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. “These were proactive patrolling calls that show how important it is that the Tribe has its own police department.” At 1:28 p.m. Thursday, March 9, Gomez responded within one minute to an emergency dispatch call to the intersection of Fire Hall and Andy Riggs roads in Grand Ronde. “I arrived on scene and observed a white Mazda CX-9 parked on the side of the road with its hazard lights on,” he said. “Hanging out the driver’s door was a male unconscious, not breathing, and his skin was a bluish …

of the Grand Ronde of Oregon,” earning a doctorate from University of Oregon. Lewis thanked Tribal Elders Don Day, Pat Allen, Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy and the Tribe’s Education Department for their ongoing support. His journey through higher education spanned 22 years, beginning in 1987. He was one of the first Tribal members to earn a doctorate. 2004 – Grand Ronde Postmaster Phil Burris, a Cherokee-Choctaw Tribal member and Navy veteran, took care of 328 post office boxes and two …

the radio, as he introduced the feature film of the evening: The Navajo-dubbed version of “Star Wars.” PBS published a video in November sharing the innovative ways the Tribe is preserving its language. “It’s a great deal for me because my grandparents can see this movie,” Geri Hongeva, wearing a C-3PO shirt, said. “There are a lot of Elders in our community where Navajo is the only language known.” To one Indigenous “Star Wars” fan, the movie mirrors some aspects of Native culture. Having …

. Unbeknownst to them, Peary had promised to bring an Inughuit person back to the American Museum of Natural History to be studied. When they arrived in New York, 20,000 people paid to come aboard the ship to see the meteorite and the indigenous Inughuit people. And to no one’s surprise, the promises made by Peary were quickly broken. The six Inughuit included a hunter named Nuktaq, his wife, Atangana and their 12-year-old daughter Aviaq; a hunter name Uisaakassak; another hunter named Qisak and his 7-year …

in western Oregon that the Warm Springs Tribe has “customarily used since time immemorial and places one Tribe’s interests over others in a way that clashes with Tribal sovereignty.” Grand Ronde Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy said that rather than celebrating the expansion of hunting and fishing rights for a fellow federally recognized Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, “is threatening a restoration and expansion of rights that only concerns the state of Oregon and Grand …

and religious beliefs.” Farmington High School sits at the border of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is surrounded by several other reservations in New Mexico. Bordering the Grand Ronde reservation is Willamina School District, where most Tribal students living on the reservation attend school. Smoke Signals reached out the Willamina High School Principal Jami Fluke to ask what their policy is for graduation caps. “One of the things I really love about graduation is it is a very formal ceremony …

available on all digital and streaming platforms. Looking Wolf has produced 30 albums and won more than 70 awards, including the Global Music Awards Lifetime Achievement honor, induction into the One World Music Radio Hall of Fame and Native American Music Awards Artist of the Year. In addition to his passion for music, Looking Wolf instructs classes on cultural diversity and Native American flute at Oregon State University. "With all the conflict going on in the country and world today, sometimes …

with open arms, the people who had been using them for eons saw their food systems decimated and their populations wiped out through malnutrition and starvation,” LeClaire said. This is known as a food apartheid, when one population is not given access to the same quality of food as other individuals. The near extinction of bison, which was featured in a previous Watchlist , is a step used by the colonizers to instill this food apartheid. “The reasoning behind this catastrophic extinction of a species …

and staff time for times when there is a need, instead of setting it up and having no one come in,” Walters said. Even with temperatures dropping, people should remember never to leave children or pets in vehicles, including the back of pickup trucks, where hot metal can burn paws, and to avoid walking dogs during the afternoon or early evening, when streets and sidewalks are hot enough to burn paws. Make sure any outside animals have access to deep shade and plenty of cool water. It is also …

an amendment to the Government Corporations Ordinance changing the budget reporting date for corporate boards from October 31 to October 1; Approved an amendment to the Freedom of Information Ordinance reducing the number of years in which certain documents would be declassified from 15 years to 3 years; And approved enrolling one infant into the Tribe because they meet the enrollment requirements outlined in the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance. To watch the entire meeting, visit …