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, obtaining a contractor’s license and bonding cost $21,000, something that his limited income could not cover. That’s where the Tribe stepped in to help. “I got everything I needed,” Phil said. “The Tribe paid half my insurance and bond to get me started, and the state covered the other half through a program for people with disabilities who want to go back to work. Mine was a pretty special case so the process took a while.” The times when Phil wanted to quit, his wife Carie and Rideout …

of Northwest Indian College and served as vice chairman of the Northwest Indian Veterans’ Association Veterans Memorial Committee. In 2002, he joined Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veteran Steve Bobb Sr. on a 265-mile Trail of Tears walk from Table Rock outside of Medford to Grand Ronde to raise funds for the West Valley Veterans Memorial. “Me and Brent are forever tied together because of that walk,” Bobb said. “We were friends before that. What I remember is we told each other all of our life …

philanthropic arm, the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Auger met virtually with outgoing 2019-20 Fellow Cholena Wright (Klamath), Spirit Mountain Community Fund staff members and Tribal Council members for an afternoon briefing. “I’m very grateful for this opportunity,” Auger said. “Tribal affairs is an area of interest I have that means a lot to me. I’m stepping into the fellowship working remotely, but I’ve worked remotely for many years, so it’s not that foreign to me …

people who completed the course obtained jobs working on the equipment. “This training has worked out really well and we will continue to offer it,” Kimsey said. “The toughest part for me is getting the word out and recruiting Tribal members.” TERO was formed in 2014 to provide quality services for the Grand Ronde Reservation and surrounding region to employ Native people. It achieves this through increasing and enhancing employment opportunities, and promoting Tribal and Native preference …

on the Grand Ronde Reservation. During that time, he worked with many employees from the Tribal Cultural Resources Department, including Manager David Harrelson, Historic Preservation Manager Briece Edwards, Cultural Protection Specialist Chris Bailey and Senior Archaeologist Jessica Curtman. “Being able to work in partnership with the staff at the Historic Preservation Office, with Briece Edwards and David Harrelson and really the whole staff there, really taught me what archaeology can look like …

, and ceremonial pipes and just about anything else I decide to make. Over the years, my kids kept buying me books on carving.” His favorite materials to work with are red cedar and yew. One totem pole took 360 hours to complete and is located at his former residence in Glide. “It is mounted on a cement platform so it will probably never decay,” Larry says. Larry has three daughters and two sons, and eight grandchildren. He spent his working years at Champions Plywood in Roseburg. He is grateful to be a Tribal …

confidence in the commission to give me this opportunity,” he says. “I remain humbled and enthusiastic.” The Legislative Commission for Indian Services was formed 45 years ago and was the first of its kind in the country. It is permanent forum for consideration of Tribal-state government relations and consultation. In 2001, commission duties expanded after the state passed a state-Tribal government-to-government relations law, which required ongoing consultation with its nine federally recognized Tribes …

a plan God sets out for us.” She smiled and continued, “Now, I can see that you’ll get tired of me coming out here to visit you.” The Corvallis School District celebrated Harrison during an indoor ceremony at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, May 5. She sat at a decorated table with niece and Tribal member Lisa Watson on one side, and Umatilla Board of Trustees Chair Kathryn Brigham, who is also Harrison’s niece, on the other side. Harrison was one of three people that Corvallis School District Superintendent …

telling me, ‘You’re going to be the drag clown in residence, you’re going to come as Carla and you’re going to host our opening dinner because we’re going to host a big dance party with Honey Dijon.’ I just couldn’t believe it.” Honey Dijon is an American DJ, producer and electronic musician who has most recently toured with Madonna and performed internationally at clubs, festivals, art fairs, galleries and fashion events. Hudson spent the week of April 14-21 immersing himself in all things Italian …

Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy was more reserved. “Before it even started, someone asked me, ‘What do you think about that?’” Kennedy said. “I said, ‘Well, I think it’s about time. It was something that happened that’s been swept under the rug … I equated it in similarity to the Holocaust; now people are questioning, did that even happen, and it’s along those same lines. But for me, really, the proof is in the pudding.” Kennedy said she recalls working with other Indigenous leaders in the Pacific …