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, the stewardship, the management that you bring forward on this landscape has a much deeper meaning than maybe you understand.” Tribal staff drove to Medford on Thursday, Oct 6, passing Table Rocks on Interstate 5. Table Rocks was the site of a temporary reservation that held Tribal members before they were force-marched north to the Grand Ronde Reservation in February 1856. In 2011, a memorandum of understanding with the Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy regarding a management …

two- to four-bedroom, 1,200- to 2,000-square-feet on 10,000-square-foot lots. Each unit is solar-ready. The project is funded by federal sources and Spirit Mountain Casino revenues. Men’s transitional housing: The site work is complete on the Oregon Housing Authority grant-funded project on Ackerson and Grand Ronde roads, and includes utilities and parking for three manufactured homes. Two have been delivered and installed, and residents are starting to move in. Domestic violence shelters …

Grand Ronde Road and Spirit Mountain Casino. The study should be complete by year’s end. Tumwata Village: Located at the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City, much of the work this year has been focused on environmental cleanup efforts. The project was awarded an $800,000 Brownfield grant and $2 million in congressional funding. Thus far, 24 structures have been removed so far and more demolition work will continue this year. The Tribe will soon submit a land-use application …

their eyes for the first glimpse of the canoes — finally spotting, in the far distance, brief glitters as paddles lifted from the water. At first barely visible, the canoes gradually achieved form as the paddlers found a final burst of strength to bring them to the landing site. In some canoes, the sound of paddlers singing drifted across the water to the waiting crowd. It was Landing Day of the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey 2024, and despite rain earlier in the week, the weather …

Culture Indigenous garden workshops include Tribal member presentations 01.28.2026 Nicole Montesano Environment Tribal Cultural Policy Analyst and Tribal Elder Greg Archuleta leads a tour of the Cozine Creek restoration site during the Camas Festival at Linfield University in McMinnville in May 2022. Archuleta is participating in the Wildlife and Water Friendly Gardens series currently being offered by the Clackamas Community College Environmental Learning Center. During the second workshop …

to provide increased services. A transit rider survey indicated that a majority use public transit for employment purposes, followed by recreation and leisure trips, shopping and medical appointments. Survey respondents indicated that they desire improved bus frequency and longer service spans, as well as service into Dallas. Proposed short-term recommendations for future transit services include adding Dallas as a stop on existing service from Grand Ronde to Salem, adding a local circulator through …

and speakers will include Navy veteran Sheronne Blasi, director of Statewide Veterans Services at the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and Army veteran Eric Enderle, the Polk County Veteran Services Officer. Blasi is responsible for providing advocacy and benefits to veterans, their dependents and survivors to ensure all veterans obtain benefits to which they are entitled from their military service. Enderle holds both state and national veteran service officer accreditation through Oregon …

on their pension payments in 2016, 2017, 2018 or 2019 must file a 1040-X form with the Internal Revenue Service. The approaching April 15 deadline only affects the 2016 tax year. According to www.irs.gov , taxpayers must file a 1040-X form within three years after the date they filed their original return to claim a refund. Tribal member Del Bolden wrote a letter to Tribal Council regarding the issue on Friday, April 3, as well as contacted Smoke Signals about the approaching deadline. “In previous …

will change with it. Operationally, the contract provides facilities and apparatus in the Grand Ronde area. The facilities and some apparatus are owned by CTGR. West Valley Fire District will need to adapt its response coverage in order to provide service through and after this transition.” West Valley Fire District Board member Chris Greenhill was quoted in the Yamhill County News-Register as being in support of the Tribe operating its own fire department even though it will financially affect …

in 1983, walked on Sunday, April 18, at the age of 84. Furse also represented Oregon in Congress for three terms in the 1990s. She died peacefully at her home from complications related to a fall. In the early 1980s, Furse joined with Don Wharton, founding director of Oregon Legal Service’s Native American Program, to help the Grand Ronde Tribe regain federal recognition, which was taken away in 1954 by the Western Oregon Indian Termination Act. “A lot of what was important to moving us forward …