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S moke S ignals
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, Feb. 22............................................................................4 p.m.
General Council meeting
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
11 a.m. Sunday, March 5
Board seeking younger veterans
The Tribal Veterans Special Event Board is recruiting younger
veterans – Iraqi and Afghanistan veterans – to join.
“Our committee is getting older,” said Veterans SEB Chairman
Steve Bobb Sr., who is a Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veteran.
Members of the Special Event Board attend events as flag carriers
and represent the Tribe and their branch of service.
Veterans interested in volunteering should contact Tribal Coun-
cil Chief of Staff Stacia Martin at 503-879-2304 or stacia.martin@
grandronde.org.
Tribal Community Center
Smoke Signals
PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
1-800-422-0232, FAX: 503-879-2173
Storytelling events
set for Friday, Feb. 17
PORTLAND – Wisdom of the Elders and the Northwest Indian Story-
tellers Association are holding two Native American storytelling events
on Friday, Feb. 17, at Portland Community College Cascade’s Moriarty
Auditorium, 705 N. Killingsworth.
The traditional First Foods Symposium will be held from 2:30 to 5 p.m.
and will feature guest speakers discussing the effect of a changing envi-
ronment on salmon, lamprey, camas and other threatened and endangered
traditional food species.
An evening of storytelling will begin at 7 p.m. Advisory Council members
of the Northwest Indian Storytellers Association will share traditional
stories about traditional first foods.
Both events will integrate Native American cultural arts with traditional
ecological knowledge and other science, technology, engineering, arts and
math elements integral to indigenous science.
Tickets are available at Wisdom of the Elders’ website, www.wisdomofth-
eelders.org. However, no one will be turned away because of lack of funds.
Contact Miranda Mishan at miranda@wisdomofthelders.org for more
information.
Tribal Office Closures
Tribal offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of
Tribal Chiefs' Day.
Website: www.grandronde.org/news
E-mail: news@grandronde.org
Twitter: CTGRgov
Facebook: Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
DEAN RHODES
CHELSEA CLARK
MICHELLE ALAIMO
PUBLICATIONS
COORDINATOR
PUBLIC AFFAIRS/
PUBLICATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT
PHOTOJOURNALIST
503-879-1463
dean.rhodes@grandronde.org
503-879-1961
michelle.alaimo@grandronde.org
503-879-1418
chelsea.clark@grandronde.org
GEORGE VALDEZ
JUSTIN PHILLIPS
BRENT MERRILL
GRAPHIC DESIGN
SPECIALIST
PAGE DESIGNER
STAFF WRITER
503-879-2190
503-879-4663
503-879-1416
justin.phillips@grandronde.org
brent.merrill@grandronde.org
george.valdez@grandronde.org
SCARLETT HOLTZ
NOVALEE LANCOUR
CENTRAL PHONES
CENTRAL PHONES
503-879-1447
503-879-1446
scarlett.holtz@grandronde.org
novalee.lancour@grandronde.org
DEADLINE DATE
ISSUE DATE
Tuesday, Feb. 21 ....................... March 1
Monday, March 6 ..................... March 15
Monday, March 20 ....................... April 1
Editorial Policy
SMOKE SIGNALS, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com-
munity of Oregon, is published twice a month. No portion of this publication may be reprinted
without permission.
Our editorial policy is intended to encourage input from Tribal members and readers
about stories printed in the Tribal newspaper. However, all letters received must be
signed by the author, an address must be given and a phone number or e-mail address
must be included for verification purposes. Full addresses and phone numbers will not
be published unless requested.
SMOKE SIGNALS reserves the right to edit letters and to refuse letters that are determined
to contain libelous statements or personal attacks on individuals, staff, Tribal administration
or Tribal Council. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Letters to the
editor are the opinions and views of the writer. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of SMOKE SIGNALS, Tribal staff, Tribal administration or Tribal Council.
Members of: Native American Journalists Association
Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
2017 Tribal Council
1-800-422-0232 — tribalcouncil@grandronde.org
Reyn Leno
Tribal Chairman
— ext. 2399
Denise Harvey
— ext. 2353
reyn.leno@grandronde.org
Chris Mercier
— ext. 1444
Cheryle A. Kennedy
Tribal Vice Chair
— ext. 2352
cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org
Jon A. George
Tribal Secretary
— ext. 2355
jon.george@grandronde.org
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denise.harvey@grandronde.org
chris.mercier@grandronde.org
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— ext. 4555
brenda.tuomi@grandronde.org
Tonya Gleason-Shepek
— ext. 1777
tonya.gleason-shepek@grandronde.org
Kathleen George
— ext. 2305
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— ext. 2300
kathleen.george@grandronde.org
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