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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 …

Tribal Government & News Tribal contingent visits Table Rocks near Medford 04.28.2011 Michelle Alaimo Tribal Council , Culture , History By Michelle Alaimo Smoke Signals photographer "If they hadn't of moved us, we'd probably still be here," was a thought Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. had after a tour of Table Rocks near Medford in southern Oregon on Tuesday, April 26. Tribal Vice Chair Reyn Leno and Bobb agreed that the history of the Tribe could have been different if the Rogue River …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Sept. 1 08.31.2011 Ron Karten Letters Dear Tribal Council members and those responsible for the education cuts: My name is Nancy Babb, and I have left each and every one of you a telephone message concerning a letter I received Aug. 18, 2011, from the Education Department cutting my education funding $3,000 a year. There are several reasons why I am upset with this decision. First of all, I start school Monday, meaning I am receiving a major …

production to buy clothes and other necessities. While the country in general spent some 13 years living with alcohol prohibition (1920-33), David Lewis, Tribal Museum Curator and Cultural Liaison, used the stories that Elders have told to describe almost 100 years of Prohibition for the Grand Ronde people. He also pulled information from the National Archives in Seattle, he said. Lewis told the stories to a group of 30 on Thursday, July 26, at the Willamette Heritage Center Dye House. "One …

Culture The graduate: Steve Bobb Sr. receives his high school diploma at age 69 05.26.2018 Dean Rhodes People , Education , Events Smoke Signals staff report WILLAMINA -- Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr., 69, finally received a Willamina High School diploma on Saturday, May 26, during its Class of 2018 graduation ceremony. Bobb was on track to graduate 51 years ago with the Class of 1967. However, he dropped out three months shy of earning his diploma after he and two friends were suspended …

was grateful that the marching band came up. "You never know what, but something definitely will fill up the extra time." The first day or two of working with the high school marching band, Olivia says, "I kind of got the hang of it, and as the season progressed, it was just kind of a natural feeling to me, I guess. "In my generation, there are not a lot who are into music. When I was with the marching band, I found people with a passion for music just like me. The first day, I felt like I was one …

continue to be suggested at each of the community meetings. The most common concern raised at the community meetings is repairing split families where some siblings are enrolled while other siblings are not due to the 1999 amendment. “One of the reasons for this split is based on whether children were born before or after the 1999 amendment. Children born and enrolled before the amendment qualified under the original requirements, but their brothers and sisters born after the 1999 amendment do …

and Marvin Kimsey started the arduous task of regaining federal recognition in the 1970s that culminated on Nov. 22, 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed the Grand Ronde Restoration Act. The federal government also returned 9,811 acres to the Tribe as a Reservation on Sept. 9, 1988, which also occurred during Reagan’s administration. The Restoration effort began in the 1970s. One of the first acts Tribal members took toward Restoration occurred when Kimsey and Holmes testified before Task …

earned to either direct member payments and benefits or transfers to reserves. The remaining 25 cents is allocated to operation of Tribal governmental programs. The 2018 budget was sent out to the Tribal membership in the November Tilixam Wawa and was the topic of the November General Council meeting held in executive session. During the Tuesday, Dec. 26, Legislative Action Committee meeting, Finance Officer Chris Leno said the Tribe received four written comments about the proposed spending …