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closest to the highway and was formally dedicated to valet parking. All testing and vaccinations will be administered by Department of Health and Human Services employees. “Signage will be onsite to direct traffic,” Huffman said. “This clinic will be a walk-up venue that conducts COVID testing as well as COVID vaccinations.” For more information about vaccination clinics and providers near you, visit GetVaccinated.Oregon.gov or visit the Oregon Health Authority’s webpage on available clinics …

Tribal Government & News Martineau recounts overcoming addiction in 'Awan' 12.14.2017 Danielle Frost Tribal Employees By Danielle Frost Joe Martineau endured a childhood few could imagine. Taken from his Reservation as a young boy in the early 1960s, he lived in more than a dozen foster homes before he was a teen. There, Martineau’s “Indian” identity was mentally and physically battered. He suffered sadistic beatings, hard labor and total isolation as punishment. “I truly thought I could never …

quickly posted the information to various social media channels to get the word out. Although her vehicle was found two days later on Monday, Nov. 22, abandoned on a road near Chemawa Indian School, the regalia was not in the trunk where she had left it. Heartbroken, but undeterred, Logan told her story to several print and TV media outlets in the hope that somehow her sacred items would be returned. “I could care less about my stolen car (however), I care about the traditional regalia pieces …

Tribal Government & News Advocating for Elders 04.29.2025 Danielle Harrison Elders Stephanie King is the Tribe’s Elder Justice Coordinator for the Community Health Department. She began her role in July 2024. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Stephanie King has been dedicated to helping Elders since she was a teenager and has built an entire career around that passion. “I’ve always had a caregiver kind of aspect about me,” she said. “It started when I was 16 …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Aug. 15, 2020 08.13.2020 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : Regarding the current election: Yes, I am all for a child care center at Grand Ronde; it is a wonderful idea. But why in the world is a $60,000 study needed? That makes no sense to me. We vote for Tribal Council to have the brains to figure something like this out. So no on the ballot, but a big yes to the idea. Secondly, it is vague to me what exactly is meant by “electronic …

Tribal Government & News General Manager Angie Blackwell is leaving 03.27.2025 Nicole Montesano General Manager Angie Blackwell By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer General Manager Angie Blackwell announced Thursday, March 27, that she was leaving her position. “I want you all to know that I have appreciated the work we’ve done together over the past year,” Blackwell wrote in an email to employees. “Thank you for welcoming me into your departments and programs. I’ve enjoyed learning …

communities. Dirksen has worked for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde for more than 19 years. “I didn’t know I was getting this award,” Dirksen said. “I thought I was invited to the event to have dinner with Reyn (Leno, Tribal Council chairman) and Mike (Wilson, Natural Resource Department manager). I was a bit shocked and don’t remember everything the master of ceremonies said. I just remember thinking, ‘Wow, this guy is describing a lot of the stuff I do.’ I vaguely remember hearing about help …

program licensed by the state of Oregon. “Her (Kaschmitter’s) thoughts about treating the youth and including the whole healthy lifestyle; I think she is really good with that,” said Mercier. “And she’s good with the whole holistic part of the Health & Wellness Center. We should be working all together.” Kaschmitter, who is an Army veteran who spent five years as a communications specialist, said she made a decision in her mid-30s to do something that she had always wanted to do and that was begin …

Tribal Government & News Willamina High graduate joins Tribal police force 02.28.2018 Danielle Frost Tribal Employees , Public Safety By Danielle Frost JJ Flynn says he has been intrigued by the idea of a law enforcement career since he was a child visiting his grandfather, Bill Flynn. “He was a police officer in Warrenton and I remember going to his house, listening to him tell stories and looking at the police gear,” Flynn says. “It really got me interested in law enforcement at a young age …

school at Western University of Health Science in California. “I was originally born in Portland and grew up in the area all my life,” said Ngo. “I grew up in southeast Portland for the first six years and then we moved out to Beaverton. I went to Oregon State University for college and then ended up in optometry school at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona. “And, yes, someone references the ‘Dr. No’ connection at least once every day,” he said, getting the obvious Bond film reference …