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like. Brandy called her book, "A love worth dying for," but because of the disease, the project never was finished. She also likes shop work. "I was building a jewelry box and a cutting board," she said, but one of the sanders she needed broke down. She played basketball and soccer, and loved hip-hop dancing. Depending on the course of the disease, she could get back to all of it. Risks remain, however. She is fighting balance issues and is tired all the time. The doctors don't know yet whether …

, England. Through personal contacts at Western Oregon University, he and the other students came over to teach Tribal members what they know about performance. "They've been in contact with us for some time and wanting to set up a program," said Travis Stewart, a Tribal member and Cultural specialist working in the Youth Education program. "They came out in the last couple weeks and finally we were able to get them out this week and working with the kids." "OK," Perrott said to the group …

- a femoral bone graft and Achilles tendon lengthening - took all of second grade (last year) to recover. In fact, this time last year he was just getting out the wheelchair and using a walker to get around at school. "He has worked very hard to recover and regain his strength (and his doctor at Shriner's has recently given him a year off surgery since he is doing so well). His knee and ankle on his left leg are not completely formed joints like most of the rest of us have, and he has much less muscle …

was looking for the right location and opportunity to develop the center in a way that would be sustainable for generations to come." The project fits into the Land and Culture Department's Mission Statement that reads in part "to identify, protect, preserve, restore, procure and manage the Tribe's ancestral lands, cultural places, cultural places, cultural collections and practices throughout the Tribe's ceded lands and areas of interest." "This is a historic time for the Tribe," Reibach said …

children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and is most remembered as someone who put all others before herself. Shirley was proud of her Native American heritage and belonging to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, sewing and reading. She enjoyed classic TV and movies. She had a special love for teaching children and caring for seniors. She was a very devoted mother and grandmother, and lived her life serving God and others. She was a faithful …

of Directors. Dillon has held many positions during his 40-year career, but this is the first time he will hold the general manager title. "I've developed a lot of friendships and close relationships with people here in the Tribe," Dillon says in his casino office. "I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to step up to that position and work with Tribal managers here. I feel that hopefully I will be able to move those people into positions and develop them, which will be the last goal in my …

in the United States was and is with Native American culture. Sanchez performed an emotional rendition of the song “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” which was written by Wallace Willis who was both black and Choctaw. Willis was also a free man at a time when very few African-Americans were. The cast shared with the audience the blending of the two cultures that was ironically both forced and discouraged by whites. The cast talked about how songs and chants in both cultures were passed down from generation …

and was devastated that those items were in the fire. “I had a tough year,” said Tammy. “I beat cancer to have everything I own go up in flames. I gave up a 20-year career so that I could beat cancer and then to lose it all.” Prior to learning of her cancer, Tammy sold restaurant supplies all over the country. When she learned she needed to take time off to have her thyroid removed as part of the cancer treatment, she also learned her boss would not allow the time off. Tammy said she quit to move …

workload” for the department. Those Oregon court decisions accompanied by short time frames during which to accomplish court-mandated goals affect such things as the temperature standards established to protect salmon to the amount of mercury allowed in Willamette Basin fish. “We’re in a ‘do’ loop,” Whitman said. “Litigation that is creating a lot of uncertainly about what requirements are that make it very difficult for us to get permits updated, which means the permits are not being brought …

that hopefully when people were looking at the three people (to vote for), I just appeared more on that.” Langley said he thought that the experience he garnered from running in 2016 helped him run a better campaign this year, as well as delivering the same message to all Tribal members. “I feel like I have been preparing for this my whole life, so I’m excited,” he said. Leno said her campaign reflected who she has been in the community for more than two decades. “I was very honored and humbled …