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of his regalia. Norwest was a U.S. Army veteran who fought in the Korean War and one of the founding members of the Grand Ronde chapter of the Northwest Indian Veterans Association, and became a member of the West Valley Veterans Honor Guard. He also was a driving force for construction of the West Valley Veterans Memorial and initiated the annual Veterans Powwow, which was renamed in Norwest’s honor after he walked on in 2011. Cultural Education Specialist Brian Krehbiel, Cultural Advisor Bobby …

1 edition of Smoke Signals , he called Bobb to remind him that he had the breast plate. The breast plate went “missing” after the August 2016 Contest Powwow. Its disappearance was turned over to the Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department for investigation and Crime Stoppers publicized the case. “Me and Pooter (Tribal Elder Alton Butler) had talked to Deitz,” Bobb said. “Pooter is the one who wears it. It had like only a single leather band that went around his neck. Well, that thing is kind …

. Staff Attorney Holly Partridge said at the Tuesday, Jan. 10, Legislative Action Committee meeting that only one Tribal member submitted a comment about the proposed ordinance when it was sent out for a first reading. The ordinance is designed to set forth uniform policies and procedures regarding the powers of General Council and to facilitate orderly and productive meetings, which are usually held the first Sunday of the month from September through May annually. (The June General Council meeting …

will be held on June 1 in Klamath Falls. Leno becomes the second Grand Ronde Tribal member to be appointed to the Advisory Committee. Tribal Elder and Vietnam War-era Navy veteran Gene LaBonte was appointed to a four-year term on the committee in 2008 and was elected to serve as chair for one year in 2009. “I actually talked to Gene,” Leno said. “He said there was a lot of travel. That kind of scared me a little bit, but I found out they only meet quarterly and, of course, one thing I love to talk …

and renovate the current kitchen, expanding it by 200 square feet. The addition would include two classrooms -- one for 20 3 and 4 year olds and the other for eight 2 year olds. The Tribe would provide a minimum of $166,667 in matching funds. The addition is needed because there is a long waiting list with additional families needing services and the Early Childhood Education building is at capacity. The Indian Community Development Block Grant Program is a competitive program to benefit low-moderate …

really received this scholarship" said her father, Tribal member Bryan Langley. The Gates Millennium Scholarship is one of the nation's largest scholarships awarded to Native American students. Langley was one of 1,000 students who received the scholarship. There were 54,000 students across the United States who applied for the scholarship. This year was the largest and most competitive group of candidates in the program's history. Langley is the third Grand Ronde Tribal member to receive …

Culture Yesteryears -- March 1, 2019 02.28.2019 Danielle Frost History 2014 2014 – Tribal members Bryan Langley and his son, Brayden, launched an Internet business, Umpqua Outdoors, along with Apple-based apps through the iTunes store. They sold the elk call apps, along with elk calling lessons, through webinars and seminars, and website design. The duo had plans for new apps, including one with elk recipes. The name? iEatElk. “I’ve wanted to program for quite a while, a year or so,” said …

who is the sixth farthest away from Grand Ronde. Two Tribal members live in western Australia, two live in Qatar and one lives in the United Arab Emirates, which are all farther away than the approximately 7,500 miles between Grand Ronde and Vinh Long. Herron said he decided to accept the positon in Vietnam after a series of unfulfilling jobs he has worked at since graduating from and teaching at Portland State University. During his last job, which involved making potato chips, he injured his …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- July 15, 2019 07.12.2019 Danielle Frost History 2009 2014 – Tribal Elder and Navy veteran Gene LaBonte was honored during the Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow held at uyxat Powwow Grounds. During the Vietnam War, LaBonte served in Stockton, Calif., for three years, 11 months and 29 days. “I never went to sea,” he said. “I was a dry land sailor. It takes 100 nonfighting personnel to support one soldier.” He was active in veteran’s affairs …

looking at opening up testing to a wider number of people,” Lowe said. “We’re trying to protect our staff as best possible and also preparing for a possible rebound of the virus. Vaccination will become very important and we want to be on the forefront of offering that.” As of April 29, the clinic has conducted 55 tests for COVID-19 and 54 were negative and one was still pending results. In Polk County, there have been 38 positive tests with one person dead, and 37 positive tests with six deaths …