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by downloading an app. She and husband, Cecil, connected on the world’s most popular social networking site, Facebook, after Linda purchased her first smartphone in 2016 and signed up for an account. The two Elders can frequently be seen holding hands, smiling and sitting close together at different Elders Activity Center events, proof that love flourishes at any age. “My nephew showed me how to get on Facebook,” Linda says. “One of my friends took some pictures and helped me make a profile.” Cecil …

on this delegation will help me broaden my skills to help others wherever my adventures lead me.” Youth delegates are scheduled to convene again at a winter board meeting and virtually to learn from Tribal and nonTribal organizations and leaders in the health care field. They also will present workshops and participate in the THRIVE Conference in Portland, Ore., and with the Administration for Native Americans I-LEAD Youth Summit. She is the daughter of Peter and Genifer Grout. Share On Facebook Share …

created her first few abstract works using acrylics. Then, she posted the images to her Facebook page to share with family and friends. One of her works, “As My Guitar Gently Weeps,” caught the eye of Jonathan Oliveira, winery ambassador at downtown McMinville’s Willamette Valley Vineyards tasting room. “He asked me if I wanted to do an exhibit at the tasting room for the month of August,” Lewis, 60, says. “I like a challenge, so I said, ‘Sure.’ I’ve been at it since January and created 20 paintings …

. The ugly storage unit couldn’t go somewhere else? Veronica Gaston Roll No. 2332 Dear Smoke Signals : April 7 would have been my brother Steve Bobb’s 74 th birthday. Steve was two months old when our mother, Fae White, was killed in a car wreck. I went to see Steve in his last days and he was in extreme pain. I held his hand and told him that I loved him. He said, “Don’t worry about me. I’m going to a better place.” Dec. 12 my phone rang and the caller ID said “Steve Bobb.” I called right back …

need within you to do the things of this life." Her grandmother's father was a medicine man. Her grandmother would take her out and teach her about different plants and their uses. "I thought I was special because she was sharing this with me. She taught us that we had to be careful how we live, and that whatever we do, we do it in a good way." A missionary visiting the family home picked Kennedy out and told her, "You have some unique qualities," and suggested she had a future in government …

, no match was found for me in the national/international stem cell bank of 17 million donors. The problem is I am one-eighth Chinook and American Indians are very underrepresented in the stem cell bank, and I am going to change that. The doctor told me a part-Indian donor was needed, a person whose blood was a good match for mine. A person donating must be between 18 and 60. Anyone could determine if they are a match by having the inside of their mouth swabbed, simple as that. Then when a match …

anymore. Some came all the way from Washington. Yes, I was very proud of them, each and every one. The family of Marion's would have made her proud of them; they did a wonderful job of pulling together and my beloved niece, Judy, she sang for her mom, so beautiful and my Willie how proud I was of them. All I could do was cry, and Marion's oldest son of Buddie was like me; all we had was tears. Kenny, my baby brother did such a good job. He's the one who kept us all from breaking up. Thank God he …

their sobriety and through their recovery. “I think it is a good thing to see 145 people turn out. It just shows you how important it is and how much they count on that.” Tribal Elder Victor Cureton raised his hand when Holliday asked who had reached 10 years or more in sobriety. “It’s been more like 22 years now for me and it means quite a bit,” said Cureton. “It was a life of alcohol and I fought it (getting sober) tooth and nail. When I get in a group of people like this and I see what it has done …

. “A therapist there introduced me to play therapy as a way to help me connect with the kids better.” After Jones began working for the Tribe in August 2017, he noticed that there wasn’t a specific counseling program for children. He approached Health & Wellness Quality Improvement Manager Dawn Doar to see what could be done. “I told her I wanted to see kids, but needed additional training,” he said. “She was very receptive to the idea.” That is where registered Play Therapy Supervisor Tony Lai came …

of the fashion shows making up the New York Fashion Week in New York City is a childhood dream of Tribal member Auburn Logan – and this month it is coming true. Logan teared up as she thought about what it would have meant to her as a child to see a Native woman showcasing fashion, rather than an endless parade of people who did not look like her. “It’s very healing for me,” she said. “I loved watching movies and TV when I was a kid. … I never saw anyone, especially a woman, who looked like me. It made me …