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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Less than 1,100 Tribal members have registered to vote in the upcoming constitutional election that would, if approved, institute a More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy said: “It is astounding to me that 30 years ago, we were having bake sales and now More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
SALEM – The annual Tribal Government Day held Friday, May 11, in the State Capitol was a veritable Native American film festival.
With More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
In reaction to Tribal Council member Valorie Sheker’s arrest for alleged possession of meth, the Grand Ronde Tribal Council voted 7-0 on More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal Memorial Day events on Monday, May 28, start with a noon meal prepared under the direction of Tribal member and Food More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Willamina VFW Post 4211 and DOA Pro Wrestling, based in Portland, hosted a professional wrestling event and fundraiser for the More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
SALEM -- Tribal Council member Kathleen Tom was among 36 people who testified before the state Board of Education at the state Capitol More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
Hello. I am an American living in Canada. I was born on the Tulalip reservation although I am Chinook. Five years ago I was treated for lymphoma, cancer More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
SALEM -- On Saturday, May 5, at Bush Park, 9-year-old Tribal member Inatye Lewis participated in a 2,000-meter race for More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Economic Development Director Titu Asghar briefed General Council on Tribal economic development plans during a 20-minute More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
This year’s EPA Region 10 Tribal Leaders’ Summit, hosted for the first time by the Grand Ronde Tribe and held at Spirit Mountain More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
PORTLAND -- About 350 people almost filled Smith Memorial ballroom at Portland State University on Friday, May 4, to hear lawyer More
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By Jennifer Velez
Public Affairs specialist
DETROIT, Ore. -- Native Tribes that inhabited western Oregon fostered a human-landscape relationship that continues to help More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
They came from England to teach Tribal youth a little something about the performing arts and the lessons exploded in Grand Ronde, More
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Thanks to a 10-year-old Salem girl, the future Grand Ronde Museum and Cultural Center will have one more Tribal artifact to display when it opens.
Micheaylaa Engman, a More
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By Lynette Wilson
Episcopal News Service
NEW YORK CITY -- In the 1850s, Native people living in the western United States signed “peace” treaties with the federal More
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Bernice June (Langley) Jensen
June 7, 1917 – May 9, 2012
Tribal Elder Bernice Jensen, 94, walked on May 9, 2012, at Dallas Village Retirement in Dallas, Ore., where she had More
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2007 – Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski visited Grand Ronde on May 11 for a day that included a little business and a little culture. He met with Tribal Council to discuss an More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Economic Development Director Titu Asghar briefed General Council on Tribal economic development plans during a 20-minute More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Grand Ronde Tribe’s efforts to continue improving the local community received a $500,000 boost on May 1 from the U.S. Department More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
At the end of May, the Tribe will celebrate Memorial Day at the West Valley Veterans Memorial, which was officially christened nine More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Aiden Allen Archer Bly, 5, and Alexander Michael Bly, 6, both Tribal descendants and great-grandchildren of Culture Committee Vice More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The successful partnerships that the Tribe has built in the Portland metropolitan area paid surprise dividends in mid-April when More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Approximately 250 federal and Tribal leaders and staff are expected for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 Tribal More
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Dear Tribal Council:
I would like to thank all of you for the big bouquet of flowers you sent me.
Words cannot fully express how grateful I was to receive such a thoughtful More
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JoAnne Lois Schank
April 28, 1943 – April 18, 2012
Tribal Elder JoAnne Lois Schank, 68, lost her long battle with cancer on April 18, 2012. She crossed over with loved ones More
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2007 – A group of Tribal members and Tribal Council members took a two-mile hike from Cascadia State Park to Cascadia Cave to bless the area and share ideas on how to More
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On Tuesday, April 24, Tribal Council member Valorie Sheker was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
As a Tribal Council, we hold ourselves accountable to the More
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Inspirational Native speaker D.J. "Eagle Bear" Vanas will present "Success ... It's In Our Blood" from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, in the Tribal gym for parents and More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Native films will be the focus of the annual Tribal Government Day being held between 9 and noon Friday, May 11, at the State Capitol in More
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The next Children InterTribal Powwow will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 27, in the Tribal gym.
Everyone is welcome to join in an evening of dancing, singing and More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
SALEM -- When Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church was being built in the late 1850s, the Native peoples who would become More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
SALEM -- A celebration of western Oregon Native women opened with an invitation-only sneak peak at the exhibit for Grand Ronde More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
PORTLAND – The Lower Willamette Group, a coalition of companies and government agencies that will in large part be paying to clean More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Ashley Tuomi, who turned 28 in February, has been named executive director of American Indian Health and Family More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
“Classroom management is a must,” said Tribal member Shelby Olson Rogers, who is Indian Education Program assistant at the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Ten Tribal and community members who attended the first “Make Parenting a Pleasure” course at the Youth Education building on More
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Dear Tribal members:
Thank you to Rosemary Jameson and others who are involved for getting together this petition to restore per capita back to 25 percent. Tribal Council More
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2007 – The Tribe was working at the federal level to be included among the list of Tribes consulted on issues affecting the Columbia Gorge. The 1986 Columbia River Gorge More
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A Chinuk Family Literacy Night will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at the Tribal gym.
Dinner will be provided and each attending family will received a translated More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Registered Tribal voters will decide whether they want to insert a primary election process into the Tribal Constitution during an More
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Vanessa Yanira Chavez
Oct. 29, 1991 – March 31, 2012
Tribal member Vanessa Yanira Chavez, 20, lost her battle with leukemia on March 31, 2012, at her home in More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
PORTLAND -- The Tribal membership was briefed on the Tribe’s continuing efforts to expand its Contract Health Service Delivery Area, More
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The April 1 General Council meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Monarch Hotel & Conference Center, 12566 S.E. 93rd Ave., near the Clackamas Town Center off More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
A celebration of western Oregon Native women is coming up in April with follow-up exhibitions and demonstrations continuing into More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Housing’s annual Easter Egg Hunt will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 7, in the covered area on Raven Loop and kick off a series More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
It was a cloudy and rainy afternoon, but in a conference room on the 10th floor of the Portland Building on Tuesday, March 20, the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will host the Oregon Indian Education Association conference slated for Monday and Tuesday, More
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Dear Tribal Council:
First let me thank you for all that you do. There are many of us who appreciate all the time and effort you put in to accomplishing the endless tasks More
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2007 – The Tribe passed on purchasing Boise Cascade’s 13-acre riverfront complex in Salem, which would have included 310 acres the company owns on Minto-Brown Island. “We saw More
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A “Parenting With Positive Discipline” class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the Tribal Community Center.
The class, which includes lunch, will More
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The Tribe’s Indian Child Welfare Program is holding a Fun Walk & Lunch beginning at 10: 30 a.m. Saturday, April 7, to be followed by an 11:30 a.m. lunch in the Tribal More
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Family Movie Night, featuring the movie “Hop,” will be held on Saturday, April 7, following the Child Abuse Prevention Fun Walk and Lunch that is scheduled to start at 10:30 More
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Sanda “Sam” Lois Henny
April 8, 1947 – March 15, 2012
Tribal Elder Sanda “Sam” Lois Henny, 64, a resident of Dallas, walked on Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Salem More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
At its quarterly check presentation on Wednesday, March 14, in the Tribal gym, Spirit Mountain Community Fund hit another milestone, More
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For Tribal members residing in the counties of Washington, Multnomah, Tillamook, Yamhill, Polk and Marion, you will soon be receiving a new Skookum card with changes to your More
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Tribal youth Saghaley Lewis, 11, won first place in the 9 to 12 years of age division in a poetry contest held by the Willamette Heritage Center at Mission Mill in More
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Mark Carroll of Dallas and Becky Thomas of Monmouth have been named Spirit Mountain Casino’s 2011 employee and supervisor of the year, respectively.
In addition to More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Intergenerational tragedy met the Sacred Hoop at the Tribal gym in Grand Ronde on Friday, March 9.
Sponsored by the Behavioral More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moves closer to assigning responsibility for cleaning up the Portland Harbor Superfund More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Census Bureau is back and the Grand Ronde Tribe is encouraging Tribal members to participate.
The 2010 U.S. Census is over, More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member and wrestling phenom Matt Hofenbredl, 15, brought his more than 50 wins this year to the state championship in More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
Let me begin by saying “thank you” to everyone reading this letter. Allow me to share my heartfelt gratitude.
Every day we experience and express More
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2007 – Tribal Council members Cheryle A. Kennedy, Wink Soderberg, Kathleen Tom and Buddy West attended the inauguration of Dr. Thomas L. Hellie as Linfield College’s 19th More
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William Avery Hudson Kellogg
Feb. 21, 1945 – Feb. 25, 2012
Tribal Elder William Avery Hudson Kellogg, 67, was born in Walla Walla, Wash., on Feb. 21, 1945, and walked on More
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This story ran in the Nov. 1, 2010, Smoke Signals. The video is now airing and also can be viewed by clicking on this Web site: More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Grand Ronde Tribe received a $60,305 grant from the Department of Interior on Wednesday, March 7, to support Tribal Historic More
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The Tribe’s Natural Resources Division is interested in hearing from the Tribal membership about their thoughts and concerns regarding Tribal land management. As mentioned in More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Tribe officially has a new Chinuk Wawa dictionary, “Chinuk Wawa: As our elders teach us to speak it.”
At the Sunday, March 4, More
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The Tribe is seeking Grand Ronde vendors for a Grand Ronde Showcase during the EPA District 10 Tribal Leaders Summit to be held Monday, April 30, through Friday, May 4, at More
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The 10th annual Native Youth Wellness Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 16, in the Tribal gym.
Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 9 More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Grand Ronde Tribe’s eldest Elder, Pearl Langley Lyon, weighed 2.5 pounds when she was born on Feb. 20, 1912, at Bay City More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will celebrate the publication of a new Chinuk Wawa dictionary at the Sunday, March 4, General More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
In a federal budget where almost everything is being cut or eliminated, the White House’s 2013 budget has proposed increases for More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde took 97.38 acres of forestland into trust near Fort Yamhill State Park in February, said Tribal More
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SALEM —Willamette University’s Native American student organization presents its 10th annual Social Powwow in the university’s Sparks Athletic Center on Friday, March More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal member Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach, who has worked as the Tribe’s Lands Manager for the past 15 years, has been appointed by More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal member Jared Ripley will climb 69 flights of stairs – 1,311 steps in all – dressed in heavy firefighting gear and carrying a More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Oregon Department of Justice, recognizing domestic violence and sexual assault as areas where government partnerships with More
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2007 – The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde hosted the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Awards Banquet honoring Elizabeth Furse. Furse, a lifelong advocate for peace More
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The next Children's InterTribal Powwow will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 30, in the Tribal gym.
Everyone is welcome to join in for a social night of dancing, More
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Jessica Brann
Jan. 31, 1947 – Feb. 18, 2012
Beloved mother, sister and Tribal Elder Jessica Brann walked on on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012.
She was born on Jan. 31, 1947, in More
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Tribal member Cheyanne Fasana will be holding a Taco Salad Fundraiser for Doernbecher Childrens' Hospital during the lunch hour on Monday, Feb. 27, in the Governance Center More
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Family Movie Night, sponsored by the Tribe’s Youth Prevention Program and Community Awareness Team, will show the Adam Sandler comedy “Jack and Jill” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, More
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Good Morning Everyone,
GOOD NEWS!! I just talked to the Grand Ronde Community Water Association and the tests all came back clean. The boil water order is lifted and is More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
On Feb. 1, there was a rout at the Rose Garden.
The Portland Trailblazers ran all over the cellar-dwelling Charlotte Bobcats and More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Not since 1997, when IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue defeated reigning chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov, has there been this much More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Tribe has a state-certified police officer who is on par with other city, county and state law enforcement personnel and by the end More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
By 3 p.m. on a sunny Saturday, Feb. 2, afternoon in Grand Ronde, it was time for tea in the first Permaculture Design Certification More
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Lester Conrad Nystrom
Dec. 22, 1943 – Feb. 2, 2012
Tribal spouse Lester Conrad Nystrom was born Dec. 22, 1943, in Portland to Conrad F. and Adora (Probst) Nystrom and More
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Dear Tribal members:
I am writing regarding the Constitutional Amendment Primary Election resolution that was approved by six members of Tribal Council at the Jan. 25, 2012, More
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2007 – Tribal Council members Jack Giffen Jr. and Reyn Leno dug up some dirt during the ground breaking of the Spirit Mountain Casino south expansion project. The two-story More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Two Albany men are facing felony charges after they allegedly tried to pass counterfeit $100 bills at Spirit Mountain Casino on Tuesday, More
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The Grand Ronde Royalty Committee is seeking bids for beaded crowns and sashes for the 2012-13 Royalty Court. Crowns and sashes must be completed and delivered no later than More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy testified on Thursday, Feb. 2, before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in support More
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The Tribe’s Behavioral Health and Prevention programs are hosting a Sacred Hoop Ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday, March 9, in the Tribal gym.
The four gifts of the Sacred Hoop are More
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The second Children’s InterTribal Powwow will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in the Tribal gymnasium.
Everyone is welcome for a free night of singing, drumming More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
SALEM -- American Indians from Tribes across Oregon and the United States celebrated their shared history during the fourth annual More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Council voted 6-1 on Wednesday, Jan. 25, to send a proposed constitutional amendment to voters that would create a primary during More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
DAYTON – Tribal Council member Chris Mercier received the Gwen VanDenBosch Regional Leadership Award on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the More
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Want to watch?
The Webcast of the hearing on the proposed amendment to the Grand Ronde Reservation Act can be watched at 11:15 a.m. Pacific time on Thursday, Feb. 2, by More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
As the Grand Ronde Tribe ramps up its first police force, a Jan. 12-13 conference at Spirit Mountain Casino hosted by the More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Water samples that tested positive for bacteria forced the Grand Ronde Community Water Association to issue a boil water order for all More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
In these days of single-button phone numbers on cell phones, operator and 911 are about the only numbers people still More
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WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Census Bureau released on Wednesday, Jan. 25, a 2010 Census brief, “The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2010,” that shows almost half More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
I would like to thank everyone who helped at the service for my husband, Ray Gilliam, and at the Elders Activity Center for the meal afterward.
I also More
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2007 – Tribal Council Chairman Chris Mercier and Vice Chairwoman Angie Blackwell gifted a Pendleton blanket to Chinook Tribal Chairman Ray Gardner at the Chinook Plankhouse More
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Family Movie Night will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in the Tribal gym. The movie will be "The Smurfs" and a dinner of chicken fettuccini, salad, buns, water and More
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The Tribe's Health and Wellness Center will offer free flu shots between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. Free immunizations will be available to anyone who comes in, More
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The Oregon Health Division has issued a Boil Water Order for customers of the Grand Ronde Water Association.
Do not drink the water without boiling it first; bring all water More
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Laurie Veitenheimer, regional Indian Health Service representative, will be in Grand Ronde to discus IHS Scholarships at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in Adult Education Room More
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The Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow is the weekend of July 6-8, not the following weekend as listed in the 2012 calendar. Publications apologizes for the error.
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Because of a lack of quorum, the regularly scheduled Tribal Council meeting on Feb. 1 has been moved up a week to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25.
Tribal Council meetings will More
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Tribal offices will close at noon Thursday, Jan. 19, due to the potential threat of flooding on the South Yamhill River.
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The U.S. Border Patrol will conduct a Customs and Border Protection Recruiting Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the Tribal Education Building, 9615 Grand More
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A Family Movie Night will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, in the Tribal gym. A dinner of chicken fettuccini, salad, buns and beverages will be provided. There will be More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Oregon’s five federally recognized western Tribes have again come together to host the fourth annual Gathering of Oregon’s First More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
PORTLAND - Tribal Council member Kathleen Tom’s personal story of being a half-Irish and half-Native urban Indian, experiencing More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The history of the Doctrine of Discovery received an airing on Saturday, Jan. 7, in a meeting room at Spirit Mountain More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Ask new Tribal archaeologist Briece Edwards what is the “coolest” thing he has ever found buried in the earth and you’ll get two More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
For three Grand Ronde youth, the Tribe’s first mural project is a chance to work with professional artists and contribute to the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
At Willamina High School, Chinuk Wawa, the Northwest Native American trade language, is being taught this year alongside other More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Council Secretary Jack Giffen Jr. will continue the Grand Ronde Tribe’s educational effort in its ceded lands in southern Oregon More
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2007 – Tribal Council instructed Director of Economic Development Peter Wakeland to draw up the parameters of a feasibility study about ways to improve fire and emergency More
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A Chinuk Family Night will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the new Youth Education Center.
The evening will include Chinuk-based activities and conversation.
Dinner More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
An agreement between the Port of Cascade Locks and the Warm Springs Tribe concerning 60 acres of industrially zoned land that would have More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal member Kathleen George, who took over as executive director of Spirit Mountain Community Fund in 2011, briefed the Tribal More
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The Tribal Cultural Trust Board is beginning its 2012 grant-making round. Grants ranging from $250 to a maximum of $1,000 are available for Grand Ronde Tribal members to use More
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An open house from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, will celebrate the completion of the new addition to the Youth Education building.
The more than 2,500 square feet More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
In April, the Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill in Salem opens a new exhibit, “shawash ill/I LuchNfn - nstayka ikanuN,” or in More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The sign project from the Natural Resources Department’s Ceded Lands program is ready with a new sign – describing the history of More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Spirit Mountain Community Fund Executive Director Kathleen George and Program Coordinator Louis King presented on Dec. 19 two Ye?Ian More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member and former Royalty member Halona Butler and Washie Squetimkin (Colville), who teach Native dance to Tribal and More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Fifty-one Tribal employees representing 608 years of service were honored Dec. 21 in the Tribal Community Center during the third More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
First Nations Commissions of Oregon, Olympia and Hawaii will hold the 2012 Province VIII Wintertalk at Spirit Mountain Casino Jan. More
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2007 – The Tribe traded 665 acres it purchased in 1998 in Columbia County for 230 acres -- two parcels of Stimson land -- bordering the Tribal Reservation. The trade will More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
Happy New Year’s to everyone.
I want to thank all the Elders who brought toys and blankets to the Elders Christmas Party.
Jolanda Catabay, thank you More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The first ever Grand Ronde Salmon Celebration on Friday, Dec. 16, provided an opportunity to say thanks to many state and federal More
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A spaghetti feed will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, in the Tribal Community Center to benefit the Childrens' Powwow. Cost will be $5 a plate. The More
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By Angela Sears
Spirit Mountain Casino marketing coordinator
For the fourth consecutive year, Spirit Mountain Casino delivered just in time for the holidays a semi-truck More
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The Grand Ronde Mural Project is scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 2, and take about a month to complete.
The mural will be painted on panels at the former middle school gym More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Every year since 2005, the Seattle-based Potlatch Fund has named five Northwest Indian leaders for awards honoring great leadership More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Through the collections of many first- and second-generation Grand Ronde Tribal people, Tribal Elder June Olson has produced a More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy and Tribal Council Secretary Jack Giffen Jr. attended the third annual White House Tribal Nations More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
At the Aprovecho.net Web site, classes are offered in sustainability -- food production, shelter, natural building techniques, More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
A gift of $20,000 to Salem-based CAUSA Oregon is particularly meaningful to Executive Director Francisco Lopez.
“It is important More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde prides itself on giving through its charitable foundation, the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Millions of dollars More
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2006 – Tribal member Steve Bobb Jr. and his father, Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr., made signs for the Tribal Elder foster care lodges – Black Bear, Cougar and Elk. In all, they More
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There will be Children InterTribal Powwow from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, in the Tribal gym.
Everyone is invited to attend for a free night of singing, drumming and More
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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon will celebrate its inaugural First Salmon Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16.
The event is being More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Grand Ronde Tribe added more than 150 acres to its land holdings in 2011, which pushed Tribal land ownership to more than 12,500 More
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The 2012 Committee Summit will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 23, in the Elders' Activity Center.
Committee members who plan to attend need to RSVP to Tribal More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
LINCOLN CITY - The posting of national, state, military and Tribal flags opened the Government-to-Government Summit on Nov. 15 at More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
“It’s always good for us to be together, and to have our children here to see what we’re doing,” said Tribal member and Language More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Ten Tribal staff members met with two representatives from the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services on Thursday, Nov. More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal teenager Loren Hahn, 16, knows the value of a penny. Or, more accurately, the cumulative value of a lot of pennies.
For the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Several recent new hires and promotions have occurred at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
Linda Hanna has been named More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
On behalf of the Lash family, we would like to thank each person who helped us through this hard time of our brother, Rory Lash.
Thanks to Kenny Haller, More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Sixth-grade Tribal member Teegan Ritchey has a lot of heart. Officially.
At the end of October, Desert Paws, a Palm Springs, More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Spirit Mountain Casino chefs won first-, second- and third-place awards at the third annual Rez Kitchen Tour held Friday, Nov. 4, More
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By Angela Sears
Spirit Mountain Casino marketing coordinator
For the fourth consecutive year, Spirit Mountain Casino is staging its annual holiday Toy Drive to benefit More
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Justin Anthony Salchenberg
Jan. 25, 1990 – Nov. 28, 2011
Tribal member Justin Anthony Salchenberg, 21, of West Linn, Ore., walked on Monday, Nov. 28, after being involved More
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2006 – Tribal offices were closed for parts or all of at least three days as rain, wind, snow and freezing temperatures affected Highway 18 and the Grand Ronde area in late More
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The Grand Ronde Canoe Family will meet at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in the Tribal gym for a potluck dinner.
Ham and turkey will be provided and attendees are asked to bring More
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The Tribe’s Youth Prevention and Behavioral Health programs will hold a New Year’s Eve Sobriety Event at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at the Northern Lights Theatre, 3893 More
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By Dean RhodesSmoke Signals editor
An early morning fire in Willamina on Saturday, Oct. 12, has left Tribal member Michael Bolton and his family with little more than their More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Grand Ronde Tribal membership rejected 536 to 457 a bundled proposal to overhaul enrollment requirements in the Nov. 15 More
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Per capita checks will be handed out between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, in the Tribal Community Center. Anyone who has not picked up their check by 4 p.m. will have it More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal members provided two comments on the preliminary 2012 Tribal budget during the Nov. 6 General Council meeting held in the Tribal More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Plans for the 28th celebration of Grand Ronde Tribal Restoration on Tuesday, Nov. 22, are set.
Restoration Celebration events will More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
PORTLAND -- On Sunday, Oct. 30, the Grand Ronde Canoe Family paddled a canoe across the Willamette River while the Warm Springs, More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde received two Administration for Native Americans grants totaling more than $1.4 million that will More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
A $100,000 Spirit Mountain Community Fund grant awarded to the Oregon State Parks Trust in 2009 for its “Fort Yamhill: Connecting Place More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
President Barack Obama designated November as National Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 1.
In his proclamation, Obama More
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Ray Gilliam
Aug. 28, 1942 – Oct. 29, 2011
Tribal spouse Ray Gilliam, a resident of Dallas, Ore., died on Saturday, Oct. 29, in Salem Hospital.
He was born on Aug. 28, More
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2006 – Tribal member April Campbell arrived as Education Department manager after living for a time in central Washington. She was an education specialist in the department More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
I am writing a letter in great concern for our Tribal members who work at the casino. In the past few years, I’ve noticed that a lot of our Tribal More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
MCMINNVILLE -- To a standing ovation, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy pledged $4 million in Tribal More
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A database of past Smoke Signals is now up and running on the Tribal Web site, www.grandronde.org.
All issues from 2009, 2010 and 2011 are currently available and More
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Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy and the Tribal Canoe family are featured in a video posted on the National Congress of American Indians Web site.
It can be More
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Plans for the 28th celebration of Grand Ronde Tribal Restoration on Tuesday, Nov. 22, are starting to firm up.
Restoration Celebration events will start at 10 a.m. that day More
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The Tribe will host a 3-on-3 Open Basketball Tournament starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, in the Tribal gym. The event was originally scheduled for Nov. 5.
Cost is $10 More
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Family Movie Night will feature "Cars 2" at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, in the Tribal gym. Dinner, featuring turkey and ham sandwiches, will start at 5:15 p.m. Dessert will More
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The Tribal Health and Wellness Clinic will offer flu immunizations every Wednesday in November between 8 and 11:30 a.m. and 1 and 4:30 p.m.
No appointment is necessary. More
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Spirit Mountain Community Fund (SMCF) frequently celebrates the success and remarkable achievements of nonprofits located within our 11 county service area. However, not More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Moving to accept a three-year, $672,525 federal Department of Justice grant on Oct. 12, the Grand Ronde Tribal Council has set the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority expects that the new development of 23 Elder homes, which have designs making new units More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Grand Ronde Tribe’s Education Department has turned a funding shortfall at the Willamina School District into an opportunity More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal members driving Interstate 5 between Springfield and Eugene will soon be seeing another Kalapuyan name on their travels.
Tribal More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
It’s hard to believe that the BIA would agree to putting four separate issues into one bundle to be voted upon. I truly wish Tribal Council would put More
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2006 – The Tribe was in the process of building a new fish weir in Agency Creek. Tribal Engineer Eric Scott was working with Gelco Construction, the subcontractor responsible More
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Tribal Council's annual Christmas Party will be held Sunday, Dec. 4, in the Tribal gym. The party will start at noon with a visit from Santa (bring your camera for pictures), More
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An Indian Taco fundraiser will be held starting at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, in the Tribal Community Center to help Tribal member Marcel Allen travel to the Northwest Youth More
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Starting Wednesday, Oct. 26, the Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department will begin offering a powwow dance class from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Adult Education More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Interest among Grand Ronde Tribal members in the Nov. 15 Constitutional Amendment election regarding enrollment requirements is slightly More
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The 236th anniversary of the formation of the U.S. Marine Corps will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Elders’ Activity Center.
Everyone is invited to More
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The Elders’ Christmas Party will be held starting at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at the Elders’ Activity Center.
The event will start with snacks followed by dinner served at 5 More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Plans for the 28th celebration of Grand Ronde Tribal Restoration on Tuesday, Nov. 22, are starting to firm up.
Restoration Celebration More
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The Tribe is in need of ceremonial hunters for deer, elk and bear. Hunters must be enrolled members of the Tribe and be in good standing. For more information, contact More
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A Chinuk Family Night will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Tribal Community Center. Dinner will be provided and each person will get a Chinuk family activity to More
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The Tribe will host a 3-0n-3 Open Basketball Tournament starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, in the Tribal gym.
Cost is $10 per player or $35 for a team of four. Hoopla More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal Elder Ellen Fischer, an employee at Chemawa Indian School in Salem for 27 years before her retirement in 2009, has been More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
TROUTDALE -- Tonie Driver and her daughter, Mykilee, members of the Fort PeckAssiniboine and Sioux Tribes who live in east More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Recently approved grants are building a new youth activities addition at the Tribal Education Department, as well as furnishing and More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The 68th annual Convention and Marketplace of the National Congress of American Indians will meet at the Oregon Convention Center More
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2006 – Tribal Elder Kathryn Harrison was honored at a Women of Distinction luncheon held at Marylhurst University. Harrison was chosen as the Woman of Faith because of her More
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Dear Tribal Council:
I do not like to choose between the good of my Tribe and the good of my family. Please break the enrollment bundle down into four separate questions so More
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The Wednesday, Oct. 12, Tribal Council meeting starts at 4 p.m. and will be followed immediately by a Tribal informational meeting regarding the proposed constitutional More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
For the fourth year in a row, Tribal member Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach brought home a major Native American Music Award More
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The annual Elders Christmas Bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18-19, in the Tribal gym.
Forty tables are available for $20 per table. In More
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CTGR Higher Education is teaming up with the Chemeketa Student Retention & College Life Office to provide an informational luncheon for Tribal students. Please take a More
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The Tribe will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the opening of Achaf-Hammi -- the Tribal Plankhouse -- from 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, in the Plankhouse near the More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
EUGENE -- The Tribe kicked off its educational effort regarding the Nov. 15 vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to revamp More
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Constitutional Enrollment Amendment
Educational Meetings
EUGENE: 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Valley River Inn, 1000 Valley River Way.
PORTLAND: 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. More
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2006 – Tribal Elder Leon “Chip” Tom and Tribal youth Leland Butler were the featured Tribal members in a commercial promoting Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Tom also appears More
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Nora W. Kimsey
Dec. 2, 1908 – Sept. 7, 2011
Grand Ronde Tribal Elder Nora Warren Kimsey, 102, died at her home on Sept. 7, 2011.
She was born in Grand Ronde on Dec. 2, More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Greg Archuleta introduced the Grand Ronde Tribe to the Portland/Multnomah Food Policy Council at Portland City Hall More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Nora Kimsey was born on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1908, in Grand Ronde and raised in the Grand Ronde area.
She walked on Sept. 7, 2011, More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
This is a memory of 1946 when I was 12 years old. My sister Sharon and I attended Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Ore. She was in the fifth grade and I More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
A first-ever Tribal Government Day between the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and City of Portland may lead to an accord between the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The public gifting of the Willamette Heritage Center at Mission Mill’s Kalapuya shovel-nose river canoe took place on Friday, Sept. More
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The
October 2nd General Council meeting will be held at the Valley River Inn,
1000 Valley River Way, Eugene. The agenda includes an informational
presentation about the More
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Loren Francis Holmes
Dec. 15, 1936 – Sept. 17, 2011
Tribal Elder Loren Francis Holmes, 74, a resident of Happy Valley, Ore., died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in More
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Social Service’s Tribal Youth Prevention and Indian Child Welfare programs will sponsor Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and More
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The Tribal Youth Prevention and Behavioral Health Programs are sponsoring three trainings on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 6-7, in the Adult Education Building Rooms 124 A & More
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The Tribe's 28th Restoration Celebration Planning Committee will meet at noon Tuesday, Sept. 27, in 204 of the Tribal Governance Center. For more information or to volunteer, More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal member Kathleen Feehan George is the new director of Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Confederated More
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NOTICE OF
GRAND RONDE CONSTITUTIONAL ELECTION
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Siletz Agency, will be conducting an election to amend the Constitution of the More
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Hudson Dean (Steve Hudson) will perform a send-off concert to the Native American Music Awards at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Tribal gym.
The concert is free with More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Perennial Native American Music Award nominee and Tribal member Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach has company.
At the Oct. 7 Native More
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The Portland Area Office, 4445 S.W. Barbur Blvd., will hold a Flu Clinic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18.
A registered nurse will be on hand to provide information More
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The annual Red Cross Blood Drive will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, in the Bloodmobile, which will be parked near the Tribal gym.
Donors can make an appointment More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Council voted 4-3 on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to reject an effort to stop the current enrollment requirement amendment election and More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
With the distribution of 41 grants totaling $659,350 on Wednesday, Sept. 14, Spirit Mountain Community Fund approached the $55 million More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Flat.
That was Spirit Mountain Casino Chief Executive Officer Rodney Ferguson’s report for 2011 and prediction for 2012 regarding More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
For the second consecutive year, Tribal voters opted for Tribal Council incumbents and former Tribal Council members in picking the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tom Douglas, an art teacher at Houck Middle School in Salem and a descendant of two Northwest pioneer families, thought about More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
For an upcoming episode of the new NBC homicide detective series “Grimm,” Tribal member Kenneth Sequoia Lewis, 21, will be More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Brent Merrill is producing video and still photography for the Lummi Nation’s 10th anniversary Healing Pole journey More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Medication can sometimes save a life.
And a change in medication can sometimes threaten it.
A case in point is Tribal member and More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
MEDFORD -- With Lower Table Rock behind the speakers and Upper Table Rock behind the audience of almost 100, Grand Ronde Tribal More
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2006 – Spirit Mountain Casino opened The Peak, which was a $17 million redesign of the facility’s former bingo hall. With the opening of The Peak, the room now holds 242 of More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
An early Monday morning fire in a restroom located next to a gift store at Spirit Mountain Lodge damaged the restroom and gift More
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Tribal Council election results are Reyn Leno, 431 votes; June Sherer, 404; Kathleen Tom, 315; Mark Mercier, 301; Denise Harvey, 287; Jan Reibach, 266; Wink Soderberg, 252; More
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The funeral for Tribal member Nora Kimsey, who walked on earlier this week at the age of 102, will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, in the Tribal gym.
There will be a meal More
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The Tribe’s Medical Clinic will offer Flu Vaccine Clinics every Thursday in October.
Hours will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m.
People seeking shots should More
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The oldest member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Nora Kimsey, walked on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at the age of 102.
Nora Kimsey was born Dec. 2, 1908, and lived More
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The 2011 Education Division Open House will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in the Tribal gym.
There will be a free barbecue dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. More
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2006 – Nysayka Ikanum -- Our Story, an ongoing virtual experience of the Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department debuted online on the Tribe’s Web site. Created by More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde became official owners of the eight-acre Grand Ronde Middle School property on Monday, Aug. 15, More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Bureau of Land Management, Nature Conservancy and Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will sign a Memorandum of More
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Dear Tribal Council members and those responsible for the education cuts:
My name is Nancy Babb, and I have left each and every one of you a telephone message concerning a More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The 40th annual meeting of the Association of American Indian Physicians pointed the way for Native health care in the years More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Chemeketa Community College’s new Yamhill Valley campus will almost triple in size this fall as it opens a three-story building on More
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The Tribe's Youth Prevention Program is hosting the second annual Community BBQ Bash at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in Tilixam Circle in Tribal Housing.
There will be ribs, More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Chemawa Indian School in Salem was one of more than 160 government-operated Tribal schools that the Environmental Protection Agency has More
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Nike and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde are putting on a free basketball clinic for youths aged 8-12 in the Tribal gym from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.
It will be More
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2006 – Smoke Signals wrote a feature on two new employees in the Tribe’s Accounting Department. Payroll Specialist Georgene Sanders and Clerk Debra Nolen joined the Tribe. More
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Leona Jean Harriss
Oct. 5, 1974 – Dec. 25, 2010
Tribal member Leona Jean Harriss was born on Oct. 5, 1974, in Portland, Ore., and walked on Dec. 25, 2010, on Christmas More
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By Melissa Biery
Summer Youth employee
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is holding its annual Contest Powwow, which is one of the largest powwows held in the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
At 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, the Salem-Keizer School District will hold a ceremonial dedication for the opening of a new West More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Mark Hatfield, the U.S. Senator who played a pivotal role in ushering through Congress the Restoration of the Grand Ronde Tribe in More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
A Beaverton-based laboratory, DiabetOmics, is improving the way diabetics can check the markers of their disease.
It used to be More
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By Michelle Alaimo
Smoke Signals photographer
On Monday, July 18, the Grand Ronde Canoe Family paddled away from Squaxin Island, Wash., and began the annual Tribal Canoe More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member David Lewis’s interest in and excitement about Tribal culture has been passed down to his 10-year-old son, More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
About 50 Tribal members attended the July 27 Tribal Council Candidates Forum held in the Tribal gymnasium while 15 of 17 More
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Dear Smoke Signals:
On behalf of myself and the Veterans Powwow committee, I would like to thank everyone who participated, helped, worked and contributed to this year’s More
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By Barney Lerten
KTVZ.com
BEND – He’s still not out of the woods, so to speak, but a badly injured bald eagle is still recovering well, a Bend vet said on July 15 – despite More
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Smoke Signals, the Tribe’s twice monthly publication, won seven awards in mid-July at two journalism conferences put on by the Native American Journalists Association and More
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By Peter Nelson
Summer Youth Program employee
Tribal member Torey Wakeland, 25, will soon be heading to the University of Montana in mid-August to study wildlife biology More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
After 20 years in the Everglades with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, ending as chief of staff and financial officer, More
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By Melissa Biery
Summer Youth employee
Despite unseasonably wet weather and a two-year absence, the 2011 Spirit Mountain Stampede rodeo successfully returned to the Grand More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
“You’re blessed with having such great sites,” said Rodger Boyd (Navajo), Deputy Assistant Secretary of the federal Housing and More
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2006 – Northwest Tribal canoe families joined in Grand Ronde to welcome the Tribe’s handmade canoe “Stankiya,” which means “change” in Chinuk Wawa. The handmade canoe More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Tribe’s Health and Wellness office is introducing a new program – Freedom through Fitness – run by the Salem-based Courthouse More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Oregon Court of Appeals issued a significant decision in favor of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde on Wednesday, July 27, when More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
It’s been a year in coming and it’s not over yet, but the Grand Ronde Tribe’s effort to fund its own police force is a step closer More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Joann Mercier remembers her uncle, Dean Mercier, as charming, and otherwise.
“Anyone who knew Dean Mercier, ‘Running More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
During this year’s lamprey harvest at Willamette Falls, a Portland General Electric video crew interviewed Grand Ronde Tribal More
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The annual Tribal Council Candidate Forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, in the Tribal gym in Grand Ronde.
Seventeen Tribal members are vying for three More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
On the evening of Friday, July 8, Sharon Norwest and her family marked the first Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow with More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal police officers in Oregon will soon be recognized as police officers under state law.
A bill that will hopefully foster More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office is seeking leads on a water quality probe taken from inside black PVC pipe submerged in More
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By Peter Nelson
Summer Youth Employment reporter
Tribal member Matthew Hofenbredl, 14, wrestled kids from all over the West Coast at the 2011 West Regional Wrestling More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Brandy Starmer and her mother, Tonya, also a Tribal member, live in the eastern Oregon town of Wallowa, but they More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
“American Idol” missed a great bet on Saturday, July 2.
Among 4,000 to 5,000 hopefuls singing their hearts out during 30-second More
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Harold Dean Mercier
April 18, 1930 – July 6, 2011
Tribal Elder Harold Dean Mercier walked on peacefully on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at his home in Grand Ronde with his More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal member Veronica Gaston did the responsible thing recently after she received a surprise from the Social Security More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
For the last year, an exhibit at the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History titled “We Are Still Here” has More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
“Tools of Survival” is the new show at the Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill and includes artifact contributions from the More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
A highest-in-the-nation fish consumption rate should eventually translate into cleaner Oregon waterways after the state Environmental More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
For some things it takes a village, but to raise an osprey, it looks like a concerned citizen and a Tribal Natural Resources staff More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal Elder Edwin Ashman and wife, Ellie, have moved into the first home they have ever owned. Before the new place made them a More
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2006 – Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy attended the longhouse groundbreaking at Lane Community College in Eugene. The projected construction cost of 1.1 million was More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
After a two-year hiatus, the Spirit Mountain Stampede rodeo will literally be back in the saddle again.
Held continuously between 1996 More
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The cost of health care is a major concern for not only The Tribe but everyone across the country. Costs continue to rise at all levels within the system, and we must find More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Seventeen Tribal members were nominated to run for three open seats on Tribal Council at a special General Council meeting held More
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A Chinuk Family BBQ will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at the Youth Education covered area. This is an evening of Chinuk-based activities and conversation. Dinner will More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals
Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, leapfrogged over the $54 million mark in More
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The Michael Nerney trainings for Thursday and Friday, June 16-17, have been canceled due to airline complications.
Social Services will be working with Michael Nerney to More
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A Diabetes Wellness Screening will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans’ Powwow and 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the More
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2006 – Dr. Jim Lace of Salem, a member of the Meth Task Force for the Oregon Medical Association, gave a presentation at the Tribal Community Center regarding the tragedies More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
“My whole life,” says 20-year-old Tribal member Tyanna Smith, “I’ve always been an outdoor person. Even when I was little, I More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Spirit Mountain Casino’s three-year commitment as Title Sponsor for the Rose Festival started with this year’s events. Approved by More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal Council is capping off more than 10 years of work at the Cultural Resources Department with an allocation of $16,500 for 300 More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The primary concern of Northwest Tribes at the June 7 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region 10 Tribal Consultation More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
CORVALLIS -- Tribal Elder Nancy Coleman is one proud grandmother.
Her granddaughter, Tribal member Rachelle Coleman, hit a two-run More
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All teenagers in grades sixth through 12 in the Grand Ronde, Willamina and Sheridan communities are invited to the Grand Ronde Teen Nite Court Program from 6 to 10 p.m. More
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Middle school youth will hold a Fry Bread Lunch and Car Wash fundraiser from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, in the Youth Education Department parking lot.
The More
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Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy of Dallas, Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. of Willamina and Rodney Ferguson, Spirit Mountain Casino chief executive More
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Youth Education will be hold a Youth Golf Camp from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, June 13, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, on the Tribal campus.
Students will learn golf More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Council voted 5-4 on Thursday, June 2, to send a bundle of four enrollment changes to the General Membership for a vote.
The More
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The Tribe’s Youth Education Program is holding a two-day Camp Dakota in Scotts Mills on Thursday and Friday, June 16-17, that is open to male Confederated Tribes of Grand More
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Family Movie Night, featuring 'Gnomeo & Juliet," will begin at 5:15 p.m. Friday, June 17, in the Tribal gym. Dinner will be provided before the showing the film at 5:35 More
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The seventh annual Family Night Out will be held from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 16, on the Tribal campus. There will be caricature artists and hot dogs, cotton candy and More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The genesis of “We Are Grand Ronde” dates back to the mid-1990s when Tribal member Jan Michael Reibach had just moved to Grand Ronde – More
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Anthony Joseph Lane
Feb. 5, 1959 – May 28, 2011
Tribal member Anthony “Tony” Joseph Lane, 52, a resident of Dallas, walked on while fishing on the Willamette River on More
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Teenagers attending sixth through 12 grades in the Grand Ronde, Sheridan and Willamina area are invited to attend the first Grand Ronde Teen Nite Court Program from 6 to 10 More
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2006 – Tribal Information Day held in Salem focused on Tribal culture and natural resources. Tribal Tourism Coordinator Elaine LaBonte said the important message the Tribe More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Grand Ronde Tribal members will not have to wait long for the Spirit Mountain Casino float to go by during the newly christened Spirit More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal Elder Marcellus “Marce” Norwest walked on Sunday, May 22, in McMinnville at the age of 82.
Norwest is being honored by More
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By Ron KartenSmoke Signals staff writerThe sun and a light rain played tag all morning as hundreds joined in multiple Memorial Day observances sponsored throughout the West More
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By Ron KartenSmoke Signals staff writerThe Tribal Library’s expansion is complete and an Open House to see the improvements – new entryway, a fountain, restrooms and 1,500 More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
After almost 22 years of employment with the Tribe and standing as the sixth longest serving employee, Tribal Elder Dakota More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
In a series of events and lectures held Tuesday and Wednesday, May 17-18, in Grand Ronde, Tribal leaders and staff members More
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Grand Ronde Tribal offices closed at noon Friday, May 27, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Offices will re-open at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 31.
In addition, because of More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has agreed to buy the soon-to-be vacated middle school facility on the east side of Grand Ronde More
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Marcellus John Norwest
May 8, 1929 – May, 22, 2011
Tribal Elder Marcellus “Marce” John Norwest, 82, a resident of Grand Ronde, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, in McMinnville, More
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An Elders’ Fishing Trip to Henry Haag Lake outside of Forest Grove will be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 9.
The trip is sponsored by the Tribal Fishing and More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
SALEM -- Tribal First Foods became an important metaphor for the current state of Oregon’s environment during Tribal Government Day held More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy was among 18 Native American representatives who testified on Wednesday, May 4, before the House More
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2006 – Tribal Community Meetings were under way in Canyonville, Eugene, Grand Ronde, Federal Way, Wash., and Portland, providing the widest access ever for Tribal members who More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The three-member Polk County Board of Commissioners voted April 19 not to object to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s proposal to More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
In Eugene on Saturday, April 30, Tribal members Perri McDaniel, Becky Weston and a group of other Eugene-area Tribal leaders took a More
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By Kim Rogers
Tribal Planning & Grants manager
Following the May 1 General Council meeting, the Tribe held its 2011 Community Input meeting in the Tribal gym in Grand More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
David Lewis, manager of the Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department and a member of the Tribe, has been busy researching Grand Ronde More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Grand Ronde’s Canoe Journey exhibit currently showing at the Willamette Heritage Center at The Mill in Salem includes a More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
On Monday, May 30, the Tribal Memorial Day observance will begin again at the Grand Ronde cemetery at 8 a.m., according to Tribal More
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There will be a Preschool Literacy Night held beginning at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, in the Tribal gym.
Dinner will be provided.
For more information, contact More
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Twenty-seven names, including six Grand Ronde Tribal members, are ging added this year to the four granite columns of the West Valley Veterans’ Memorial on the Grand Ronde More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
After the stormy economic times of 2008, when UBS Financial Services’ Senior Vice President-Investments Mark Barnum reported to the More
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2006 – Willamette University repatriated a 2.2-pound piece of Tomanowos – the Willamette meteorite – to the Tribe. The piece was found in a supply closet in the school’s More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Camas, lamprey, salmon, deer and elk probably will be among some of the food items discussed during Tribal Government Day on Friday, May More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Life has been tough in Grand Ronde.
From the 1856 Trail of Tears onward, just about every generation has faced a trail of broken More
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By Michelle Alaimo
Smoke Signals photographer
“If they hadn't of moved us, we'd probably still be here,” was a thought Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. had after a tour More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Clara Pratte (Navajo), national director of the Office of Native American Affairs in the U.S. Small Business Administration, summed More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member and lifelong fighter Billy Bobb has attained professional status as a mixed martial arts promoter.
His gym, the More
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Allen Dale Tobiska III
Feb. 15, 1988 – April 19, 2011
Tribal member Allen Dale Tobiska, 23, walked on April 19, 2011. He was born on Feb. 15, 1988, in Everett, Wash., to More
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The eighth annual Native Youth Leadership Conference will be held Friday and Saturday at the Tribal plankhouse and gym
There will be a welcoming ceremony from 7 to 9 p.m. More
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James Marvin Simmons
Nov. 19,1951 – April 13, 2011
Tribal Elder James Marvin Simmons, also known as Jimi “Dexter” Simmons, walked on at the age of 59 on Wednesday, April More
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“Art of the Canoe: Looking and Making Art from the Native People of the Pacific Northwest” is the theme of this year’s summer camp offered by the Oregon College of Art & More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy was re-appointed to the Oregon Legislative Commission on Indian Services on April 19 by More
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Gary Nathaniel Butler
July 4, 1952 – April 13, 2011
Tribal Elder Gary Nathaniel Butler, 58, a resident of Grand Ronde, walked on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, as a result More
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The Tribal Elders’ Committee will hold a spaghetti fundraiser for the Saddle Club from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 25, at the Tribal Community Center.
For more More
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The Tribe will officially mark the opening of the new Portland satellite office from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, May 6, at 4445 S.W. Barbur Blvd., Portland.
Light refreshments More
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The Great Chili Challenge and Chow-Down on Saturday, April 30, at the Tribal Community Center will help fund the work of the Grand Ronde Community Resource Center’s Food More
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The annual Community Input meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in the Tribal gym following the General Council meeting, which will run from 10 a.m. to noon in the More
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2006 – Tribal members participated in the National Park Service project “Corps of Discovery II: 200 Years to the Future,” which came to Grand Ronde for a March 25-April 2 More
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If you go
Sol Seed in concert
When: 7 p.m. Friday, April 29; dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Tribal gym
Cost: Free admission; open to the public
More info: More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Matthew Hofenbredl, a LaCreole (Dallas) Middle School eighth-grader and wrestler with the Dallas Mat Club, has More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The history of the Confederated Tribes can be told through the land.
Before the 1850s, the Tribes “owned” most of western More
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The annual Tribal Easter Egg Hunt will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, April 23, in the covered area at Family Housing.
Age categories for Easter egg hunters will be 1 to 4 More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Elder Marta Lu Clifford is returning to the stage after a bit of an acting sabbatical.
At Springfield High School, she More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
In the 20th century, the Grand Ronde Tribe’s history is punctuated by 1954’s Termination and 1983’s Restoration, but the More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The photographs, holding court in a classroom at the Cultural Resources Department, brought back memories of a time gone by.
“I More
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If you go
The Grand Ronde Canoe Journey exhibit
When: Friday, April 8, through Monday, May 30
Where: The Willamette Heritage Center at The Mill, 1313 Mill St. S.E., More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The foods were on the table to be honored, the way Tribal Elder and Culture Committee member Carol Logan said they should be More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Helping military veterans with post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Supporting employment for people with mental health issues.
Providing More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
From the third floor ballroom overlooking Willamette Falls, Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy described to a full house the way More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Spring break means wild beach parties in Cancun on some campuses, but for 20 athletes and other students at Oregon State More
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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is accepting applications for the Mark O. Hatfield Congressional Fellowship.
Each year, a Hatfield Fellow serves as an intern for a More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
At a time when budget cutting is the loudest mantra coming out of Washington, D.C., the Grand Ronde Tribe received a $500,000 Indian More
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By Jennifer Leggett
Tribal Nurse Supervisor
We hear in the news almost every day about the problems with health care and the increasing prevalence of diabetes.
The More
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PORTLAND – Portland State University’s Graduate School of Education is recruiting student candidates for its new project, the American Indian Urban Teachers Program, funded More
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By Dean RhodesSmoke Signals
editor
When
the Grand Ronde Tribe officially dedicated the $6.4 million Grand Ronde Road
improvement project in November 2009, the only More
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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is accepting applications for the Mark O. Hatfield Congressional Fellowship.
Each year, a Hatfield Fellow serves as an intern for a More
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By Ron KartenSmoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Brent Merrill will
be a featured speaker at the upcoming 10th Sequoyah National Research
Center Symposium scheduled More
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By
Tom BenderTribal
Mental Health counselor
I
was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wis. For this last Super Bowl, I went to the
home of fellow-Cheese Heads to enjoy some More
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By Angela
SearsSpirit
Mountain Casino Marketing Coordinator
Slots
Supervisor Holly Williams of Cloverdale and Environmental Services employee
Michael Mary of Willamina More
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By Dean RhodesSmoke Signals
editor
Spirit
Mountain Casino became an impromptu emergency shelter for more than 300 Oregon
coastal residents fleeing Lincoln City and other More
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By Dean RhodesSmoke Signals
editor
New
Tribal Economic Development Director Titu Asghar presented an overview of the
Tribe’s burgeoning economic development efforts at More
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By Dean RhodesSmoke Signals
editor
A
Sheridan-area man broke both bones in his lower right leg while logging on the
Tribal Reservation and, with the assistance of More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals
editor
The
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has regained ownership of more than 139
acres of the original reservation by purchasing eight More
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By Ron KartenSmoke Signals staff writer
These days,
Tribal Elder Dorothy “Dottie” Greene, 92, has the color of spring about her.
She talks about her
“Honeybun,” an More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Kathleen Feehan George has been named to a position
with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
She is now More
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By Dean RhodesSmoke Signals
editor
It’s
official: The Willamina School Board voted Feb. 14 to close Grand Ronde Middle
School to help pare the district’s budget by more More
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Tribal programs help Tim Anderson right his path after prison sentence
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Texaco used to advertise, “You can
trust your car to the More
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By Ron KartenSmoke Signals staff writer
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, it is all happening in an
unassuming steel shed over the rickety wood bridge behind the Tribe’s More
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Tribe seeks
streamlined process for taking former land back into trust
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals
editor
An
amendment to the 1988 Grand Ronde Reservation Act that More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
From Jan. 31 through Feb. 12,
Tribal member and Language and Cultural Specialist Bobby Mercier returned to
the Maori’s homeland More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Timing is everything.
Or at least it was for the hundreds
of family and friends who attended the recent Celebration of Life More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Julian Filipp, the second exchange
student for the Tribe from the University of Applied Forest Sciences in Rottenburg,
Germany, More
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Name: Sajeed “Titu” Asghar.
Age: 38.
Family: Married to wife,
Shahida; two sons, ages 5 and 3.
Birthplace: Bangladesh.
Education: Graduated from the
University of More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals
editor
The
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde honored 39 employees who, together, account
for 532 years of service to the Tribe on More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals
editor
Tribal
member and Tribal Cultural Protection Coordinator Eirik Thorsgard is now
wearing a new hat as Tribal Historic Preservation More
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Grand opening at the third annual
Gathering of Oregon’s First Nations on Saturday, Jan. 29, put the spotlight on
hundreds of More
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By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals
editor
The
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in
Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, asking that a U.S. More