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Culture Food Bank holds official grand opening 04.14.2015 Dean Rhodes Culture , Events By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Although it has been distributing food since December, an official grand opening event for the Grand Ronde Food Bank -- iskam m f k H m f k haws (“The house where you get food” in Chinuk Wawa) – was held on Thursday, April 9, to commemorate the new partnership between the Tribe and Marion-Polk Food Share in building and operating the site. The Tribe built the new Food Bank …

(at every detail) because they don’t want to feel the job isn’t being done,” Shaver said. Relicensing inspections are conducted by the Oregon Department of Human Services. The on-site portion of an audit takes a full day. Auditors inspect facility records, caregiver records, resident records, facility safety and standards, and operational standards. “They check everything, from whether we have a three-day water supply for each resident to the medication closet being locked to caregivers signing off …

. The program aims to familiarize Tribal members with Native plants, their cultural uses and how to grow them. “They showed us what we needed to do to get started and helped us by providing the materials,” Ojua said. Four years after the project began, Ojua was excited to lead 25 people out to plant 1,600 bulbs at the new restoration site at Champoeg. “I really liked seeing all of the people out here enjoying themselves and learning about Native plants,” he said. “The main goal is to allow Tribal …

the continent. The Warm Springs Reservation will be the launch site because of its convenient location in the eclipse’s path of totality and likelihood of clear skies. Juan-Carlos Chavez, associate director of the Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pipeline, said in an e-mail that this project was conceived to instill a passion for science in Native students. “Through this event, one of our goals is to excite Native American K-12 and college students to pursue degrees in science, technology …

an Indian Health Scholarship Program for Tribal youth pursuing careers as dentists and committing to work at a Tribal service site after graduation from dental school. If adopted, the program would start in the 2018-19 academic year and would be limited to students attending Oregon Health & Science University. Martin said that considering the current budgetary challenges in Salem, it might be best to get the program approved this session and then return for funding in the next legislative session …

the Tribe in “exercising its sovereignty by identifying, acquiring, protecting, restoring and managing Tribal lands and resources throughout the Tribe’s ceded lands and other areas of interest.” The four-person Lands Department staff has myriad responsibilities, Reibach said, from monitoring the Portland Harbor Superfund site cleanup to land acquisition to self-governance to participation in the Northwest Power & Conservation Council. The latter entity is charged with implementing the Bonneville Power …

at the Tribal Elder's meal site. Rather than flowers, family would like friends and relatives to consider giving a donation to cancer research. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

jurisdiction. He also argued that the Cowlitz do not have a historical connection to the land taken into trust for them. Leno said during the Tuesday, March 22, Legislative Action Committee hearing that a decision from the Court of Appeals might be issued in June at the earliest. Meanwhile, Clark County and some of its residents are awaiting a Court of Appeals ruling on a motion for emergency relief to halt the current construction occurring at the Cowlitz site west of Interstate 5 near La Center and plans …

out of circulation then now it’s a collectible chip because no one can get one there. If you don’t have one you can’t get one (from the casino) and that’s what gives it its value,” said Dillon. Dillon said issuing a 120-day notice to the public is a standard in the gaming industry and required by the Gaming Commission. “It gives guests ample time to redeem them,” said Dillon. “In this case, we’ll post it on our Internet site, we’ll post it at our casino cages and we posted it in the paper. We …

the bones where they are if that can happen,” said Harrelson. “We will make every effort to re-bury at the location where those objects or remains are discovered. They belong there.” Sometimes reburial at the site of an inadvertent discovery is impossible, Harrelson said. If an object has already been disturbed and turned into a Sheriff’s Office, then those objects once recovered will be repatriated to Grand Ronde after being identified as belonging to the Tribe. White said groundbreaking …