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Health & Education District votes to close Grand Ronde Middle School 03.10.2011 Ron Karten Education Smoke Signals editor It's official: The Willamina School Board voted Feb. 14 to close Grand Ronde Middle School to help pare the district's budget by more than $1 million for the 2011-12 school year. The proposal to close Grand Ronde Middle School was part of a package presented by Superintendent Mark Jeffery to keep the district in the black as state funding for schools is expected not to keep …

of the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, as official Native American representatives. The five Tribal members will travel to the games July 17-27. 1989 - Tribal Council Chairman Mark Mercier reported that Tribal Council was finalizing the Tribe's Master Plan, which was a study designed to look at the feasibility of lands available in the Grand Ronde community for community development, administration offices, housing and economic development. The next step will be to negotiate with land owners …

of Staff Stacia Hernandez and Smoke Signals Editor Dean Rhodes, respectively. Popular features, such as photo galleries from Tribal events and links to Smoke Signals podcasts and stories, will now be featured on the newspaper’s Facebook page. “This is part of the continuing evolution of an independent Tribal press for the Grand Ronde Tribe,” Rhodes said. “The other two Facebook pages are outlets for official Tribal government announcements and positions, while the Smoke Signals Facebook page …

Culture Yesteryears - Feb. 1, 2016 01.29.2016 Dean Rhodes History 2011 – Spirit Mountain Casino took over as the official sponsor of the iconic Portland Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade after KeyBank ended its sponsorship of the event. The casino signed on for three years as the sponsor. 2006 – The 72-unit low income/market rate housing project was nearing completion. Construction started in June 2005. Fifty-four of the units will be for low-income renters and 18 will accommodate families …

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the wildlife and wild places in the American Southwest.” The documentary by Fin & Fur Films, a film group working to amplify conservation efforts, posted an official trailer in August to YouTube. The trailer highlights the natural landscape along the Colorado River. “Fueled by snowmelt from the Rockies, the river and its tributaries grow with each confluence and pump life into the harsh Mojave and Sonoran deserts,” ChasingHorse said. “Along it’s nearly 15,000 mile journey the Colorado connects …

Tribal Government & News Tribal contingent visits Table Rocks near Medford 04.28.2011 Michelle Alaimo Tribal Council , Culture , History By Michelle Alaimo Smoke Signals photographer "If they hadn't of moved us, we'd probably still be here," was a thought Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. had after a tour of Table Rocks near Medford in southern Oregon on Tuesday, April 26. Tribal Vice Chair Reyn Leno and Bobb agreed that the history of the Tribe could have been different if the Rogue River …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Sept. 1 08.31.2011 Ron Karten Letters Dear Tribal Council members and those responsible for the education cuts: My name is Nancy Babb, and I have left each and every one of you a telephone message concerning a letter I received Aug. 18, 2011, from the Education Department cutting my education funding $3,000 a year. There are several reasons why I am upset with this decision. First of all, I start school Monday, meaning I am receiving a major …

production to buy clothes and other necessities. While the country in general spent some 13 years living with alcohol prohibition (1920-33), David Lewis, Tribal Museum Curator and Cultural Liaison, used the stories that Elders have told to describe almost 100 years of Prohibition for the Grand Ronde people. He also pulled information from the National Archives in Seattle, he said. Lewis told the stories to a group of 30 on Thursday, July 26, at the Willamette Heritage Center Dye House. "One …

Culture The graduate: Steve Bobb Sr. receives his high school diploma at age 69 05.26.2018 Dean Rhodes People , Education , Events Smoke Signals staff report WILLAMINA -- Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr., 69, finally received a Willamina High School diploma on Saturday, May 26, during its Class of 2018 graduation ceremony. Bobb was on track to graduate 51 years ago with the Class of 1967. However, he dropped out three months shy of earning his diploma after he and two friends were suspended …