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Tribal Government & News Tribe providing respite for firefighting crews battling area blazes 09.10.2020 Danielle Frost State government , Public safety A sign directs firefighters to a sleeping area inside the Tribal gym as part of a fire camp established by the Grand Ronde Tribe and Oregon Department of Forestry for firefighting crews and first responders on the Grand Ronde campus on Thursday, Sept. 10. The camp is being used as a base for those working on the front lines of an Otis area …

Culture Walking On -- Priscilla "Percie" Hofenbredl 09.14.2020 Dean Rhodes Walking On Priscilla Hofenbredl Priscilla “Percie” Hofenbredl July 3, 1941 – Sept. 7, 2020 Tribal Elder Priscilla “Percie” Hofenbredl, a resident of Grand Ronde, Ore., died on Monday, Sept. 7, in McMinnville, Ore. Priscilla was born on July 3, 1941, in Salem, Ore., the daughter of David and Vida Holmes. She spent her life in Grand Ronde. Priscilla attended St. Michael’s Catholic School through eighth grade in Grand …

Tribal Government & News Help is available to Tribal members affected by Oregon wildfires 09.17.2020 Danielle Frost Tribal government By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer If you are a Tribal member who has been affected by the recent and numerous Oregon wildfires, there are different ways to obtain assistance. The Tribe has set up a help line number, 541-921-5345, so that Tribal members who have been evacuated or had their homes damaged can be assisted or connected with additional …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs 2021 spending plan 12.16.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved the spending plan for 2021 that reflects a 0.9 percent decrease in expenditures from 2020 during its Wednesday, Dec. 16, meeting. The draft budget was detailed for Tribal members in the November Tilixam Wawa and explained by Tribal Finance Officer Chris Leno in executive session during the Nov. 1 General Council meeting. Leno said that …

Mek Mek Mania keeps cooking virtually 12.30.2020 Danielle Harrison Youth Prevention Coordinator Shannon Stanton gives a demonstration on how to make her Three Sisters Stew during the virtual Mek Mek Mania held on Thursday, Dec. 17. The event was hosted by Tribal Council Vice Chair Chris Mercier. (Smoke Signals screenshot) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals staff writer Like pretty much everything else in 2020, a popular Tribal food and culture event moved to an online format this year. mek mek …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs contract to design new language building 12.30.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor In its final meeting of 2020, Tribal Council approved a design contract for the new language building during its Dec. 30 meeting. MCA Architects of Portland was the highest scoring applicant out of six proposals and the firm will provide architectural and engineering design services for the new building. The language education building …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council adds 21 more names to Restoration Roll 01.14.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council continued adding Tribal member names to the Restoration Roll by approving 21 new ones during its Wednesday, Jan. 13, meeting held in the Tribal Council Conference Room. The 21 names added brings the number of Tribal members who have been added to the historically important roll since 2019 to 352. In 2019, Tribal Council added …

Culture Watchlist: ‘Why Treaties Matter’ 05.27.2021 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Most Native people have heard there are hundreds of treaties signed between Native nations and the United States. Most Native people know these treaties relinquished Native people’s land rights and resource holdings for the right to preserve their way of life. National Public Radio published a video just before Thanksgiving in 2017 suggesting most non-Native people may know …

Culture Watchlist: ‘How the U.S. stole thousands of Native American children’ 06.30.2021 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Smoke Signals social media/digital journalist The history of residential schools in North America is once again in headlines. The Associated Press reported on Thursday, June 24, that 751 unmarked graves were found at a former Native American residential school in Saskatchewan, Canada. For this edition’s Native American Watchlist video, we chose the Vox video “How the …

Culture Tribal member’s missing wedding video resurfaces; TikTok of her reaction goes viral 07.22.2021 Dean Rhodes People Contributed photo By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor When Grand Ronde Tribal member Kayla Jenness married Drew Gottfried 14 years ago at Ogren Gardens in Eugene, one of the worst things that could happen did. The video of their wedding went missing. “We were told shortly after our wedding that the video had been accidentally erased,” Drew wrote in a post on the app TikTok. …