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margin of victory over second-place finisher Jack Giffen Jr., who received 565 votes, was 59 votes. Giffen, who has been serving as Tribal Council vice chair, was elected to Tribal Council for the fifth time. Tribal Council member Denise Harvey received 557 votes to gain her second consecutive three-year term on Tribal Council, edging out fourth-place finisher Lisa Leno by three votes. It marked the second straight year with a close finish as Tribal Council member Jon A. George retained his …

, the area served at the time by the Willamina-based West Valley Fire District. “At first I really struggled with the decision (to run for sheriff) because to be 100 percent transparent and honest, I have the best job that anybody could ever have right now,” he said. “I’ve been empowered by the Tribe and our leadership to build something from nothing and before that, when I was emergency manager, there was all kinds of support. We were able to do things I haven’t seen in regular government …

selected. A Youth Council special was held for teens, with prizes for first, second and third places, and a switch dance special by the Liebelt Family for all ages, with prizes for first, second and third place. Powwow concluded at approximately 10 p.m. with the retiring of the colors. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper For Latest Updates: …

the mouth of the Columbia down to about Tillamook and then up to The Dalles, and then to the Willamette Falls,” Mercier said. “That’s the only place that it lives, that it comes from. You know, when people see Pacific Northwest art, they think of Salish art, which is huge; up the West Coast, all through Washington to Alaska, where it changes some but it’s still the same art form.” Salish art is best known for the iconic totem poles that dot the Pacific Northwest, but Chinookan artists did …

and the value these exchanges have for both groups. Land and Culture Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach described one historical value for the Tribe, closely related to the history of the forest. The Tribe, he said, chose the name Chachalu (place of the burnt timbers) for the Tribal Museum and Cultural Center because that was what the Tualatin and South Yamhill Kalapuya referred to when parts of the Grand Ronde Valley were devastated by a large fire in 1845. "Just like the forest has healed from …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- July 15, 2021 07.14.2021 Dean Rhodes Letters Cecil Rose Russell Porter Dear Smoke Signals : I read with much interest the articles on boarding schools for Native American children in the latest edition of Smoke Signals . My grandmother, Cecil Rose Russell Porter, was taken from her home in Tiller, Ore., in 1908 by the state of Oregon and incarcerated in Chemawa Indian School in Salem. There she was kept until 1918 when she was 19. Over …

(to the landscape) since that time and am thankful we have an agreement in place.” Kennedy’s remarks kicked off the seventh annual Coffee & Conversation event held in southern Oregon on Friday, Sept. 21, to commemorate the 1853 treaty signing at Table Rocks and the September 2011 signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy to manage the Table Rocks area north of Medford. “I hope our joint efforts are helping turn the dial to a better place …

frequently to eat lunch and socialize, and attends an exercise class every Tuesday and Thursday, which involves walking in place for increasing amounts of time. “It’s tough, but good because everyone can go at their own pace,” Leno, 74, says. “When we get tired, we can take a break. I’m a diabetic and I like to cheat a lot, so I really need to stay in shape.” Leno says that the staff and Elders Committee do a good job of offering activities, but that many Elders aren’t taking advantage of those …

this could go out for the membership’s opinion, so I’m just going to remind you all that this is what the area needs and it should not come down to what it does for our pocketbooks or if we live in the area or not. Grand Ronde is the home of our Tribe and the real Indian way is taking care of our home and the many that are in need. I do know that many Tribal members are not from there, but I can honestly say if there were any other place with the amount of members we have here that needed …

Services and the second proclaimed May 16-23 as American Indian Week in the state. “Thoughtful state and Tribal leaders like then Senator Vic Atiyeh and Warm Springs member and first chair of the commission, Rudy Clements, 40 years ago designed a permanent forum for state-Tribal discussion in the legislative branch,” Brown said. “Today, we celebrate 40 years of this national model of government-to-government; a model that strives to make this place we call Oregon a better place for the next seven …