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, “the family interactions, the smiles, the laughter, the smells,” bring back those childhood years of helping out. Two years ago, he said, “my cousin presented their food truck to us, and was like, ‘Hey, do you want to buy it?’” They thought it through, Quenelle said, and “it was something we didn’t have to think long and hard about. It was a direction we knew we wanted.” The Quenelles’ grown children, who range in age from 19 to 26, sometimes work in the truck as well, along with nieces and nephews …

Grand Ronde Contest Powwow (1) Events Event Grand Ronde Contest Powwow (1) August 20, 2022 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM Location: uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9600 S.W. Hebo Road Grand entries occur at 1 and 7 p.m. Upcoming Events Events Grand Ronde Education Summit (1) August 24, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Tribal Council Tribal Council meeting (47) July 21, 2022 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Tribal Council Membership Forecast & Projections Analysis presentation July 25, 2022 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM View All Events Subscribe To Our …

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Culture Willamette University students cataloguing Chemawa photos 11.30.2012 Dean Rhodes Culture , History SALEM -- When Chemawa industrial arts teacher and yearbook and newspaper adviser Charles Holmes walked on in 2011, he left behind a treasure of more than 3,000 photos and more than 50 years of yearbooks and school newspapers collected during his career at the school. The collection totals some 40 boxes in all. His wife, Charlotte, bequeathed them to the Grand Ronde Tribe in the names of …

Culture FEAST program provides food for thought 02.26.2015 Ron Karten Culture , Health & Wellness About 25 people attended the Grand Ronde FEAST program held at the Tribal Education building on Saturday, Feb 21. FEAST stands for Food, Education, Agriculture, Solutions, Together. The program was organized by Lexi Stickel, an AmeriCorps member who works as Community Food System coordinator for Marion-Polk Food Share, operators of the new Grand Ronde Food Bank. Stickel said that the object of …

Culture Give peacemaking a chance: Tribal Court seeks participants, volunteers 02.28.2017 Dean Rhodes Culture , Tribal Employees , Public Safety By Bethany Bea Smoke Signals Intern In any community, conflict is inevitable. While Grand Ronde has departments dedicated to keeping the peace, such as security and police, Tribal Court has another option that can help community members make peace with each other. The Peacemaker Program, which uses traditional methods to resolve disputes among …

. The three national forests encompass more than 3 million acres, much of which was ceded to the federal government by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in seven treaties during the 1850s. Tribal Ceded Lands Manager Mike Karnosh acted as master of ceremonies. Tribal Council Secretary Toby McClary and Tribal Council member Chris Mercier attended the morning session with McClary providing the opening remarks after Land and Culture Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach gave the invocation …

Health & Education Great Circle Recovery expands with new Portland mobile clinic 09.30.2024 Nicole Montesano Great Circle Recovery Mike Shepek, senior maintenance and safety technician for the Tribe’s Great Circle Recovery Portland location, locks the mobile treatment clinic for the day on Friday, Sept. 13. Great Circle Recovery’s second mobile clinic was put into service in Portland on Aug. 27. The first unit is operated out of the Salem location. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Nicole …

Culture THE SALMON SITUATION: part three 01.31.2025 Nicole Montesano Salmon Army Corps is ‘Killing salmon to lose money’ Editor’s note: Salmon, rain and conifer forests are symbols of the Pacific Northwest. In a three-part series, “The salmon situation,” Smoke Signals examines how the region’s signature fish is heading for extinction, with little time left to reverse course and save these ancient species, which are crucial to both the ecosystem and Tribal culture. In the end, the Tribe’s best …

Tribal Government & News Tribal members find satisfaction in legal work 11.25.2025 Nicole Montesano Legal , Tribal employees By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer Tribal member and Tribal Senior Staff Attorney Brooks Wakeland wasn’t aiming for a career in law; he started out studying to be a forensic psychologist. Tribal member and Tribal Senior Staff Attorney Holly Partridge has wanted to be a lawyer for as long as she can remember. Neither of them expected to be able to join the …