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remember those meetings,” Brown said. “It was a very emotional time. The Elders wanted a place where they could tell our story. It was really clear that was very important to them.” The property at 8720 Grand Ronde Road was purchased by the Tribe in 2011 for $675,000. Before, it was home to Grand Ronde Elementary and then Willamina Middle schools. “The plan was always to develop it into a museum and cultural center, with a phased development approach,” Harrelson said. Phase One, which was completed …

Culture Tribal Housing Easter Egg Hunt offering egg-cellent time on April 20 04.01.2019 Danielle Frost Events Three-year-old Nevaeh Grijalva heads for some eggs during the Tribe’s annual Easter egg hunt held at Tribal Housing last year. (Smoke Signals file photo) By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer Easter is Sunday, April 21, which means the annual Tribal Housing Department’s Easter Egg Hunt will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20, rain or shine, at the covered area in Tribal …

University. He has worked for the Tribe in a contracted position since January 2019. He also provides medical services to the Warm Springs Tribe, although that was temporarily halted when the Reservation was closed due to COVID-19. “I’d love to have him here full-time,” Rowe says. “He is great with staff and has a very calm manner, which is very important.” Tam hasn’t had a problem adjusting to life in a 100-square-foot travel trailer because he spent eight months doing so after purchasing …

for the Tribe’s canine police officer and concerns from a local veteran about health care and the shortage of rural doctors. Merkley thanked the Tribe and the audience for taking time to meet with him and discuss important issues. “Very few senators hold town halls,” said Merkley. “Senator Wyden set the example and I followed that idea. I’ve learned a tremendous amount from your comments and insights.” After the meeting, Merkley talked about his relationship with the Tribe. “It’s extremely …

pick which six candidates I want, I already know which three I am going to vote for so it is unnecessary to lower the field of candidates to six. 3. Because there is not very much time between the candidates declaring that they want to run for Tribal Council and the time of the primary vote, the new candidates would not have very much time to build up a following and get their message out to the voters. 4. I think the primary would favor the incumbents. 5. I would hate to have us spend Tribal …

Culture Jobs program keeps Tribal youth busy during summer 08.14.2014 Dean Rhodes People , Education This year's summer interns worked hard, learned a lot and accomplished much as part of the annual Summer Youth Employment Program. Some youth finished the program - 160 hours over six weeks -early. The program was flexible enough that others took time off for Youth Education programs, for example, and were able to work another week at the end to make up the time. Such was the case …

grew up on 10 acres in Turner near Salem and that almost all of the arrowheads were collected on the family property. “He started to find arrowheads at a very young age,” said Yeater. “He had an eye for it. It was a love of his. From the time he was little, when they plowed the fields he was out there looking. I’ve been really concerned about daddy’s collection.” Yeater said a series of unusual circumstances led her to Capital Pawn that day. She said she started the day with a rare visit to her …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- July 1, 2020 06.30.2020 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : I was saddened to see the news that our fellow Tribal member and former Councilwoman Dorothy Greene has walked on. We served on the council together for about a year in 1986-87. I lived in Dallas and her in Sheridan. On the nights of our council meetings, I would drive to Sheridan and pick Dorothy up. Her husband did not drive at that time. We attended many meetings …

was very fortunate to have been here in the first probably 10 years of the casino time. We probably delivered more benefits in that time. Of course, I was the youngster on council, but we probably delivered more health care, per capita, Elder’s pension and schools. I was here when we were only giving three scholarships. All of the different stuff … per capita. We started pouring money into our endowments and very fortunate now that they just went over the $700 million mark. Most important ones, I …

like to say that even if it turned out that, due to issues working their way through proper channels at this time, my family members and I might lose our Tribal affiliation, I am very grateful for all my Tribe has done for me, my family and relatives. Yes, I would still be a Native American, descended from the Norwest family. Sure, my life would change in ways I can't even imagine at this time. I would lose my roll number and no longer have a card in my pocket showing my membership to our Tribe …