S moke S ignals
MARCH 1, 2019
Statue progress
Photos by Timothy J. Gonzalez
Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. works with
sculptor Corbin Cornelison on the 3-D model of
Merle Holmes, part of the "Visionaries" statue, at
Form 3-D Foundry in Portland on Friday, Feb. 15.
The statue will honor Marvin Kimsey, Margaret
Provost and Holmes, who were instrumental in starting the Grand Ronde
Restoration effort in the 1970s.
The 3-D model of Marvin Kimsey, Margaret Provost and Merle
Holmes is compared to a photograph of the Tribal members who were
instrumental in starting the Grand Ronde Restoration effort at Form 3-D
Foundry in Portland on Friday, Feb. 15.
Massage at Health & Wellness Center
Mind, Body & Soul Therapeutic Massage started at the Health & Wellness
Clinic last year.
Remember: Appointments for massage are not managed by the Health
& Wellness Center staff. To schedule an appointment, call 971-237-2561.
2014 – Tribal members
Bryan Langley and his son,
Brayden, launched an In-
ternet business, Umpqua
Outdoors, along with Ap-
ple-based apps through the
iTunes store. They sold the
elk call apps, along with
elk calling lessons, through
webinars and seminars, and
2014
File photo
website design. The duo had
plans for new apps, including one with elk recipes. The name? iEatElk.
“I’ve wanted to program for quite a while, a year or so,” said Brayden,
who designed the app.
2009 – Tribal member Stephanie Wood was preparing to leave for
Washington, D.C., after being accepted to work as an intern at the
National Museum of the American Indian, the newest building on
the Capitol Mall. “I’m excited,” said Wood. “But I’m calm about it,
too. I’m excited, but I’m not worried about anything. I’m ready for
the next phase of my life to begin.” Wood was to be working among
the photo and paper archives, going through accession records, and
categorizing and cataloging them.
2004 – The Tribe’s efforts to widen Grand Ronde Road got a big
boost when it was approved for a $500,000 Indian Community Devel-
opment Block Grant. The road-widening project was to include bike
paths and sidewalks on both sides, improving and enlarging the local
sewer main, redirecting storm water from ditches back into natural
pathways and, if funding was available, improve the intersection at
Grand Ronde Road and Highway 18.
1999 – Education in Indian Country took center stage at the Affil-
iated Tribes of Northwest Indians annual winter conference. During
the first general session, attention was given to President Clinton’s
recommendations for increasing the annual budget for Native Amer-
ican education efforts from $66 million to $77 million. At the time,
only 50 percent of Native American students were deemed “partially
proficient” in their academic abilities, and the annual dropout rate
among students was 10 percent.
1994 – Tribal member Jeremy Haller, son of Janell and Timothy
Haller, was selected as one of three youths in the Pacific Northwest
to be a member of Earth Kids, a national youth organization dedi-
cated to improving the environment and identifying environmental
problems. Haller traveled to Washington, D.C., for an environmental
planning session with other youth across the country. They presented
their concerns to Vice President Al Gore.
1989 – Multnomah County’s newest river patrol boat was named
after Chief Tumulth, one of the signers of the 1855 Willamette Val-
ley Treaty. The christening was done on the shores of the Columbia
River by Tribal member and Tumulth descendent Chuck Williams.
The boat was the fifth in the fleet to be named after Pacific Northwest
Native American leaders.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in-
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
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