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Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor - Jan. 15, 2016 01.14.2016 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Tribal members: I take the letters I submit to Smoke Signals quite seriously, especially when it comes to discussing our Tribe’s membership requirements. Therefore, I found some of the statements made in Tracie Meyer’s Jan. 1, 2016, letter to be very disrespectful and offensive. We have been discussing our Tribe’s enrollment requirements and not some boxing match. Meyer failed to get very far …

, and she has always been a real professional." Claymore oversees nine other Indian schools in the Northwest and is acting school supervisor at Chemawa. "I loved it there," said Fischer. "I liked the people that worked there. And you learned a lot from the students. I enjoyed that." Fischer applied for the position during the summer and was notified of the good news by Claymore on Sept. 14. She was sworn in to the three-year position on Sept. 22 at the first board meeting of the new school year …

of Grade Ronde has had a part in bringing Focus Circle to life and helping to heal the effects of multi-generational trauma. Thank you, one and all. Your work has been awesome. Call me; let me know how you are doing. Priscilla Marlowe Salem Dear Tribal members: Over the past year (nine months actually), I have had the good fortune to serve you as a Tribal Council member. If it has been anything, it has been a learning experience. I thank those of you who have had the patience to stand by a new …

everyone who attended her service, helped officiate, provided the opening ceremonies, drummed, sang and gave tributes, as well as all of the flowers, plants, cards and sentiments that were sent. The family will be honoring her memory with a giveaway at the 2019 Restoration Celebration in November. Everyone is welcome. Most sincerely, Camille Mercier & the family of Margaret Provost Roll #1982 Dear Smoke Signals : On Aug. 15, I picked up the annual distribution of salmon for our family. We get …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Oct. 1, 2015 09.30.2015 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Cheryle Kennedy: I have to admit I became a little emotional watching your members escort the first Orange Line train over a bridge named by the Grand Ronde. At that moment, the name Tilikum had such a deep meaning. Your speech was simply beautiful. You spoke from your heart and captured the spirit of the day. I could have happily spent the entire day with your members at the camp listening …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- April 1, 2013 03.29.2013 Ron Karten Letters Dear Mr. Chairman and Tribal Council members: Thank you for all you do to manage our Tribal affairs and the fine work done to help the members of our Tribe have a better and more enjoyable life. Since the humble beginnings after Restoration to our current state of affairs, we have all been blessed in so many ways. I am proud to say that possibly some seeds planted in the mid-1980s during our Tribal …

they might be. But times changed and colonialism brought in another view – that gender is not a many-splendored thing, but inescapably binary. By the time Tribal Elder Qahir-beejee was growing up, to be identified by society as a girl was to be shut out of most things that interested them such as drumming, carving and participating in sports. “I always thought there was something wrong with me,” Qahir-beejee said. “On another level, I was very happy not to be like everybody else. I didn’t like what …

Culture Tribal Elder Sam Dala keeps writing away 11.14.2017 Danielle Frost People , Elder Profile By Danielle Frost On any given day, Tribal Elder Samantha “Sam” Dala will be sitting at her computer, letting her imagination flow through her fingertips as she strikes the keys. Dala, who lives in Elder housing, has been writing in some form since she was 7 years old. “I started with poetry,” Dala says at the Elders Activity Center. “I like to mess around with it and try out different kinds …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor - June 15, 2016 06.14.2016 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : It was hard not to notice all the letters during the last issue of Smoke Signals . As usual, our Tribe is sharply divided on the issue of enrollment. I wanted to share my thoughts because years ago I was a part of the Enrollment Requirements Ad Hoc Committee. Many of you might not be familiar with us. We were appointed by Tribal Council in 2005. There were nine of us, split …

Tribal Government & News Tribal member named one of Oregon's best high school baseball players 06.28.2019 Danielle Frost People Central Catholic’s Christian Cooney slides home for a run scored during the 2019 baseball season. (Photo by Chris Reich) By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer Special. Gifted. Solid work ethic. This is how those who know Christian Cooney describe the 18-year-old baseball player who will be competing at the Division I level next year for the University …