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, Nina Portwood Shield, Robert Wiggs, Sedona Williams and Judy Ballini, $50. The next General Council meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 2. The program report will be Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. in executive session. After General Council concluded, a community input meeting followed. 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 …

considerations. Department members will visit the property, Barry said, and provide an assessment. “So, I’m really hoping more people reach out this year,” to request the service, Barry said. Elders who have physical or financial limitations can also ask for assistance in carrying out the advice they receive on improving their property’s defensible space. “We have in the past hired a couple of seasonal employees to go out and help with that,” Barry said. “It's increasingly important to consider wildfire …

later on in life,” she said. McKenzie loved the idea of being able to travel, visit other cultures and learn about them. When Cultural Resources Department Manager David Harrelson and Historic Preservation Office Manager Briece Edwards learned there was a Tribal member at PSU studying archeology, they invited her to join a field school the Tribe was conducting in 2015, which involved studying a Grand Ronde Tribal school from the early 1900s. “It was really great, because it really solidified my …

. The BuffaloBoy Center is located at 1800 State St. in Salem. To reach the center, call 503-810-5281, visit www.paintedhorserecovery.org or walk in. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

for the Sunday, Feb. 1, General Council meeting. It will be held at 11 a.m. in the Hilton Garden Inn Clackamas Portland (formerly Monarch Hotel Conference Center) and will feature a report from the Natural Resources Department. To watch the entire meeting, visit 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: …

important to stay within approved areas, time frames and bag limits.” In other action, Tribal Council set the time and date for the next General Council meeting. It will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 1, in Tribal Council Chambers and via Zoom. Door prize winners included Valerie Alexander, Kathie Levine and Dallas Archuleta, $100; and Chris Bailey, Simone Auger, Mike Wilson, Dominik Williams and Tracy Cooney, $50. To watch the entire meeting, visit www.grandronde.org and click on the Videos tab …

trip to Boston to meet with children’s author Jeff Kinney, known for his mega-bestselling “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” series. Although her granddaughter’s illness resulted in Cole canceling the originally scheduled trip to Boston in June 2024, she was able to go with her son, Chris, later that summer after Kinney arranged a make-up visit. Cole was nominated for the top librarian honor by Tribal Family Partnership Coordinator Rebecca Ambrose. When Ambrose heard Cole was retiring, she emailed Smoke …

that they do well at school, but I don’t feel like our relationship is where it needs to be. … I was out of their lives for so long. We do live far away from each other and eventually we stopped talking as much.” Smoke Signals is not naming Schneider’s children, who have a different last name, for privacy reasons. Schneider recalls the first visit with her children after being sent to prison in November 2014 as being very emotional. “It was the saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” she says. “I …

covered with chocolate and doughnuts. That was when the family lived at the Holtz (logging) camp and Dot ran around with Riley. They used to take off together for the loggers' bunkhouse that was maybe a third of a mile away. Imagine how her mother felt about them having to crawl under a railroad box car to get to the camp, when she found out. "Those box cars," said Dottie. "They often broke free." "The men would sit us up on stumps and give us doughnuts and chocolate and things." The time they were …

in ‘the most egregious instances’.” Black's Law defines “egregious” as “remarkably bad.” Several candidates, their supporters and some Tribal leaders have claimed we don’t meet the constitutional requirements for enrollment. Nowhere in the court ruling is that statement made. What the judges ultimately said is this: The Tribe cannot claim people as members for 27 years, use them to influence public policy and then suddenly claim they aren’t members anymore. While people are free to have their own …