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of a dwindling number of candidates combined with an apparent Tribal voter preference for experience and incumbents and an increasing number of potential voters has seen individual candidate vote totals skyrocket from what was an all-time high of 712 – Kennedy in 2018 – to more than a 1,000 votes for Lisa Leno in 2020 election. Considering Kennedy’s electoral track record, her chances have to be considered better than average to overtake Leno. She has been the No. 1 recipient of votes five of the last …

. The virus is constantly changing and new variants keep emerging.” Currently, the clinic is monitoring 50 active cases in the community. “It just keeps persisting, mutating and changing,” Rowe said. “It’s becoming more and more resilient to treatments and vaccines, although the vaccines have continued to be very effective in preventing serious illness and death.” Approximately 150 people logged on to attend the Tribe’s 22nd Facebook Live Event, which also featured Tribal Council Vice Chair …

be fatal if consumed at 2 percent to 6 percent of an animal’s body weight. After the warning, Woods provides video demonstrating how he likes to harvest camas using a pointy elk antler. At the 2:15 mark, he begins to discuss preparing the camas. “In its raw form camas is basically inedible,” Woods says. “It’s very bland tasting and is so slimly that it feels like you put a slug in your mouth.” He explains inulin is a component found in raw camas that can cause stomach aches and gas. Archuleta …

was the community involvement component, where local business people shared the curriculum with students. Mercier and Henney gave a presentation called “Watching Our Money Grow” at Grand Ronde Elementary School. 1992 – Approximately 78 people participated in the planning session for developing a prioritized list of health care services for the new clinic that was being built on the Grand Ronde Reservation. “I know your time is very valuable and we appreciate your willingness to give to this project …

teen Schneider grew up in Grand Ronde with a close extended family, spending lots of time with her grandparents, whom she describes as “very lenient.” “There wasn’t a whole lot to do here and I grew up in a safe environment, but was also around a lot of people who were drinking and smoking cigarettes or weed, so it seemed almost normal to me,” Schneider recalls. She began smoking marijuana at age 13 and drinking regularly with a friend. However, she managed to hide her behavior well enough …

Tribal Government & News Grand Ronde Road improvements coming this summer 02.28.2023 Danielle Harrison State government , Grand Ronde infrastructure Pot hole along Grand Ronde Road. (Photo by Kamiah Koch/Smoke Signals) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer After an almost three-year delay, Grand Ronde Road improvement work is tentatively scheduled to begin in late June. “We’re very pleased with how things are working out at this time,” Tribal Public Works Director …

Culture Yesteryears -- March, 15, 2023 03.14.2023 Danielle Harrison Yesteryears 2018 2018 – Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr. was featured in a March 15 edition of Smoke Signals . He talked about his artwork, family, military service in Vietnam, growing up in Grand Ronde and time on Tribal Council. Bobb was a passionate advocate for veteran’s causes and was described as someone who always spoke his mind. “I always say that I am either extremely blessed or the luckiest guy on earth. To have been …

had been kind of thinking on it already and it seemed like the type of thing that I had done in the past, just maybe not to that extent,” she said. So far, her favorite part of the job is getting to help the Elders and the most challenging part is the subject matter she helps them with. “I very much enjoy going and talking to Elders and listening,” she said. “A lot of times they just need somebody to listen and to know that they were heard.” In addition to the Tribe, King has worked at a care …

entertainment will be very important to us. So we do have some tools and our marketing and our marketing dollars.” Ridgebear said her department’s goal is to always get players who might try the Cowlitz casino to eventually return to Spirit Mountain. She also cited positives about Spirit Mountain that are absent from Ilani, such as a poker room, free valet parking, dedicated parking for recreational vehicles with no time limit and, of course, the Cedar Plank Buffet that can feed up to 1,600 …

Leno. “There are going to be a lot of things that are going to be looked at. We haven’t even got to that point yet.” Asghar said the meeting was an informational exchange. He said the Wood Village City Council visit also served as an opportunity to learn more about each other. “We had a very nice, very frank conversation,” said Asghar. “Obviously, we are acquiring land in our ceded lands. It has cultural and economic significance to us. Our goal for this acquisition is economic diversification …