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to be this year’s Easter Bunny again as he has in past years. He will be posing for pictures with children before and after the hunt. Members of the Tribe’s Housing Department, Community Health employees and other volunteers stuff about 2,000 plastic eggs with candy during the week before the event. Tribal Council sponsors the hunt and pays for the candy. “Housing’s maintenance staff is usually very helpful in this process,” Kroeker said. She has been involved with the egg hunt since it was re …

to adapting to the heat and humidity of Southeast Asia. “I’m a big fan of pho,” he said. “I’m excited for the adventure. I want to go teach again because teaching is what I am really passionate about. I just wish I could take the people I love with me. That’s the rough part.” Herron also plans on keeping up his responsibilities as an Editorial Board member, participating in meetings through Skype despite the 14-hour time difference. Herron has been a board member since June 2017. “It is my hope since I …

Tribal Government & News Tribe buys Blue Heron Paper Mill site 08.15.2019 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Culture , History The 23-acre Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City is now owned by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde as of Thursday, Aug. 15. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke Signals) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor OREGON CITY -- The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde once again owns land at Willamette Falls for the first time since its antecedent Tribes ceded the area …

also was cited and released by the Lincoln City Police Department in July 2020 after police received a report of a man with a beer pushing a crosswalk button over and over again. Oregon law states that a person may be found incapacitated if, as a result of a qualifying mental disorder, he or she is “unable to understand the nature of the proceedings against the defendant or to assist and cooperate with the counsel.” Mejia remains in the Clackamas County Jail in Oregon City on $100,000 bail …

Rod McAllister and Navy veteran Roger A. Bly. Jenness and Davis are Native veterans. Bobb said he has recruited Army Col. Larry Brown as the keynote speaker. He was a helicopter pilot who did two tours of duty in Vietnam and was shot down nine times. Former Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno, also a Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veteran, will speak as well. According to a draft agenda for the event, Tribal member JC Rogers will once again perform the national anthem and Veterans Royalty Senior …

Former Grand Ronde Education Department Manager Leslie Riggs is the newest member of the Editorial Board. Tribal Council appointed Riggs, 54, to the board that oversees the editor of Smoke Signals during its Wednesday, Jan. 12, meeting. He will serve the remainder of the three-year term that belonged to former Public Affairs Director Siobhan Taylor, who walked on in August 2021, through March 2023.

Young, who died in March. She became the first Alaska Native member of Congress and the only Russian Orthodox member. Peltola then ran for a full two-year term in Congress during the November election and again defeated Palin for the seat. Before joining Congress, Peltola was a judge on the Orutsarrarmiut Native Council’s Tribal Court, executive director of the Kuskokwin River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and member of the Alaska Legislature. Auger became the second Grand Ronde Tribal member …

, Langley and Leno set new benchmarks for the most votes received in a Tribal Council election in 2020 with each receiving more than 960 votes apiece. Mercier, 47, will be seeking his seventh term on Tribal Council and will tie former Chairman Reyn Leno as the second longest-serving Tribal Council member at the conclusion of his term in September 2026 if he is elected again. He was nominated by Tribal Council member Denise Harvey. Langley, 56, will be seeking his third consecutive three-year term …

gray.” When the man did not respond and based on the original call details, Gomez administered Naloxone, an overdose reversal medicine, into each nostril. He then performed seven minutes of CPR “The male would breathe on his own for a moment then would become unresponsive again,” Gomez said. He continued CPR until medics arrived. The incident Arenas responded to occurred during a routine patrol at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 24. “I was driving through the Tribal main campus and saw a mother holding her …

. Jackson-Crain’s step-sister, Tribal member Amber Eastman, felt she could not wait to take action. Freeman and Eastman decided to create a raffle to raise the funds for Eastman to go search for Jackson-Crain. Again, the community stepped up. Freeman donated a certificate for a photo shoot to the raffle, while other Tribal members donated ribbon skirts, dentalium earrings, necklaces and beading supplies. Tribal Council member Matthew Haller donated a certificate for a breakfast for two at the Wildwood …