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to you and listening to you talk about the program and how to make it better.” George said the Minor’s Trust Fund program has been in place for 21 years and provided $170 million to Tribal members during that time. “That’s a big deal,” George said. “It’s a program that provides up-and-coming 21 year olds with $100,000 or more. And soon it will be more than that so it’s a big deal. It’s an important program. We’re doing this meeting in Grand Ronde to start the conversation.” George said that Tribal …

a quorum of members and a quorum of Executive Board officers. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, which has been an ATNI member for many years, and Spirit Mountain Casino hosted the Mid-Year Convention from Monday, May 23, through Thursday, May 26, for the first time since May 2010. ATNI formed in 1953 and is dedicated to Tribal sovereignty and self-determination for Native governments in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, southeastern Alaska, northern California, Nevada and western Montana. Conventions …

are tremendously excited to renew our support for your work,” George said. “One of the most important things I get to do today in addition to sharing the grants is also to share with you our very, very sincere and strong heartfelt thanks for the work that you do. I am so pleased to be a part of the fund. We consider it an honor and a privilege to support the work that you do.” Leno said he is proud of the Tribe’s Community Fund. “It was the idea of our council since Restoration in 1983,” said …

of ‘Tiger Lily’ and was beaming.” Baker says she is “honored” to have been even a small part of Hudson’s success. “My job was to create a safe space where students could do what they wanted to (creatively) and be able to enjoy it,” she says. “High school is a hard place. You can’t be creative enthusiastically without someone slamming you. I wanted my students to leave with a voice.” During high school, Hudson was known in drama circles for his quick wit. “One time, we had a situation where …

, for a long time, they were built to erase who we are. But we’re still here. We’re graduating, we’re making moves, we’re proving that we are strong, capable and absolutely meant to be in these spaces. That’s not always easy. We’ve all had moments when it feels too hard, when life, school, or just the weight of everything got to us. But we kept going. We showed up, we leaned on our families, and friends and culture and our community, and that’s what helped us push through. For me, being a part …

to welcome you to Oregon,” Brown said. “When two Tribal chairs come up to you and ask you to speak at a meeting, you do it. It’s a unique and challenging time to govern, and it’s important that we all work together.” Brown highlighted her years serving on the Legislative Commission for Indian Services, established 45 years ago by the state of Oregon as a means of creating a government-to-government relationship between the state and its nine federally recognized Tribes. “We’ve been able to make …

brothers and sisters throughout Oregon. At the age of 18, Esther met and fell in love with Michael Jackson James. They were married in San Antonio, Texas, on Nov. 23, 1966. They had two beautiful children, Michael and Angela. Esther is remembered as a very vibrant and loving person. She valued family above all and was a very devoted grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Jackson James, and her daughter, Angela Bassett. She is survived by her son, Michael; grandchildren …

, but the actual material evidence left behind that can fill in the gaps in history. We want to be able to tell the story of the people who came to the Grand Ronde Reservation. We saw this need.” Harrelson and Edwards say there is a desire to have this type of information to help educate the membership and people who visit the Tribal museum and cultural center – Chachalu. “There is a need for additional information about the time period from the settlement of the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation up until …

. (Photo by Kamiah Koch/Smoke Signals) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer PORTLAND – The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians’ Winter Convention returned to an in-person format for the first time since 2020 and continued to be well-attended with the Grand Ronde Tribe prominently represented. The annual event, held Sunday, Jan. 22, through Thursday, Jan. 26, at the DoubleTree Hilton is an opportunity for meetings, discussion, presentations and committee work that affects …

to the World Waterfall Database, “prior to the development of the Oregon City area, it is thought the falls may have spanned as much as 2,500 feet across.” Although it has been described as a national treasure, the falls is surrounded by industrial buildings and have been difficult to view for the last century. The falls have been important to Indigenous people since time immemorial as an ideal site for fishing for salmon and steelhead, and for catching lamprey. “The falls were home to Grand Ronde’s …