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make it easy and separate matters?” We are not the federal government where they put all kinds of issues on a bill. We can take the time and separate issues. I don’t care for “bundling” when candidates for Tribal Council do it. I believe it is better to evaluate each candidate on their qualifications not just because they are friends with someone else running. The same goes for issues. Thank you for a platform to express my opinion. Best wishes for good health and prosperity to all Tribal members …

– Spirit Mountain Casino’s first float in the Grand Floral Parade won the top prize. “Nature’s Spirit” won the Sweepstakes Award for best float. It featured a watchful mother coyote and two pups in a setting of plants and flowers native to the Grand Ronde area. 1991 – Brent Merrill resigned as editor of Smoke Signals to take a job with the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission in Washington state. “I feel that I am a better person for the experience and the things that I have learned,” he wrote …

Team were put on stand-by in case they were needed. “It went pretty flawlessly,” Warden said. “Because of preparedness, planning and willingness of our Tribal personnel to be good neighbors, these displaced folks were afforded an opportunity to have immediate relief and comfort in what must have been, at best, a frightening situation.” Tribal Police Officer Tyler Brown, Emergency Operations Administrative Assistant Brandy Bishop and Swing Shift Housekeeping Supervisor Ben Bishop helped …

Barbara and a second bachelor’s degree in Chemical Dependency from Oregon State University. While at UCSB, he won Division One All-American Volleyball as a setter. Sonny spent his life as a volleyball coach. He will be remembered for how he could communicate and lead a young athlete into becoming the best they could be. He is survived by his loving family: spouse, Justin Young; son, Jadyn Joseph Palmer-Young; parents, Carroll and Sandra Palmer; brothers, Calvin and Chris Palmer; sister, Stacy (David …

Culture Yesteryears -- May 15, 2015 05.15.2015 Dean Rhodes History 2010 – After a disastrous 2008 investment year, it was reported that 2009 was one of the best investment years since the Great Depression. The Tribe’s portfolio grew by 16.37 percent after losing more than 25 percent of its value during the recession that gripped the country in 2008. “We recovered all of the paper losses from the big fall and then some,” said Tribal Finance Officer Stanley Arend. 2005 – The Tribe’s Cultural …

Culture Yesteryears -- Oct. 15, 2013 10.14.2013 Michelle Alaimo History 2008 - Tribal member Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach was selected by both the Indian Summer Music Awards and the Native American Music Awards as the best Native Flutist of the Year. He became the only Native American flutist to win both prestigious awards in the same year. 2003 - Families have been moving into the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's new housing development, Chxi Musam Illihi, a 36-unit housing complex …

as a senior graphic arts and multimedia designer for the Seattle Center. He helped market commercial and noncommercial events at the Seattle Center, including cultural festivals, concerts, family shows, art performances and sporting events at KeyArena. He also has worked at several TV stations in the Seattle area, creating and updating graphic content for live television news broadcasts. He received a regional Emmy Award for best television open while working in Seattle. Briggs is a 1992 …

. “COVID-19 poses a serious threat to the health and well-being of paddlers, canoe families and First Nations across the Pacific Northwest,” said Chief Mike Wyse. “Given the enormous health and safety risk to participants, we have decided that it is the best interest of everyone that Snuneymuxw cancel hosting Tribal journey for this year.” Also complicating matters is the current closure of the United States-Canada border to nonessential travel. The Canoe Journey has been an annual event since …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Feb. 15, 2021 02.11.2021 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : I was so proud to hear our leader, Cheryle Kennedy, on OPB. She was so articulate, knew so much about the health issues we face and how to address them, as well as her experience over the years in dealing with different federal administrations. She is so kind and humble, and the best representative of our people that I can imagine. I hope she and her husband will know how much we …

. “It’s unfortunate that we still have this battle going with the federal government to try to get our land back that was originally ours,” Billy Frank III says at the end of the five-minute video. “But I feel like with this administration, this is going to be one of the best shots we have at it.” You can watch (and read) the full story at https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/facing-race/tribal-land-national-parks-washington/281-fec522a5-cb26-45f2-9d61-9c95d7030294 or find it linked …