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mixed with European parentage. Jim explains the intention behind measuring “Indian-ness” was that after generations of interracial marriage, there wouldn’t be many people who qualified as Native anymore. Most importantly to the U.S. government, they would not be held to the treaties they signed with Tribes. As any controversial topic goes, some support blood quantum because they believe it’s the best way at proving lineage and keeping close-knit communities together. Others believe it’s a colonial …

and governmental employees. The rally was held in connection with a hearing for summary judgment in the Chinook Indian Nation’s 2017 civil lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior and represents the latest development in the Chinook Indian Nation’s ongoing battle for federal acknowledgment. Judge Ronald Bruce Leighton, the judge presiding over the lawsuit, granted the Tribe a hearing for summary judgment motions. The rally started at 1 p.m. and the hearing on summary judgment and a drum …

to play a small part in the bigger picture of things. “I want Tribal folks to understand it is awesome to encourage other cultures to visit out here because it makes us grow,” said Olson. “I love those things when we get together with other people like that.” Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

Tribal Government & News Walden makes first visit to Grand Ronde 11.30.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Federal Government Congressman Greg Walden, who represents the largest area of any Oregon member of the House of Representatives and is the state’s lone Republican in Congress, made his first visit to Grand Ronde on Friday, Nov. 20. “It’s good to get a check mark next to getting out here,” Walden said to seven Tribal Council members in attendance – Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno, Vice …

original structures remain intact, except a renovated officer’s quarters, interpretive signage explains the purpose of each area, along with excerpts from soldiers’ journals. For more information, visit www.stateparks/oregon.gov and look for Fort Yamhill Heritage Area. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

Culture Flier uses education to land Tribal Natural Resources position 12.01.2014 Dean Rhodes People , Education , Tribal employees , Natural resources It started at her grandmother's backyard swimming pool in southeast Portland, says Meagan Flier (pronounced Fleer), 24, the Tribe's latest success story to benefit from Tribal education funding. That pool is where her love of water, and then the whole outdoors, began. Flier accounts for her success in a couple of ways. "My mom, who prepared me …

. The afternoon Circle of Culture presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 22, was the latest of 14 similar trainings being held day and night, Merrill said. The sessions aim at reaching all 1,250 casino employees. Reibach has delivered the presentation 35 times to new hires at the casino and at universities and other venues so far this year. He made five presentations in one week at the end of October. "Jan's story is so powerful and well-received," said Dempsey. "We hear a continually positive response …

is responsible for recommending sites that will meet the requirements of the project to Bonneville Power. "There are many plants here as well," she said, "including small examples of two other high ranking plant communities once widespread in the Willamette Valley and now restricted to a very few small areas: the Roemer's fescue dry grassland and the Oregon white oak savannah. Among plant species uncommon in the Willamette Valley are Hall's violet, prairie lupine and turkey mullein, along with a host …

possible ways to clean up a 10-mile stretch of the lower Willamette River from Sauvie Island to the Broadway Bridge. The group has spent almost $100 million over 12 years studying the complex river system that rests in the ceded homelands of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. The cleanup proposals include some combination of dredging, capping, treating and monitoring of the most toxic areas. Countless years of monitoring are recommended for sites that are not completely dredged …

and in his professional experiences where he saw institutional violence and development on Native grave sites. Portland Attorney Ken Kahn, who practices Indian law, described some of the other challenges that pushed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act into law. The question before the group, according to the Rev. Albert Krueger, pastor of St. Andrew Episcopal Church in Portland, Native American Missioner for Province VIII and organizer of this year's Winter Talk, is how to bring …