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and the Northwest Power & Conservation Council. Reibach touched on the Tribe’s community lands, which are owned locally and include sites such as Spirit Mountain Casino, housing, Uyxat Powwow Grounds, Tribal government headquarters and Fort Yamhill. “The Tribe has also become a leader in recovering and management of conservation properties,” Reibach said. These conservation properties are part of the Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program. Through the program, the Tribe has acquired six properties …

, high-sugar foods, known contributors to a variety of health conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Rather than wait years for a grocery store to be built, many communities have taken matters into their own hands, creating small farms, learning food preservation and teaching people how to garden, a movement known as “food resiliency.” On Wednesday, Sept. 5, the Grand Ronde Food Bank– iskam mfkHmfk haws– joined in as one of several live-stream sites for the “Communities, Food, Resilience …

structure, which includes 3,300-square-feet of space to store produce, canned goods and frozen foods, at 9675 Grand Ronde Road. Construction was funded by a $500,000 Housing & Urban Development block grant and a $204,179 Indian Housing block grant. Marion-Polk Food Share, which before only supported its partner agencies by distributing food to 48 sites in the two counties, agreed for the first time to operate a food pantry and hired Tribal member Francene Ambrose to coordinate activities …

in these tall skyscrapers in Portland: our former lands, former village sites, our former fishing grounds. Everything that has made this place great and wealthy was once ours. And there are still pieces of it that are still ours. “We have to work through that process and share that these treaties are not only the foundation for Tribal people and our future and how we survive, but also for this place and how Oregon thrives.” Harrelson complimented the U.S. Attorney’s Office for recognizing not only …

hub of the new Oregon Amateur Radio Tribal Network while Warm Springs is the hub for eastern Oregon Tribes. The big event will occur 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, June 9, when sites on the Tribal campus will be set up for mass casualty care. Tribal Health & Wellness Center staff will triage and care for a large number of “injured” actors and there also will be training in loading and unloading a medical helicopter that will land, weather permitting, in the large field in front of the Governance Center …

and states. “They just scraped it and built a prison on top of one of their old burial sites that they had out there in the middle of the water, which they have done here to us,” Mercier said about the cultural importance of Alcatraz, which was originally called Isla de los Alcatraces (Isle of the Pelicans). “For the people that were there, they were trying to get back one of their sacred places. … I just know that a lot of our people just happened to be there at that time.” Share On Facebook Share …

Casino last year, Reibach said. Other properties purchased in 2020 included two sites for medication-assisted treatment centers in Portland and Salem, a half-acre adjacent to the Blue Heron property in Oregon City and the almost three-acre Larsen property in Grand Ronde. At the close of 2020, the Tribe owned 15,979 acres with 11,540 acres that are in Reservation status with the federal government. Tribal properties stretch from Kilchis Point on the coast near Bay City to the former Multnomah …

on repurposing portions of the site and making preparations for demolition. EPA Brownfields Project Manager Margaret Olson discussed different assistance options for grant recipients, such as reuse of contaminated sites for renewable energy production, planning activities around contaminated site reuse, and future activities with a focus and multiple agencies involved. “When we talk about land reuse and revitalization, it doesn’t always mean a built environment,” she said. “It can also be restoring land …

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meetings as often and want to be informed. Social media, if used correctly, can be a fantastic way to enhance the flow of information. However, some sites are used to spread opinions, rumors and misinformation. Smoke Signals has a responsibility to present all sides of a story, which means they must include and cite credible, verifiable sources, double-check all facts, and adhere to Human Resources standards of employee privacy and confidentiality. During the Aug. 21 meeting, Smoke Signals …