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likely tell you their son thinks he is a great comedian. Twelve-year-old Grand Ronde Tribal member Sean Gerbrandt has taken that to a new level by actually performing stand-up comedy and being recognized for how well he did it. His big break came after placing second in the Sheridan Japanese School talent show last year. As a top finisher, he was invited to perform in the West Valley’s Got Talent competition held on Saturday, March 16, presented by the Sheridan Rotary Club. “It was pretty big and I …

) are recognizing the work that the council is doing,” she said. “My message in my campaign was to keep us moving forward and I think that the membership spoke on that. We want to keep moving forward in the direction we’re going.” George received 685 votes and returned to Tribal Council for her second consecutive term. She was the top vote-getter in 2016 with 624 votes. “I was so happy,” George said before the General Council meeting about seeing the election results. “I was just so pleased. I …

and reusable grocery bags. Unlike in previous years, a cultural encampment was not held nearby along the shores of the Rogue River or in the foothills of the Table Rocks. However, Greene, Archuleta and Tribal member Chris Rempel hiked to the top of Lower Table Rock in the afternoon. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

Tribal Government & News Harvard study finds Oregon Tribes benefitted from CARES Act's funding formula 05.19.2020 Dean Rhodes Federal government Graphic by Samuel F. Briggs/Smoke Signals By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Three Oregon Tribes – the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Siletz, and the Klamath Tribes – are among the top 25 “over-represented” Tribes under the Treasury Department’s formula for distributing the first $4.8 billion in CARES Act funds, according to a Harvard study …

in contact. When he was released in 2019, they got back together and he reintroduced her to opiates. “At first he would get me pills, then they became too expensive so then it was suboxone, which made me sick,” she says. “Then, he brought home some black tar heroin. Things went downhill from there. I was hooked from the first time I used it. Even if you only use it once or twice, you get withdrawals. Then I started using meth on top of it to stay awake since I was using so much heroin …

the project gave a decent overview of the situation, they did not explain the “drama” Tribal representatives have had to deal with. “There’s so much more that did not make it into those stories that I think needs to be told,” Mercier said. Kennedy said access to Willamette Falls will remain a “top priority” for the Grand Ronde Tribe as the project continues. “Renewing, restoring and revitalizing Willamette Falls is an opportunity not to be squandered,” Kennedy said. “And we have no intention of letting …

of a large window, or fishing off the platform, located next to the back door of the business. “Just seeing our art and creation come together is great,” Krehbiel says. “Once we started really seeing it unfold, it was sweet. If anything else, I hope in 10 years we can continue to put our hands on this and help out. This will be the sign to our ancestors that we didn’t forget them because it shows our people were living here.” A mountain with steps along the way completes the top of the mural …

billion. “That’s just the ones we actually heard about,” she said. “We know fraud losses exceed that number.” The top scam of 2021 was the “imposter scam.” Essentially, a scammer contacts a person via phone, e-mail and increasingly through a text message, pretending to be someone a person trusts from a well-known business, bank or a government agency. They’ll tell you your Social Security number was compromised, you’ve been implicated in a crime, your bank account information is needed to process …

with Ai Binh T. Ho, a fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies who focuses on innovations in child care access at the Better Life Lab, to co-author an article discussing the benefits of cradleboard use in early learning environments. The two recently published their article in Early Learning Nation , an independent early learning magazine. “We started working on this to bring awareness regarding cradleboard use and acceptance,” Atanacio says. “We’ve had top-level people within state …

Rights Fund . “We need to be engaged in the electoral process from top to bottom,” Macarro said. “Elections matter.” Macarro, as others before him, further touched upon pressing issues such as fentanyl and mental health, as well as generational trauma, including boarding schools. NCAI co-organized the National Tribal Opioid Summit with the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and Tribal partners in August 2023, held at the Tulalip Tribe in Washington. Fentanyl overdose deaths exceeded deaths …