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he would contact the Election Board regarding the issue and added that he thought board members would handle the situation “very expeditiously.” Mike Portwood, who is a member of the Chief Tumulth family, said his two daughters did not receive their original ballots mailed by Automated Election Services of New Mexico. He received his Tribal ballot in the regular mail in early August, he added. Portwood said he worked with Election Board member Dan Stroebel to get everything fixed and his …

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 …

of my personal time trying to correct some of the unexpected side effects of the 1999 amendment. I was one of the first Tribal members to put in an application to the Enrollment Requirements Ad Hoc Committee in 2005, and was lucky enough to serve. We put a lot of time and thought into our recommendations to the Tribal Council, and although the language may not have been what every one of us wanted individually, there was a consensus amongst a very diverse and opinionated group of Tribal members …

time to archival research. This experience set the course of my life." ­Being hired to build a cultural resources program for the Tribe in 1996 gave Olson the opportunity to collect Tribal history in every form, she said. "After spending years sorting through thousands of historical records, talking with Tribal Elders, listening to old audio-taped interviews and reading firsthand accounts of our people in old journals, I became convinced the life experiences of some of our grandfathers …

extraneous writing on the ballot. The Tribal Constitution requires that at least 30 percent of those registered to vote cast ballots and any changes be approved by a two-thirds majority before a proposal can be adopted. The bundled enrollment requirement proposal would have reduced the relinquishment period from five years to two years, eliminated the requirement of having a parent on the roll at the time of birth or application to become a member of the Tribe, redefined Grand Ronde blood and established …

that I haven't seen for years. How proud I was as I looked around and saw so many there and thought how happy and proud my mom would be to see us all. I know if God has granted her a glimpse, she must have been standing on the edge of a cloud with her hands folded and thanking God with her soft smile on her face, so proud of her children, each and every one. When I left, I didn't want to cry, but I looked around and thought, "Will I be here again, with all of my family?" I'm 90 years old. Time …

for the award by Tribal Elder Marilyn Portwood and fellow Tribal Council member Kathleen Tom, Tribal Attorney Rob Greene and Tribal Public Affairs Director Siobhan Taylor. "Besides his full-time job as councilman, Chris is very active in groups that contribute to the county and the Willamette Valley," Portwood wrote on her nomination form, citing Mercier's chairmanship of Spirit Mountain Casino's Board of Directors and being a member, as well as past-president, of the Mid-Willamette Valley Council …

Health & Education Community begins canning excess produce 08.30.2012 Dean Rhodes Health & Wellness , People The Grand Ronde Community Resource Center and Food Bank sometimes finds itself with an excess of produce, particularly at harvest time. "It is local produce," said Angela Schultz-McCallister, Community Resource Center manager. "It is seasonal produce. Sometimes we get an extra shipment because another food bank doesn't want it, and we'll take it rather than letting it rot. We take …

for being in the State Capitol building. “I am here to honor what you’re doing,” she told Grand Ronde Public Affairs Administrative Assistant Chelsea Clark, Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Martin and Tribal Council Administrative Assistant Shannon Simi, who were handing out copies of Smoke Signals , the Tribe’s ceded lands map, Tribal lapel pins and the very popular chocolates shaped in the form of the Grand Ronde Tribal logo. “I heard you had chocolate,” more than one person said while …

that has existed since time immemorial. "It was part of the plan of Termination to rip us apart. It was part of the plan of Termination to cause a dysfunction within the Tribal communities. It was part of the plan of Termination to disconnect us from our actual aboriginal homelands," Tribal Land and Culture Department Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach said. "Since then, the Tribe has been working very strongly to connect both internally all of our people and connect with our external communities …