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is available for $5 with parking. Attendance is free. Midnite Express will be the host drum. Invited drums are Southern Cree, Hay Creek Singers, Fort Peck Sioux, Iron Swing and Wankinyan Luta. Howie Thompson (Assiniboine) and Marty Thurman (Sac and Fox Nation/Comache Nation/Absentee-Shawnee Tribe and Delaware Nation) will share emcee duties. The arena director will be Anthony Quenelle (Grand Ronde). Opie Day (Anishinaabe), will be head drum judge; head dance judge will be Tavian Lasley (Meskwaki/Ojibway …

program to continue into November, and free and reduced-price school meals will still be available. Currently, the shutdown is not affecting the National School Lunch Program, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. But some 757,000 Oregonians on SNAP will receive no new benefits issued after Friday, Oct. 31, according to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek. One in six Oregonians receives SNAP benefits, according to ODHA. Approximately 210,000 of them are children. Another 130,000 are adults 65 …

Tribal Government & News Tribe hosting Veterans' Summit on July 9-12 06.21.2013 Ron Karten Events If you go Veterans' Summit: A Gathering of Warriors When: Noon Tuesday, July 9, through 2 p.m. Friday, July 12 Where: Uyxat Powwow Grounds off Hebo Road, Grand Ronde Admission: Free More information: 800-422-0232 It will be difficult not to run into a veteran in Grand Ronde between Tuesday, July 9, and Sunday, July 14. The annual Marcellus Northwest Memorial Veterans Powwow will be held Friday …

Prevention and Recovery Project; Olalla Center of Toledo, $50,000, for its sensory therapy room; Oregon Environmental Council of Portland, $15,000, for its Clean Water for All program; Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation Inc. of Portland, $17,500, for its patient care program; Raphael House of Portland, $20,000, for a shelter for domestic violence survivors and their children; Salem Free Clinics, $50,000, for free access to care for uninsured/underinsured patients with diabetes; Samoa …

Smart vending machine offers health aids, information 01.12.2026 Nicole Montesano The Tribe recently placed a smart vending machine at the Tribal Community Center. It offers a variety of free health promotion items, such as dental kits for adults and children, first aid kits and feminine hygiene products. It’s also a navigation tool for healthcare, community, housing, food and substance use support within a 50-mile radius, including resources the Tribe offers. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo …

as they are performing their official duties." Since Oregon's nine federally recognized Tribes are located in rural areas, such as Pendleton, Burns, Grand Ronde and Florence, the new state law should make remote areas of Oregon safer places to live for Tribal and non-Tribal members alike. Roblan said he believes the legislation will promote reciprocity, making it more likely that Tribal police forces would partner with other Oregon law enforcement personnel. These agreements between Tribes and surrounding law …

combination." In Portland to talk at a Community Development Financial Institutions conference, Boyd, the top official within the Office of Native American Programs, spoke during a July 20 side trip to look at Tribal housing and other HUD projects in Oregon, starting with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Boyd and Office of Native American Programs Northwest Regional Director Ken Bowring toured the Housing Authority communities and the Tribal campus, with narration provided by Grand Ronde Tribal …

the same things Native people do. We have a lot of land and can plant a lot of these plants. We can create opportunities to hunt and fish. "I've been wanting to say something in an official way. My hope is next term to have a set of policies (reflecting the city's support for making information available and wild food accessible) that can be used here and elsewhere." The effort has the support of Steve Cohen, manager of Food Policy for the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, the agency …

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 …