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Tribal Government & News Legislative Day showcases Oregon Tribes 02.26.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , State Government SALEM -- State employees, elected officials and members of the general public swarmed around nine tables set up by Oregon’s federally recognized Tribes in the State Capitol Galleria on Thursday, Feb. 19, during Tribal Governments Legislative Day. Those dropping by included Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who went from Tribal table to Tribal table, thanking representatives …

Culture Casino honors 2013 Employees of the Year 03.13.2014 Dean Rhodes People , Tribal employees , Spirit Mountain Casino Security Systems Administrator Rodger DeVore, 63, and Executive Casino Host Ruby Mendez-Anderson, 24, each won two prizes worth $3,000 and coveted parking spots at the 2013 Supervisor and Employee of the Year banquet held on Feb. 12. DeVore lives in Amity and Mendez-Anderson in Dallas. The recognition program started in 2010 to honor excellence in two areas, said Candy …

Culture You'll be served: Tribal attorney opening home-style cafe in Dallas 08.29.2018 Danielle Frost People , Tribal Employees By Danielle Frost DALLAS -- Holly Partridge grew up immersed in the restaurant business, so it seems fitting that she is the new owner of a popular Dallas coffee shop and eatery at 156 S.E. Mill St. Partridge, a Grand Ronde Tribal member, will open the Courtyard Café, formerly known as the Courtyard Coffeehouse, with her husband, Kelsey, and mother, Roni Shaw, in …

Culture Reibach comes out of retirement with contemplative 'Ascension' 01.31.2017 Dean Rhodes People , Entertainment , Tribal Employees Like so many musicians before him who have announced their retirement from the music industry – Phil Collins comes immediately to mind -- or embarked on “farewell” tours that proved premature, Tribal member Jan Looking Wolf Reibach’s December 2015 retirement was short-lived. At the time, Reibach, a four-time Native American Music Award winner and multiple …

Culture Walking On - Rose Starr-Peters 04.10.2017 Dean Rhodes Walking On Rose Starr-Peters Dec. 5, 1956 – April 7, 2017 Tribal spouse Rose Starr-Peters, 60, was a proud member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and came from the Wind River Indian Reservation in Fort Washakie, Wyo. She spent many childhood years in Crowheart, where her grandfather, John Wagon, built the family homestead. She cherished fond memories of being there as a child among her grandmother, aunt, cousins and uncles who all had …

Culture Pawn store visit sparks donation to Chachalu 06.30.2016 Brent Merrill Culture , People , Tribal Employees Sometimes you’re just in the right place at the right time. Tribal Post Treatment Counselor Chris Holliday can attest to that and if Cultural Collections Supervisor Veronica Montano has anything to do with it, others will do the same in the future. “Chris did exactly what we hope everybody does in the Tribe,” said Montano. “His awareness that we had a museum and then being able to …

Culture Veterans Powwow will be first under new arbor 06.30.2015 Dean Rhodes Culture , Events By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Veterans Special Event Board Chairman Steve Bobb Sr. will be on his way to Germany to visit an exchange employee that he and his wife, Connie, hosted when the 2015 Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow becomes the first to be held under the new arbor at Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9390 Highway 22. “We’re pretty excited about being under the new arbor,” Bobb says, …

Culture Yesteryears -- Feb. 1, 2019 01.31.2019 Danielle Frost, Staff Writer Yesteryears , History 2014 Smoke Signals file photo 2014 – The country’s longest car-free bridge over the Willamette River had a one in four chance of receiving a Chinuk Wawa name. Out of 9,000 submissions, the Grand Ronde Tribe’s suggested name “Tillicum Crossing,” or “Bridge of the People,” was among the finalists. “It is very representative of use by people,” Tribal Historian David Lewis said. “And it is connected …

Tribal Government & News Hatfield Fellow visits Grand Ronde 04.21.2025 Danielle Harrison Hatfield Fellowship From left, 2024-25 Mark O. Hatfield Fellow Kwani-Fawn Marcellay (Colville), Tribal Council member Denise Harvey and Spirit Mountain Community Fund Executive Director Angie Sears talk after Marcellay was gifted a Tri-logoed Pendleton blanket during her visit with Tribal Council in Tribal Council’s conference room Thursday, April 17. Marcellay gave council and Community Fund staff members …

Tribal Government & News Funders tour Tribal campus 09.11.2025 Nicole Montesano Tribal campus Meyer Memorial Trust Program Officer Stone Hudson checks out playground equipment on the infant/toddler playground while touring the Early Care and Education Center on the Tribal campus Thursday, Aug. 28. Representatives from Oregon-based foundations and funding organizations visited Grand Ronde to learn about the Tribe’s history, programs and funding needs. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Nicole …