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S moke S ignals
JUNE 15, 2017
Chachalu tour
2012 – Spirit Moun-
tain Casino’s float, named
“Love Rocks,” won the
President’s Award and
was the lead float in the
parade. Tribal members
Kiana Leno and Peter Nel-
son were the models for
the Native boy and girl 2012
File photo
depicted on the float.
2007 – In support of a
bill introduced into the 110th Congress that would include Grand
Ronde in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Act, the Tribe
produced an eight-minute DVD “to demonstrate to state and federal
authorities that members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
have always had ties to the Columbia River Gorge area,” Public Af-
fairs Director Siobhan Taylor said. Tribal Elders Valerie Alexander,
Marilyn Portwood and Chuck Williams participated in the production.
2002 – The Tribal newspaper, Smoke Signals, hired a new staff
writer. Ron Karten, originally from New York, had lived in Oregon
for 20 years. He had written for several different magazines and
also worked for Oregon State Sen. John Lim from 1993-97.
1997 – Jackie Provost, Emma Leno and Miranda Provost repre-
sented the Tribe while riding on the Tribe’s Grand Floral Parade
float. The judges’ top prize – the Sweepstakes Award – went to the
Tribal float, which showed a bobcat playing with a butterfly to reflect
the parade theme “Having Fun.”
1992 – Tribal Council scheduled a public hearing in the Tribal
Community Center to hear community input on substance abuse
and its effect on programs and services provided by the Tribe. Tribal
Council was reviewing whether to expand the current Drug-Free
Workplace Policy, which involves drug testing only under certain
circumstances to a random program.
1987 – Tribal members were receiving about two pounds of salmon
each on a first-come, first-served basis. The subsistence salmon came
from the fish hatchery at Dexter Dam outside of Eugene.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Engineering and Public Works Manager Jesse White, left, talks
with Tribal Council member Jack Giffen Jr. about how the cedar boards
are being attached to the building as Tribal Council members toured the
second-phase construction of the Chachalu Tribal Museum & Cultural
Center in Grand Ronde on Monday, June 5. The renovated space will
include offices, a research room, curatorial work room, curatorial
storage, a conference room and a 5,000-square-foot exhibit hall.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year
increments through the pages of Smoke Signals.
Grand Ronde Health & Wellness
Center Optometry
Effective July 1, 2017, Tribal spouses on the Shasta Skookum Health
Assistance Program will be required to pay overages above the Skookum
Health Assistance Program limitations, as well co-pays when receiving
optometry services at the Health & Wellness Center.
Ad created by George Valdez
While standing in what is going to be the research room, Cultural
Resources Department Manager David Harrelson, second from right,
tells Tribal Council Secretary Jon A. George, left, and Tribal Council
members Brenda Tuomi, second from left, and Kathleen George, right,
about the room as Tribal Council members toured the second-phase
construction of the Chachalu Tribal Museum & Cultural Center on
Monday, June 5.
Ad created by George Valdez