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races have seen a turnout of eligible voting members – those 18 or older -- in the low 30-percent range. This year, Tribal Council candidates are incumbents Tonya Gleason-Shepek and Chris Mercier and challengers Mark Mercier, Michael Langley, Lisa Leno and David Lewis. Angela Schlappie withdrew from the race in late July. Tribal Election Day is Saturday, Sept. 9. Ballots were mailed to Tribal voters on Wednesday, July 26. Candidate statements appeared in the July Tilixam Wawa , which was mailed …

Tribal Government & News Grand Ronde Police Log -- March 26-April 8 04.13.2017 Dean Rhodes Public Safety Sunday, March 26 During a traffic stop, Tribal police encountered a male making suicidal comments. The Polk County Mobile Crisis Team was called. Tribal police assisted Yamhill County deputies with a mental health-related call. Monday, March 27 Tribal police assisted Yamhill County deputies with a domestic disturbance in Willamina. A male requested to speak to the police in the 27000 block …

of Tilixam Circle. Assist outside agency with a driving complaint in the area of milepost 6 on Salmon River Highway. Suspicious activity in the area of Raven Loop and Tilixam Circle. Assist outside agency in the 27000 block of Andy Riggs Road. Assist outside agency in the 49000 block of Southwest Hebo Road. Suspicious activity in the area of Tyee Road and Wind River Drive. Thursday, Oct. 26 Assist outside agency in the 9700 block of Tilixam Circle. Suspicious conditions in the 9600 block …

on Friday, May 26. Almost 200 people gathered with the family for Beryle’s service and her cousin, John Sanchez, traveled to Oregon from the East Coast to perform the services at Beryle’s request. “She was like a sister to my mother, but she was also like a sister to us,” Sanchez said. Like many members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Beryle and her family were relocated to California by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1956. She was 21 and living in Tillamook when the family …

oversaw her second quarterly check distribution in the Governance Center Atrium since taking over the fund in February. “You are here because your steadfast work in communities fulfills our mission,” Cherry said about the Tribal tradition of potlatch, or sharing the bounty. “We thank you very much for the work that you are doing.” The Community Fund distributed seven small grants and 26 large grants to nonprofit organizations in 11 northwestern Oregon counties. Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno …

is that the bar to me has been set really, really high in terms of the kind of work that we can hope for for districts and their Tribal partners.” Banks, which is west of Portland off of Highway 26, is within the traditional homelands of the Tualatin Kalapuya, one of the myriad Tribes and bands that were forced to move to the Grand Ronde Reservation in the 1850s and confederate after signing treaties with the federal government. Leo testified that the Banks School District has already removed its old …

-quarter check distribution, which was postponed from Dec. 14 because of a winter storm in the Willamette Valley, the Community Fund gave out 38 grants – 26 large grants and 12 small -- totaling $701,385, bringing the 2016 distribution to 156 grants totaling $4.4 million. Since its inception in 1997, the Community Fund has given out 2,400 grants totaling $72.3 million. The Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, receives 6 percent of proceeds from Spirit …

-century or more club were Higher Education Manager Bryan Langley at 25 years, and Health Benefits Specialist Barbara Steere, Staff Accountant Melanie Hubbard and Procurement Assistant Kelly Herber at 26 years apiece. Employees reaching the 20-year mark of service included Assistant Tribal Attorney Kim D’Aquila and Health & Wellness Data Entry Specialist Sharon Wattier, and Tribal Attorney Rob Greene notched his 22 nd year of employment. Natural Resources Manager Michael Wilson and Finance Officer …

, Tribal representatives shared cups of coffee and conversation with local representatives from the Medford area. And on Saturday, Sept. 26, on the shores of the Rogue River and in the shadow of Table Rock, Tribal members held an encampment at TouVelle State Recreation Site that included coffee brewed by Tribal Council member Jon A. George and conversation and community while beading. The Friday event attracted attendees from the Medford and Grants Pass offices of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management …

.” Also surviving her are four grieving sisters, Dawn Peterson, Valorie Sheker-Tovey (Dave Tovey), Marjorie Long and Nikki Elkins (Ray Elkins); her uncle Jan and aunt “Tah” Reibach; and numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and her entire Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde family. Viewing was held Saturday, Sept. 26, at Dallas Mortuary, 287 S.W. Washington St., Dallas, Ore. Services were held Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Grand Ronde Community Center with burial and a meal following. Share On Facebook …