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May 2012
Coquille: Give Cribbins the chance to succeed - The Coquille Indian Tribe is the employer of Melissa Cribbins. Good for her, she has a job. The fact that the tribe donated $1,000 to her campaign is a great recommendation for a job well done. The Coquille Indian Tribe is one of the largest employers in Coos County. The Coquille Indians have a historical claim to the public forest lands.
Coquille: Project Blessing receives $5K grant - Project Blessing received a $5,000 grant from the Coquille Tribal Community Fund, which will be used to help stock the pantry and feed people in the community.
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April 2012
Coquille: Wagon Road timber sold - The Wagon Road Pilot Timber Sale sold Friday at an oral auction, the Bureau of Land Management announced Friday. Scott Timber Company of Dillard purchased the 6.1 million board feet of timber for $561,990.80. The Coos Bay Wagon Road Pilot Timber Sale was the result of a cooperative effort between the BLM and the Coquille Indian Tribe to design a timber sale that demonstrates the ecological restoration principles of forest researchers Norm Johnson and Jerry Franklin.
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March 2012
Coquille: Timeless trash offers clues to the past - Most people would not be excited to discover trash while on the job. Chelsea Rose is not most people. Old animal bones, scraps of paper and porcelain tableware are signs of a good day for the staff archaeologist at Southern Oregon University's Laboratory of Anthropology and her crew. Faculty and students also work with the nonprofit Southern Oregon Historical Society, which collects and preserves artifacts, and they have ongoing research projects with the Coquille Indian Tribe.
Coquille: At this week's county commissioners meeting - Commissioner Bob Main wants citizens to cast an opinion vote on whether the Coquille Indian Tribe should help the county harvest the 59,000 acres of federal land. Commissioners Fred Messerle and Cam Parry failed to support Main's proposal, calling it premature. The legislation is still in an early form and has not entered congress yet.
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February 2012
Coquille: Tribal fund awards $345K in grants - The Coquille Tribal Community Fund awarded $345,800 in grants to 47 area non-profit organizations and public agencies this year.
Coquille: No bidders for Wagon Roads timber sale - A forest management experiment between the Coquille Indian Tribe and Bureau of Land Management failed to attract any bids in a timber sale held Feb. 17. The auction for the 127 acres of forest was held at the BLM office with a minimum bid price of $727,288.20.
Coquille: Tribe awards nearly $350K to community projects - The Coquille Tribal Community Fund awarded $345,800 to local non-profits and public agencies Thursday. This year, the Fund’s Board of Trustees focused on feeding the hungry, with over $100,000 going to food programs and community gardens. With gas prices on the rise, these funds can help food banks continue filling up their trucks to deliver meals. Other groups receiving big funding were youth programs and veteran’s outreach groups.
Coquille: Main calls for vote on Wagon Road proposal - As consensus frays among the Coos County commissioners, a proposed partnership between Coos County and the Coquille Indian Tribe to harvest 59,000 acres of federal forest may be put to a public advisory vote.
Coquille: County would manage Wagon Road lands - In addition to promising to refill county coffers, the proposed federal bill may open the door to a separate partnership between Coos County and the Coquille Indian Tribe to harvest 59,000 acres of federally owned forest.
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January 2012
Coquille: Tribe's logging drawing attention: The Coquille Tribe has been honored for the management of its 5,000-acre forest - While the rules set out in the Northwest Forest Plan that govern federal forests also apply to the tribe’s forest, the tribe’s management strategy also takes into account its cultural values and long history, Vrendenburg said. The tribe’s longer harvest cycle, willingness to plant other species besides the dominant Douglas fir and other environmentally friendly efforts resulted in its forest being certified by the Forest Stewardship Council this year. The Coquille Indian Tribe has 900 members, owns 7,043 acres of land and has had full sovereignty rights since 1989. The tribe is the second largest employer in Coos County and its business ventures include a casino and hotel, assisted living and memory care facilities, high-speed telecommunications and renewable energy projects.
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December 2011
Coquille: Tribe’s forestry-management practices praised - The Coquille Indian Tribe’s forest management practices got a favorable look in the November issue of Solutions Journal, a nonprofit peer-reviewed publication for “policy makers, business leaders and engaged members of the public” that examines sustainable solutions to the world’s ecological, social and economic problems.
Coquille: Monkey Business offers free Christmas dinner - Tribe and other members of the community donate cash and food to provide a Merry Christmas!
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November 2011
Coquille: Community Sports: South Coast Sharks plan tryouts
Coquille: High winds from storm fell trees
Coquille: Development continues on Nasomah Memorial
Coquille: Nasomah memorial plans being finalized
Coquille: Home break-in prompts after-school lock-downs
Coquille: Oregon casino opens state’s first online gaming lounge
Coquille: Commissioners push economic initiatives
Coquille: Oregon casino helping families in need
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October 2011
Coquille: Ancient trash a modern treasure
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Foot Prints in the Sands of Time [Hardcover]: This is the true story of of a person who started out at eleven years of age working as a saw mill worker to a logger and a high climber, yarder operator to truck driver, coal miner, ship yard worker, apartment manager, bar tender, politician, Indian Organizer, to executive of the Coquille Indian Tribe. These are just a few of the things I have done. I have walked and talked and became friends with Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Kings.
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