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Haller Sept. 28, 1945 - April 28, 2014 Tribal Elder Charles Gordon Haller, 68, walked on on Monday, April 28, 2014. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in the Tribal gym with interment to follow in the Tribal Cemetery. A meal service will be held at the Elders' Activity Center after interment. Bollman's Funeral Home in Dallas is assisting with the funeral service. A full obituary will appear in a future issue of Smoke Signals . Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Oct. 1, 2014 09.30.2014 Ron Karten Letters Dear Smoke Signals : I have recently retired from working at The Clothes Closet and wanted to thank everyone who participated in this worthwhile project. Almost 10 years ago, Wink and I watched kids walking to school with no coats on. We talked to Anna White and Dee West, and with the help of Chris Leno and Mike Larsen were allowed to open The Clothes Closet in the old Garden House. After a few months …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Oct. 1, 2018 09.27.2018 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : I would like to thank all the individuals who have aided in the process to come to my rescue to provide a valued service in placing the marker for my beloved husband Wesley West. I was devastated by the loss of my husband of many years and a well-known member of the Confederated Tribes. He served as a voice for the Tribe as a council member and retired Army veteran who tirelessly …

branches of the U.S. armed forces. The event begins at noon with a meal served in the nearby Tribal Community Center. The outdoors ceremony begins at 1 p.m. with Steve Bobb Sr., chairman of the Tribe’s Veterans Special Event Board and a Marine Corps veteran from the Vietnam War era, giving the invocation and serving as master of ceremonies. Grand Ronde drummers will play a memorial song, Tribal youth JC Rogers will sing the national anthem as she did in 2016 and ’17 and Grand Ronde Royalty …

Locks opened on Jan. 1, 1873, to allow passage around the waterfall at Oregon City. In November 2011, the locks were placed into “non-operational” status and were closed to vessel passage based on an engineering assessment that identified safety concerns. The status has rendered the Willamette River non-navigable above Willamette Falls. In other action, Tribal Council: Appointed Kevin Schultz to serve on the Grand Ronde Gaming Commission. The interim appointment will last until June. Appointed …

to combat the epidemic. Native women are murdered at 10 times the national average and 84 percent of Native women experience violence in their lifetime. The bill, Savanna’s Act, is named in honor of Savanna LaFontaine-Grewind, who was tragically killed in August 2017. A family member reached out to Councilwoman Brenda Tuomi, who was recently recommended to the Domestic Violence board. She replied that if we had a proposal we should present it. We met with Tribal Council on Feb. 1 and we …

Tribal Cemetery. A full Walking On notice will appear in the Nov. 1 edition of Smoke Signals. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Government Day set for Feb. 9 in Salem 01.31.2017 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , State Government SALEM -- The nine federally recognized Tribes in Oregon will have a chance to explain to state legislators and their staff members, state employees and the general public who they are when Tribal Government Day returns to the State Capitol in Salem from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9. Karen Quigley, executive director of the Legislative Commission on Indian …

Culture Yesteryears -- May 1, 2017 04.27.2017 Dean Rhodes History 2012 – Approximately 250 federal and Tribal leaders and staff members attended the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 Tribal Leaders’ Summit held April 30 through May 4 at Spirit Mountain Casino. It was the first EPA summit hosted by the Grand Ronde Tribe. 2007 – A marathon community meeting held at the Embassy Suites Hotel at the Portland Airport discussed Tribal efforts to amend enrollment requirements. The meeting …

Culture Yesteryears -- March 1, 2017 02.28.2017 Dean Rhodes History 2012 – The Tribe celebrated two important milestones: Tribal Elder Pearl Lyon turned 100 years old on Feb. 20 and the Cultural Resources Department celebrated the publication of the new Chinuk Wawa dictionary, which ran almost 500 pages and included 1,000 core words and about 3,000 compound words. 2007 – Tribal member Mary Loy was hired by the Tribe’s Health & Wellness Department as the nurse navigator. She helped patients who …