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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 …

of Indian Affairs’ regional director called the election for the two amendments. Voter registration packets were sent to Tribal members of voting age on Jan. 13 with a deadline to register of Feb. 6. Official ballot packets were mailed to the 1,091 Tribal members who registered to vote in the election on Feb. 20 and ballots must be received by the Grand Ronde Post Office by noon Saturday, March 14, to count. The first amendment, if it passes, would remove federal oversight over future …

forests that will now renew automatically every five years. By consensus, Tribal Council approved the agenda for the Sunday, April 8, General Council meeting to be held at the Many Nations Longhouse on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. The Natural Resources Department will make the presentation. Also included in the March 21 Tribal Council packet were 11 approved authorizations to proceed that included OKs to generate an official Tribal membership roll that will include all Tribal …

for violating the dual enrollment clause in the Tribal Constitution and also identified 67 members who descended from Willamette Valley Treaty signer Chief Tumulth for disenrollment because he did not reach the Grand Ronde Reservation to appear on an official roll or record created by the Department of the Interior before being executed by the U.S. Army. The Tumulth descendants eventually won a long and divisive legal battle when the Tribal Court of Appeals ruled in August 2016 that the Tribe had waiting …

with a budget of $337,272 and a projected exhibit opening date of May 31; And authorized staff to generate an official Tribal membership roll that will include all Tribal members living and deceased, not omit any Tribal members even if requested and be made publicly available. Seven drummers visiting Grand Ronde for the Agency Creek Round Dance performed the cultural drumming and singing to open the meeting. They were led by Round Dance master of ceremonies Devon Bellerose and stickman Bobby Mercier …

forests that will now renew automatically every five years. By consensus, Tribal Council approved the agenda for the Sunday, April 8, General Council meeting to be held at the Many Nations Longhouse on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. The Natural Resources Department will make the presentation. Also included in the March 21 Tribal Council packet were 11 approved authorizations to proceed that included OKs to generate an official Tribal member roll that will include all Tribal members …

Cultural Resources Department Manager David Harrelson said there is no lore he is aware of in Tribal history regarding eclipses and that there are no official Tribal cultural events currently being planned besides the annual Contest Powwow, which will be held the weekend before. “I have no knowledge of our Tribal stories, beliefs or practices that would be relevant to a solar eclipse,” Harrelson said. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper …

have a written policy on what students can wear during graduation ceremonies. “It’s all up to local control,” Campbell said. “Typically every year we get phone calls from parents or students concerned that they were told that they were not able to wear regalia or eagle feathers. So for the last few years since we don’t have an official state policy, Dr. Noor and his predecessor, Rob Sexton, have sent these letters out as a reminder for the districts to encourage them to hopefully do some outreach …

Patrol, the official parade car, the Happy Canyon Trail Horse, the Boy Scouts of America, the Clown Prince and the Star Valley High School Marching Band from Wyoming. The float was preceded by Junior Miss Grand Ronde Isabelle Grout, Veterans Special Event Board Princess Iyana Holmes and Little Miss Grand Ronde Kaleigha Simi, who waved to the crowd along the first part of the parade route. “I was inspired by that float,” said Erwin J. De Luna, president of the Fiesta San Antonio Commission of San …