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, as well as the changes the Education Department has undergone in the past year and its future goals. “I am really excited to share everything the Education Department has done this past year and I’m honored to work with such an amazing group of people,” she said. “They managed a very difficult situation and brought the best education services they could to the membership.” Fasana described 2021 as a “rollercoaster ride.” “We re-opened in March, closed for a bit during the summer and we’re back …

mom’s in Grand Ronde and basically just stepped away and that’s what led to this.” The next 20 years included a string of drug arrests and stints in county jail, then prison. Despite her intermittent incarceration, Linton did her best to remain a part of her children’s lives, who range in age from 25 to 14. She says they remain her motivation to do better. “I’m pretty proud of them because they are all successful and I want them to be proud of me as well,” Linton says. Currently, she’s enrolled …

address, talking about how teachers can instill a love for learning in their students. After the opening introductions, educators were offered four groups of breakout sessions with one being offered in the morning and three in the afternoon. Morning sessions included Heidt giving an overview about implementing the Tribe’s sixth- through 12-grade curriculums and Education Department Manager Angela Fasana discussing best practices for developing a collaborative relationship with the Grand Ronde …

attributes that will be remembered fondly and greatly missed. He had a gift of storytelling and remembered all of the details of stories from the past. He had a way with words, a great sense of humor and would hilariously retell events that had happened decades ago. He didn’t know a stranger and gave everyone a nickname. He had the best “Tarzan” call and loved to shout it out of his log truck when driving by his cousin’s home. He had his own unique sense of fashion and style including cowboy hats …

. Fire Management and Protection: The purpose of the program is to carry on the Tribal tradition of natural resources stewardship through minimizing damage to natural resources cause by wildlife and other events, while providing for firefighter and public safety. Additionally, the program aims to maintain forest health and future productivity through the use of silviculture, prescribed fire, Tribal ecological knowledge and the best available science, Drake said. “We’re a nationally available (fire …

Culture Tribal member receives Oregon State education scholarship 11.16.2016 Dean Rhodes People , Education Tribal member Cheyanne Fasana recently received the Denabelle Linville Memorial Education Scholarship at Oregon State University in Corvallis. The scholarship is awarded annually to a female undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a teaching career. Recipients must be Oregon residents, and contributed to the well-being and best interest of Oregon State. Fasana, who is a graduate …

Culture Yesteryears -- June 15, 2013 06.13.2013 Michelle Alaimo History 2008 - The Tribe's Grand Floral Parade entry "Romancing Rose" received the Rose Festival Court Award for the entry best exemplifying community or civic involvement and pride. The float told the story of Tribal member Deitrich Peter's courtship of his wife, Rose, who is a member of the Shoshone Tribe. 2003 - Luhui Whitebear joined the Tribe as the new scholarship coordinator for the Education Department. Originally from …

Culture Tribal youth wins poetry contest 03.14.2012 Ron Karten People Tribal youth Saghaley Lewis, 11, won first place in the 9 to 12 years of age division in a poetry contest held by the Willamette Heritage Center at Mission Mill in Salem. Lewis' poem was titled "The Playground": "This was a playground that looked quite cool, But I was such a fool. In the winter, I could taste the cold, wet air; In the summer, we could pick the flowers and wear them in our hair. It used to have a very long …

of the Bonneville Power Administration's Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program and with the cooperation of the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife. "They can buy 200 or so acres, but that doesn't mean that they buy the history and the culture of it," Leno said about the Warm Springs effort. "They could dig up artifacts; they could dig up human remains. They're Grand Ronde, not Warm Springs. They're our people." Leno said the Grand Ronde Tribe also is concerned the Warm Springs Tribe will attempt …

genuinely be curious to know what percentage of our new 21s actually ‘blow’ the money, spend it wisely or somewhere in between,” he said. “I am not sure if I buy into this absolute mentality of ‘it’s their money to do as they please,’ because, as mentioned in my blog, do we not have a responsibility to our Tribal members who are ill-equipped to handle this? What if some 21 year old is transferring his money to one of those African bankers, and is open about it? I think it is a far more complicated …