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Eugene Tribal Wellness
Program meets
The Eugene Tribal Wellness Program meets at 10 a.m. Monday, Wednes
day and Thursday in the satellite office at 711 Country Club Road, Suite
1A.
All fitness levels are welcome. The program covers strength, cardio and
stretching, and discusses strategies for healthy living at home.
The program is free to Tribal members and their spouses.
For more information, call the Eugene satellite office at 541-484-7085. B
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Spirit Mountain Casino and Resort-
Grand Ronde,pregon
Come and join other caregivers of Native elders and
relative caregivers of children from Northwest Indian
communities in this two-day event You have the
opportunity to attend valuable workshops that will
enhance your caregiving skills and provide you with
a break from your daily responsibilities.
Hosted by:
The Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde
and Other Oregon partnering Tribes, Coquille
Indian Tribe, Confederated Tribe of Silctz Indian,
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Cow Creek
Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, The
Klamath Tribes, Burns Paiute Tribe, The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and
' Siuslaw Indians., the State Unit on Aging and Oregon Area Agencies on Aging.
Coordinated by The Native Wellness Institute
For more information, contact: Bonnie Mercier at Grand Ronde (503) 879-2016 or
Judy Bowen, Oregon State Unit on Aging (503) 373-1842
Topics Include:
Power of Positive Thinking
Heart Healthy
Nutrition and Fitness
Stress Management
Native Wellness
Financial Fraud & Scams
Feeling better is more than physical
Dementia - Challenges
Living Well - Chronic Disease Self
Management Social Security - What is it for You?
Health issues and concerns of
children raised by grandparents.
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A Gathering of Native American
Businesses ft Tribal Enterprises
DATE: Aprit 20-21, 2011
LOCATION: Spirit Mountain Casino
Grand Ronde, OR
"Circling Back and Going Forward
Celebrating 20 years of
Indianpreneurship"
201 1 mark the 9th year of Trading at the Rtvar. This is one Is wry special. W will gather on tht banks of the Yamhill
River at Grand Ronda. Oregon where ONABEN was bom two decade ago.
We have much to celebrate about our past and much to talk about for our future. Like the historic gatherings that
occurred here and In many places among the traders of this region. Trading at the Rrver is a place where connections
are made, buslness-te-business, tnbe-to-tribe, and from past to present.
The 9th annual Tmding of the River conference will Include:
An intensive Bualnea Development Conference with community discussions, workshops, symposiums, and
celebration.
A Trading at the Rtvar marketplace of ideas, products, and services - the famous traditional gathering of
Indianpreneurs.
A gathering of emerging and attabllahad Native CDFIa convened by the newly established Pacific
Northwest Native Capital Development Peer Group which win explore ways of generating new forms of capital to
support Native entrepeneurship and tribal-Individual Joint ventures.
The luck off for Innovation In trxUanpreneunhlpe) 2011 - a biennial business plan competition and business
showcase.
A Founder recognition luncheon that will highlight the last 20 year of tribal economic development
A Bualnea Alliance reception gathering the region's Native businesses and chambers of commerce.
Featured Speakers:
TRACY STANHOFF
President 6 Creative Director, AO PRO
Former Tribal Chair, Prairie Band Potawatoml Nation
President, American Indian Chamber of Commerce of CA
CLARA PRATTE (invited)
National Director, Office of Native American Affairs
US Smalt Business Administration
Tribal member lands DEQ post
By Ron Kartell
Smoke Signalt itaff writer
Tribal member Kathleen Feehan George has been named to a posi
tion with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
She is now a liaison to the Eastern Region's new Economic Revitaliza
tion Team and also a member of the DEQ 'a Eastern Region Legislative
Team. She takes on this part-time role in addition to running her newly
established business, Pendleton-based Cedar Consulting.
Cedar Consulting provides public policy, facilitation and mediation
services.
The Economic Revitalization Team works to strengthen Oregon's
economic competitiveness by helping communities fill locally and
regionally identified economic development needs and opportunities,
said George. The team also focuses on increasing coordination among
agencies with overlapping regulatory authority on common local gov
ernment projects.
The DEQ Economic Revitalization Team liaisons help support local
communities with business development and job creation while ensur
ing that Oregon's environmental resources are protected. They can
help businesses or local communities navigate regulatory compliance
issues so that their project planning can go more smoothly.
"I'm looking forward to working with local communities and business
to support job creation," said George. B '
'Ghosts of Celilo' being
staged March 4-1 2
The Ghosts of Celilo," a musical featuring 15 Native singers, dancers and
actors, will be staged at The Newmark Theatre in the Portland Center for the
Performing Arts between Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 12.
Grand Ronde Tribal Royalty and Canoe Family members will participate in
the opening night festivities. Based on the childhood Indian school experiences
of the late Warm Springs Elder Nathan Jim Sr., this musical has won eight
Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards, including best musical.
It tells the story of three children and their quest to escape a'boarding
school and catch a ceremonial first salmon before their home is destroyed by
the rising waters bohind The Dalles Dam.
It was collaboratively created by Marvin Ross, Thomas Morning Owl, Chenoa
Egawa, Arlie Neskahi and Tom Hampson.
For more information, check out www.ghostsofcelilo.com on the Internet.
Tickets range' from $25 to $55 and are available by calling Ticketmaster at
800-745-3000 or in person at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts box
office, 1111 S.W. Broadway.
The production is sponsored by Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the philan
thropic arm of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, which awarded Jane A
Theater Company a $25,000 grant in 2010. In addition, Spirit Mountain Casino
aided the production by purchasing advertising for the performances.
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