Tribal Relations - City of Portland

02/14/2023

Do you live, work or play in the Boise neighborhood? Are you interested in giving input on how to improve and manage parking? Apply for PBOT's Boise Stakeholder Advisory Committee! This is a great opportunity to engage with City processes and bring more Native voices to the table.

Tribal Relations can help fill out applications if needed. Reach out with questions at [email protected].

PBOT wants to fully understand parking and transportation in the Boise neighborhood. Apply for the Boise Stakeholder Advisory Committee and help us build a comprehensive parking management plan.

Applications due by Feb. 28. Apply online at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/portlandor/jobs/3886582/volunteer-non-paid-position-boise-parking-stakeholder-advisory-committee

Learn more about the Boise Parking plan at https://www.portland.gov/parking/boise-parking/boise-parking

11/17/2022

Check out our amazing partners from INDÍGENA in action! Josué and Samantha have been leading the installation of We Are The Land, a public art project celebrating the Indigenous community in Portland in honor of Native American Heritage Month. We are so grateful to INDÍGENA and all of our partners in this work.

Portraits are up at the Multnomah County Courthouse, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Northeast Health Center, Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, and the Multnomah County Elections Division. The final installation will be installed tomorrow at the Regional Arts & Culture Council

Multnomah County, Oregon

Find more information and installation addresses on our website: https://www.portland.gov/ogr/tribal-relations/nahm

11/09/2022

The Tribal Relations Program is proud to partner with INDÍGENA, an Indigenous storytelling collective, in bringing Indigenous portraits to public spaces in Portland as part of Native American Heritage Month. In collaboration with the City Arts Program, Regional Arts and Culture Council and Multnomah County, the Tribal Relations Program has developed a project that will showcase portraits of local community members in the central city to create visibility for Native American people and begin a conversation that’s been long overdue. The presence of the portraits in public spaces will ask viewers to interrogate their preconceptions of Native people and consider their own experience as it relates to Native land, people and communities.

As of 11/9, the portraits are up at two locations: OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave), and Northeast Health Center (5329 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd) with more to come over the next week. Stay tuned!

More information here: https://www.portland.gov/ogr/tribal-relations/nahm

11/08/2022

Have you filled out the Portland Insights Survey yet?

We're working hard to make sure that community feedback is heard about City programs, and how we can better serve you. Check out the PSA below, and go to www.portlandinsights.com/Native to complete the survey and make your voice heard!

Go to www.portland.gov/insights to learn more about how your feedback will be used.

11/04/2022

City’s Portland Harbor Superfund Community Grants Now Open!

The City of Portland is now accepting applications for the 2023 Portland Harbor Superfund Community Grants funding cycle and the Portland Harbor Superfund Community Grants Review Committee!

A total of $500,000 is available for activities, projects, and programs that amplify the voices and support the involvement of Portlanders disproportionately affected by the Portland Harbor Superfund contamination and cleanup. These include Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC); people with current, traditional, or cultural connections to this stretch of the river; people who eat shellfish and non-migratory fish like carp, catfish, and bass caught in Portland Harbor; and housed and unhoused residents who live in neighborhoods near the Superfund site. Applications are due 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2022.

Groups that are led by or work with communities with current, traditional, or cultural connections to the area are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants may request up to $75,000 to achieve the following objectives:

• Expand and deepen community leadership and participation in the cleanup process
• Support under-represented community members’ participation in the cleanup design process
• Build capacity to shape and support EPA’s plan to minimize cleanup construction impacts on unhoused and housed neighbors
• Engage and educate communities about the Lower Willamette River Fish Advisory and scientific, technical, policy, and process topics related to the cleanup
• Support career development in environmental remediation

Apply to be a Portland Harbor Community Grants Reviewer and help select the 2023 grantees!
Reviewers will read and score grant applications, participate in conversations with selected applicants, communicate with Portland Harbor team members and the other review panelists, and engage in a consensus-based process to select grantees. All meetings will take place over Zoom. Portlanders who represent communities disproportionately affected by the contamination and cleanup are strongly encouraged to apply. Community reviewers will receive an honorarium of $500. Review committee applications are due 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 9, 2022.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Jessica Terlikowski at [email protected].

09/29/2022

September 30 is the National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools. Join us in acknowledging the trauma rooted in boarding schools, honoring boarding school survivors and remembering lost relatives. Find out how you can be a part of policy advocacy and education around boarding schools below:

Along with our relatives in Canada, we will be honoring September 30 as a National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools. We must acknowledge the ongoing trauma of the Federal Indian Boarding School Policies so that we can heal. We are encouraging Native communities, as well as non-Native a...

09/07/2022

Future Generations Collaborative is hosting a Drive-in/Walk-in Movie Night with dinner and a screening of Brother Bear!

You can get a booster COVID shot if you need one, as well as backpacks with family fun kits and last minute school supplies! Join FGC Saturday 9/10 at 7pm at NAYA!

08/05/2022

Check out this awesome event hosted by the amazing Community Health Worker team at the Future Generations Collaborative. Come to NAYA and pick up household products, hot food, COVID-19 home tests and more! Thank you FGC!

Happening this Saturday, August 6th from 11am to 2pm! A Resource Drive Thru! Stay in your car, drive through and you will be handed all of the amazing resources listed, even lunch! Brought to you by our hard working Community Health Worker (CHW) team at the Future Generations Collaborative!

08/04/2022

August is here and that means more Indigenous Marketplace events to look forward to! Come check out new and returning vendors and support local BIPOC businesses.

07/26/2022

Extreme heat is here! Stay safe this week, take care of your elders and look out for your neighbors. Know the signs of heat related illness: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/preparedness/prepare/pages/prepareforextremeheat.aspx

If you or someone you know needs to cool off, cooling stations are open throughout the city. Find out more about cooling stations and other safe, cool spaces to go during this week's extreme weather: https://www.multco.us/help-when-its-hot/news/multnomah-county-city-portland-announce-cooling-shelter-and-cooling-center

Misting stations to open, libraries to extend hours at some locations. Check multco.us/hot for updates

07/15/2022

Free TriMet passes for teens and high school students! This is a great way for youth to get to work and school this summer. Find out how to access these passes below: