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by staff at Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center, Historic Preservation, Youth Enrichment, Youth Education and Youth Prevention. Youths spent the week excavating a site in what once was downtown Grand Ronde, now home to Chachalu. Cultural Protection Specialist Chris Bailey said the camp was designed to spark an interest in young Tribal members to become more engaged with their culture and perhaps consider archaeology as a future career. “There aren’t enough Indigenous people involved in this career …

off a list of threatened species in the near future. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Monday, Oct. 16, that the Nelson’s checker-mallow will be coming off the Endangered Species Act list 30 days after an upcoming notice appears in the Federal Register. In April 1995, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde signed an agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service to continue upkeep of the plant that was found growing in the path of the planned Spirit Mountain Casino site. Although …

historical connections to Willamette Falls. Beckham called it “intellectually dishonest,” and in a 205-page analysis, said the Umatilla had not previously identified any traditional Tribal fishing sites west of Celilo Falls, some 100 miles to the east. A historically vital fishing site for the Tribes of the Columbia Plateau, which include the Warm Springs, Umatilla and Yakima peoples, Celilo Falls was submerged by the Dalles Dam in 1957. Brown is now the Executive Director of the Willamette Falls …

dart over the dragon’s head. A roar went up nearby, as one of the boys struck the dragon’s head with his dart. The girls said they were especially looking forward to the next day, when the group planned a hike from South Lake to Hebo. Further up the road, a second group was touring Fort Yamhill and learning about the Tribe’s work to map the site using ground penetrating radar, before later switching places with the atlatl group. They took turns pushing the radar carriage and observed how …

future investments at Willamette Falls.” “However, we urge the governor to veto the $45 million allocation to the Willamette Falls Trust,” she said. “This private nonprofit has operated without transparency, declined public input and has not accounted for how past funding has been spent. The Trust has not completed a feasibility study, has failed to demonstrate meaningful progress and has excluded the public and Grand Ronde from its visioning efforts. Any investment at this sacred site must …

to the Office of Head Start for the Head Start/Early Head Start American Indian and Alaska Native Program for up to $1.6 million; Approved a grant application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program for up to $250,000; Approved the purchase of the Eel Rock II property for $45,000. The property is adjacent to the Tribe's Eel Rock I property near Highway 18 by Otis. The Eel Rock I property is a historic eel fishing site for Tribal members that is currently …

supervisors. Changing the definition of “waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act is a two-step process, EPA officials said. After the proposed new rule is published in the Federal Register sometime this summer, the proposal will be out for public comment and Tribes will be able to submit their input at that time. Portland Harbor cleanup The consultation segued into discussing the Portland Harbor superfund site cleanup and most of the EPA officials on the phone left the meeting. Mercier said …

had to work around, memorializing, not Tribal history, but the history of the soldiers at the gate. The foothills of the Coast Mountain Range had been a hospitable site for the Yamel branch of the Kalapuya for millennia. Deer and elk were abundant and camas thrived in the floodplains, while Oregon white oak nourished wildlife and provided a bounty of acorns. The hillsides offered tarweed seeds, wild carrots, thimbleberries, huckleberries, native blackberries and more. The hill that later became …

for 12 years before Restoration and two after. He was on Tribal Council the first time the group went to Washington, D.C., and was Tribal Chairman at the time of 1983's Restoration. "Dean made one of our first contacts with (Congressman) Les AuCoin," said Tribal Elder Margaret Provost. "Marv (Tribal Elder Marvin Kimsey) and Margaret (Tribal Elder Margaret Provost) and Merle (former Tribal Elder Merle Holmes) get a lot of credit for what they did," said Tribal member Brent Merrill, "and they did …

Resources Director Kit Devine. 1991 - Grand Ronde's veterans group held several meetings and expressed an interest in becoming involved in the Northwest Indian Veterans Association, which serves as the Veterans' Committee of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and is made up of Northwest Tribal veterans' organizations. 1986 - Tribal Chairman Mark Mercier reported that Congressman Les AuCoin said that he would not be able to introduce legislation this year for the formation of a Grand …