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Emergency Services is establishing a Community Response Team/Committee and hosting a outreach meeting to answer questions and gauge interest levels. Food and raffle prizes available. Contact kaylene.barry@grandronde.org. Tribal and non-Tribal community welcome. 

Location has been changed to the Willamina Fire Station

Behavioral Health is hosting the first women's gathering at the Plankhouse. Event offers storytelling, fires and gathering. The women's gathering will continue every third Wednesday of the month. 

Culture Walking On - John Michael McKinney, Mario Carlos LaBonte Martinez, Carolyn Jean Griggs 01.12.2026 Walking On John Michael McKinney Aug. 25, 1984 – Dec. 22, 2025 Tribal member John Michael McKinney passed away Dec. 22, 2025, at the age of 41. Bateman Carroll Funeral Home in Gresham is assisting the family. Funeral service details were unavailable before presstime. Mario Carlos LaBonte Martinez Sept. 25, 1953 – Dec. 31, 2025 Tribal Elder Mario Carlos LaBonte Martinez passed away Dec. 31, …

Tribal Government & News 61 first-quarter employees account for 728 years of service 04.22.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal employees Records Administrator Kim Mueller, pictured in 2019, was honored for 26 years of employment in the first quarter of 2021. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Although large indoor gatherings are still prohibited because of the COVID-19 pandemic, that hasn’t stopped the Tribe’s Human Resources Department from honoring employees …

occurred in the 200 block of Ead Creek Loop. Friday, Oct. 22 Drugs found in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Assist outside agency in the 29800 block of Edson Drive. Fraud reported in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Theft reported in the 26800 block of Salmon River Highway. Intoxicated subject reported in the 26800 block of Salmon River Highway. Assist outside agency in the area of milepost 26 on Highway 18. Drug complaint reported in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Saturday …

Road. Civil complaint reported in the 9600 block of Tilixam Circle. Sunday, Dec. 26 Unattended death reported in the 9700 block of Tilixam Circle. Assisted outside agency in the area of Highway 22 and Red Prairie Road. Criminal mischief reported in the 24600 block of Grand Ronde Road. Property found in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Assisted outside agency in the 29700 block of Edison Drive. Monday, Dec. 27 Theft reported in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. DUII arrest occurred …

Culture NCAI event coming to Portland Oct. 30-Nov. 4 10.13.2011 Dean Rhodes Culture , Events The 68 th annual Convention and Marketplace of the National Congress of American Indians will meet at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland in the ceded homelands of the Grand Ronde Tribe between Sunday, Oct. 30, and Friday, Nov. 4. The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, host of this NCAI event called "Footprints Into the Future," has received funding from Oregon's federally recognized Tribes …

Tribal Government & News 16 retain Tribal membership 01.14.2014 Ron Karten Tribal Council , Enrollment Sixteen Tribal members who saw their enrollment cases sent back to the Enrollment Committee in mid-August for reconsideration were retained in the Tribe during the Dec. 30 Tribal Council meeting. In mid-August, Tribal Council voted to disenroll 13 Tribal members because the members ran afoul of the Tribal Constitution's provision forbidding dual enrollment in another federally recognized …

Culture Walking On -- Margaret June Provost 09.05.2018 Dean Rhodes Walking On Margaret June Provost June 11, 1930 – Aug. 30, 2018 Margaret June Provost, 88, of Grand Ronde, Ore., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Grand Ronde. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at Dallas Mortuary Center, 287 S.W. Washington St., Dallas, Ore. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal gym with Andy Jenness …

Tribal Government & News Three educational sessions set for proposed constitutional amendments 04.29.2016 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Elections , Enrollment , Events Three educational sessions regarding two proposed amendments to the Tribal Constitution have been set for May 17 through 19 in Portland, Grand Ronde and Eugene, respectively. Tribal Council decided in identical 5-2 votes to send the proposed Tribal Constitution amendments to voters during its April 6 meeting. The first amendment …