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Culture Broken water derails first marriage ceremony scheduled in Tribal Court 03.31.2016 Dean Rhodes People , Tribal Employees By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The first marriage ceremony scheduled to take place in Tribal Court since Tribal Council resurrected the Tribal Marriage Ordinance was moved to another location because of water --- broken water. Even in this day and age of accurate due dates and induced labor, Mother Nature can still put a monkey wrench in even the best laid plans …

to be the best department we can be. We continue to learn and grow, and our police department does a great job.” Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy thanked the Tribal Police Department for its due diligence in receiving accreditation. “It is good for our community members to know their police force has received this accreditation, to be so open they are able to expose themselves to critical evaluations,” she said. Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr., who grew up in Grand Ronde, expressed gratitude …

is not located within the Cowlitz Tribe’s aboriginal territory, is not historically or culturally significant to the Cowlitz, and would be taken in trust for a Tribe that was neither ‘recognized,’ or ‘under federal jurisdiction.’ ” 2006 – Tribal member Jan Reibach’s CD release “A New Day” was a finalist for the best New Age album in the fifth annual Independent Music Awards. The awards gave heightened visibility to artists who worked without a major label. Winners were selected from thousands …

to go home may have the possibility of going home. They are not forgotten.” Dr. Denise Lajimodiere, citizen of the True Mountain Band of the Chippewa Indians, says she calls the boarding school era “one of America’s best kept secrets.” That seems to be finally changing with the ABC News video using text and historic images to share background on the history of Indigenous boarding schools in the United States. The federal government never recorded how many boarding schools were in operation during …

Culture Yesteryears - Nov. 1, 2022 10.31.2022 Danielle Harrison Yesteryears Smoke Signals file photo, 2017 2017 – Tribal member Jan Looking Wolf Reibach ended his six-year award drought at the 17 th annual Native American Music Awards when he won the award for best performance in a music video for his song “Ascension.” He dedicated the “Ascension” compact disc to Tribal Council member Denise Harvey’s son, who walked on in April 2000. 2012 – In a surprise move three weeks before Election Day …

. 2014 – Tribal Council voted to purchase a 17.5-acre island in the Clackamas River. Apsug Itcalxum, “the area of Eagle Creek” in the Clackamas Chinook language, is located west of Eagle Creek and near Bonnie Lure State Park within the Tribe’s ceded lands. “The history of the area is very important to the Tribe,” Tribal Land and Culture Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach said. “In addition to being a summer fishing place for the Clackamas Chinook people, this was near the birthplace of John Wacheno …

AFSP by raising awareness about suicide and depression, raising money for research and education to prevent suicide from taking place and providing assistance and a safe outlet for survivors of suicide. On the left, Tribal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coordinator Matt Bucknell and Timothy Murphy, 13, walk with the girls. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer SALEM -- Community support and direct, unflinching conversations can help to prevent people from dying …

of the Tribe was accomplished on Monday, Feb. 24, when Great Circle Recovery held an open house to celebrate the opening of its new residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment center, Main Street Recovery House, in Sheridan. “I know that this has been a long time coming,” Tribal General Manager Angie Blackwell said. “I’m just really happy we can have a place close to home, and not have our people waiting for a bed.” Located in a former bed-and-breakfast, the house features 18 bedrooms …

about or avoid altogether. If a loved one is facing the end of their life, we may even stay in denial all the way to the end -- anything not to feel. The day before my father was to go in for triple bypass surgery, my stepmother and I were in his hospital room for a visit. I asked my dad if his impending operation had him thinking about his own mortality. His wife looked at me sternly and said, "Tom!" My father gently waved her off and said, "No, that's OK. I want to talk about it." I have …

to complete the project while his abilities hold out. Mercier traveled nine hours to a place called Tuhoe, one of the last places where no treaties were ever signed between indigenous Maoris and the New Zealand government. With evenings spent in conversation, Mercier noted that the people of Tuhoe "went through a lot of similar things that we went through: the government coming in and using force to make them move from their homelands, and the use of boarding schools that caused a loss of language …