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. Elder Kathryn Harrison, who testified before Congress in 1983 in support of Tribal Restoration, gave the invocation at the Plankhouse, while Elder and Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. and Bobby Mercier provided invocations during the afternoon activities at the gym. The day's events were streamed on the Tribal Web site and Eugene Tribal Services Representative Andy Jenness punctuated his Facebook page all afternoon with captioned photos. Tribal photographer Michelle Alaimo also posted a photo …

Tribal Government & News Tribe purchases Greyhound Park property in Wood Village 12.30.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council WOOD VILLAGE – The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is now the owner of the 31-acre Multnomah Greyhound Park site in Wood Village. The Tribe closed on the property on Friday, Dec. 11. The site, which is no longer used for dog racing, was listed for sale at $11.2 million in 2015 by owner Arthur McFadden. Tribal Council approved pursuing purchase of the site at its Oct. 14 …

City, Clackamas County, regional government Metro and the state of Oregon that has been working since 2011 to open public access to Willamette Falls, including a public riverwalk alongside the Willamette River. The Grand Ronde Tribe became a major player in the Legacy Project when it purchased the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City in August 2019. “As the owners of the 23-acre Blue Heron property at Willamette Falls, we have already made significant progress toward bringing new life …

on enrollment will be under way. I hope we can finally put to bed this divisive issue that has been fracturing our Tribe since 1999. Every current Council member paid lip service to enrollment in his or her campaign, and from what I can tell, not all of them were sincere. There has been little movement on this issue for the past three years. Even now some Council members are passive-aggressively sabotaging the matter by attempting to distract the membership and delay the election even further. On Sept. 14 …

– The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians’ Winter Convention continues to be a well-attended event and the Grand Ronde Tribe was prominently represented in several different areas. The annual event, held Sunday, Jan. 26, through Thursday, Jan. 30, at the DoubleTree Hilton is an opportunity for meetings, discussion, presentations and committee work that affects policy, legislation and the future of Indian Country in the Pacific Northwest. ATNI represents 57 Tribal governments from Oregon …

old; Approved an application to the Oregon Emergency Management Department for a $62,500 grant that would help fund two positions in the Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department. The Tribe would be required to match the grant dollar for dollar; Approved the enrollment of three infants and three non-infants into the Tribe because they meet the requirements outlined in the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance; Approved Tribal credit cards for Natural Resources Department employees Waylon Rich …

loan, Douglass decided to try an investment campaign using web-based Honeycomb Credit instead, with the goal of raising at least $25,000. By the time the campaign ended on July 14, he had raised $37,537. Douglass, who founded the business in 2020, plans to use the money to purchase more items that tend to sell faster. “For example, because it’s summer time, people are buying slides, jerseys and T-shirts more than any other time of the year,” he said. “The added capital from the Honeycomb …

trip to Chankal, a culturally important site south of Salem. Lectures by Ceded Lands Program Manager Michael Karnosh and Thorsgard provided an engaged audience with information differentiating reservation lands from ceded lands from "usual and accustomed" places. Through a brief Tribal history, Karnosh reminded the audience, "All Tribes are different culturally and organizationally." Karnosh also described the many different treaties Tribal forebears signed. Some were recognized by Congress …

from which bows are traditionally made. There is a year or more of drying that goes into the wood staves before they are ready to become a bow, but local hazel (nut) wood is plentiful in the area. Bows also are made of a bamboo species called rattan and service berry wood, neither of which are local, said Krehbiel. Vine maple, however, is local and makes some of the best bows, said Mercier. Cultural Protection Coordinator Eirik Thorsgard gave a presentation on flint knapping to show how early …

," said Tribal Council member Jon A. George. "This spot," he added, "was the old BIA school that I went to until sixth grade." Of two emotional times in his life, McClary said the first was the opening of the plankhouse and the second is "the opening of this Museum and Cultural Center." "Reclaiming this place as a site of cultural teaching and sharing and affirmation is extraordinarily inspiring," said Dobkins. Though so many people have worked so hard for so long to bring this facility to life, she …