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. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Dennis’ memory to Traditions Hospice. Corrine Kay Fugate Sept. 25, 1964 – July 26, 2025 Tribal Elder Corrine Kay Fugate passed away July 26, 2025, at the age of 60. Wilson’s Chapel of the Roses in Roseburg is assisting the family. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, at the Glide Community Center in Glide, Oregon. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates …

Culture Watchlist: ‘See What Canyon Life Is Like for a Navajo Pageant Winner’ 08.30.2022 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist National Geographic’s Short Film Showcase published a video to its YouTube channel featuring the Drapers, a Navajo family that is passing on the tradition of growing crops in Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. The video follows Tonielle and Tonisha Draper. Throughout the film, the two sisters explain the specific traditions, ceremonies …

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 …

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 …

Gaming Portland man wins $934,185 jackpot at Spirit Mountain Casino 10.14.2015 Dean Rhodes Gaming , Spirit Mountain Casino By Angela Sears Advertising supervisor Donald Stanley of Portland hit a $934,185 jackpot at Spirit Mountain Casino on Saturday, Sept. 26. Stanley, who recently starting working with the U.S. Postal Service, left work on Saturday morning and headed to Spirit Mountain Casino with his wife, Melissa Major, to celebrate an anniversary. Stanley said he is a big fan of the “Sons …

. The award is the 26 th time that Smoke Signals has been honored by the statewide journalism association in the last 10 years. ONPA awards were announced during the July 19-20 convention held at Brasada Ranch near Bend. Smoke Signals also won six awards in the annual Native American Journalists Association Media Awards contest for work published in 2017. The awards were handed out Saturday, July 21, during an awards banquet held in Miami, Fla. Frost's story about Tribal member Heather Cameron …

Tribal Government & News George appointed to state Environmental Quality Commission 03.30.2017 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Natural Resources , State Government SALEM -- Tribal Council member Kathleen George has been appointed by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown as one of three new members of the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission. If confirmed by the Oregon Senate during an April 26 hearing, George will begin serving on the commission on May 3. “The Environmental Quality Commission, now more than …

Tribal Government & News Danielle Frost joins Smoke Signals staff 09.27.2017 Dean Rhodes Tribal Employees Danielle Frost, a 19-year veteran of Pacific Northwest journalism, joined the staff of Smoke Signals on Tuesday, Sept. 26, as the staff writer. Frost hails from the Seattle area and graduated from Eastern Washington University with a journalism degree in 1998. She started her journalism career working for The Blue Mountain Eagle in John Day, Ore., where she covered the community of Prairie …

service at the Elders Activity Center, 48940 Blacktail Drive. Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center is caring for the family. With Davidson’s passing, the Grand Ronde Tribe no longer has a centenarian among its living membership. The eldest Elders are now 99-year-old Dorothy Greene, who was born Sept. 26, 1918, and 98-year-old Ruby Bigoni, who was born March 18, 1919. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest updates: Subscribe To Our Newspaper …

, Dorothy Lane; they were born only a month apart. She attended North Salem High School for a couple of years and then went on to get her GED. When she was 18, she gave birth to her son, David Charles. Then a few years later she went on to have her daughters, Casi and Crystal Miller. Faye married Jeffery Miller at the age of 26 and they were married for many years before she was widowed and spent her last years with Charlie Tiddel. She enjoyed being a homemaker. She was a book lover, which she …