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New Land and
Culture Department
debuts at meeting
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Barely a month old, the new
Tribal Land and Culture De
partment made its debut at
the Sunday, April 7, General Coun
cil meeting held in the Tribal Com
munity Center in Grand Ronde.
The 15-person department was
created during the recent Tribal
re-organization, merging the Land
Management and Cultural Re
sources departments.
The new department is headed by
Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach,
who formerly was in charge of Land
Management.
"The Tribe has been working
really hard to increase our effi
ciencies," Reibach said. "There's
been a strong effort to put things
together in a good way to support
each other's programs, so now we
have this department with a strong
emphasis on land and culture."
The new department's offices
are located on the second floor of
the Education Building and in
the former Grand Ronde Middle
School building, which the Tribe
purchased in 2011.
Reibach said the Land and Cul
ture Department is broken down
into five programs Tribal Realty,
Cultural Protection, Ceded Lands,
Education and Outreach, and Cul
tural Exhibits and Archives.
"The mission of the Land and
Culture Department is to identify,
protect, preserve, restore, procure
and manage the Tribe's ancestral
lands, cultural places, cultural col
lections and practices throughout
the Tribe's ceded lands and areas
of interest," Reibach said in read
ing the department's collective
mission.
See GENERAL COUNCIL
continued on page 12
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Photos by Michelle Alalmo
Zach Bly collects a sign marking the 9-12 age group hunting araa after the annual Easter egg hunt held in
Tribal housing on Saturday, March 30. Bly, and his wife, Melissa, volunteered to take over organizing the egg
hunt when they heard it had it been canceled.
Easter egg hunt revived by volunteers, Tribal Council support
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Not soon after Smoke Signals hit
the stands on March 15 with
news that this year's Tribal hous
ing Easter egg hunt had been cancelled
did Zach and Melissa Bly, members of
the Tribal community, volunteer to pick
up the eggs, so to speak, and run with
them.
"We had read in the paper that it was
going to be canceled," said Melissa, who
lives in Tribal housing. "I told my husband
about it, and he called Deborah (Kroeker)
to see if we could help, and she said, You
can do it.' "
Kroeker, Tribal Housing Services spe
cialist, gave Zach and Melissa all the
details they needed to handle. With that
See EASTER EGG HUNT
continued on page 13
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Kalea Liebelt, 1, checks out the Easter Bunny, aka Tribal
Council member Steve Bobb Sr., as he offers her candy
during the annual Easter egg hunt held in Tribal housing on
Saturday, March 30.
Gladys Hobbs comes home to a full slate of activities
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
' er father was a logger for Long Bell, Mur
phy and just about everyone else. Her
. mother worked at Blue Lake Cannery like
many Grand Ronde women in the old days.
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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Since Tribal Elder Gladys Hobbs returned to
Grand Ronde after retiring in 2005, she has been
very involved with Tribal activities and serving
on Tribal committees. She is chair of the Elders
Committee and craft coordinator at the Elders'
Activity Center.
They were Ray
mond and Vivian Pe
tite, both with Indian
blood, but Raymond
was enrolled in the
Grand Ronde while
Vivian told her family she was from the Sioux
in the Dakotas, but never enrolled.
Still, it was Vivian, says Elder Gladys Hobbs,
68, who "made us very proud of being Native
See ELDERS FEATURE
continued on pages 10-11