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to assist operations. The team left Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 6, and arrived in Adiyaman, Turkey, on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Team members may be deployed for two weeks or longer, the department said. Graphic by Samuel Briggs III. “The (search and rescue) team is the best of the best and will be instrumental in saving lives and rescuing people who continue to be stuck under rubble,” said Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County fifth district supervisor, in a press release. Since the deployment, team members …

Publications coordinator SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Tribal Elder Patrick Burgess, 74, was chosen to be one of the nation’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees by the National Purple Heart Honor Mission. Burgess represented his fellow Purple Heart recipients as Iowa’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded during events held Monday through Friday, Sept. 18-22, in Newburgh, N.Y. “Patrick and his fellow Patriot Project honorees represent the best …

over the past year as the Tribe’s general manager and wish her the best in her future endeavors. Bryan Langley will be stepping into the general manager role in the interim.” Kennedy added “We appreciate the hard work and dedication of each and every member of our team and our staff. Working together, we will continue to bring services to our members and move our Tribe forward.” Tribal Communications Director Sara Thompson declined to say whether Tribal Council had voted to terminate Blackwell’s …

approaching the Grand Ronde table. Sponsored by the Legislative Commission on Indian Services and Oregon’s Tribes, the day’s intent was to provide a time for state legislators and government employees to visit and chat with Tribal representatives. The event was titled “Oregon Is Indian Country: Say Hello to Your Neighbors.” After a slow first hour between and 8 and 9 a.m., it appeared that coffee had kicked in and the Galleria was full of people interested in the Tribal tables. In addition …

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Culture Veterans Powwow will be first under new arbor 06.30.2015 Dean Rhodes Culture , Events By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Veterans Special Event Board Chairman Steve Bobb Sr. will be on his way to Germany to visit an exchange employee that he and his wife, Connie, hosted when the 2015 Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow becomes the first to be held under the new arbor at Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9390 Highway 22. “We’re pretty excited about being under the new arbor,” Bobb says …

member Matthew Williams. Applications for the 2025-26 Hatfield Fellowship program are being accepted through Friday, May 2. Visit www.thecommunityfund.com for more information about the Hatfield Fellowship program and the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. 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 Tribal Council meets with Oregon Secretary of State 01.28.2026 Nicole Montesano State government , Tribal government Tribal Council Secretary Jon A. George, left, gifts Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read a beaded necklace during his meeting with Tribal Council Wednesday, Jan. 14. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer A visit in mid-January with Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read provided Tribal Council with an opportunity …

should we be told by the Board of Education what is culturally correct? We got told in 1954, they called it Termination, ‘Here’s what’s best for you.’ When they just go across the board and say no more Native mascots in the state of Oregon, isn’t that a form of Termination?” In the end, the discussion boiled down to a matter of perspective: Anti-mascot Tribal members viewed it as a cultural issue while Tribal Council saw it as a sovereignty and lack of government-to-government consultation issue …