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a mission statement and go from there. … It is all work coming from collaboration.” A few months later, the project was launched and three facilitators, Joseph, Jordan Cocker, 27, and Josh Cocker, 25, began traveling all over the country on a weekly basis and speaking to different indigenous communities. It was a hectic time for Shalene Joseph, who was also earning her master’s degree in American Indian Studies from UCLA. “It has been nice, but very busy,” she said. During the past year, Grand Ronde …

Culture Tribal member Matt Lux wins Oregon elk calling title 03.13.2017 Dean Rhodes People By Bethany Bea Smoke Signals Intern Grand Ronde Tribal member Matt Lux is the best elk caller in Oregon for the third time. On Saturday, March 18, he’ll see if he’s the best in the world. Lux won the Oregon State Elk Calling Championship on Feb. 25 and is headed to Salt Lake City, Utah, to participate in the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation World Elk Calling Championships. Lux, 34, has been elk calling …

every single week so being consistent is really important. It really helps the kids develop a relationship with that person that is reading to them and it just helps them to enjoy the process of reading more. So, that’s what is really important is kids aren’t just learning to read, they are learning to love reading.” Tribal Education Department Manager Leslie Riggs agrees with Blackwell that children benefit from relationships that are established through the SMART program. “There is a bonding time …

trauma get in the way of letting your future unfold caught the eyes of the then-reigning 2020 Mrs. Oregon American, Salena Griffith, who contacted Frederick and asked if she’d ever considered doing pageants. During a 2021 Smoke Signals interview, after she’d been named Mrs. Washington County, Frederick reflected on that initial experience. “I was like, ‘No way, I’m a mom, I’m married and is that even a thing for us?’ ” With a husband, three children ages 11, 3 and 1, as well as a full-time job …

. “Fifty years ago, the EPA was handed a very complex set of circumstances that were then picked up by the states and it fell on the various regulatory communities and citizen activists (to implement),” Education Center Founder Holly Duncan said. “Is the Clean Water Act up to the challenges? … We must ask if regulatory programs of addressing critical water quality are working.” According to its website, the center was founded in 1994 with the goal of “bringing together diverse environmental …

on deauthorizing hydropower at two dams in the Willamette Valley that creates serious migration problems for fish. Despite this clear deadline, that report has not arrived. A late report generally wouldn’t be newsworthy but in this case, it was a critical report the entire region is waiting for…Our Willamette River salmon and steelhead are out of time and on the brink of extinction. Federal, state and Tribal scientists agree and they also agree the very best solution is to provide safe fish …

and now they are part of the overall strategy of the clinic’s dental staff. It’s all about building trust and establishing relationships that will hopefully lead to lifelong improved dental health, she says. “There are some new techniques out there where a quick look in the mouth and they (dental staff) can see if there are issues going on,” Health Services Executive Director Kelly Rowe says. “There is a lot of time and attention paid to building a relationship when they are out in the field …

of being here from the exhaustion. People were made to walk from different directions to come here to Grand Ronde. We’re very thankful for the strength of those people that made it here. We’re very thankful for their teachings and everything that they left behind to give us the strength to carry on. We’re thankful for all those that made it here so we could be here today.” Bobby Mercier said the fifth song was about the 263-mile Trail of Tears forced march from Table Rock near Medford to Grand …

Restoration efforts that occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Pigsley recalled rooming with Harrison during the Siletz’s drive for Restoration. “Getting to know Kathryn was interesting. … We traveled together. We ate together. We made presentations to some very ugly organizations at that time during Restoration,” Pigsley said. “… When we went to Washington, D.C., her and I testified before Congress. It was at a time when the fish wars were happening on the Columbia. Kathryn felt very strongly …

level, cannabis business owners, representatives from the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior and Oregon State Bar Association, state and U.S. representatives and senators, several U.S. attorneys and local, state and Tribal government officials. “I thought it was very informative,” Harvey said. “What surprised me the most was the U.S. Attorneys from several different states represented. My understanding is that this is the first time, and I am very proud of Oregon for bringing …