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often referred to Liberty as “her little shadow.” Kitty and Curt spent 62 blessed years together. During that time, with their daughter, they traveled to visit relatives in Washington, California and Mississippi, just to name a few. They were known to shop at a garage sale or two. They’d load up their car with treasures and anticipated what they’d find at the next one. Eventually, they opened a secondhand store and Tricia ran the daily business. They bought Russell’s Marine more than 20 years ago …

language to be voted on. “The best thing we could do now is cancel this election,” she said, amid shouts of “No!” from some audience members. Tribal Elder Jennie VanAtta said she has siblings who are not enrolled due to the current regulations. “We all grew up here and all had the same crazy mom,” she said. “We all have the same blood quantum. For me, split families are a huge issue. My siblings still don’t quite understand why they can’t enroll when they come to visit me. This will fix …

. For me, split families are a huge issue. My siblings still don’t quite understand why they can’t enroll when they come to visit me. This will fix that.” Tribal Elder Debi Anderson said that the 1999 amendment had negative unintended consequences. “These people are family,” she said. “Their blood is the same as their enrolled siblings. I applaud council for going through with this. This is about families and healing families. It has hurt too many people for too long.” In the run-up to the Feb …

identifies immediate negative effects to a patient's health. “All other medical and dental appointments that will impact a patient's immediate health will be scheduled as usual,” Rowe said. “At this time, there are no changes to any other Health and Wellness patient services. I am focused on protecting our staff, patients and community, while ensuring access to care and services remain available.” One of the other dominoes to fall to concerns about spreading coronavirus occurred on Thursday …

. After making a few jokes about the orange shag carpet adorning the gym’s walls, he told them the summit began as a means to help remedy that the histories of Oregon’s Tribes had not been properly documented. “I’m so glad you’re all here,” he said. “The collective brain trust in this room is impressive. … We started the History and Culture Summit about 10 years ago as a direct response to the Tribe working with scholars. Our history existed in reports, but no one had access to it.” Harrelson …

. This provision will ensure their descendants will not be enrolled. Tribal Council member Kathleen George said during a Tuesday, Aug. 20, Legislative Action Committee meeting that the solution to the ongoing enrollment issues is a constitutional amendment. “Tribal members can decide how they want our Tribal government to move forward and how they want us to enroll new Tribal members,” she said. “I’m encouraging everyone to participate in the constitutional amendment election…and leave …

difficult. Without the direct bus to Lincoln and Salem, “People aren’t able to visit their families, get their shopping done, go to the DMV or the courts,” Public Works Coordinator John Mercier said. Since December, Mercier’s phone has been ringing, a lot. He said the inquiries are polite, but “I do get people saying ‘gosh, this is taking a long time.’” Mercier said he understands the loss has been frustrating for many people and he has been scrambling for months to find a new transit provider …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Dec. 15, 2012 12.13.2012 Ron Karten Letters Dear Smoke Signals : Firstly, I have no problem with the budget, but there is something that makes me more curious every year. Where does this magic number "gaming dividend" come from? It just appears, provides the bulk of revenue and everything seems to balance with this number. I would really like to see an income statement from Spirit Mountain. An income statement has sales less expenses that equal …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- April 15, 2015 04.14.2015 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : I want to especially thank my kids for the wonderful 80 th birthday party they had for me. Thanks to all my friends and relatives who came to help me celebrate. Thanks to the caregivers for bringing all the Elders from Cougar and Elk lodges to help me celebrate. I wish I would have had more time to spend with each of you. Need to have a big friend and family reunion this summer …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Feb. 15, 2021 02.11.2021 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : I was so proud to hear our leader, Cheryle Kennedy, on OPB. She was so articulate, knew so much about the health issues we face and how to address them, as well as her experience over the years in dealing with different federal administrations. She is so kind and humble, and the best representative of our people that I can imagine. I hope she and her husband will know how much we …