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to) outside management," said Leake. "The idea is to highlight the work that is being done well in Indian Country." "(The award) was an honor," said Thomas. "That's a very classy organization. I'm very happy that my cousin, (Tribal member) Shelley Hanson Sneed, nominated me. She's probably more deserving of the award than I am." Sneed was director of Spirit Mountain Community Fund from 2005-11 when she became administrator of the Oregon Landscape Contractors Board. "He had worked his way up to partner …

Culture Monty Herron helps others breathe easier 09.12.2012 Dean Rhodes People , Education When Micky Herron comes around, people breathe easier. Herron, 35, of Junction City, Kan., is a respiratory therapist at Irwin Army Community Hospital, a job that interests him technically and allows him to give back to the military he served for four years. "It was the respiratory therapy side that got me interested," Herron said. "The mechanics of it. There's more to breathing than what we do …

and painted it, then thought of a better idea and sanded it again. "I like the natural look," he said. "I was better at making the bow than my mother," said Elizabeth Watson-Croy of her mother Glenda Croy, who sat across the table. "Don't rub it in," said her mom. "But she shoots straighter than me," said Watson-Croy. Jeremy Lane, 16, gave his first bow to his uncle because "it's tradition to give away the first bow you make. He hunts with a bow and I thought he'd like it." "For a lot of kids …

responded to an advertisement for the Tribal Court's Peacemakers program, but she was ineligible because those positions are reserved for Tribal members. "They said they were also looking for CASA volunteers and that sounded right for me," Jones said. "It sounded real right." She thought to herself, "Let's see if we can help a child go down the right road. I felt it would be pretty worthwhile if we could do that." Volunteers, in short supply here and in CASA programs across the country, have been …

of 45 minutes, Echo-Hawk covered the wide range of his experiences, provided a succinct history of Indian law, described why the legal winds may now be at the backs of American Natives and insisted that the coming generation will "complete the American Revolution." "This is not just about me," he said, but about a whole generation or two generations who have fought in the courts, literally creating the body of Tribal law. "My work started with the Tribal sovereignty movement beginning …

that everyone is receiving the care that they need.” Poage says she relates to the Tribe’s long-standing tradition of taking care of its Elders and that she believes in the same traditions. Poage says her initial reaction to working in Grand Ronde has been a positive one. “It’s superior,” says Poage of the Adult Foster Care program. “It makes me feel good to come to a place that is so beautiful. I’m hoping to add to that and to maintain that good quality that is here.” Poage says she has spent …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Jan. 1, 2016 12.30.2015 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : As a Tribal member who votes in every election, I do remember many of our current Tribal Council members running on ethics and transparency. When leaders push for the membership having to vote on bundled enrollment proposals, I do have to question the reasoning behind it. Why not just make it easy and separate matters? It seems to me like the most appropriate and honest way to go …

that participated in the study. (The Coquille Tribe and Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw did not participate.) "The way Oregon collects data on Tribal members has not allowed them to see our kids within the larger picture," George said. "That helped me see the problem that Oregon Tribal education directors were having … they were trying to find a needle in a haystack of how actually enrolled Tribal kids are doing among 67,000 people who were self-identifying." Other study findings …

working for Great Western Corp. on the Fogarty Creek Bridge project on U.S. Highway 101. “He has been offered to move with the company to the next project in California, so a real success story in a short period of time for Ferrell DeGarmo,” said Azure. DeGarmo, who was the March worker of the month, received an engraved plaque and a $150 gift certificate to Spirit Mountain Casino. “I just want to thank everybody – all the TERO staff,” said DeGarmo. “I’m thankful for all the opportunity given to me …

,” Kennedy said in a conference room of the Courtyard Marriott Hotel adjacent to Medford’s airport. “From the smallest insects to the birds and wildlife there, all are important to us. … I took my grandma to Table Rocks in 1997 and she told me stories, and always talked about the importance of the plants. I always remembered that. Many are in danger now and what can we do to revive them? These are the things we want to talk about.” Upper and Lower Table Rock have significant cultural …