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and one third – during the 137th annual Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Conference held Thursday and Friday, July 18-19, at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond. The awards in the Associate Member category were given for work published in 2023. Smoke Signals Graphic Designer Samuel Briggs III and Page Designer Justin Phillips received a first-place award in the design category for their cover page of the Tribe’s 40 th anniversary of Restoration special section, which was also one of former editor …

to acquire the property within five years of obtaining its license to produce power at the site in 2005. PGE pointed to internal emails from 2017 indicating safety concerns about the fishing platform. The Tribe argued that it’s not safety PGE is concerned about, but rather its business relationship with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, which opposes Grand Ronde’s fishing platform. PGE conceded that relationship was a consideration, but not the primary one, an argument that District …

the country is described. “Casinos play the biggest role in disenrollment,” a narrator said in the trailer. “The accumulation of extreme wealth is what’s driving disenrollment.” The trailer uses interviews and animation to describe how disenrollment works. In one clip, a family tree is shown with red slashes through six generations. A narrator said that Tribes are disenrolling ancestors and therefore everyone behind them in the lineal descent is also disenrolled. “If we’re a Tribe of 1,000 …

state’s time-honored agreement that balances all Tribes’ equal opportunities to achieve economic independence and prosperity. I will fight this senseless decision with all the options available, including the Congressional Review Act that empowers elected representatives to battle back against rogue federal agency decisions just like this one.” The press release quoted Karuk Tribal Chairman Russell “Buster” Attebery. “By approving the Coquille Tribe’s application to build a casino in Medford, far …

students. Darien Leno, a firefighter with the Tribe’s Emergency Services Department, told the committee that “I don’t know how I would have made ends meet” without the grant. “It’s making my dreams come true of having my college degree,” Leno said. No one testified in opposition to the grant, which is unique in its flexibility, as it pays not only for college tuition, but for associated costs such as childcare, transportation, housing, books and other costs not covered by other grants …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves grant application to pursue Great Circle Recovery renovation 12.17.2025 Danielle Harrison Tribal Council Tribal Council Chambers By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved a grant application during its Wednesday, Dec. 17 meeting that, if awarded, will provide funding for upgrades and two months of operational costs at Great Circle Recovery Clinic in Salem. The clinic, which opened in 2021, is one of two Tribal medication …

. She was motivated to sign up for the marathon after losing more than 100 pounds. She specifically chose Honolulu because it is one of the few races of that distance to keep the course open until every participant crosses the finish line. “She worked really, really hard,” Blanchard said. “It was a freak accident that took her. … I told her while she was in the hospital, dying, that I would do anything for her. (Later), people in the community kept asking if I was going to do the Honolulu Marathon …

unsuccessful runs in the early 1990s. Since 1996, Leno has served five years as Tribal Council chairman, 10 years as vice chair, one year as secretary and five years as a Tribal Council member. Below is a transcript of his “exit interview” with Smoke Signals conducted by Editor Dean Rhodes on Tuesday, Aug. 29.) Smoke Signals: At the May 31 Tribal Council meeting when you announced that you would not seek re-election, you said it was a “quick 21 years.” What prompted your decision to not seek an eighth …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council votes 4-3 to continue enrollment amendment election process 09.15.2011 Ron Karten Tribal Council , Elections , Enrollment , Federal government Tribal Council voted 4-3 on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to reject an effort to stop the current enrollment requirement amendment election and instead seek an advisory vote on whether the proposed amendment should be bundled as one proposal or divided into four separate votes. Tribal Council Vice Chair Reyn Leno moved …

Offering in September raised $12 million from interested investors, which allowed Sass to pay back the loan from the Tribe. "My extreme thanks and gratitude to the Tribe," he said. "I am really pleased to be able to pay you back." 1996 - Tribal Public Works Division Manager John Mercier reviewed projects that had occurred in 1996, including phase one of the manufactured housing park located across from the Tribal cemetery, construction of the Health and Wellness Center, construction of a new …