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services, education and employment needs in the Grand Ronde community and will help planners understand the needs of Tribal members. A salmon dinner will be served. The Tribe launched the 16-month community development planning process in May to help guide the decision making and priority setting and build on the progress the Tribe has made since Restoration. For more information on the meeting or the community development planning process, visit the Tribal government’s website …

Council meeting, which will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Monarch Hotel & Convention Center, 12566 SE 93rd Ave., Clackamas. It will feature a report on the Community Development Plan. To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s website at www.grandronde.org and click on the Videos tab. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

and structures. Contributors are encouraged to attend two meetings. The first is an introductory meeting and the second is to offer feedback to each other. Pieces are edited by the editorial committee. Authors will also be invited to participate in the launch party and panel in October. For more information, email lily@confluenceproject.org or visit confluenceproject.org/confluence-library-submissions/. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest …

cards. The Tribe has been demanding that the Army Corps follow congressional directives to study removing hydropower from its dams, and court and federal orders to implement more deep drawdowns to enable juvenile spring Chinook and winter steelhead to pass through the dams so they can migrate to the ocean. The measures are considered critical for the survival of both species. To read more about this topic, visit www.smokesignals.org and type “The salmon situation,” into the search bar. Send …

the important legislation and work we are looking forward to in the next few years. I think she left here feeling really good about her visit as we did with her.” 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 Watchlist: ‘This is Indian Country 111: Oregon’ 05.28.2025 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Ruth-Ann Thorn hosts a series on the Native-based channel, First Nations Experience (FNX) called, “This Is Indian Country.” It shares modern Native American culture and in her latest episode of the show, she visits Grand Ronde and other Oregon Tribes. Her visit includes a segment with Grand Ronde Tribal member and carver Bobby Mercier. Mercier, an artist …

Willamina Middle School building - now Chachalu -- in early 2013. Rhodes took second and third place, respectively, for stories about a Tribal member who barely avoided being involved in the Boston Marathon bombing and for his story about the farewell ceremony for beloved Tribal Elder Mike Larsen. Tribal photographer Michelle Alaimo won first place in the News Photo category for a series of three photos. Karten also took first place in the Best Coverage of Native Americans category for his story …

to fruition. “This is a significant step,” said Tribal Council Secretary Toby McClary. “Never before have we had a place to tell our story.” 2009 – Spirit Mountain Casino’s float, “Bridging the Past With the Future,” received the Golden Rose Award for best float shorter than 35 feet in the 2009 KeyBank Grand Floral Parade. The float was designed by Tribal Elder and Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. 2004 – Groundwork for the Tribe’s upcoming Elder care facilities was underway. The new construction …

-invest into the property and we enhanced it. … We really did need that renovation badly.” The last thing Spirit Mountain Casino needed, Dillon says, was for customers to visit a brand new casino and then visit a 20-year-old, unrenovated casino and start making unfavorable comparisons. In early 2017, Spirit Mountain Casino also started accentuating the differences in gaming that occur when you cross the Columbia River. Washington state does not allow Las Vegas-style gambling that can be had …

was very challenging. In the best of times, teenagers can be frustrating to parent, but if you’ve been away in prison for years, unable to keep up with the daily details of your children’s lives, some find it a very long road to re-establish those connections. Schneider’s situation is hardly unique: The number of children who have a mother in prison has increased exponentially since 1980, according to data from The Sentencing Project. Between then and 2019, when the most recent national data …