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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 …

with huckleberries but felt that they overwhelmed the camas flavor. The Tribe is also experimenting with growing conditions. On a site near the powwow grounds, it has divided a field into four squares: A control plot, where no action is taken; a plot that is mowed, a plot that is burned seasonally and a plot where the Tribe does both mowing and burning. The idea is to compare how each of the plots does over five years. So far, Rempel said, the mowed-only patch has produced the thickest blooms …

and served as emcee. Grand Ronde singers drummed and sang. The Tribe has spent several years demolishing unsafe buildings and removing contaminants and items, including buried railway tanker cars and fuel tanks from the site since it was acquired by the Tribe in 2019. Tribal Engineering & Community Development Department Manager Ryan Webb was hired to oversee the project, although his job has expanded significantly since then. But his focus has remained on tumwata, he said, calling it the most …

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 …

services, the Warriors of Hope Domestic Violence Program, Children & Family Services, the Employment & 477 Program, the Portland Area Office and the Community Program, which includes the Veterans Service Office. “It’s really important to our team that as a community you know that we want to help however we can help whenever you need it,” Ainam said. “You don’t have to know what services that you need. Just make a phone call and we will work to make the appropriate referrals and if we don’t provide …

to a member of the fire service who “acted with professionalism and efficiency when faced with a specific danger or adversity and who carried out their duties properly despite this danger/adversity.” Additionally, the action for which the award is earned must go above and beyond when compared to expected emergency responder duties. Grand Ronde Emergency Services Manager and Fire Chief Steve Warden says that Alcantar’s award is fairly rare in the fire service. “They don’t give those out like candy,” he …