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upon to pick tomatoes from the fields that were located west of the Chemawa campus. It never fails me that when I smell the tomatoes ripening on the plants, I recall those days at Chemawa. The odor of tomato plants is very distinctive … and we have some good times and some bad times in those fields. The bad times were when kids would throw rotten tomatoes. The good times were all the laughing and jokes we shared. I think maybe Pigsley Stadium is now where the fields were … maybe that is where …

. Anderson, now 31, first received services through the Vocational Rehabilitation Program in 2008 and was successful in becoming employed. At that time, he worked with the 477 Program with caseworker Tribal Elder Patsy Pullin, Employment and Training Specialist and department manager. He later spiraled down with drug and alcohol problems and spent 15 months in two state prisons. Prison time got his attention. "I've seen where my life could take me," Anderson said. "I did a few sweats (the first he …

experience, he said, because "it was a collaborative effort. Everybody really cared about them." During his Hawaii years, he also coached Pop Warner football for eighth-graders and was junior varsity girls' basketball coach at schools serving students with Native Hawaiian heritage. "The biggest thing for me," he said, "was just being around the whole culture. It was something I'd never experienced. It's centered around family with history and tradition. People told me I wouldn't be welcomed the way I …

. In 2004, he served as interim Gaming Director. From 2007 to 2009, Dugger worked for the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians in California and returned in October 2009 to Spirit Mountain Casino as chief operations officer, the position he held until being appointed general manager. "In every position I've held, I've had the opportunity to work with some great people who helped me learn and grow," he says. "The Tribe also has been very supportive in helping me with specific post-graduate studies …

be anything from a prayer to a song. Gabriel Redtorishsuk of the Standing Rock Sioux sang “Greeting Our Grandfather” and Hoitema Talayumptewa of the Hopi Tribe said a prayer. “The reason why I am here today is to bring this idea of wellness and share it with you,” Johnston said. “Everything that was given to me was meant to go through me. I use it in my actions, my words and my teachings. That is what wellness is all about.” Oregon State University softball player Lovie Lopez (Wintu) talked …

,” Ham says. “And I was mad at myself for not wanting to believe that story growing up, like a part of me only put stock into it after I read it in a book. I think that must be part of the decolonization process.” He put his thoughts into song and performed it in 2020 to accompany a photography exhibit called “The Land Remembers” by Rich Bergeman. The exhibit was a series of black-and-white photographs depicting the Rogue River War battle sites. Ham wrote the song after representatives from …

compete with the Yeti at a lower price point. I thought to myself, ‘What could kick a Yeti’s butt?’ Then it came to me: Godzilla. We shortened it to Zilla and hired a graphic designer to make a logo. They did multiple markups until we both liked it.” Ashley and Gene are partners in every sense of the word, right down to the font used on their logo. “We both had to agree on which font we liked before moving forward,” Ashley says. “We got our first cooler prototypes in June and instantly fell …

in contact. When he was released in 2019, they got back together and he reintroduced her to opiates. “At first he would get me pills, then they became too expensive so then it was suboxone, which made me sick,” she says. “Then, he brought home some black tar heroin. Things went downhill from there. I was hooked from the first time I used it. Even if you only use it once or twice, you get withdrawals. Then I started using meth on top of it to stay awake since I was using so much heroin …

Tribal Government & News Message from the Tribal Chair -- Oct. 1, 2012 10.01.2012 Ron Karten Tribal Council Dear Tribal members: I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the membership for their support over the years in electing me to Tribal Council and the current Tribal Council for electing me as your new chairman. On Sept. 12, in addition to my election as chair, Tribal Council voted Jack Giffen Jr. as your new vice chair and Toby McClary as your new secretary. I have held an officer …

1 edition of Smoke Signals , he called Bobb to remind him that he had the breast plate. The breast plate went “missing” after the August 2016 Contest Powwow. Its disappearance was turned over to the Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department for investigation and Crime Stoppers publicized the case. “Me and Pooter (Tribal Elder Alton Butler) had talked to Deitz,” Bobb said. “Pooter is the one who wears it. It had like only a single leather band that went around his neck. Well, that thing is kind …