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members.” Those who have not yet registered for a gift can do so by visiting www.grandronde.org , click on the “Celebrating 37 Years of Restoration” link and below there is an online form to fill out. Additionally, the video presentation and the raffle event can be viewed on the site. Kennedy has said moving the Restoration Celebration online allowed the Tribe to honor the day while keeping Tribal and community members safe. “We’re saddened that we won’t be able to gather in person for this year …

nostalgia, but was waiting for the right opportunity. Oddly enough, the COVID-19 pandemic helped provide that. “The mall was closed for three months and that was really tough. I really had to hustle to sell merchandise and thought how it would be better if I had a store located in an area with a lot of foot traffic,” Douglass said. The owners of a Native American tattoo shop down the street from the site Douglass had been eyeing contacted him with information that the current tenant was closing …

to an already approved $100,000 that funds the Tribe’s work as a technical consultant regarding Portland Harbor superfund site cleanup; Approved a Tribal application to the State Fire Marshal’s Office that would award a wildland urban interface grant that would cover supplies, training, equipment and communications equipment. Planning & Grants Manager Kim Rogers said the grant is worth $25,500 per fire engine for a maximum of three engines; Approved a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Indian …

construction can begin this year at the 80-acre Rink Two property east of the Grand Meadows manufactured home subdivision. Home lots will be roughly 10,000 square feet with approximately 20 homes in the first phase of construction. “Hopefully, we’ll have more site work done later this year and possibly a home constructed,” Leno said. It’s been 23 years since Grand Meadows, located on Tribal property at McPherson and Grand Ronde roads, opened to Tribal families. Housing Department officials say …

will continue to focus on these topics and others that come her way. So far, the biggest challenge of the fellowship year has been the inability to work in person. “Everything has been altered and this has really been a challenge,” she said. “It’s really hard because when you think of a normal fellowship, you are in the office, working together on site. You get a lot more networking and spontaneous conversations that happen.” She offered the example of various congressional committee meetings being …

, Prineville, Tillamook and Burns that the lost revenue will increase to $62 million for the Oregon Lottery and $31 million for Tribes. In addition, if the machines expand into the 11 off-track betting locations operated throughout Oregon by Grants Pass Downs at 250 machines per site, the losses could increase to $174 million for the Oregon Lottery and $86 million for Tribes. “In the first scenario, Tribal income would fall approximately 5 percent,” the ECONorthwest study states. “In the second, where …

of $13 million and $6 million, respectively. The ECONorthwest study also estimates that if the machines expand in the same numbers to the other four fairgrounds race tracks in Union, Prineville, Tillamook and Burns that the lost revenue will increase to $62 million for the Oregon Lottery and $31 million for Tribes. In addition, if the machines expand into the 11 off-track betting locations operated throughout Oregon by Grants Pass Downs at more than 200 machines per site, the losses could increase …

mostly being shuttered since March 2020, Chachalu has re-opened to the public. Call 503-879-2226 before visiting. There are also plans to reboot the popular AV Club programming, which aims to share the Tribe’s history with community members and employees by showing videos and photos from the archives on a regular basis. Cultural Resources will be launching the chachalu.org site this year, dedicated to digital exhibits and cataloged materials of what the Tribe has in its cultural collections so …

Tribal Government & News Interior report on Indian boarding schools includes Grand Ronde site 05.12.2022 Dean Rhodes Culture , Federal government According to a list of Indian boarding schools compiled by the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Grand Ronde Boarding School opened in 1862 and closed in 1908. For much of its existence, it was run in conjunction with the Catholic Church. It was still in operation when this photo of the Grand Ronde Agency was taken around 1890. (Smoke Signals file …

the Willamette River from the Oregon City side. The platform was completed on Oct. 23, 2018. PGE then filed an appeal with the state Land Use Board regarding the Tribe’s fishing platform site because the city of West Linn did not regulate the structure, but the Land Use Board dismissed the appeal in April 2019. On July 28, 2021, PGE’s Board of Directors approved a resolution that the company would pursue acquiring all of the state’s rights, title and interest in the contested property. According …