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Tribal Government & News Tribal officials lobbying for lands bill 03.31.2026 Danielle Harrison Lands Toby McClary By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Several Tribal officials visited Washington, D.C., in late March to lobby for the Tribe’s proposed acquisition of 18,628 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in the Siuslaw National Forest. Since the land transfer literally takes an act of Congress, Tribal officials met with the Oregon congressional delegation, as well as forest service …

. The meeting, in its entirety, can be viewed on the Tribal website, www.grandronde.org , by clicking on the News tab and then Video. The next General Council meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at the Monarch Hotel near Clackamas Town Center off Interstate 205. It will be followed by a Community Input meeting for Tribal members to bring forth issues of concern. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe …

to install the platform annually at the start of the fishing season in May and remove it at the end of the season in late July. Dave Robertson, a PGE public affairs vice president, said in a statement posted on the company’s website that PGE tried the administrative law process and judicially assisted mediation to resolve the dispute and that a recent inconclusive ruling from an administrative law judge “made clear the long road ahead to final resolution.” That ruling, issued on April 1 by Office …

knowledge, Savannah is the first Grand Ronde Tribal member to hold the title,” said her mother, Annette. United Indigenous Students in Higher Education has been sponsoring a powwow for 45 years. In her role as Miss Naimuma, Ingram will attend conferences, events and powwows to represent the organization and Portland State University. Ingram is not currently enrolled at Portland State, but plans to transfer to the university after she completes the Clinical Laboratory Assistant program at Clackamas …

to die. Then, I woke up and was in the hospital.” After her suicide attempt, Schneider went to an inpatient drug treatment facility. She relapsed a month after completing treatment, met another heroin addict at a state Department of Human Services office and he became her boyfriend. Eventually, the two broke up and she met another man who became her husband. After escaping an abusive marriage, she was homeless and couch surfing when she met another man, and the two began robbing people …

varieties of mushrooms are edible, they are not easy to distinguish. "Some of these are edible," Exeter said, referring to a whole family of mushrooms. Distinctions he made came in the form of differences among caps and gills, stipes (or stems), colors and spores. Tribal Elder Leonette Galligher said the technical terms went right by her, but she enjoyed the overall presentation. "It was interesting," she said. "Tons of people in the U.S. eat them," said Exeter, adding that people do die from …

NewsHour story published at the end of 2025, reporter Stephanie Sy said that among the thousands of brains in UW’s lab, less than five have been donated from Native Americans. Dr. C. Dirk Keene is shown holding a brain as he tells Sy that not having many Native American brains to study makes it difficult to understand what happens to them before they die. UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Director Dr. Thomas Grabowski says Native Americans have higher rates of risk factors that may lead …

Lands Department/Self-Governance Manager Jan Reibach has presided over numerous land transactions over the years, but this one was unique. Shortly before 2020, Reibach said the state Parks and Recreation Department offered to transfer the Fort Yamhill property to the Tribe, on the condition that it maintain the property as a public park. “We are responsible for all land acquisitions of the Tribe, regardless of purpose. … we have a Tribal Realty Program with the Tribal lands that administers all …

over your application and essays." Her plans include continuing to work part time through spring to save money for a mission trip to Africa this summer. While in Africa she will serve in the Love's Door Orphanage ministry teaching children in the villages and working to fulfill needs in the local community; truly a life-changing experience. When she returns she will start full-time studies this fall at Chemeketa Community College to earn her associate Oregon transfer degree. Her plan …

with the transfer taking only four months and eight days from the time that our application was submitted," Reibach said. "Our success in Tribal Realty is due to having such a great team here, including a Tribal Council that is very astute on Indian land issues, an excellent working relationship with the state and county agencies, and some hard-working folks at the BIA and BLM." In December, Reibach briefed the Tribal membership on Tribal lands, stating that the Tribe owned 12,513 acres …