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Monday, 01 March 2010
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"It is totally amazing to me that 500 years ago, somebody figured out
how to build a house, and how to make the tools to do that," says Grand
Ronde Tribal Elder Don Day.
Today, the Tribe's latest Master of Arts holder knows how his ancestors
did that. When he picks up a chunk of oak or yew to adze into a wedge,
he knows ahead what that hou...
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Monday, 01 March 2010
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During almost two weeks in New Zealand among the Mâori, Grand Ronde
Tribal member and Language and Cultural specialist Bobby Mercier
participated as an honored guest in the nation's Waitangi Day
celebrations, held each year on Feb. 6.
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Monday, 01 March 2010
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Mary Yuse-Miller is a dietitian, nutrition coach, presenter focusing on
corporate wellness and, since October, the Grand Ronde Tribe's
dietitian.
With March being the American Dietetic Association's National Nutrition
Month, Yuse-Miller has been busy promoting this year's slogan,
"Nutrition from the ground up," as a basis for nutrition tal...
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Monday, 01 March 2010
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The 1-year-old Spirit Mountain Casino Express bus service between Salem
and Grand Ronde is about one-third of its way toward meeting original
revenue estimates, said Salem-Keizer Area Mass Transit District
Director of Finance Pat Mercier.
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Monday, 01 March 2010
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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has received a $325,000 Indian
Community Development Block Grant that will help double the size of the
current 1,390-square-foot Tribal Library.
Added to $108,334 in Tribal matching funds, the federal grant will pay
for the addition of 1,500 square feet to the Tribal Library located in
the Tribal Educ...
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As health costs continue to increase, the staff of the Grand Ronde
Tribal Health & Wellness Clinic is continuing to find ways to save
Tribal dollars that fund the Tribal m...
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Two videos that are part of Grand Ronde Tribal member Jan Michael
Looking Wolf Reibach's anti-drug/alcohol project "Breakin' Free" can be
viewed on the popular video-shari...
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Indigenous Tribal culture wore a 1,000 faces at the second annual
Gathering of Oregon's First Nations in Salem on Saturday, Jan. 30.
And many of those faces were from th...
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In Indian Country, Grand Ronde Tribal members have an important
distinction to make when they are describing their heritage, especially
if they want the Tribe to benefit f...
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Claude Peters remembers fishing for pike at the edge of the Sauer River.
Peters, 28, has loved fishing since he was 10. He started in the small
town of Mersch, Luxembour...
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When the folks from Oregon HEAT approached the Grand Ronde Tribal
Housing Authority seeking a representative to sit on their board,
Tribal Elder Alton Butler, 59, raised h...
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When Grand Ronde Tribal member and Language and Cultural Specialist
Bobby Mercier travels to the north island of New Zealand on Feb. 1, he
will renew Grand Ronde relations...
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Although Haiti is about 3,400 miles from Grand Ronde, the earthquake
relief effort there might have an effect on Tribal health services here.
Most immediately, and most ...
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Just as they did in 2005 after a tsunami killed more than 225,000
people living in and around the Indian Ocean, the Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde and Spirit Mountain ...
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