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JUNE 15, 2023
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Congratulations,
Sage Runningbird
We are all proud of you.
We love you!
So much love, all of your family!
Walking On...
Other passings
Kathleen Laurn Provost
April 14, 1950 – June 5, 2023
Tribal Elder Kathleen Laurn Provost passed on Monday, June 5, 2023,
at the age of 73.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center is assisting the family.
A remembrance gathering was held in the Tribal gymnasium on Friday,
June 9.
June 25th
Happy birthday to the coolest
3-year-old around town.
Keep on shining
Bennett Schlappie-Guerrera!
Love, your family.
Community Fund seeking
Hatfield Fellow applicants
K-5 YOUTH
PLEASE JOIN
COMMUNITY
HEALTH
FOR
SUM MER AC TIVITES
1 - 3 p.m.
6/2 8 : F I EL D G A MES
7 /6: B Y O B ( B RI NG Y OU R O WN
B OWL ) - I CE C R E A M SOCI A L
7 /1 8: C OLO R I NG C ONTE S T
8/ 1: A Q UA D AY
8/1 5: R O C K P A I NTI NG
Applications for the 2023-24 Hatfield Fellowship program funded by Spirit
Mountain Community Fund are being accepted through June 15.
Spirit Mountain Community Fund annually sponsors a Native American
to serve as the Hatfield Fellow and intern in an Oregon congressional office.
Placement of the fellow rotates through the Oregon delegation to enhance
mutual understanding between leadership in Washington, D.C., and Indian
Country.
Fellows are provided an opportunity to gain knowledge and understanding
of how to navigate the political process in Washington, D.C., while working
on issues that affect Native Americans.
Fellows begin their Capitol Hill experience in November with a month-long
orientation at the American Political Science Association, which is followed
by an eight-month term working in a congressional office. The fellowship
includes a monthly stipend and relocation and travel expenses.
The fellowship is for Tribal members from the nine federally recognized
Tribes in Oregon, as well as members of Pacific Northwest Tribes. Howev-
er, preference will be given to members of Oregon Tribes. Applicants must
have a bachelor’s degree or be graduating in June 2023, and be 21 or older.
For more information, visit thecommunityfund.com/grants-programs/hat-
field-fellowship or go to youtu.be/7TOnNoFgUYs to watch an informational
video about the Hatfield Fellowship.
The fellowship was created in 1998 to honor the late Sen. Mark Hatfield’s
public service to Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
M E E T A T C O M M U N I T Y H E A L T H
F O R A L L A C T I V I T I E S
QUESTIONS: CALL COMMUNITY
HEALTH AT 503 - 879-2078
2023-2024 O PEN E NROLLMENT
C HINUK
As of May 15th, 2023 we will be
accepting registration applications for interested
incoming Kindergarteners. We are a Chinuk Wa-
wa immersion program offering literacy instruc-
tion through the use of Chinuk Wawa. Our stu-
dents are shared with the Willamina Elementary
School, so they are dually enrolled. In the years
past, we have been a half day program holding services in the morning with transportation provided for students
to end their school day at Willamina. However, our programming model has
not yet been determined. If interested, please contact us for more info or fill out
a registration and be updated on our plans as soon as they are decided. No
prior language experience needed. If a student in a grade beyond kindergarten
wants to enroll, please contact us for more information. Once we are at capaci-
ty, we give tribal preference.
Applications are available at
https://www.grandronde.org/services/education/elementary-chinuk-language-program/
and can be turned in starting May 15th by:
Mail: 9615 Grand Ronde Rd. Grand Ronde, OR 97347
OR emailed to either contact listed below
Kate Thomas
K/1 Chinuk Teacher
503-879-1632
Katelyne.Thomas@grandronde.org
We enroll families, not just students. It is our
belief that the only way for the language to
live and flourish is for it to be learned and
used in the home by the whole family.
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