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' mom, Bettye, as fanciful, but the teacher was barking up the wrong tree. "My mom," he says, "married my dad when it was barely legal for a non-Indian to marry an Indian, when you were ostracized for it. I tell people, 'No wonder I ended up so screwed up.' My father was a conservative Indian who loved technology and engineering, and my mom was a left-wing WASP who loved nature and art. She was the one who mainly took me fishing when I was a kid." Williams took off in life as a combination …

, the vote and debate process must be exercised by each member of a Tribe or citizen of our community. Keep up the good work of printing the opinions of each member who are for, as well as those who are against, as this gives those of us who are readers from other Tribes insight as to what each Tribal system and populace has to encounter and overcome in order to make Tribal governments beneficial to each member of each respective Tribe. Should you opt to print my name and address in likelihood …

ceremonial and cultural hunting and fishing areas on off-Reservation and non-trust lands and allow the Tribe to co-manage this for its members with the state. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo/Smoke Signals) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor Almost 37 years after Grand Ronde was forced to sign a consent decree with the state of Oregon restricting its hunting and fishing rights in order to get its Reservation Plan approved, some of those rights have been returned. On Friday, Aug. 4, the Oregon …

may have been the largest ever hosted by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Tribal member Chelsea Clark held the smudge pot for everyone who entered the arena and once again host drum Bad Soul kicked the day’s event off with an honor song. Chiluk carried the eagle staff and Butler carried the Grand Ronde eagle staff. Yakama Tribal member Terry Lheemsah Sr. and Nez Perce Tribal member Steve Rubin entered the arena next. Both Lheemsah and Rubin were in full headdress regalia and Lheemsah …

30 minutes to an hour. Kit also cited the extra time with patients as one of the best things about working in Grand Ronde. She said at previous offices, a typical eye appointment would be 30 minutes, but now she’s with a patient for an hour. “I feel like there’s so much more time to get to know the patient, to understand what they need and what they want coming in to the exam,” Kit said. Rowe said she agrees that the Tribe’s clinical setting can be different from other practices and a doctor who …

Tribal Government & News Tribe donates $5,000 to code talker museum effort 07.15.2014 Ron Karten Tribal Council , Culture , Events The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde donated $5,000 to help build a Navajo Code Talker Museum on Thursday, July 10. During a dinner in honor of Navajo code talker Peter MacDonald Sr. held under a tent near the West Valley Veterans Memorial, Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno presented the check. "You have done our Native people proud," Leno said. "This is a really …

has brought me back to prison,” she says. Speaking from a drab prison conference room in early September, Linton, 43, is subdued and reflective. Tears slide down her face as she recalls certain events. Linton pinpoints her trouble with the law and drug addiction starting after her husband, Ryan, was murdered at Niagara County Park near Santiam Pass in 2001. “After he was murdered, I didn’t know how to deal with my grief so I used drugs and life never got better,” she says. “I took my kids to my …

immemorial, Tribes have lived on and used the lands and waterways of Oregon, and been stewards of the state’s natural resources. To honor and protect that long heritage, the state established the Legislative Commission on Indian Services and then an executive order created a government-to-government relationship between the state and its nine federally recognized Tribes. That relationship was celebrated with the LCIS Spring Celebration held on Thursday, May 16, at the state Capitol Rotunda. This year’s …

for Jan." The Circle of Culture is a surprisingly thorough summary for an hour-long presentation. Reibach moved from history to language to many cultural practices, but the takeaway might well be a line he delivered again and again throughout the presentation, a line pasted at the bottom of his work e-mails: k h anawi ntsayka-ixt-tilixam ntsayka - We are all one family . "And it feels good to be part of that," he said. "You may be the only representative of the Tribe that our guests meet …

. It was a cold, foggy morning, but it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the participants. Successful program participants earn level one certification, which makes them more employable while they work on various projects. “They’re not getting a job running an excavator right off the bat, but have the opportunity to do so once they get in more time with an employer,” TERO Compliance Officer Duke Kimsey said. It’s the third time TERO has offered the training in Grand Ronde. Last year, four of the six …