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Tribal Government & News Smoke Signals receives 11 awards from Native American Journalists Association for 2019 work 09.28.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal employees Smoke Signals photographer Timothy J. Gonzalez received a first-place award in the Best Photo of Native America category for his photo of Iyana Holmes being named Senior Miss Grand Ronde during the 2019 Contest Powwow. Smoke Signals received 11 awards from the Native American Journalists Association, including three first-place honors, for …
/articles/2020/09/28/smoke-signals-receives-11-awards-from-native-american-journalists-association-for-2019-work/Health & Education Willamina School District continues feeding students during distance learning 09.30.2020 Danielle Frost Education Willamina High School Life Skills Instructional Assistant Lisa Myers passes out a free lunch to MJ Whitcraft, 14, in Tribal Housing on Thursday, Sept. 24. The Willamina School District is continuing to feed its students while distance-learning instruction is currently being offered because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke Signals) By …
/articles/2020/09/30/willamina-school-district-continues-feeding-students-during-distance-learning/Tribal Government & News Virtual Restoration Celebration will include raffle, gifts 11.12.2020 Danielle Harrison Tribal government , Events If you attend 37 th Restoration Celebration When: 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22 Where: Virtually at www.grandronde.org and www.facebook.com/CTGRgov More info: 503-879-2304 By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals staff writer The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s 37 th Restoration Celebration will be virtual, but still include gifts for Tribal members. “On Nov. 22, …
/articles/2020/11/12/virtual-restoration-celebration-will-include-raffle-gifts/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs December per capita, timber payments 11.18.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal members will receive their first per capita distribution payment in nine months, as well as a $550 timber revenue payment, on Monday, Dec. 14. Tribal Council OK’d the payments during its Wednesday, Nov. 18, meeting. The per capita amount will not be determined until Wednesday, Dec. 2, Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Hernandez …
/articles/2020/11/18/tribal-council-oks-december-per-capita-timber-payments/Health & Education Willamina sets Feb. 9 as target date to re-open for first and second grades 01.26.2021 Danielle Harrison Education By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals staff writer The COVID-19 pandemic has left Oregon schools shuttered for almost a year, but there may be some light at the end of the tunnel for local parents, teachers and students who are eager for a return to in-person learning. Willamina School District Superintendent Carrie Zimbrick said that she hopes students in first …
/articles/2021/01/26/willamina-sets-feb-9-as-target-date-to-re-open-for-first-and-second-grades/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves Yoda logging unit 01.27.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council agreed with the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department in telling the membership “May the forest be with you” in approving the Yoda logging unit during its Wednesday, Jan. 27, meeting. The logging unit, named after the wise, diminutive green Jedi master from the “Star Wars” movie franchise, drew comment from Vice Chair Chris Mercier. Senior …
/articles/2021/01/27/tribal-council-approves-yoda-logging-unit/Tribal Government & News Twenty-five more names added to the Restoration Roll 02.24.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council continued adding Tribal member names to the Restoration Roll by approving 25 new names during its Wednesday, Feb. 24, meeting. The 25 names brings the number of Tribal members who have been added to the historically important roll since 2019 to 377. Tribal Council added 204 names in 2019, 127 names in 2020 and had previously …
/articles/2021/02/24/twenty-five-more-names-added-to-the-restoration-roll/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves demolition contract for Blue Heron site 05.05.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde purchased the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City in August 2019. (Smoke Signals file photo) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved an $847,852 contract with Elder Demolition of Portland during its Wednesday, May 5, meeting that will start the process of rehabilitating the former Blue Heron Paper …
/articles/2021/05/05/tribal-council-approves-demolition-contract-for-blue-heron-site/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves supplemental budget to buy two properties 06.16.2021 Danielle Harrison & Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes and Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals staff members Tribal Council approved a third supplemental budget for 2021 during its Wednesday, June 16, meeting that will allow the Tribe to purchase two new properties – one in Grand Ronde and one in the east Multnomah County suburb of Wood Village. The $1.455 million budget increase will fund …
/articles/2021/06/16/tribal-council-approves-supplemental-budget-to-buy-two-properties/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves grant applications for Portland MAT clinic 06.30.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Health & Wellness , State government By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Tribe has yet to open its second medication-assisted treatment clinic for opioid dependency in east Portland, but Tribal Council approved two grant applications during its Wednesday, June 30, meeting that will, if received, help staff the site. Tribal Council approved a State Opioid …
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