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on Tribal Council. “If you ever met him, he would tell you he was the best-looking guy in Grand Ronde, maybe the best-looking guy in Oregon and maybe the best-looking guy in the world,” Leno said. “If you ever came to the powwows, you’d see him wearing a cedar hat. I was fortunate to call him a friend and fellow veteran. He served on our Honor Guard. We served on our council at the same time. We also served together down at our casino and he will be dearly missed.” Leno then requested a moment …

the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the country, Marckis Branford of Clackamas Community College, 5-4. “So I went out and just wrestled my match,” Hofenbredl was quoted as saying in the Coos Bay World . “He went out and took me down at the beginning and then I ended up getting away and getting a reversal and finishing the period on top. I just kept my pace going and he started slowing down and got in on that last shot.” Coach Adam Whitlatch said Hofenbredl is 14-5 this season. He wrestled a previous season …

; prayer Isabelle and Sophia Grout; flute Donn Grishaber; video and music Carter Tollis; Shari for her loving care at his most needed time; and Jo Ann Empey for calming my soul. Donna Stronach Roll No. 12 Dear Smoke Signals : I attended the virtual General Council meeting on Dec. 6, 2020, and was impressed and powerfully moved by the presentation from Spirit Mountain Community Fund. SMCF provides small and large competitive grants to nonprofit organizations as a philanthropic investment in communities …

, the Grand Ronde Tribe, have not made treaty claims in Eastern Oregon, the ceded lands of other Tribes. We respect and honor that history. And we ask that they do the same. I wish I knew why other Tribes feel the need to attack us in our homelands and fight our actions at Willamette Falls. I suspect, however, that their motivation to disparage Grand Ronde and rewrite history is a thinly veiled power grab to get closer to the Willamette River and the Portland metro area. It comes at a time when …

would never get out of it, but all of this was possible because of the hard work of so many. We had everybody jumping in to do what was needed to take care of each other. Now, we’re in the midst of planning a new public health building and also opening Great Circle Recovery in Portland.” Rowe, a Tribal member, called it “an honor and privilege” to serve the Tribe in her current capacity. “I’ve worked in health care for a long time and being here working for my Tribe, caring for my own people …

,” Kennedy said about the Tribal leader meeting. “It’s very different than what I know I have seen since ’80, that’s 43 years. That is different and I appreciate that.” Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

I began researching this story I thought of it as a traditional mystery - a ‘who done it?’ ” Grann says. “By the end, I realized it wasn’t a ‘who done it?’ It was a ‘who didn’t do it?’ So many people were a part of this.” You can watch more about Mollie Burkhart’s story and the “Killers of the Flower Moon” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYllsqLcgik . Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper …

, they are Vice Chair Chris Mericer, Lisa Leno, Kathleen George, Matthew Haller, Denise Harvey, Secretary Michael Cherry and Brenda Tuomi. Kennedy also acknowledged former Tribal Council members in attendance, which included Candy Robertson and Henry Petite, who served on the first post-Restoration Tribal Council; and former longtime Tribal Chair Reyn Leno, as well as former Tribal Council member Tonya Gleason-Shepek. “I knew what it was like not to have a homeland,” Kennedy said. “When we were terminated …

a deeper understanding of Tribal governance and Tribal sovereignty essential to our communities. I cannot emphasize enough how effective this training was, I only wish I attended sooner.” For a more in-depth story about Cherry’s experience, listen to the Smoke Signals podcast by visiting smokesignals.org and clicking on the “podcast” link under the dropdown menu. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper …

Tribes. The other is Makah Tribal Council Treasurer Glenn Ellis, Jr., of Neah Bay, Washington. “I’m honored to be selected for my second term,” Harvey said. “I will do as I’ve done in the past to advocate for the federal trust responsibility not only for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Oregon Tribes, but all of Indian Country.” Office of Public and Indian Housing Assistant Secretary Richard J. Monocchio sent Harvey a letter on Monday, Nov. 18, congratulating her on the reappointment …