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Culture Yesteryears -- April 1, 2023 03.30.2023 Danielle Harrison Yesteryears 2018 2018 – Grand Ronde Tribal Council members and the Metro Council held a joint meeting in Portland to discuss shared goals of developing partnerships, environmental and economic stewardship, and preservation of cultural heritage. The government-to-government consultation was the first official one that the Tribe had with Metro. Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy said that the Tribe had been “active …

Culture Watchlist: ‘Sugarcane’ 08.01.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Smoke Signals Editor Danielle Harrison and Tribal member and Social Media/Digital Journalist Kamiah Koch saw the documentary “Sugarcane” during the Indigenous Media Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Thursday, July 25, before its official theater release in August. “Sugarcane” is a National Geographic documentary investigating the deaths, sexual violence and lasting …

One box per Tribal member household and 400 boxes available. First come, first served. 100 additional boxes available at Portland Office. 

One food box per Tribal member. Three max per car.

400 available at the Grand Ronde Procurement drive-thru and 100 available at the Portland office. 

Food boxes available at procurement and Tribe's Portland office. One box per person, three boxes per car. While supplies last. 

Take home a wrapped book without knowing the title. All ages can get one book while supplies last. Books available inside the library from noon-4 p.m. or under the covered drop-off area at the Adult Education building from 4-6 p.m.

Reading "A Stone is a Story" and "One Day This Tree Will Fall."

One box per household/3 boxes max per car with Tribal members present or with permission slip. 

400 boxes total; 100 available at Portland office. 

First come first served. 

. Jake McKnight both approved the idea with the belief that Nixwa is not just a resource for the Tribe, but should be a resource for other local agencies as well. Nixwa will be the official Narcotics K-9 for the federal facility and will be deployed at dates and times picked at random. It is the hope that this mutually beneficial relationship will be a long and fruitful one, McConnell said after the demonstration. “We are so excited to have Nixwa and Officer McConnell at our disposal,” said Capt …

into classrooms to learn more about Indigenous people. “I would argue one day is not enough when we think about the wide variety of diversity of American Indian/Native American peoples across the nation with there being more than 600 different state and federally recognized Tribes,” Faircloth says. “We should think about ways we can incorporate Native Indigenous histories and teachings throughout the year and not limit it to one day.” The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde began recognizing …