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, Crystal Szczepanski, Shirod Younker and Adam McIsaac. The largest, and arguably the most impressive, exhibit featured at “Ikanum” is the 33-foot-long “stanki’ya” ocean-going canoe. The canoe dominates the exhibit space and is dimensionally an exact replica of a Chinook-style canoe. “To me, stanki’ya is a symbol of the rebirth of a culture here in Grand Ronde,” said Cole. “As soon as they started the canoe journeys, more people became involved in their culture. It became more Grand Ronde culture …

Tribal Government & News Smoke Signals wins general excellence award from NAJA 06.18.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Employees The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s bimonthly newsletter, Smoke Signals , won seven awards in the 2015 Native American Journalists Association Media Awards Contest, including the prestigious General Excellence Award for Native publications with a circulation between 4,000 and 8,000 copies. “The General Excellence award is, for me, the most cherished because it honors …

in Ecclesiastes that there is a time for everything. Even the end of this chapter in Dennis’ great story. Jesus said all who come to me will be welcomed. Jesus offers hope that life here, when it comes to its natural close, is changed, not ended. Imagine this day: A reunion with family. In the meantime, until each of our time comes, he would want us to carry on, live fully and deeply, laugh often and love all. A visitation will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, followed by 11 a.m. funeral services …

in Victoria, Australia, in May 2019. Hudson views the evolution of “Looking for Tiger Lily” from a solo show into a full-length play as a mirror of his own journey. “I think of these as two distinct performances,” Hudson says. “The solo one is me growing up and coming into my own consciousness. The play is about what comes next. How I come to terms with self-doubt as an artist and self-doubt from the identities people put on those around them. It’s my first experience writing a full-length play …

the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the country, Marckis Branford of Clackamas Community College, 5-4. “So I went out and just wrestled my match,” Hofenbredl was quoted as saying in the Coos Bay World . “He went out and took me down at the beginning and then I ended up getting away and getting a reversal and finishing the period on top. I just kept my pace going and he started slowing down and got in on that last shot.” Coach Adam Whitlatch said Hofenbredl is 14-5 this season. He wrestled a previous season …

by Bobb, a Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veteran, and features a man and woman dressed in traditional Native clothing standing side by side reaching for the sky. The four pillars feature the names of Tribal and community members from Grand Ronde, Willamina and Sheridan. The addition of seven more names will bring the total on all four pillars to 2,369. This year’s ceremony, however, will be the first held since the passing of Bud Abbott, who traditionally recited the poems “Remember Me, America …

to thank everyone for all the support given to me and my family,” she said. “We have a wonderful, caring Tribe. Thank you all.” Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

taken and believed – like I believed for a long time – that there was something wrong with me, versus something wrong with the system,” says Jane Harstad of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. This video says the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1977 was passed and required states to finally provide services to prevent separating Indigenous families and keep children within extended family. It was a move to protect Native families, yet almost 50 years later, it’s still under attack. To watch …

. Unbeknownst to Kayla, a friend recently found the long-lost wedding video in a bunch of old tapes stored at their church, Life Bible Church in Harrisburg, and gave it to Drew. “I rented a (Eugene) theater and asked if they could play it for me instead of a movie,” Drew said in his TikTok post. “She had no idea what is about to play and thinks we are just here to see one of her favorite movies together. Let’s see her reaction to what we thought was lost forever.” Drew posted the emotional video …

. 9, through Friday, March 18. (Contributed photo) “Deep communion with the mountains is as necessary to me as oxygen,” he said before his death in September 2016. “Nature beckons hypnotically and one must give in to the call.” Political satire and poetic authenticity coalesce in Kowing’s impressionist and abstract expressionist paintings and found-object creations. Kowing also published “Monuments, New and Selected Poems,” a collection of poetry, in 2009. The exhibit is sponsored by the Lacroute …