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Gaming Spirit Mountain Casino on pace for ‘record-breaking’ year 04.27.2021 Dean Rhodes Spirit Mountain Casino By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. reported to the membership that Spirit Mountain Casino is on track for a possible record-breaking year during the Tuesday, April 27, Legislative Action Committee hearing. Bobb also serves on the Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. Board of Directors, which met Monday, April 26. “The casino continues to do very well …

, Health Services Executive Director Kelly Rowe announced on Tuesday, Oct. 26. To be eligible, people must be 65 or older, 18 to 64 years old with underlying medical conditions, 18 or older in a long-term care situation or 18 to 64 and older at increased risk of exposure or transmission because of their occupational setting. The center will provide boosters to Tribal members and their spouses, other Native Americans and their spouses and families, Tribal employees and their families and established …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves 2024 budget 12.27.2023 Danielle Harrison Tribal Council By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council held its final meeting of 2023 on Wednesday, Dec. 27, by handling items brought to it during its Tuesday, Dec. 19 and Tuesday, Dec. 26, Legislative Action Committee meetings. Council members approved the 2024 final budget, which included a 3.2 percent increase in spending from the 2023 budget. The 2024 draft budget was mailed …

. The purpose of the day was to promote colleges and careers for students after high school graduation. 1999 – For the first time ever, Grand Ronde’s basketball team made the national Indian tournament where they made a valiant effort against some tough competition. Melvin Brisbois, Richard Brisbois, Haa-nah Mike, Issack Kentta, Lenny Logan and Duane Manyhides played some tough games in the National Indian Athletic Association’s 26 th annual basketball championship in Salem, but did not bring home any …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves grant application for Chachalu phase three construction 06.27.2024 Danielle Harrison, Michelle Alaimo By Danielle Harrison and Michelle Alaimo Smoke Signals staff Tribal Council approved applying for an Indian Community Development Block Grant that would help fund completion of phase three construction at Chachalu Tribal Museum & Cultural Center at its Wednesday, June 26, meeting. The $500,000 grant would be used by the Tribe’s Cultural …

in the 48000 block of Blacktail Drive. Assist outside agency with a traffic assist in the area of milepost 10 on Salmon River Highway. Suspicious activity reported in the area of Salmon River Highway and Grand Ronde Road. Wednesday, Dec. 13 Driving complaint reported in the area of milepost 26 on Salmon River Highway. Suspicious activity reported in the area of Grand Ronde and A. Ackerson roads. Driving complaint reported in the area of milepost 18 on Salmon River Highway. Thursday, Dec. 14 …

agency in the area of Highway 18 and Harmony Road. A driver was arrested for driving with a criminally suspended license in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Assist outside agency with a traffic crash in the area of milepost 26 on Highway 18. Responded to a two-vehicle crash at the Fort Hill Road exit on Highway 18. Sunday, April 18 Suspicious person reported in the 27300 block of Salmon River Highway. Assist outside agency in the area of Highway 18 and Hebo Road. Assist outside agency …

Tribal Government & News So Far Away: Two Tribal members live on Emerald Isle of Ireland 02.27.2020 Dean Rhodes People Tribal member Maya Frost and her son, Liam O Gallachoir, live in the Midlands area of Ireland, approximately 4,646 miles away from the Grand Ronde Reservation. (Contributed photo) (This is the second in a series of stories about Grand Ronde Tribal members living abroad that will appear in Smoke Signals in 2020.) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Twenty-five percent …

several months. (Smoke Signals screenshot) Nageak’s granddaughter, Michelle Kaleak, is next to her grandmother for most of the video. Kaleak shares that from a young age she was taught how to properly prepare the maktak so the process may be passed down through generations. And passed through generations it was. Whale hunting is a group effort and Nageak’s late husband was their family’s whaling captain. When he passed, the tradition was kept alive with the help of their sons. Nageak says that whale …

students as they arrived. So far, all is quiet and safe.” The TikTok posts reportedly challenged people to call in bomb threats or make threats of school shootings today. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday morning that it has no evidence to suggest the claims are credible, but encouraged the public to “remain alert.” According to CNN reporting, TikTok spokesperson Hilary McQuaide said that while the company is aware of vague warnings on its platform of possible school violence …