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leadership awards to several honorary doctorate degrees. She also is having an elementary school renamed in her honor in Corvallis. But Harrison’s most recent honor came, shall we say, bus wrapped. She will be having her likeness featured on a new TriMet bus wrap in honor of Native American Heritage Month in November. She is one of nine Tribal leaders selected for the new bus wrap, which will be in operation throughout the streets of Portland through August 2022. “Kathryn Jones Harrison …

Culture Yesteryears - Dec. 15, 2021 12.14.2021 Danielle Harrison Yesteryears Tribal Elder and former Tribal Cultural Resources Manager June Olson. (Smoke Signals file photo) 2016 – After more than six years of work, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde was one step away from streamlining the process of how it took land into trust after the U.S. House of Representatives approved amendments to the Grand Ronde Reservation Act that mirrored those already approved by the Senate. The House bill …

and R.C. Mock. The Tribe has nine volunteer firefighter/emergency medical service staff numbers and answers calls at any time of day with three ambulances, one of which is assigned to the Grand Ronde station on McPherson Road, three engines, a truck and water tender. “With the help of the Tribe, we have staffing 24/7,” said West Valley Fire District Board Chair Mike Alger. “We have both a fire engine and medic unit in our station.” On Friday, Oct. 1, Grand Ronde officially became one of only …

Culture Tribal member is a top artist in international contest 02.14.2022 Danielle Harrison People , Art Grand Ronde Tribal member and Cultural Advisor Bobby Mercier recently was honored as being one of the top 10 percent of artists in the Respect the Artists international online competition for his head chief carving. (Contributed photo) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals staff writer Grand Ronde Tribal member and Cultural Advisor Bobby Mercier is no stranger to creative undertakings. He has …

is for retention of Tribal employees,” Tribal Elder Sanda Henny said. “A majority of our turnover has to do with external difficulties. Meeting one-on-one with Tribal members gives us an idea of the basic needs of each individual.” 2002 – Tribal members, archeologists and anthropologists gathered in Grand Ronde to attend a five-day archaeology course hosted by the Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department. The program helped familiarize archeologists with cultural site protection and educated a new generation …

to go home may have the possibility of going home. They are not forgotten.” Dr. Denise Lajimodiere, citizen of the True Mountain Band of the Chippewa Indians, says she calls the boarding school era “one of America’s best kept secrets.” That seems to be finally changing with the ABC News video using text and historic images to share background on the history of Indigenous boarding schools in the United States. The federal government never recorded how many boarding schools were in operation during …

month. “Equity and anti-racism are core values of our city,” Rubio stated in a press release. “They are never just one person’s or one bureau’s responsibility. For Portland to succeed, we need Black, Indigenous, and other Portlanders of Color; LGBTQIA Portlanders, and Portlanders living with disabilities to be able to bring their full selves to their work and to this city. … I know Lisa and Jeff share this attachment, and I’m excited to work with them to see this vision through.” Watson has been …

The Bank School District became the first school district in Oregon with a Native-themed mascot to sign an agreement with one of the state’s nine federally recognized Tribes in August 2016. The agreement, which expired in October 2021, phased out the school district’s previous Native American warrior profile mascot from school buildings and athletic uniforms and prompted the district to start offering a Tribally created history curriculum and sponsor a Native Club for its students.

to Guggemos, a lot of the photos from Pacific University’s special collections library used in the video were most likely staged to demonstrate the school was “civilizing” Native students. “We have a few scattered pieces of evidence pointing toward abuse at the school,” she says. “One student was actually one of the most prominent graduates of the school. He wrote a letter saying that he remembers the second superintendent hitting and kicking the students to keep them in line. In my opinion …

think of being on council, I always think you are only one of nine up here. If anybody thinks you don’t make a mistake up here, you’re kidding (yourself).” 2012 – The Willamette Heritage Center and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde won the 2012 Award of Merit from the Leadership in History program of the American Association of State and Local History for its exhibit “Grand Ronde Canoe Journey.” David Lewis, manager of the Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department, said the award “means we …