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Tribal Government & News Tribe withdraws from Willamette Falls Trust 05.13.2021 Dean Rhodes Willamette Falls By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy has formally notified the Willamette Falls Trust that the Grand Ronde Tribe will no longer participate as a member. The trust is a nonprofit organization that is raising funds and engaging the community to “realize the collective vision for a spectacular Riverwalk at the Falls,” according to its website …

project was announced on Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2021 by Bow & Arrow Brewing, an Indigenous female-owned brewing company in Albuquerque, N.M. Almost 35 breweries across the country are listed on Bow & Arrow Brewing’s website as participating breweries releasing a “Native Land” beer with their respective land-acknowledgment labels through March. Bow & Arrow Brewing’s website says that to participate, each brewery has to research which Tribe’s ancestral lands their brewery sits on and commit …

flying debris. Children are at the highest risk of injury, so please keep a close eye on kids and restrict the type of fireworks they are allowed to use.” The National Weather Service said on its website that projected weather models were continuing to show disagreement about the extent of the heat wave, with predictions for temperatures reaching 105 or higher in Salem ranging from 35% to 75%. Overnight temperatures are expected to remain high as well, making it harder for people to recover from …

. According to her Oregon House website, Hoyle earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Emmanuel College in Boston, Mass., and lives in west Eugene with her husband and two dogs. Her two children attend college in Oregon. She also has more than 25 years of private sector business experience in domestic and international sales, wholesale distribution and retail management in the sporting goods industry. “I think she is viewed as someone who is a real up-and-coming leader in the state …

Tribal Government & News Feds: August virus relief payment now requires an application first 07.16.2020 Dean Rhodes Federal government , Tribal government By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Adult Tribal members wanting to receive the scheduled $600 COVID-19 Relief Program payment from the Tribe on Aug. 14 will now have to fill out an application first to receive the funding. According to posting on the Tribal government’s website, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued new guidance …

, 1983, Grand Ronde’s federal recognition as a Tribal government was restored when the Grand Ronde Restoration Act was signed into law,” a statement on the Tribe’s website says. “Every year since then, we have gathered as a Tribe, a community and a family to celebrate our Restoration. Even with our 37th celebration moving online, we want to get small gifts to our Tribal members.” To register for a gift, visit www.grandronde.org , scroll down to recent announcements and click on “Restoration Day …

in CARES Act funding. The $2.2 trillion CARES Act was passed by Congress in March 2020 and Oregon Tribes initially received a combined $152.7 million in funding, according to a Harvard study that used Treasury’s publicly announced formula for determining payments to Tribes. The study estimated that the Grand Ronde Tribe initially received approximately $33 million in funding. The exact amount, according to a U.S. government website, was in the ballpark at $31.6 million. After a hold on 40 percent …

Tribal Government & News Tribe receives $27.5 million in American Rescue Plan funds 06.07.2021 Dean Rhodes Federal government , American Rescue Plan By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Grand Ronde Tribe received $27.544 million in American Rescue Plan funds on May 21, according to the federal government’s website USASpending.gov. A total of $1 billion was allocated equally among eligible Tribal governments in Rescue Plan funding and $19 billion was to be divvied up by the Treasury …

Tribal Government & News Tribe receives $23.5 million more in American Rescue Plan funding 08.31.2021 Dean Rhodes Federal government By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde received its second disbursement of American Rescue Plan funds on Aug. 13, according to the federal government website USASpending.gov. The Grand Ronde Tribe received $27.544 million in American Rescue Plan funds on May 21 and $23.547 million on Aug. 13, bringing the Tribe’s total …

the summer with the last measurable rain in March. The winds did start picking up on Monday (Aug. 7) and became really strong on Monday night. The peak wind speed was 82 mph in Maalaea on Tuesday. … The strong winds didn’t die down to normal until Thursday morning.” As of press time, there were 115 confirmed fatalities, according to the Maui Police Department website. Travel to West Maui is discouraged through October, but travel to other parts of Maui is welcomed to keep residents employed …