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, spending two years of being abused like that,” Davis said. “I come here and it just charges me and fires me up. … I’m 60 years old. This happened in my 20s. I thought I got it under control and I never did. It was my personal shot back at those guys who did it.” Davis now handles military sexual trauma claims as the Veterans Service Officer for the Yamhill County Disabled American Veterans chapter. An estimated two-thirds of women who have served in the Army have endured some degree of sexual …

accurate picture of Tribal people will ultimately help Native students as well. “To me, it makes them (Native students) more knowledgeable just about the role that they played in the place that they live,” said Reeves. “The more knowledge and the more information you have, the more able you are to become a critical thinker. I think it’s important for people to understand, not just kids, but people to understand that we are still here today and we are still practicing our culture and we’re still …

. “For me, it was just amazing to see our people up there on the rocks, dip netting. It was almost like you could see our ancestors doing it,” he said. “And then to have the success that we had. We were allowed 15 fish, and they had 15 fish in about 3.5 hours. I was thinking we might not even get one fish. It was quite awesome.” Leno said witnessing Tribal members fishing at Willamette Falls ranks high on the Tribe’s list of accomplishments during his 20-year tenure on Tribal Council. “It’s right up …

from 2013 until he got the job working for the Tribe earlier this year. Drake and his girlfriend Rachel Steege just purchased a home in Willamina in which to raise their 3-year-old daughter Ava. “It was a great job but this was an opportunity I wanted to take to come back out to the Tribe and be productive for the Tribe and give back to the Tribe because they have given me so much,” said Drake. “So here I am giving back.” Drake’s first project working as a full-time GIS analyst has been taking …

a difficult situation. Attendees linked that observation to the historical trauma that affects Native families and is handed down from generation to generation. “I’ve had many vets tell me that they made their peace with dying while in combat,” Bertagnolli said. “However, what they can’t go through is something like a divorce.” In response to a question about how rural mental health providers are supposed to handle suicidal veterans, Bertagnolli suggested providers display compassion and empathy …

for me that I really liked was that he made it known that he wants to be part of the community and is willing to stay out here and be with the community. That is a big part because we have to have somebody that is wanting to be part of the community. Roel really does care.” Hernandez began his career with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in the largest prison system in the United States before coming to the Pacific Northwest and working for the Oregon Youth Authority and spending time …

, the American Indian Council of Mariposa County, the Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California, the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, the Bridgeport Indian Colony and the Mono Lake Indians known as the Kutzadika’a. “Our job is to do all of the NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) compliance for the park and to take the lead in all of the consultation for the interaction with the Tribes,” said Thorsgard. “I’m in a really …

never before been involved in politics come to me and say, ‘How can I help?’ ” During her first three years, George said she wants to increase Tribal Council transparency and accountability, revitalize the Tribe’s economic development efforts and revisit the Tribe’s Strategic Plan, which has expired. Mercier said that George probably benefitted from her high-profile position as director of Spirit Mountain Community Fund. He recalled that Angie Blackwell received 604 votes in 2004 when she ran …

, rifles, axes, kettles and beads. “To me the most interesting thing about this is the people take on an identity in that the Macgruder account they have names, they have property, they were already engaged in subsistence agriculture, they were producing grain and hay and they owned beads and dentalium shells and canoes and muskets and axes and kettles,” says Beckham. “And all of that; all of those personal items were simply just left behind. They were forced to leave in such a hurry with only six …

that will be a plus for our membership here and for all that wish to come and visit. Thank you very much and I hope you still stand behind me on this issue and voice your opinions. Rex D. Haller Roll #905 Dear Tribal members: I am not normally one to bet. But in hindsight I would have bet that the person most eager to respond to my July 15 letter would be Leroy Good. Some aspects of Leroy’s letter are very misleading and warrant responses. I stand by my gerrymandering theory, but more on that later …