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Tribal Government & News Legislative Day helps build Tribal-state relationships 02.27.2014 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , State government Two Grand Ronde culture photographs sat on easels in the state Capitol Galleria on Thursday, Feb. 13. The easels sat in front of two photos and one painted representation of Oregon's three state Capitols dating back to 1854. The scene set the stage for Tribal Governments Legislative Day, an annual forum during which Oregon Tribal representatives can interact …
/articles/2014/02/27/legislative-day-helps-build-tribal-state-relationships/Culture Walking On - Allen Langley Sr. and Kerrie Jones 07.01.2014 Ron Karten Walking On Allen A. "Biff" Langley Sr. July 16, 1925 - April 2, 2014 Tribal Elder Biff Langley, 88, passed away peacefully at home on April 2, 2014. He was the last of the children of Elsie McKay Sulkey-Langley and Allen "Jack" Langley, who died, respectively, in 1929 and 1936. His brothers and sisters were Cleo Sulkey-Gleason, Peter Vernon Sulkey, Roy Langley and William Joseph Langley. Biff was born at Grand Ronde …
/articles/2014/07/01/walking-on-allen-langley-sr-and-kerrie-jones/Health & Education Prose prescription: Reach Out and Read program comes to Tribal clinic 07.01.2014 Dean Rhodes Health & Wellness , People , Education , Tribal employees Dr. Allison Empey first encountered Reach Out and Read as a pediatric resident at Oregon Health & Science University's Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. "I was first exposed to Reach Out and Read when I started seeing my patients in clinic," Empey, a Tribal member who served on Royalty when she was younger, says. "I …
/articles/2014/07/01/prose-prescription-reach-out-and-read-program-comes-to-tribal-clinic/Culture Meteorite mission: Tribal members visit Tomanowos in New York City 07.01.2014 Michelle Alaimo Culture , People , History By Michelle Alaimo Smoke Signals photographer NEW YORK CITY -- The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City entered into an agreement in 2000 that allows the Tribe to conduct an annual private ceremony with Tomanowos, the 15.5-ton Willamette meteorite that was found in 1902 in modern-day West Linn near Willamette …
/articles/2014/07/01/meteorite-mission-tribal-members-visit-tomanowos-in-new-york-city/Gaming Floral feast: Casino float wins another parade award 06.12.2014 Dean Rhodes Spirit Mountain Casino , Events PORTLAND -- Spirit Mountain Casino's Grand Floral Parade float, "Sweet Prayers for a Big World," received the President's Award for most effective overall floral presentation on Saturday, June 7. The float's subtitle was "For memories yet to come." Former Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. again designed the Grand Floral Parade float this year. He has created the last six floats …
/articles/2014/06/12/floral-feast-casino-float-wins-another-parade-award/Tribal Government & News Project Lifesaver helps track people with brain ailments who wander 05.14.2014 Dean Rhodes Public safety There aren't many people signed up for local chapters of Project Lifesaver, but parents, children, spouses or caretakers of a person with Alzheimer's, autism or any traumatic brain injury could find it to be a huge relief if their relative walks off. With this program, they will likely be found within minutes. Grand Ronde Tribal Police Officer Ron Wellborn, who …
/articles/2014/05/14/project-lifesaver-helps-track-people-with-brain-ailments-who-wander/Tribal Government & News Mercier attends sixth annual White House Tribal Nations Conference 12.12.2014 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Federal Government WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tribal Council member Chris Mercier represented the Grand Ronde Tribe at the sixth annual White House Tribal Nations Conference held Wednesday, Dec. 3. The annual conference invited leaders from the 566 federally recognized Native nations – more than 300 attended -- to meet with President Barack Obama, Cabinet officials and …
/articles/2014/12/12/mercier-attends-sixth-annual-white-house-tribal-nations-conference/Tribal Government & News George discusses the power of Tribal philanthropy 09.27.2018 Danielle Frost Tribal Council , Events , Spirit Mountain Community Fund By Danielle Frost Tribal philanthropy and the new relationships it has created among Oregon and Washington Tribes, as well as their surrounding communities, was one of the topics discussed during the Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington Conference: Grantmakers as Changemakers held at Spirit Mountain Casino on Wednesday, Sept. …
/articles/2018/09/27/george-discusses-the-power-of-tribal-philanthropy/Culture Tribal member Levi Sanchez starts financial planning business in Seattle 02.14.2018 Danielle Frost People , Education By Danielle Frost Tribal member Levi Sanchez has had a passion for investing and money since he was a child. Growing up in West Richland, Wash., Sanchez developed a love for the classic board game Monopoly at an early age. “I also remember having conversations about stocks with my grandpa, who’s always been an investor and interested in individual stock picking,” …
/articles/2018/02/14/tribal-member-levi-sanchez-starts-financial-planning-business-in-seattle/Tribal Government & News Tribes supporting legislation to reduce sea lion predation of salmon 08.08.2018 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Culture , Federal Government , Natural Resources Two Oregon Tribes – the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Siletz Tribe – have come out in support of the Predation Reduction of Salmon Act introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, July 31, by Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. The act would address the “urgent” issue of sea lion predation of …
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