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recognized only 10 percent of college students nationwide and was described as “a prestigious honor.” Leno is the daughter of Reyn and Liz Leno of Willamina and attended Portland State University. The award came with recognition in the U.S. Achievement Academy Official Collegiate Yearbook. 1988 – Congress repealed the decades-old Termination resolution. The 1953 policy, which led to the government terminating federal recognition of some Indian Tribes, including Grand Ronde, was described as “both …

Tribal Government & News Former Grand Ronde police officer pleads no contest to charges 10.31.2016 Dean Rhodes Public Safety DALLAS -- Former Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department K-9 Officer Patrick McConnell pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts of tampering with public records and first-degree official misconduct on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Polk County Circuit Court. Judge Gilbert Feibleman accepted McConnell’s plea and found him guilty of the two counts. The state dismissed two other …

, such as Native Americans and African-Americans, and stealing Native lands. “Of course we’ll support that,” she said. Juneteenth celebrates when the last slaves found out about the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1865. The day commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Tribal Council released an official statement on social justice on Wednesday, June 17, that said, in part, “As a Tribe, we stand for equality and condemn the systematic racism and oppression facing so many. These recent …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council incumbents reign: Leno, Langley and Mercier re-elected 09.12.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Elections Graphic by Samuel Briggs III/Smoke Signals By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor For the second year in a row, Tribal voters said they like the status quo on Tribal Council and returned all three incumbents to their seats for three-year terms, according to official results released by the Tribe’s Election Board. Vice Chair Chris Mercier and Tribal …

10 years of service she also distributed Tribal Pendleton blankets. 2011 – The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde became the official owner of the eight-acre Grand Ronde Middle School property. The Tribe agreed to buy the land and 27,443-foot facility for $675,000 from the Willamina School District. The property was part of the Tribe’s original reservation given to it in an 1857 Presidential Order in exchange for ceded lands that included most of western Oregon. The property was zoned as Grand …

four months later, Fullerton has been hired as the new Community Transitions Program manager for the Health & Wellness Department, according to an all-employee e-mail distributed on Tuesday, May 9. Fullerton’s new duties will be ensuring the community transition properties are developed and ready for occupancy. He also is accountable for establishing program policies and procedures for the transitional housing sites supported by Health & Wellness. No official reason for Fullerton’s termination …

Tribal Government & News Kennedy, Tuomi and George lead in Tribal Council election results 09.12.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Elections Official Tribal Council election results have incumbents Cheryle A. Kennedy and Jon A. George winning re-election and Brenda Tuomi taking over the seat being vacated by Tribal Council Secretary Toby McClary. The official vote count was Kennedy, 459; Tuomi, 439; George, 434; Steve Bobb Sr., 432; June Sherer, 428; Tammy Garrison, 339; Kathleen Tom, 315 …

the orchards were since we also picked apples and plums in season. Interstate 5 is now where there were orchards and fields. Another memory I recall is the students' cemetery located where the tall trees grow now on the old Chemawa campus. Most people don't know that in the old days, the children who died at an Indian boarding school were buried there. It is my understanding that the cemetery was bulldozed and cleared of tombstones and crosses in the 1950s. Say a prayer for all the souls far from …

election. Tribal voters returned incumbents Denise Harvey, Kathleen George and Jack Giffen Jr. to Tribal Council, according to official election results released on Saturday, Sept. 7. Harvey received 696 votes and was elected to her third consecutive term. She received the most votes in 2013 and finished third in 2016. Harvey finished four votes shy of joining the “700 Club,” which includes Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy and Tribal Council member Michael Langley as the only Tribal …

model for economic development in Indian Country following a presentation by Tribal Council Chairman Mark Mercier. Officials from throughout the Northwest, including Alaska, listened to Mercier outline the Tribe’s journey from its struggle for Restoration and reservation lands to establishing Oregon’s most successful casino. “The Tribe has always been aggressive about working with different federal agencies,” Mercier said. 1994 – Tribal Council Vice Chair Kathryn Harrison was elected to the Native …