S moke S ignals
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Spreading awareness
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'The Tribe remains
my main priority'
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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Activities/Wellness Promotion Coordinator Kandee Little, left,
gives Tribal Elder Betty Lambert an emery board during the Breast
Cancer Awareness Event held in the Grand Ronde Health & Wellness
Center atrium on Thursday, Oct. 19. Oct. 19 was also Indigenous Pink
Day, a national breast cancer awareness campaign for American
Indians/Alaska Natives. Tribal staff was encouraged to wear pink
and a group picture was taken at the clinic. There were prizes for the
three departments that were most well represented “in pink” and the
individual employee that was “the most pink.” Health & Wellness staff
won first place for the departments and won a pizza party at their
next staff meeting. Runner-ups were Adult Education and the Tribal
Attorney’s Office winning one free coffee drink at Khofi Haws for each
staff member. Tribal Dental Assistant Whitney VanArsdel won eight
hours of administrative leave for being “the most pink.”
Health & Wellness Center hours
The Health & Wellness Center is pleased to add additional access for
patients during holiday weeks on Thursday mornings.
The clinic will be scheduling patients at 8 a.m. every Thursday preceding
or following a holiday closure. Urgent care also will be available during
this time. 
Year and Duo-Group of the Year
for “Ascension,” a contemplative
compact disc released in early 2017
by High Spirits Music that marked
the end of his retirement from the
music industry.
The win for best performance in
a music video marks Reibach’s fifth
win out of 27 nominations at the
Native American Music Awards,
which were held this year at the
Seneca Niagara Events Center in
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
“My heart is full of gratitude to
receive this award,” Reibach said.
“It’s really an honor to be among
such talented artists. Hayu masi to
everyone for their love and support.
I’ve been doing this a long time and
more than ever our world needs
love, compassion and connection. I
can’t take credit for the music. I’m
just an empty vessel. The beauty
comes from inspiration that others
provide. My heart is full of grati-
tude.”
Reibach gifted the medallion that
accompanied the award statuette
to Tribal Council member Denise
Harvey at the Tuesday, Oct. 17,
Legislative Action Committee
meeting. He dedicated the “Ascen-
sion” compact disc to Ryan Kelly
Beauchamp, who is Harvey’s son
who walked on in April 2000.
“What caused this CD, the reason
why Denise gets the medal, the
original inspiration for the album
was when I heard her speak about
losing her son in the drowning
accident,” Reibach said. “I became
inspired to just write her a song, not
for commercial release. I just want-
ed to write her family a song, which
I have done for many people. …
“In the process of writing her a
song, my empty cup just became
full of inspiration and all of a sud-
den my artistry was reconnected in
a much different way than before
because my cup was completely
empty. I can’t claim credit for all
this stuff I write because the good
stuff is always when I make myself
empty and then I become inspired
and connected, and then it fills up.
If you have beauty in your cup, then
that’s what you can share.”
The award-winning video, which
is on YouTube at www.youtube.com/
watch?v=SRSESqSQA1U, features
Reibach and his Band of Brothers
– guitarist Nathan Myers, percus-
sionist George Bobnett and violinist
Mark Babson – performing the song
in a room surrounded by candles.
The video was filmed during a
six-hour session in Reibach’s Dallas
home with three high-definition
cameras.
“We moved all of the furniture out
and it was perfect because it had
those hardwood floors in a brand
new house,” Reibach said.
The Native American Music
Awards & Association is the largest
professional membership-based
organization committed to honor-
ing contemporary and traditional
Native American music. Nomi-
nees were selected by the national
NAMA Advisory Board Committee
and winners were determined by a
public vote.
Reibach said his next compact
disc, “Flute Medicine,” will be
released in November on High
Spirits and it is in the same vein
as “Ascension.” He also recently
released a Native flute version of
Sarah MacLachlan’s “Arms of An
Angel” and all of his music is now
available on iTunes.
“The Tribe remains my main pri-
ority,” Reibach said. “I’m just grate-
ful to be able to be that vessel and
share music. That’s awesome.” 