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. “A life of living with our salmon. That lifeway and these fish are in peril. For Tribal people, there is no good way to live without living in balance with our rivers and our salmon. The experience of catching salmon in the Willamette is one we all deserve but those opportunities are quickly diminishing unless we do the right thing and pursue deauthorizing hydropower at the Willamette dams so our salmon and steelhead can safely pass upstream to the high quality habitat above those dams and safely …

all of his life. The family wanted to share one of his passions for writing with this poem that expressed his lifelong battle. "The Trail" "I feel a need to write my thoughts and experiences, the urge to write, as if it were an unstoppable wind blowing through the forest. I stand on a mountaintop looking down the trail these 50 years have brought me. I see a trail with many twists and curves, a trail with very little sunshine and much sadness, but when the sun shined, it was so bright and soul …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor - Feb. 15, 2016 02.12.2016 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : Most important is I want to thank the Tribe for weathering the economic downturn and the wonderful per capita in December. That takes leadership! The greyhound park purchase sounds like a good investment. Again I would say that takes leadership. MicroGREEN didn’t turn out so well, but we are moving forward. Next, I want to say because the Tribe is doing well with the Constitution …

in the morning. And then they bring it to me again at 8:30, and say, ‘Oh, I forgot to bring it to you; take your Tylenol.’ No. I’m not gonna take it twice. So, you see the mistakes that are being made and I know. But some of the people don’t and they just take what they’re handed.” Cooney also said that she was not notified when two of her relatives died, that the residents were not notified of communicable disease and that some caregivers are failing to clean or make beds. “We’re always told, ‘We’re …

to better meet the needs of our Tribal members and our community. The Tribe is looking to break ground on the project this spring. Good Government For decades, our Tribal leaders and our Tribal Elders have worked hard to create a system of good governance in Grand Ronde. If there's one thing I can assure you, it's that your Tribal leaders do their best to keep this in mind each and every day. One thing I'm often asked is "What makes good government?" I believe that a good government is made up …

Tribal Government & News Lineal descent amendment vote on the horizon this fall 08.22.2024 Danielle Harrison Tribal Constitution , Lineal Descent By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Amending the Grand Ronde Tribal Constitution to change enrollment requirements will once again be on the ballot this fall. On Wednesday, Aug. 21, Tribal Council approved a resolution requesting the Bureau of Indian Affairs conduct a constitutional amendment election, which will be sent to the BIA on Monday …

for a friendly competition among staff. “I wanted to do something different to celebrate Halloween this year,” she said. “All I had to do was ask, and they signed up eagerly.” Other Tribal staff members served as judges. Housing Department Manager Shonn Leno recused himself. “I’m not a true chili eater,” he confessed. “I’m more of a chili out of the can guy, definitely not a connoisseur. … We have some really good cooks employed here so I’m eager to see who wins.” No chili cook-off would be complete without …

squeezing the trigger so I squeezed the trigger on the shotgun and nothing happened and nothing happened on his end of it. He threw the gun away and I racked another round in it and came down on him and told him to freeze and he did.” To Warden’s surprise the shooter turned out to be an 11-year-old boy with a history of problems greater than his age. “He was a kid,” Warden said. “It had an impact. Even though the guns didn’t go off, it had an impact. When I retrieved his handgun it was a revolver …

, which was considered atypical for girls.” Softball and tennis were among their favorite sports. Qahir-beejee lettered on the high school tennis team. “Oftentimes I was the most valuable player in tournaments in softball,” they said. “I was fourth batter. So, it wasn’t just that I liked (sports); I was fairly good at them. But the message was always that it wasn’t ladylike, and oftentimes too, when I was going to school, you had to wear a dress or skirts. You weren’t supposed to wear pants. Often, I …

for college," she says. "She gave me a lot of support. She said, 'Get good grades in elementary school so you can get into a good high school.' And right through college. I always strive to go above and beyond. Having those expectations was a really good driving force. "Also, sports really help kids by teaching discipline and teamwork, exercising patience. I did soccer, softball, swimming and roller skating. Three sports a season; no big deal. I would've done more if I could have." She also …