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at the Bonneville Power Administration for one at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He merely walked across the courtyard from the BPA offices to the BIA offices. Although Mercier still drives to the same building he has for the past 10 years, the job he does now is very different. While at the BPA, he served as division director of Fish and Wildlife. Now, Mercier is the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ regional director, the senior most official overseeing all Northwest BIA functions ranging from staffing …

information about these types of cultural items associated with Oregon Tribes, and for determining the most appropriate ‘next steps’ for establishing workable strategies and plans for discussion regarding these cultural items and/or return of the items to associated Oregon Tribes.” The Task Force will include the governor’s legal counsel, members of the governor’s staff, representatives from the State Historic Preservation Office and Legislative Commission on Indian Services, and one member each …

in Tribal media being supervised by the same entity it is supposed to hold accountable, creating a potential for government-controlled media. Early findings from the Red Press Initiative include a lack of response from Tribal officials, nearly a third of Tribal media employees self-censoring their work out of fear of losing their jobs and a third of employees stating that public relations staff influence published news all or most of the time. “I have been in situations where I wasn’t allowed to go …

of Grand Ronde Road. A female who was letting her dog run was advised the area was closed after dark. Driving complaint reported in the area of milepost 29 on Highway 18. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle. Assist outside agency with a report of a hazard in the roadway in the area of milepost 16 on Highway 18. Officers were unable to locate any hazard. Traffic assist performed in the area of milepost 26 on Highway 18. The vehicle was broken down and the driver was offered a ride …

vehicle crash into a power pole on Highway 18 near milepost 26. Officers arrived and determined there were no injuries. Citizen contact occurred on Highway 18 near milepost 23. Citizen contact occurred on Highway 18 near milepost 22. Officers assisted a driver whose vehicle was on the side of the road near milepost 22 on Salmon River Highway. Property was found in the 96000 block of Grand Ronde Road. Sunday, Feb. 12 Officers assisted an outside agency with a vehicle that spun out onto a field …

occurred on Highway 18 near milepost 26. A traffic assist occurred on Hebo Road near milepost 19. Officers assisted an outside agency on a reported prowler in the 70000 block of Alvord Alley Road. A driving complaint was reported on Highway 22 near milepost 2. Citizen contact occurred in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Found property was reported in the 8500 block of Grand Ronde Road. Wednesday, Nov. 8 Warrant service occurred in the area of Blacktail Drive. A driving complaint …

on Highway 22 near milepost 7. A driving complaint was reported on Highway 18 near milepost 26. A welfare check occurred in the 28800 block of Salmon River Highway. Saturday, March 8 Fraud was reported in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. A disturbance was reported in the area of Tyee Road and Wind River Drive. Sunday, March 9 Officers assisted an outside agency in the area of D and Main streets in Willamina. Citizen contact occurred in the 9600 block of Grand Ronde Road. A missing person …

members and family left Portland International Airport on Delta Airlines bound for New York City and Tomanowos. The flight was indicative of the trip with clear skies, a few wispy clouds and mild turbulence. Tomanowos history Tomanowos is believed to be the iron core of a planetesimal that was shattered in a collision. Pulled in by Earth’s gravity approximately 13,000 years ago, it fell from the sky at more than 40,000 miles per hour and landed, most likely, in the southern Alberta region of Canada …

Gaming Rose Festival Court visits Spirit Mountain Casino 05.31.2012 Ron Karten Spirit Mountain Casino Fifteen Portland Rose Festival princesses and their entourage visited Spirit Mountain Casino on Tuesday, May 22, to enjoy a brunch-style lunch and thank the casino and Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde for sponsoring the upcoming Grand Floral Parade. Spirit Mountain Casino is in its second year as official sponsor of the iconic Grand Floral Parade, this year set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 9 …

of endangered salmon on the Columbia River and at Willamette Falls, while promoting Tribal management of natural resources and ensuring the humane removal of the animals. “Earlier this summer I stood, helplessly, at Willamette Falls and watched sea lions take salmon and steelhead away from our ceremonial fishermen, our community and our families,” said Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy in a Facebook post placed on the Tribe’s official social media page on Friday, Aug. 3. “We cannot allow …