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Cultural Center and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. “It is deeply honoring to be seen by my community as one of this year’s fellows, giving me the encouragement and resources to solidify that I am where I am supposed to be in this work,” Ham said. Byington is a quilt maker who said her first memories of sewing were with her mother. Grand Ronde Tribal member Shasta Byington “I watched her sew at the dining room table as a child and eventually she began teaching me how to do it myself …

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 …

be forgotten. Thank you to the Eastern Oregon Funeral Honors Team, out of Hermiston, Spec. Hayden Tarvin and Spec. Taylor Gilland for the beautiful and touching tribute to this proud veteran. Robert Rife will continue to be remembered for his wit and loving to make people laugh. Those memories will live on. Amy Rife & the families of Robert E. Rife Culver, Ore. Dear Smoke Signals : My utmost love and respect goes out to each and every one of you. As I sit here at Oregon State Prison, it has given me time …

actually recommended me or nominated me for the award. … I was very humbled and appreciative of the fact that outside of the Tribe I’m seen as a part of the Emergency Management world now.” Bishop said she is still enjoying the job as she was preparing to head to Texas for another emergency management training. “I love my job,” she added. “I’m still growing into the position. I think it’s an ever-growing thing, but, yes, I have come a long way in the last seven years, getting my Master Exercise …

,” Radford said in a press release announcing her appointment. “I will promote and practice transparent and integrous policy design and implementation by centering true collaboration through curiosity, empathy, candor and reciprocity. As a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and an Oregonian, I bring with me a deep sense of pride and commitment to our shared values of connection, history, collaboration and gratitude for the community that raised me. Gov. Kotek’s …

stopped me in my tracks, gave me the shivers,” Dommek said in the documentary trailer. “I wanted to know what made him tick.” You can watch the trailer for “Blood & Myth” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9TjZuN3aE . After the screening, Dommek and Producer Jonas Bell Pasht joined a question-and-answer session with the IJA audience via Zoom. “I started getting all these pieces of info that aren’t journalistic, I am not a journalist,” Dommek said. “I am just a dude. A guy that became obsessed …

. "To be elected six times to Tribal Council is a real honor to me," Leno said during the Sept. 11 General Council meeting. Sherer, who took a year off from Tribal Council to spend time with her grandchildren, returned to Tribal politics with a second-place tally of 404 votes. This will be Sherer's fourth term on Tribal Council. "I had a lot of support from Tribal members who called me up and asked me to run," Sherer said. Tom was elected to her third straight term on Tribal Council, receiving 315 votes. "I'm …

early in her life, but it took a long time to fulfill." "My parents instilled pride in us," Harrison said in accepting the award. "The first 10 years gave me the hope and pride I would need for the rest of my life. And I knew how to pray." So, when trouble came, Harrison said, "I knew I had to stand up." Tymchuk described Harrison's visits to Washington, D.C., with family and other Tribal members in the effort to restore the Grand Ronde Tribe in the eyes of the federal government. He praised her …

A. Kennedy, who served 10 years as Tribal chair, received four votes. She voted for herself and was supported by Kathleen Tom, Chris Mercier and newly-elected Jon A. George. "I want to thank the council for electing me," Leno said after the vote. "I want to acknowledge Cheryle Kennedy's years as chair. I will do the best job I can do." Kennedy and Giffen were then nominated for vice chair. Giffen won the vote 5-4. George and McClary were nominated for secretary with McClary winning the post …