Coos/Lower Umpqua/Siuslaw: Gov. Kitzhaber proclaims Tribal Information Week - Gov. John Kitzhaber, who was in office when the state negotiated its first compacts with federally recognized tribes for sharing of revenues from casinos, signed a proclamation (Friday, May 11) for Tribal Information Week. “I think we have one of the best relationships in the United States,” said Bob Garcia, vice chairman of the Legislative Commission on Indian Services and chairman of the Coos/Lower Umpqua/Siuslaw tribes. “It is first and foremost preeminent in finding ways for tribes and the state to work together.”

Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: Tribe, U.S. partner on management - The members of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians live and work in the communities designated as potential beneficiaries in two federal forest land management proposals currently under review in the U.S. House of Representatives. Readers of recent articles in The World might erroneously have inferred that one or both of the proposals would require Coos County to contract with a federally mandated specific tribe for the management of the Coos Bay Wagon Road lands. Not true.

Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: Tribes purchase Ocean Dunes Golf Links - The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI), owners of the Three Rivers Casino and Hotel, have purchased the Ocean Dunes Golf Links on Munsel Lake Road. The 109-acre golf course is adjacent to casino property.

Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: Three Rivers Foundation awards grants - A newly established foundation is excited to announce, for the first time ever, they'll be awarding grant money to nonprofit organizations throughout local counties. Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. The Three Rivers Foundation is set to award nearly $76,000 to 501 (c)(3) in our area. "There's a lot of need out there" says Coos County Commissioner, Bob Main. "The Three Rivers Foundation and The Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Tribes make up The Three Rivers Foundation wanted to give back to the community. It was very important to them."

Coos, Lower Umpqua and Suislaw: Giving peace a chance - For years, Judge Donald Costello sentenced offenders to jail and prison terms, only to see them back in his courtroom with nothing to show for their time served. Costello doesn't work that way anymore. Instead, he practices an innovative spin on the judicial system that has become one of America's most effective restorative-justice programs.

Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: Coal Fuels a Fight in Oregon - Environmentalists who scuttled development of a coal-export terminal in Washington last year are back at it in Oregon, trying to keep two ports from becoming transit points for coal shipped to the Far East. "Oregon's future lies in preserving our unique natural resources, not threatening public health and destroying our estuary for the benefit of foreign corporations," said David Petrie, a leader of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw, who is opposed to coal ports in the region.

Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: Coalition Appeals Massive Dredging Permit for Coos Bay that Paves the Way for Export of Liquefied Natural Gas and Coal - A coalition of local residents, grassroots environmental and clean-energy groups today filed an appeal of the Oregon Department of State Lands’ decision to issue a dredging permit for the Port of Coos Bay that would allow the Port to export dirty coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG). "Oregon’s future lies in preserving our unique natural resources, not exporting them across the world, threatening public health, and destroying resources in our estuary for the benefit of foreign corporations." said David Petrie, Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw tribal member and Coos Waterkeeper.

Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw: Three Rivers Foundation is accepting grant applications

Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: Three Rivers Casino sets up charitable arm

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