at the site. The Tribe will have to pay $2,500 to apply to the county to vacate Dieckman Lane Southeast and it will cost about the same amount to install the gate, said Tribal Fish & Wildlife Program Manager Kelly Dirksen. He added that two nearby property owners have signed …

to drive to the clinic. We are in the elderly category with autoimmune issues, so we’ve been sheltering and distancing as much as possible. We had hoped to receive our shots in the coming weeks, but felt it important to get the vaccine at our first opportunity. Once at the site, we found that everything was being run extremely well. The wait was about 15 minutes and everyone respected the mask and social distancing requirement. We were kindly greeted by a staff member who gave us a simple form …

limited on-site meetings and visitors, and limited programming. The Tribe closed to all but “essential” employees in mid-March 2020. It re-opened to most employees in May, but employees were required to undergo temperature checks, wear masks and keep socially distant from colleagues. Mercier said the move to Phase 3 has been prompted by a variety of factors, including the Tribe being able to obtain sufficient personal protection equipment and testing supplies, and there being adequate contact …