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anything at all if we didn’t get a Reservation … so we signed the consent decree to give up our rights forever. We cried, but we knew that the people of Oregon didn’t want us to have it then.” After years of gradually shifting public opinion and countless hours of work by Tribal employees and Tribal Council members, fishing rights at Willamette Falls were restored by the Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on April 22, 2016. That ruling allowed for the harvest of hatchery spring Chinook salmon …

mission is to “make good journalists better.” It seeks out a diversity of gender, age, ethnicity and type of media, which results in a mix of journalists who can potentially reach millions of readers and listeners. The “Covering Opioids and Addiction” fellowship consisted of six training sessions, five of which occurred in April and a final wrap-up in May. Fellows also attended the April 22-24 national virtual conference of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, which sponsors the program …

percent. “We had one of the best (increases) in the state,” says Willamina School District Superintendent Carrie Zimbrick. “I would attribute this to the extra effort staff made to ensure students were completing the needed credits to get their diploma.” Sheridan School Superintendent Steven Sugg says the district has worked during the past two years to build stronger relationships with the Tribe. For example, teachers and administrators meet several times a year to discuss student progress and how …

Tribal Government & News Smoke Signals honored at ONPA convention 07.17.2012 Ron Karten Tribal employees WELCHES -- The Grand Ronde Tribal newspaper, Smoke Signals , received one first-place award and two second-place awards in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Associate Member contest. Award recipients were announced Friday, July 13, at the annual convention held at the Resort at the Mountain in Welches. Smoke Signals received a first-place plaque for being the best newspaper …

Health & Education Tribal Education Department releases fall learning plan 09.14.2020 Danielle Frost Education By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer Just as public school districts have been doing around the state, the Grand Ronde Education Department has grappled with how to best serve students during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. After being closed to in-person services since March 16, the department has developed a response plan after consulting with General Manager David …

appearance to the Tribe’s advantage. “I was sent specifically to meetings with county councils and stuff to find out what was going on, because I looked like a white person, so these county councils and members would talk to me the way they wouldn’t to a Native American, and then I would go back and report,” he said. Still, he said, it would have been good to know sooner. “I think that the lasting thing was that we missed out on many things in our childhood and early adulthood in our relationships …

and issue a new Record of Decision within 60 days. She dismissed the current case as "moot." "As we argued and the judge agreed, the government cannot continually rewrite its analysis during the course of litigation to address plaintiffs' arguments," Grand Ronde Tribal Attorney Rob Greene said. "They cannot paper over flaws in reasoning after the fact, after the public record is closed." "The order of Judge Rothstein is a victory for our Tribe and our members," said Grand Ronde Tribal Chairman Reyn …

. A hundred or so were eventually corralled on somebody's front porch. The first part of Dobkins' lecture was a tour through the Northwest and, to some degree, national Native American experience. Dobkins called it Native American History 101. It included historical and anecdotal information about federal Indian policy and colonization. "It's a pendulum between assimilation and annihilation," she said. Indian boarding schools like Chemawa taught mainstream cultural ideas like Christianity, on one …

Culture Yesteryears -- July 15, 2018 07.13.2018 Danielle Frost History 2013 – Navajo code talkers were among those honored at the Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow held at the Uyxat Powwow Grounds. The Tribe wrapped the men in traditional blankets and presented them with Native American Medals of Valor. Navajo code is considered the most successful military code ever invented and remained unbroken by the Japanese throughout World War II. 2008 – Construction on Grand Ronde Road was set …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council continues revamping process for committees, special event boards 03.06.2019 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council continued its revamping of Tribal committees and special event boards by sending proposed amendments to the General Committee & SEB Ordinance out for a first reading, which will seek Tribal member input, on Wednesday, March 6. Tribal Staff Attorney Brooks Wakeland said during the Tuesday, March 5, …