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a healthy lifestyle free of substance abuse. “This is a space where we are here to help,” Hewitt said. “Every person is important on the team. Everyone makes a difference, whether they are the skipper or ground crew.” To participate in Canoe Journey, contact Hewitt at 503-879-1471. For updates on the journey, visit www.paddletolummi.org or Paddle to Lummi 2019 on Facebook. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our …

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Frost for Best Feature Story “More Than Friends,” her story about Elders Linda and Cecil Donahue finding love via Facebook; Editor Dean Rhodes for Best News Story for “Unreliable enrollment audit” and Best Coverage of Native America for “Tomanowos Comes Alive”; and Gonzalez for Best News Photo for coverage of the 2019 trip to visit Tomanowos in New York City at the American Museum of Natural History. Smoke Signals’ four third-place awards went to Frost for Best Coverage of Native America for her …

grew up in the Oregon coastal town of Florence, but visited Grand Ronde often as a child to visit her grandmother and attend powwows. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and communications from the University of Oregon. She graduated as a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society in 2006. Under the gaming compact the Tribe signed with the state of Oregon, the Community Fund receives 6 percent of Spirit Mountain Casino proceeds and distributes the funds to nonprofit organizations in 11 …

Former Grand Ronde Education Department Manager Leslie Riggs is the newest member of the Editorial Board. Tribal Council appointed Riggs, 54, to the board that oversees the editor of Smoke Signals during its Wednesday, Jan. 12, meeting. He will serve the remainder of the three-year term that belonged to former Public Affairs Director Siobhan Taylor, who walked on in August 2021, through March 2023.

in financial distress and/or the homeowners are deceased. Housing staff received an estimate of $100,000 to repair the unit and also researched removal. During that process, they found a company that will remove the home for free and attempt to rehab it for sale. “It’s been vacant for years,” Housing Department Manager Shonn Leno said at a Tuesday, July 23, Legislative Action Committee meeting. “It didn’t make any sense to improve the home based on the cost of the repairs that were presented …

Lyle Johnson; brothers Gregory, Oscar, Kenny and Frankie; and sisters Janice Knight, Vernetta Harris, Jeanette Bob and Juanita Curl. Viewing will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 26, , in the Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center. A funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, May 27, , in the Grand Ronde Tribal gym. Interment will be in the Grand Ronde Tribal Cemetery. To leave an on-line condolence for the family, go to www.dallastribute.com . Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link …

registration packet and registration forms sent to all Tribal members of voting age. October 17, 2011: Registration forms must be postmarked or received by the BIA Siletz Agency on or before this date. Registration therefore closes at 4:00 p.m. on this date. If you do not register specially for this election, you will not be eligible to vote. October 21, 2011: The official list of registered voters will be posted in alphabetical order on this date at various public locations for review. October 26 …

Culture Report reviews efforts to preserve Tribal heritage 08.28.2014 Dean Rhodes Culture , Education A lunchtime report presented on Tuesday, Aug. 26, signaled completion of a Spirit Mountain Community Fund grant and remaining funds from an earlier National Endowment for the Arts grant to help preserve the Tribe's cultural heritage. Specifically, the project aimed at providing tools to integrate Tribal language with basketry tradition, said Emily West Afanador, program manager for the Oregon …

was scheduled to help send Stan Kneeland to run in the April 1 Boston Marathon. Kneeland took first in the Grand Ronde Annual Fun Run in August 1988 and said at that time that he was planning on running the more than 26 miles in Boston. 1984 - Eight of the nine members of the Interim Tribal Council spent a day in orientation about the Bureau of Indian Affairs' programs, personnel, branches and services during Tribal Recognition Day at the Portland area office. Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal …