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to 12:15 p.m. for Elders, then 12:15 to 1 p.m. for everyone. Tribal Elder Wid Thompson picks a head of cabbage while shopping during the produce market at the Elders Activity Center Friday, March 28. Tribal Nutrition Program Manager Kristy Lawson recently started the cost-to-you market that takes place every Friday, except for weeks that other events interfere with the market. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. for Elders only, then from 12:15 to 1 p.m., shopping is open to all. Thompson …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- June 1, 2016 05.31.2016 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals: It is time to vote on the proposed constitutional amendment. The membership’s voice is heard through their votes. By bundling the definition of Grand Ronde blood with the parent on the roll issues, Tribal Council is controlling the membership’s vote. This is not fair and this is not going to result in an accurate vote of the membership. If you agree with one issue and not the other …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor - Sept. 1, 2016 08.31.2016 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : I have just finished reading the recent Appeals Court decision, Val Alexander et al v CTGR, and I must say it is one of the most convoluted and nonsensical pieces of legalese I have ever had the pleasure to read. Apparently, the Appeals Court does not believe our Tribal Constitution places any boundaries or restraints upon their decision-making process. If the Tribal members …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor - July 1, 2016 06.30.2016 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : Our Tribe’s Restoration Constitution took effect in 1984 and since then we have taken it upon ourselves to amend what it means to be a member of our five Tribes of people that have walked the Earth for quite some time now. We have changed that meaning in 1993, 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2008, according to Tilixam Wawa ’s April 2013 edition in the enrollment audit explained article. Our …

Gaming Casino hosts Tribal small business conference 04.28.2011 Ron Karten Spirit Mountain Casino Clara Pratte (Navajo), national director of the Office of Native American Affairs in the U.S. Small Business Administration, summed up an economic problem in Indian Country succinctly. Seventy percent of new jobs in the United States are created by small businesses that are operated by entrepreneurs. However, in Indian Country, more often than not a $1 comes in and then is quickly spent off …

Veterans' Memorial at 1 p.m. "If a person could write a book with one story from every veteran," said Tribal Council Vice Chair Reyn Leno, who was master of ceremonies for the event, "that would be some book. But it wouldn't be what you'd expect. It would be stories of the families and stories of the buddies. You form a real brotherhood over there." Many of those stories were recalled - if not actually told - this Memorial Day as visitors and veterans alike milled around the memorial, looking …

was overturned and we told Tonie we would allow that. That's just the way it is supposed to work. "We don't have a specific policy, but we do have a district initiative (diversity training) that we've been working on for several years." The initiative stresses "principles of diversity, race, that differences matter," and focuses on "the achievement gap," Watson said. For the 2010-11 school year, 1 percent of the Reynolds district's 11,200 students were Native American, Watson said, but even …

Culture Walking On -- Oct. 1, 2011 09.29.2011 Ron Karten Walking On Nora W. Kimsey Dec. 2, 1908 - Sept. 7, 2011 Grand Ronde Tribal Elder Nora Warren Kimsey, 102, died at her home on Sept. 7, 2011. She was born in Grand Ronde on Dec. 2, 1908, to John Marcel (Bogus) Warren and Cecille Leno Warren. Nora was the last remaining and youngest child of a family of 14 children. However, only four lived to be adults. The three that Nora grew up with were Phillip Warren, Maude Warren Hudson and Pauline …

of an accurate census count are so valuable that both Census Bureau workers and Tribal leaders are pushing for responses from everybody in the Tribal community. The recent visit by the Census Bureau workers to Tribal Council on March 1 came to redouble that effort. American Community surveyors have seen that when Tribal Councils support the survey effort there is better cooperation in Tribal members completing the surveys. Also as part of that effort, Census Bureau workers do everything they can …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- May 1, 2012 04.30.2012 Ron Karten Letters Dear Tribal Council: I would like to thank all of you for the big bouquet of flowers you sent me. Words cannot fully express how grateful I was to receive such a thoughtful and wonderful gift. They have been brightening my room and also will be a picture on my wallpaper on my laptop computer. I am praying that my recent illnesses will soon be a thing of the past. Once again, thank you for your …