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Lily.” Hudson is a multidisciplinary artist and writer best known as Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi and his play “Looking for Tiger Lily,” which follows his quest to find validation as a Native artist and be at peace with a confused identity. He was profiled in the Nov. 1, 2019, edition of Smoke Signals . “To receive this honor from my Tribe is beyond massive,” Hudson said. “Not only does it represent a huge, crucial step in my practice and toward the creation of my long dreamt of memoir …

trauma get in the way of letting your future unfold caught the eyes of the then-reigning 2020 Mrs. Oregon American, Salena Griffith, who contacted Frederick and asked if she’d ever considered doing pageants. During a 2021 Smoke Signals interview, after she’d been named Mrs. Washington County, Frederick reflected on that initial experience. “I was like, ‘No way, I’m a mom, I’m married and is that even a thing for us?’ ” With a husband, three children ages 11, 3 and 1, as well as a full-time job …

Tribal Government & News Female candidates make Tribal history: George, Tuomi and Harvey elected to Tribal Council 09.10.2022 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Gender breakdown of elected candidates Since Restoration, Grand Ronde Tribal voters have elected the following combination of candidates based on gender: Two males, one female: 23 times Two females, one male: 10 times All men: 4 times All women: 1 time (this year) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor With only four candidates on the 2022 ballot …

Council Vice Chair Chris Mercier, attending his third White House Tribal Nations Summit held Wednesday, Nov. 30, and Thursday, Dec. 1, was a worthwhile return to normalcy. First convened during the Barack Obama administration, the summit was one of many Obama federal-Tribal initiatives that were abandoned during the administration of President Donald Trump. The Biden administration restarted the summit last year, but it was held virtually because of continuing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic …

Leroy Good, Michelle Anderson and Lexus Williams, $100; and WiLee Huffman, Chris Bailey, Deborah Good, Tracy Cooney and Lynn Winters, $50. The next General Council meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 5, with a report from the Education Department. It will be a hybrid meeting with in-person and remote options. Following the General Council meeting, there was a break for lunch before the first of three Community Input meetings was held at 1 p.m. to seek advisory vote topics to possibly …

stewards were the Native Atfalati, who wintered around Wapato Lake because the root vegetable prospered in the area and played an important role in sustaining the Indigenous peoples. Later, they were remanded to the Grand Ronde Reservation after signing the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855. The refuge opened to the public on Feb. 1, but the official celebration was postponed to avoid poor weather. It was held at Gaston Junior-Senior High School and included an open house, welcome ceremony and refuge …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- May 1, 2023 05.01.2023 Danielle Harrison History 2013 2018 – After a year of competition with the only other Tribal casino in the Portland-Vancouver gaming market, Ilani, the Grand Ronde Tribe’s landmark Spirit Mountain Casino continued to exceed revenue expectations. Original estimates of what the competition would do to Spirit Mountain Casino revenue and the dividend sent to the Grand Ronde Tribe for governmental operations and important programs …

Memorial Veterans Powwow When: Grand entries at 7 p.m. Friday, July 7; 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, July 8; and noon Sunday, July 9. Royalty pageant at 11 a.m. Friday with coronation at 5 p.m. Where: uyxat Powwow grounds, 9600 Hebo Road Cost: Free This year’s host drum will be Bad Eagle of Vancouver, Canada. The master of ceremonies is Nick Sixkiller (Cherokee) with Carlos Calica (Wasco, Paiute and Yakama) serving as arena director. Dance specials will include men’s traditional with prizes of $800 …

service between Lincoln City, Grand Ronde and Salem through June 2025; Approved applying for a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service that would increase the amount of high quality, nutritious and traditional foods for Tribal members in the community; Approved applying for a $373,250 grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Administration on Aging, to increase the availability of nutritious and traditional foods for Tribal Elders …

to help the Tribe take the next steps in expanding hunting and fishing rights. Those who do will be entered into a drawing for a Cabela’s gift card, he added. “It’s a much larger land base,” Dirksen said. “We have to get this right, so I hope you’ll be patient with us as we put the last pieces together to implement this in ’23 and in ’24.” For more detailed information about the hunting and fishing licenses, see the Oct. 1 edition of Smoke Signals or download the digital version, available …