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by a cult that is trying to frame him for a crime. According to a Dec. 29 court filing reported by The Clackamas Review , Mejia said that because of his brain implant “a group of people can see what I’m thinking; they can see what I see, and they can hear what I hear. … I’m not sure exactly what it is, but I think it’s part of a cell phone or Google eye or something.” Mejia’s previous convictions include a 2018 disorderly-conduct charge in Lincoln City. According to the Lincoln City News Guard , he …

a commemorative eagle pin. “On Friday, I was really worried about how many veterans we would get, but then on Saturday we ended up having a grand entry that had one of the highest turnouts of veterans we have ever had in the circle,” Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno said. “That was a great turnout.” 2011 – Tribal member Jordan Schultz had his moment in the spotlight when he had an opportunity to try out for “American Idol” when the popular show came to the Rose Garden in Portland. Schultz was among 6,000 …

of the Clackamas people in the area. “It’s good to be here and see everyone gathered to talk about this place and these people,” Harrelson said. “I am not Clackamas, but have had lots of opportunity to talk with Elders and read books. The Clackamas have a deep oral history.” Harrelson told attendees about Victoria Howard, a Clackamas Chinook who provided more than 200 oral histories and stories to linguist Melville Jacobs in 1929. Harrelson also discussed the removal of the Clackamas people …

Culture Yesteryears -- March, 15, 2023 03.14.2023 Danielle Harrison Yesteryears 2018 2018 – Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr. was featured in a March 15 edition of Smoke Signals . He talked about his artwork, family, military service in Vietnam, growing up in Grand Ronde and time on Tribal Council. Bobb was a passionate advocate for veteran’s causes and was described as someone who always spoke his mind. “I always say that I am either extremely blessed or the luckiest guy on earth. To have been …

for my own Tribe and I think this is something I can do well and can help the Tribe. So I just decided to give it a shot.” 2013 – Tribal Council adopted a Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance. The new ordinance set the framework under which new Tribal Employment Rights Office Director Greg Azure would work. It also created a five-member TERO Commission, which would oversee his work and be the ordinance’s enforcing regulatory body. The ordinance was designed to create more jobs suited for Tribal …

grandparents,” says Kennedy. “My grandfather was a medicine man and an expert in medicinal uses of plants. My mother knew medicine through her father, and she showed me where to look for the plants that are healing. In this way, she showed me it was my calling. I do believe there is a purpose for everyone.” The Salem Health Foundation and the Salem Health West Valley Foundation awarded $119,275 in scholarships in 2022 to 131 students from Polk County pursuing degrees in any discipline …

, we have so much opportunity and I look forward to what the future brings.” The general manager, who is a direct report to the nine-member Tribal Council, exercises direct authority over most Tribal departments in carrying out day-to-day operations of the Tribal government. Tribal Finance Officer Chris Leno served as interim general manager since January 2023, and said several times it wasn’t a goal of his to remain in the position permanently. One of Blackwell’s first official functions in her …

Inn restaurant which he owns. The Tribal community bid on these items and together raised $225. “My husband and I loaded up the Subaru with the gas money we could gather and drove down,” Eastman said. For her safety and at the request of the family, Smoke Signals is not detailing Jackson-Crain’s location. They stopped at two locations Jackson-Crain was reportedly at, and she was found on their second stop. “We left yesterday morning (Feb. 14) and found her within an hour of being there,” Eastman …

.” That tradition feels bone deep. “I don’t know if we naturally just crave those foods, but I feel a lot healthier when I eat those foods, or meat that hasn’t been processed in a plant,” he said. The state’s plan to shutter the Salmon River Hatchery, at least temporarily, sets off alarm bells for Haller. “This is where I fish, where my family and friends fish,” he said. “Without those hatcheries, I would never have caught my first fish.” Haller acknowledges that taking over the hatchery …

the line. Lumbee Nation Citizen David Wilkins co-authored the 2017 book, “Dismembered.” The book examines the unprecedented rates of disenrollment in Tribal nations since the 1990s. Wilkins said in an email to Smoke Signals that he was interviewed by the “You’re No Indian” director and producer, Ryan Flynn, several times. “It looks and feels quite emotionally powerful and I look forward to seeing the full show when it’s made available to the public,” Wilkins said. “I hope this documentary receives …