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your hands, wear face masks and maintain social distance to prevent exposure and stop the spread,” the post stated. For more information regarding the Tribe’s coronavirus pandemic response, visit www.grandronde.org/covid-19-information/. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

, is setting up a confidential database including basic client demographics for future donors/grant funders and is planning to start community outreach. "I think it will be very challenging and slow moving at the beginning," Falla said. "Then it will all start taking off." Falla seems to have been born for the job. She was raised by "a strong female, a German mom who pushed my brother and I to be the best we could was empowering," she said. "She made it clear we would have to do our best because we …

to play a small part in the bigger picture of things. “I want Tribal folks to understand it is awesome to encourage other cultures to visit out here because it makes us grow,” said Olson. “I love those things when we get together with other people like 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: …

Tribal Government & News Walden makes first visit to Grand Ronde 11.30.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Federal Government Congressman Greg Walden, who represents the largest area of any Oregon member of the House of Representatives and is the state’s lone Republican in Congress, made his first visit to Grand Ronde on Friday, Nov. 20. “It’s good to get a check mark next to getting out here,” Walden said to seven Tribal Council members in attendance – Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno, Vice …

wrestled while in high school and took third place one year in the state tournament. He was a logger for many years, working with the Littlejohn and Crown Zellerbach companies. He loved his nieces and nephews, and was always concerned with their well-being. He enjoyed the beach, picnics and drawing. Gary always had dreams of traveling away from Grand Ronde. He was known for his dependability and genuineness. He is survived by his brothers, Alton Butler of Sheridan and Elvin Butler of Grand Ronde …

Culture Hofenbredl ends middle school wrestling career on high note 04.15.2011 Dean Rhodes People Tribal member Matthew Hofenbredl, a LaCreole (Dallas) Middle School eighth-grader and wrestler with the Dallas Mat Club, has concluded another wrestling season as first in the state in the 95-pound weight class of the Oregon Wrestling Association, said his father, Tribal member Leland Hofenbredl. The finals took place in March. Toward the end of March, during spring break, Matthew and his father …

to the mainland. Asghar said the current Shasta management team will remain in place and that the Tribe will not actively manage the company. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

place in a 10-team tournament held in Yakima, Wash. The Shiams - Chinook for "grizzly" - included Dean Azule, Jackie Colton, Jim Willis, Gregg Leno, Teri Holsclaw, Mark Mercier, Tammy Fry, Shelley Hansen, Greg Archuleta, Doug Colton and Kathy Delaney. Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year increments through the pages of Smoke Signals. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper …

Culture Tribe helping name Marys Peak creeks 08.14.2018 Danielle Frost Culture , History By Danielle Frost CORVALLIS -- Since time immemorial, Marys Peak in Corvallis has been described as a “place of refuge” for the Kalapuya people, who climbed it for safety to escape the floods that shaped the Columbia River Gorge. Now, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, which includes the Kalapuya, will have input on naming several of the creeks on the east-facing slope of Marys Peak in an effort …

significance to the Grand Ronde Tribe. "The history of this area is very important to the Tribe," said Tribal Land and Culture Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach. "In addition to being a summer fishing place for the Clackamas Chinook people, this was near the birthplace of John Wacheno, son of Chief Wacheno, who signed the Willamette Valley Treaty for the Tribe." The Willamette Valley Treaty, signed in 1855, ceded most of the northern Willamette Valley between the Cascade and Coast mountain ranges …