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is very quick to judge people who use drugs without knowing the entire story.” One of the ways people who battle addictions cope is through sobriety meetings such as Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, those services switched to a mostly virtual formats in March 2020. A combination of pandemic-related isolation, stress, financial problems and loneliness has led to many relapses during this time. Preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Dec. 15, 2015 12.14.2015 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : We would like to thank our Tribe and community for everything they have done throughout the years for Peachie Hamm. She was very happy to be home in Grand Ronde. There are so many things she was able to do for the Tribe. There are so many things that the Tribe has done for her; they are too many to count. The benefits that our members receive are outstanding. She reminded all …

are wonderful and I feel like I have the best job at the Tribe,” she says. “But it’s time for new things.” After three years with Social Services, Mercier transferred to the Education Department, where she served in several roles before becoming the librarian. She helped plan the library building’s construction while serving as the Tribe’s Education manager. “It was a big change when the library moved here (in 2002),” she says. “Prior to having a location, the library collection was very limited and mainly …

manage our own Reservation. It's something that hasn't been done before. .. It says a lot for our Tribe. It says a lot for our leadership because it is also the recovery of some of our sovereignty that was taken away from us 60 years ago. This is something that very few Tribes ever get to do. It was a huge day for Grand Ronde … a monumental time for our Tribe." Fish and Wildlife Commission Chair Barbara "Bobby" Levy said she was very supportive of passage of the Tribal management plan and new …

transportation and equipment pool. “I was happy there, my supervisor was wonderful and gave me a lot of opportunities, but I made it very clear that if I got the offer from L.A., I was going,” Ripley said. “But I enjoyed my time there and liked working in a high volume, fast-paced environment.” The road to becoming a firefighter began in January 2015 when Ripley applied and took a two-day written test. A year later, he was contacted for an interview and then submitted information for a detailed background …

month and a half. Amelia had stopped walking around Oct. 10 and was very fussy and said “Ow!” a lot. They took Amelia to the emergency room several times. The first time she saw the doctor they said Amelia was constipated and told her to give Amelia fiber. When that did not help, they took her to one ER and waited five hours with a crying baby without any assistance. Then they took her to another ER that finally saw her and found out she had a massive urinary tract infection. Even after …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor - Oct. 1, 2011 09.29.2011 Ron Karten Letters Dear Smoke Signals : This is a memory of 1946 when I was 12 years old. My sister Sharon and I attended Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Ore. She was in the fifth grade and I was a sixth-grader. Our boarding school dormitory was McBride Hall, which was located very close to the train tracks. The train tracks are still there. It is now September 2011 and I recall September 1946. The students were called …

, but also provide information on overall kidney, pancreas, heart and liver functions in a convenient, easy-to-read report that can be shared with a primary care physician. The reports also make suggestions for helpful lifestyle changes. A screening at Spirit Mountain Casino and among Tribal government employees sold Mark Johnston, Tribal Health Services executive director, on the company. "We were very impressed with the results," he said during a recent interview in his Health Clinic office. "We found …

the waves, especially in the winter months. She loved the storms on the coast. Kathy enjoyed and loved her grandchildren very much. Her wishes were to return to her childhood home to rest. Kathy was preceded in death by her father, Howard Meek; mother, Alice E. Shaw; sister, Cindy; and brother, Thomas. She is survived by her sons, Travis Shaw of Grand Ronde and Tristian Shaw of Bend; daughters, Sonia Whitefeather of Keizer and Christina Archer of Aumsville; sisters, Donna Davis of Stayton and Jerrie …

that my letter is published, then feel free to do so as I at this time correspond with numerous Tribes, Tribal leaders and others who I’ve known from past association and counseling in legal procedures that pertain to the freedoms denied many Native Americans whether incarcerated or free. Again, let me thank you for the subscription as your publication is very informative in an educational and professional style. Howard Carson Navasota, Texas Alabama-Coushatta Roll #1538 Dear Smoke Signals : I want …