Posted on 09.10.2017 By Dean Rhodes
Former Spirit Mountain Casino Internal Auditor Michael Langley became the first candidate ever to receive more than 700 votes on Saturday, Sept. 9, when he was elected during…
Posted on 09.19.2017 By Dean Rhodes
June E. McKnight June 9, 1930 – Sept. 14, 2017 Tribal Elder June Everetta McKnight, 87, a resident of Salem walked on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at her home. She was born June…
Posted on 09.14.2017 By Dean Rhodes
Longtime Tribal Council member Cheryle A. Kennedy was re-elected as Tribal Council chairwoman on Wednesday, Sept. 13, and former Tribal Council Chairman Chris Mercier…
(Editor’s note: Former Tribal Council Chairman Reynold L. Leno, 66, retired from office after spending 21 consecutive years on Tribal Council and winning seven straight…
Spirit Mountain Community Fund’s first quarterly check presentation since celebrating its 20th anniversary on July 29 propelled the fund past the 2,500 mark in the number of…
Posted on 09.14.2017 By Michelle Alaimo
By Michelle Alaimo Smoke Signals photojournalist Spirit Mountain Casino General Manager Stan Dillon gave the Tribal membership an update on the casino’s current and future…
By Angela Sears Community Fund program coordinator Karlen Yallup, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, has been selected as the 2017-18 Hatfield Fellow and…
Sunday, Aug. 6 Assist outside agency for a domestic disturbance in the area of Alvord Alley. Male subject was arrested and transported to Polk County Jail. Reported…
Charles A. Landon April 24, 1947 – July 23, 2017 Tribal Elder Charles A. Landon walked on Sunday, July 23, at the age of 70. He was born April 24, 1947. He was preceded in…
2012 – Bonneville Power Administration, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nature Conservancy and staff members from the offices of Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and…
Posted on 09.07.2017 By Dean Rhodes
Tribal Council approved amendments to the Tribe’s Procurement Ordinance on Wednesday, Sept. 6, that will require the Tribe to purchase environmentally friendly products and…
Tribal member Jan Looking Wolf Reibach received three Native American Music Awards nominations when they were announced Thursday, Sept. 7, in New York City. Reibach was…
Posted on 08.30.2017 By Dean Rhodes
Tribal Election Day is Saturday, Sept. 9. This year’s Tribal Council candidates for three open seats are incumbents Tonya Gleason-Shepek and Chris Mercier, and challengers…
Maybe it was the total solar eclipse occurring on Monday, Aug. 21. Or perhaps it was the fact that there were no competing powwows in the Pacific Northwest. Or it could have…
Junior Girls Jingle: Analynn Olney, Yakama, first; Alayna Bevis, Umatilla, second; Davianna Madera, Colville/Blackfeet, third; Dinaye Sayer, Dine/Cree, fourth; and Victoria…
One advantage to the 2017 Canoe Journey being held in Campbell River, British Columbia, was that the Grand Ronde Canoe Family was among the first Tribes to participate in…
2012 – The Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review Commission voted against a proposal that sought to allow Oregon’s first non-Tribal casino to be built in the east Portland…
Posted on 08.25.2017 By Dean Rhodes
Dakota Rae Sangretta-Whitecloud Nov. 11, 1947 – Aug. 10, 2017 Tribal Elder Dakota Rae Sangretta-Whitecloud, 69, born Nov. 11, 1947, crossed over Aug. 10, 2017, after…
Posted on 08.24.2017 By Dean Rhodes
Tribal Council approved two grant applications, a request for proposals and a Housing Department agreement during its Wednesday, Aug. 23, meeting. The first grant application…
Posted on 08.21.2017 By Dean Rhodes
For 101 seconds beginning at 10:17 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21, the temperature in Grand Ronde dipped noticeably, street lights in Tribal Elder housing activated and the sun…
Posted on 08.17.2017 By Dean Rhodes
Monica L. Tinoco Dec. 15, 1969 – Aug. 15, 2017 Tribal member Monica L. Tinoco, 47, walked on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at the…
Posted on 08.16.2017 By Dean Rhodes
U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader received a crash course in the Tribe’s natural resources efforts during a one-hour visit to the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department on Tuesday, Aug.…