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Highway. Warrant service occurred in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. A death investigation occurred in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Officers assisted an outside agency on an emotionally disturbed person in the 7700 block of Birch Street. Tuesday, Dec. 26 Warrant service occurred in the area of South Street. Officers assisted an outside agency on a disturbance call in the 100 block of Main Street. A hazard was reported in the area of milepost 23 on Highway 18. A hazard …

Culture MMIP walk honors missing and murdered 09.11.2025 Nicole Montesano Murdered and Missing Indigenous People Riley Freeman, 13, left, and Tribal member Fabian Quenelle participate in Ampkwa Advocacy’s 2025 Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Walk at Riverview Park in Independence Saturday, Aug. 30. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer It has been 26 years since Leona LeClair Kinsey (Puyallup) of La Grande, Oregon, joined the legions …

Health & Education Behavioral Health hires two new counselors 08.31.2016 Brent Merrill Health & Wellness , Tribal Employees The Tribe’s Health & Wellness Center continues to grow and become an overall “wellness center” as more professionals are hired to complete the staff. The latest additions are two new counselors in the Behavioral Health Department. Jackie Weasel is the new post treatment support counselor who will be working mostly out of the Women’s Transitional Home with clients …

milepost 26 on Highway 18. A confused elderly driver was contacted and provided a courtesy ride back to their residence. Friday, Aug. 5 Traffic assist performed for a disabled vehicle near milepost 24 on Highway 18. Citizen contact occurred in the 9600 block of Grand Ronde Road. Assisted outside agency with a domestic disturbance in the 200 block Cherry Hill Road. Officers responded and assisted Yamhill County Sheriff’s deputies with the arrest of the involved male. Assisted outside agency …

of laws that prohibit pollution of the rivers. "The dream is to one day drink out of the Willamette River," Kennedy said. "There is a great value in the tried-and-true ways of managing the land. Our people lived here 10,000 years and it was a pretty nice place when you got here." During an earlier presentation entitled "First Foods," Eric Quaempts, Tribal member and Natural Resources director for the Umatilla Tribe in Pendleton, discussed how Native diets were healthy. Natives drank clean water from …

fishermen included Cultural Advisor Bobby Mercier, Tribal member Jade Unger, Utility Maintenance Supervisor Joe Loomis, Cultural Education Coordinator Jordan Mercier, Maintenance Supervisor Andrew Freeman and Natural Resources Department Manager Michael Wilson. “This is the first time here dip netting and being able to connect with the falls, in the place where fishing used to happen, deepens my understanding,” Jordan Mercier said. “It is an opportunity to experience something that hasn’t happened …

what it is to have what we do today. Before Restoration, the cemetery was the only place we had. Today, we have many things because of Restoration.” Provost, one of the key figures in early Restoration efforts, which began in the 1970s, recalled her experiences. “After Termination in 1954, we had nothing and were stripped of our identity,” Provost said. “But some families stayed in contact and every Memorial Day, we met at the cemetery.” After moving to Lebanon for work, Provost learned about …

a vision for the future that conditions would be better for their children and their children’s children. “The same thing is called upon us today to look into the future and to see all those ones that are coming after us that they will be strong,” said Kennedy. “That we leave this world a better place for those ones that are coming after us. That is what this is all about.” Tribal Council Secretary Jon A. George provided the invocation for the meal and Tribal Council members Chris Mercier, Jack Giffen …

of Tribal timber makes him a very sought out asset and resource in Indian Country for the timber industry and the natural resource industry,” said Fullerton. “We all wish Pete well in all his endeavors back there.” Tribal Natural Resources Director Michael Wilson said he thinks having Wakeland in the position of top forester at the bureau will ultimately be a plus for Grand Ronde. “I think that is a place where he will really be in his element,” said Wilson. “I know he has a deep passion …

improvements is being limited as to what can be done quickly. “Projects such as pedestrian overpasses are very expensive and there is a lot of permitting, environmental clearances and accessibility issues,” he says. Encouraging Tribal members to return home will increase the need for housing, but the infrastructure should be in place first to ensure safety, he adds. “We are talking about creating a development for home ownership opportunities, but we need to put the transportation …