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S moke S ignals
MAY 1, 2019
General Council meeting
11 a.m. Sunday, May 5
Tribal Community Center
smok signflz
PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
1-800-422-0232, FAX: 503-879-2173
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, May 1...............................................................................5 p.m.
Wednesday, May 15.............................................................................5 p.m.
Wednesday, May 29.............................................................................5 p.m.
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WIC visits Community Center monthly
Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Does your family include a child under
the age of 5?
If so, you may qualify for the Women, Infants and Children program.
With WIC, people can receive answers to nutritional questions and
access fruits and vegetables, whole grains, eggs, milk, cheese, juice,
cereal and more.
A WIC representative visits the Tribal Community Center on the
third Tuesday of the month, which will be May 21.
Walk-ins are welcome between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 503-879-
2034.
DEAN RHODES
CHELSEA BARANSKI
DANIELLE FROST
PUBLICATIONS
COORDINATOR
PUBLIC AFFAIRS/PUBLICATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
STAFF WRITER
503-879-1418
danielle.frost@grandronde.org
503-879-1463
dean.rhodes@grandronde.org
chelsea.clark@grandronde.org
TIMOTHY J.
GONZALEZ
GEORGE VALDEZ
JUSTIN PHILLIPS
PAGE DESIGNER
PHOTOJOURNALIST
GRAPHIC DESIGN
SPECIALIST
503-879-1961
503-879-1416
justin.phillips@grandronde.org
timothy.gonzalez@grandronde.org
george.valdez@grandronde.org
By Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals staff writer
MEDFORD — The Confeder-
ated Tribes of Grand Ronde was
honored with an Oregon Heritage
Excellence Award from the state
Department of Parks & Recreation
for its successful efforts to preserve
cultural history.
Oregon Heritage Excellence
Awards recognize individuals,
businesses and organizations for
outstanding efforts on behalf of
Oregon heritage, drawing public
attention to these efforts, raising
the quality of heritage-oriented
activities, and making the most
of available resources and skills,
according to its website. Special
consideration is given to the devel-
opment of new ideas, approaches
and innovations.
The Tribe was honored for its
20-year quest to have Tribal arti-
facts from the Summers Collection,
housed for 118 years in a ware-
house outside of London by the
British Museum, returned.
Those efforts culminated in a
long-term loan of 16 of the arti-
facts, which arrived in May 2018
and were housed at the Chachalu
Museum & Cultural Center in the
exhibition, “Rise of the Collectors.”
The artifacts will be returning to
the British Museum on May 23.
Awards were presented on
Thursday, April 25, at the Oregon
Heritage Summit in Medford by
Heritage Programs of the Oregon
Parks and Recreation Department,
which houses the Oregon Heritage
Commission and the Oregon State
Historic Preservation Office.
The Excellence Awards have been
given annually since 2007 and in-
clude individuals, businesses, gov-
ernment entities and nonprofits.
Elders seeking recipes for cookbook
Tribal Elders are putting together a cookbook and will sending it to
be published. They will then sell the cookbooks for extra money.
To submit your favorite family recipe for the cookbook, send it to 9615
Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347, Attn: EAC.
503-879-2190
DEADLINE DATE
JENNIFER CLARK
SOCIAL MEDIA/
DIGITAL JOURNALIST
Tribe receives Heritage
Excellence Award
503-879-4663
503-879-1461
jennifer.clark@grandronde.org
ISSUE DATE
Monday, May 6 .......................... May 15
Monday, May 20 ..........................June 1
Wednesday, June 5 ......................June 15
Thursday, June 20 ..........................July 1
Monday, July 8 ............................July 15
Friday, July 19 ............................. Aug. 1
Editorial Policy
smok signflz , a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Communi-
ty 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. Letters must be 400 words or less.
smok signflz 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 smok signflz .
Members of: Native American Journalists Association
Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
2019
Tribal Council
1-800-422-0232 — tribalcouncil@grandronde.org
Cheryle A. Kennedy
Tribal Council Chairwoman
— ext. 2352
Jack Giffen Jr.
— ext. 2300
jack.giffen@grandronde.org
cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org
Elders Marketplaces scheduled
The Elders Marketplace will be held at Spirit Mountain Casino, 26820
S.W. Salmon River Highway, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 31,
through Sunday, June 2.
Future marketplaces will be held July 12 through July 14, and Aug. 16
through Aug. 18.
For more information, contact Julie Little at 503-689-5005 or Penny
DeLoe at 971-241-0864..
Chris Mercier
Tribal Council Vice Chair
— ext. 1444
Denise Harvey
— ext. 2353
denise.harvey@grandronde.org
chris.mercier@grandronde.org
Michael Langley
— ext. 1777
Jon A. George
Tribal Council Secretary
— ext. 2355
michael.langley@grandronde.org
jon.george@grandronde.org
Lisa Leno
— ext. 1770
lisaleno@grandronde.org
Tribal Office Closures
Tribal offices will be closing on noon Friday, May 24, and closed on
Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day.
Kathleen George
— ext. 2305
kathleen.george@grandronde.org
Steve Bobb Sr.
— ext. 4555
steve.bobb@grandronde.org