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Culture Yesteryears -- July 1, 2024 06.28.2024 Yesteryears 2004 2019 – Approximately 200 educators from two different states attended the third annual Grand Ronde Education Summit held at Spirit Mountain Casino. Teachers from all grade levels came to learn more about the Grand Ronde Tribe, how to create meaningful Native American curriculum and how to teach new standards required by Oregon’s Senate Bill 13. Senate Bill 13 required the Oregon Department of Education to develop curriculum …

. “Oregon Department of Forestry responded as well and took over the investigation. The fire was quickly contained and controlled, with our total on scene time of one hour and 20 minutes.” The season for backyard and agricultural burning has closed, and fire season was declared by The Oregon Department of Forestry on Monday, July 1. Warden noted that despite plentiful rainfall this year, fires can still spread in dry vegetation under new grass. “Around 2 or 3 in the afternoon the winds pick up …

Culture Walking On: Nichelle Frances Perman, Shirley Fletcher Walkhoff 07.12.2024 Walking On Shirley Fletcher Walkhoff Nichelle Frances Perman March 19, 1972 – June 13, 2024 Tribal member Nichelle Frances Perman passed away on June 13, 2024. Oregon Cremation Company is assisting the family. Funeral service information was unavailable before press time. Shirley Fletcher Walkhoff Aug. 1, 1955 – Jan. 24, 2024 Tribal Elder Shirley Fletcher Walkhoff, 68, passed away on January 24, 2024, in Las …

Culture Yesteryears - Oct. 1, 2024 09.30.2024 Yesteryears 2014 2019 – The Tribe sent 10 members to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Native American activists takeover of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay for 19 months in 1969. The takeover is credited with helping to pave the way for Tribal self-rule and for leading to the return of several million acres of ancestral land. 2014 – The Tribe’s Emergency Management Advisory Council held its first meeting to discuss preparing for a Cascadia …

Culture Yesteryears: Nov. 1, 2024 10.29.2024 Yesteryears 2019 2019 – Educators Mercedes Jones and Judith Fernandes worked with Chinuk Language Specialist Crystal Starr Szczepanski to create children’s books about traditional Grand Ronde stories. The books were created to help Tribal children see themselves reflected in their school story books. 2014 – Following a new ordinance, the Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department began issuing concealed carry permits on Tribal lands. The permits were …

the agenda for the Sunday, Dec. 1, General Council meeting. It will include nominations for the Elders Committee, a program report from Smoke Signals and a board report from the Editorial Board. To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s website at www.grandronde.org and click on the Videos tab. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

Culture Yesteryears - Dec. 1, 2024 11.27.2024 Yesteryears 2019 2019 – The Tribe formally ended is effort to purchase 1.5 acres along the Willamette River in Oregon City, after being unable to agree with the owner on a price. A few months earlier, the Tribe had purchased the 23-acre former Blue Heron Paper Mill site at Willamette Falls. It had hoped to add the smaller property to its holdings. 2014 – The Tribe issued a statement on the passage of Measure 91, which made possession of marijuana …

Culture Yesteryears: Jan. 1, 2025 12.30.2024 Yesteryears 2010 2020 – Tribal member Allison Empey, who was working part-time as a pediatrician, took job as deputy director of the Northwest Native American Center for Excellence, to oversee a program to help Native American and Alaska Native students prepare for medical school. The center was formed as a collaboration between Portland State University, Oregon Health and Science University and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board …

Culture Yesteryears - March 1, 2025 02.27.2025 Yesteryears 2020 2020 – The Tribe and the City of Salem signed a memorandum of understanding intended to “strengthen the government-to-government relationship” between the two entities. It pledged that representatives of the city and Tribe would establish a database of known archeological sites and Tribally significant areas that have a high probability of historic and pre-contact significance. In addition, the city pledged to provide the Tribe …

rates. “Throughout Indian Country if you tell a story of a loved one going missing, it’s the same template of all other stories,” Kimberly Heavyrunner said. “It’s as if you’re telling one story, you’re telling them all.” Armstrong’s coverage provides a graph showing there are a total of 4,300 open investigations in Indian Country in 2025. “To address this growing crisis, the FBI announced Tuesday (April 1) that it intends to surge additional resources, including temporary duty assignments …