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Culture Yesteryears - Sept. 1, 2024 09.03.2024 Yesteryears 2019 Yesteryears 2019 – The Tribe closed on its purchase of the Blue Heron Paper Mill site from Washington developer George Heidgerken, returning the land to Indigenous ownership for the first time since it was ceded to the federal government in 1855. The Charcowah Village of the Clowewalla and the Kosh-huk-shix Village of Clackamas were forcibly removed from the falls to the Grand Ronde Reservation in the 1850s. 2014 – The Tribe heard …

2025 budget will be adopted on or before Dec. 31. Written comments can be submitted to 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR, 97347; or emailed to chris.leno@grandronde.org . In other action, the next General Council meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, in Tribal Council chambers and on Zoom. Leroy Good, Tynan George, Christopher Bailey, Jessica Holmes and Ashley Tuomi won the $50 door prizes. Esther Foster, Jacqueline Wilmot and Andrea Knight won the $100 door prizes. The non-executive …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves 2025 spending plan 12.31.2024 Danielle Harrison, Nicole Montesano Tribal Council By Danielle Harrison and Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff Tribal Council held its final meeting of 2024 on Tuesday, Dec. 31, by approving the 2025 budget. The meeting was held on Tuesday instead of Wednesday, Jan. 1, due to the New Year’s Day holiday. The Tribal spending plan included a 10.7 % increase in spending from the 2024 budget. The 2025 draft budget …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves 2025 spending plan 01.14.2025 Danielle Harrison and Nicole Montesano Tribal Council By Danielle Harrison and Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff Tribal Council held its final meeting of 2024 on Tuesday, Dec. 31, by approving the 2025 budget. The meeting was held on Tuesday instead of Wednesday, Jan. 1, due to the New Year’s Day holiday. The Tribal spending plan included a 10.7 % increase in spending from the 2024 budget. The 2025 draft budget …

Culture Yesteryears - Feb. 1, 2025 01.31.2025 Yesteryears 2020 Yesteryears 2020 - Chachalu Tribal Museum & Cultural Center staff launched a program called AV Club to share the Tribe’s history with community members and employees by showing videos and photos from the archives. Staff also encouraged people to bring in their old VHS tapes, DVDs and photographs of Tribal activities to be copied. 2015 – Tribal members were going to vote in an election to decide whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs …

Coordinator Lacy Leno said. “We look forward to seeing everybody and watching the kids have fun finding eggs.” There are four hunt categories for children ages 1 to 2, 3 to 4, 5 to 8, and 9 to 12. Typically, there are approximately 200 participants. The Easter Bunny will be posing for pictures with children before and after the hunt, but parents will be responsible for taking their own photos. Members of the Tribe’s Housing Department, Community Health employees and other volunteers stuff about …

Culture Yesteryears: July 1, 2025 06.27.2025 Yesteryears 2015 2020 — After hearing objections from members, Tribal Council reversed a decision to hold the Tribal Council election by absentee ballot, as a safety precaution due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It determined that walk-in voting and same-day registration would be allowed for the Sept. 12 election. 2015 — The Tribe was preparing for the first powwow to be held under the newly-built arbor at uyxat Powwow Grounds. The arbor was intended …

) Coordinator Francene Ambrose said, “We have seen a decrease in food available from Marion-Polk Food Share, from the grocery stores and no money donations for food purchases…We went from three pallets of food per week to one pallet per week.” The food bank fiscal year ended Monday, June 30, and the new budget began Tuesday, July 1. Ambrose said the pantry can use donations of proteins such as canned tuna, peanut butter, meats in a can and easy to prepare shelf-stable meals. GrandShermina Food Bank …

night, in the interest of safety. Some Tribes intended to make the final landing but were urged to leave early in the morning to avoid the roughest water. Some videos posted on the Facebook page, “Almost Official Paddle To Elwha,” show canoes in churning, rough waters as paddlers make their way across. According to some eyewitnesses, one canoe capsized and paddlers were rescued by a Navy boat. Protocol follows Landing Day, and will take place from Friday, Aug. 1 to Tuesday, Aug. 5 at the Lower …

Culture Grand Ronde artists receive grants from Oregon Community Foundation 09.11.2025 Art Grand Ronde Tribal artist Stephanie Craig Two Grand Ronde Tribal artists -- Steph Littlebird of Salem and Stephanie Craig of Dayton -- are among 14 who have been selected to receive grants from the Oregon Community Foundation’s Creative Heights grants program. According to its press release, OCF’s Creative Heights initiative “has invested roughly $1 million per year since 2014, to support 151 projects …