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(stage name “Blue Flamez”) Scott Kalama and Sakari Farms farmer Spring Alaska Schreiner. Smoke Signals has a full interview with Mercier in the June 1, 2025, edition. You can watch the FNX interview with Mercier and other cultural figures from Oregon’s Indian Country at https://fnx.lightcast.com/player/57453/731384 . 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 Governance Center and the BIA Northwest Regional Office, 911 NE 11 th Ave., Portland. For more information, call Secretarial Election Board Chairman Gene Hughes at 971-277-4087 or Gene.Hughes@bia.gov . The Tribe’s Election Board will hold office hours to answer questions from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Wednesday through the end of June. Office hours will also be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, June 3-5, for any challenges to the voter list. The board may be reached …

; Approved a grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Safe Streets and Roads for All for up to $1 million; Approved a grant application to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the Tribal Wildlife Grant Program for up to $200,000; Approved reappointing Angela Sears and Mia Prickett to the Editorial Board with terms ending March 31, 2028; Approved a lease agreement amendment for the Tribe’s homeownership development Tipsu-ili’i; Approved final adoption of amendments …

Culture Veterans Powwow begins Friday, July 11 06.27.2025 Danielle Harrison Veterans , Powwows Smoke Signals file photo If you go Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow When: Grand entries at 7 p.m. Friday, July 11; 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, July 12; and noon Sunday, July 13. Royalty pageant at 11 a.m. Friday with coronation at 5 p.m. Where: uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9600 Hebo Road Cost: Free By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor The Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow will return …

Culture Yesteryears - Aug. 1, 2025 07.29.2025 Yesteryears 2014 2020 — The Tribe, along with school districts across the state, was trying to figure out the safest way to open school in the fall, with COVID-19 case numbers still high nationwide. Although school leaders had advocated for a hybrid model combining virtual and in-person classes, updated guidance from the state was resulting in an all-online experience for at least the first few weeks or months of school. 2015 — Archeology students …

Culture Yesteryears - Sept. 1, 2025 08.27.2025 Yesteryears 2015 2020 — As the economic fallout from the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic dragged into fall, Tribal Council approved another round of payments to help adult Tribal members manage, using its funding from the CARES Act. The approximately 4,500 adult Tribal members were approved to receive three payments of $600 each month, from September through November. 2015 — The Willamina Creek Fire, which burned some 230 acres of heavily …

Culture Yesteryears: Oct. 1, 2025 09.29.2025 Yesteryears 2020 Yesteryears 2020 — With COVID-19 keeping students learning from home, the Willamina School District pivoted to delivering breakfasts and lunches to distribution sites to ensure students wouldn’t go hungry. More than 95% of the students in the district, where the majority of Grand Ronde Tribal students attended classes, were eligible for free and reduced-price lunches, so the school provided free lunches to all of its students. 2015 …

Culture Yesteryears: Nov. 1, 2025 10.29.2025 Yesteryears 2015 2020 — With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc and state restrictions on indoor gatherings, the Tribe moved its Restoration Celebration online for the 37 th anniversary of restored federal recognition. 2015 — Tribal Council voted to pursue the purchase of the 31-acre Multnomah Greyhound Park in Wood Village. No longer used for dog racing, the site was listed at $11.2 million. Tribal Council Chair Reyn Leno said the Tribe …

Culture Yesteryears: Dec. 1, 2025 11.25.2025 Yesteryears 2015 2020 — Despite a global pandemic, wildfires and an extended census deadline abruptly cut short by 16 days, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde still managed to count more of its members than any other Tribal nation in Oregon, with a 78.5% response rate. 2015 — A large contingent of Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde members participated in a long-awaited flag hanging ceremony during dual assemblies held at Willamina High School …

Culture Yesteryears: Jan. 1, 2026 12.29.2025 Yesteryears 2021 2021 — After enduring a year of the deadly COVID-19 virus, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde received its first shipment of 200 doses of the highly-anticipated vaccine just before Christmas. The first doses to arrive were reserved for health care workers, first responders, adult foster care workers and vulnerable Elders. 2016 — The Tribe purchased the 31-acre Multnomah Greyhound Park Site in Wood Village, intending to use …