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Culture Watchlist: ‘How the U.S. stole thousands of Native American children’ 06.30.2021 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Smoke Signals social media/digital journalist The history of residential schools in North America is once again in headlines. The Associated Press reported on Thursday, June 24, that 751 unmarked graves were found at a former Native American residential school in Saskatchewan, Canada. For this edition’s Native American Watchlist video, we chose the Vox video “How …

Culture Watchlist: ‘To stop uncontrollable wildfires in California, look to this once-outlawed Indigenous practice’ 06.14.2022 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Summer is almost upon us, which means wildfire season is looming. The Grand Ronde Tribe’s Silviculture and Fire Protection programs work throughout the year to prevent extensive widlfires. They do so through a traditional practice called “prescribed burns.” Or, as a University of California’s Fig. 1 …

Tribal Government & News 31 memorialized during annual Tribal salute to those who served 05.29.2015 Brent Merrill Tribal Council , Culture , People , Events Memorial Day officially started in Grand Ronde at 8:44 a.m. Monday, May 25, when area residents heard the gun salute emanating from the Tribal Cemetery. For most people, the holiday began on Friday when local residents got off work and started getting ready for the three-day weekend, but for local veterans and their families the day …

Tribal Government & News Tribal personnel help find missing man 05.13.2021 Dean Rhodes Public safety , Natural resources By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Grand Ronde Tribal personnel from myriad departments helped find a 73-year-old man who was reported missing north of Grand Ronde off Wind River and Agency Creek roads on Sunday, May 9. Sang Kwon Sa was gathering mountain greens with his wife and friends. They reported him missing at 6:30 p.m. The Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department …

generosity in that you always show a commitment to staff in terms of time off, benefits and programs, and continuing to provide a great place for people to work,” Leno said. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved appointing Reyn Leno to the Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. Board of Directors by a 5-4 vote, with Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy breaking the tie in favor. Vice Chair Chris Mercier and council members Denise Harvey, Brenda Tuomi and Kathleen George voted in opposition. Secretary Jon …

generosity in that you always show a commitment to staff in terms of time off, benefits and programs, and continuing to provide a great place for people to work,” Leno said. In other action, Tribal Council: Approved appointing Reyn Leno to the Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. Board of Directors by a 5-4 vote, with Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy breaking the tie in favor. Vice Chair Chris Mercier and council members Denise Harvey, Brenda Tuomi and Kathleen George voted in opposition. Secretary Jon …

2025. During a Tuesday, Dec. 30, Legislative Action Committee meeting, Tribal Council members took an opportunity to thank the Tribe’s Finance Department for its work on the budget. “Thank you for all the work you do with your staff, I know it gets hard on the eyes,” Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy said. “But we got through it.” Tribal Council member Kathleen George said she wanted to take an opportunity to, “echo some of the good words said earlier.” “I want to thank (Finance Officer …

media outlets that an inter-Tribal casino off Interstate 5 near Salem would be “devastating” to the Grand Ronde Tribe, which operates Spirit Mountain Casino, the closest Tribal gaming enterprise to the Salem market. Instead, Martin said, the Grand Ronde Tribe supports a solution that works for all of Oregon’s Tribes and for the state, and would also help the Tribes and state compete with the Cowlitz Tribe’s new casino approximately 15 miles north of Vancouver, Wash. The Siletz proposal states …

Gorge and to explain their position. The Tribal Council members made the point that their opposition to a casino in the Columbia River Gorge was based on fairness of policy and fear of proliferation, not trouble between Tribes. Earlier that year, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski approved the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs’ efforts to establish an off-reservation casino development project in the Columbia River Gorge. 2000 – The possibility of a recreational center for Grand Ronde was being …

, 10 ounces 40 feet into a clay-filled pit. A ringer, worth three points, is when the horseshoe lands around the spike sticking out of clay. Leno finished with a 13-2 record, said association Fourth Vice President Barbara Carson, who was in charge of keeping the statistics. Leno then faced off against Ronnie Miller of Georgia, who also finished the tournament with a 13-2 record. Leno said he and Miller met earlier on Saturday. Miller was undefeated at 10-0 and Leno was 9-1. Leno won and went 4-1 …