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AUGUST 1, 2020
Reibach receives lifetime achievement
honor from Global Music Awards
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Grand Ronde Tribal member Jan
Michael Looking Wolf Reibach has
received the Odyssey Award for
lifetime achievement in music from
the La Jolla, Calif.-based Global
Music Awards.
The award was announced on
the Global Music Awards’ website
on Wednesday, July 15. He joins
film composer Alan Williams and
jazz bassist Ron Carter, who have
previously won the award.
“Jan’s talent, creativity, quality
of his work and generous contribu-
tions to other musicians are unique
in the field of music,” Global Music
Awards’ website states. “We appre-
ciate his insistence on using and
supporting the many skilled crafters
of Native American-style flutes. Jan
has been a pivotal force in promot-
ing and sharing both traditional
and new Native American music
in America and around the world.”
Reibach, 54, has released 25 full-
length albums, as well as hundreds
of singles and solo works. His re-
cordings have garnered more than
70 awards, multiple Native Amer-
ican Music Awards honors and he
has been inducted into the One
World Music Radio Hall of Fame.
“Looking Wolf has pioneered a
trail into new areas for the Native
American flute that spans musical
genres, including country, folk,
rock, new age, classical, blues, jazz
and even a solo on a rap/hip hop
album. He has collaborated with
dozens of other renowned Native
American music recording stars in
the studio and live on stage,” states
the Global Music Awards’ website.
“Over the years, he has recorded
music for several causes, including
social justice, youth drug and alco-
hol prevention, children’s cancer
research, global fracking, home-
lessness and much needed help for
victims of natural disasters.”
“For me, music without purpose
is like paint without a canvas,”
Reibach said. “As an Indigenous
person, I always feel close with my
ancestors. However, as a human
being I feel connected to Mother
Earth, Father Sky and everyone
in between. The purposes of my
music is to help inspire healing,
peace and harmony for all people
of the world. After all, regardless of
Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach
our ethnicity, we are all indigenous
to the Earth, and in that way we
belong to one Tribe together.”
In addition to his musical output,
Reibach instructs classes in Native
American flute in the Music De-
partment at Oregon State Univer-
sity in Corvallis and is the author
of two published books centered on
the Native American flute.
“I’ve had the unique privilege
of years of listening to hundreds
of musical traditions around the
world,” said Global Music Awards
founder Dr. Thomas Baker. “For
those of us who live in North Amer-
ica, Native American music is our
most undervalued original art form.
The cultural bias fostered by Hol-
lywood movies and television about
Native Americans and their music
was never accurate and does not
credit the dynamic, diverse nature
of traditional and contemporary
Native American music. It’s accu-
rate to say that most Americans do
not understand the depth of tradi-
tional Native American music, nor
have they heard the contemporary
music of exceptional artists like Jan
Michael Looking Wolf.”
Reibach, who combines Kalapuy-
an and Irish ancestry, also works
for the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde as its Lands Depart-
ment manager.
To read more, visit http://www.
globalmusicawards.com/Odyssey.
html.
ELECTION ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
OPEN FOR COMMENT
The Tribal Council adopted, on an emergency basis, amendments
to the Election Ordinance at the June 10, 2020, Tribal Council meet-
ing. The Tribal Council then adopted, on an emergency basis, addi-
tional amendments to the Election Ordinance at the June 24, 2020,
Tribal Council meeting.
The purpose of the proposed amendments adopted on June 10,
2020, was to protect voters during the 2020 Tribal Council election
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Protective measures included: (1)
limiting the election to vote by absentee ballot only which must be re-
turned by mail or dropped in the designated ballot boxes by Election
Day; (2) providing that the Tribal Community Center polling location
will be closed; (3) reducing the required weekly Election Board office
staffing from 20 hours to 15 hours during the election process and
(4) expiring on Sept. 30, 2020. The temporary amendments were to
apply only to the 2020 Tribal Council election
After further discussion, it was decided that the standard Tribal
Council election voting process, with appropriate COVID-19 miti-
gation, would be the best course of action. The purpose of the pro-
posed amendments adopted on June 24, 2020, was to remove the
temporary 2020 Tribal Council election voting process provisions and
return to the standard voting process, including the Tribal Community
Center polling location, but allow the reduction in the required weekly
Election Board office staffing from 20 hours to 15 hours during this
election process. These temporary amendments apply only to the
2020 Tribal Council election.
Tribal Council invites comment on the amendments to the Election
Ordinance that were adopted on an emergency basis. For a copy of
the amendments, please contact the Tribal Attorney’s Office at 503-
879-4664. Please send your comments to the Tribal Attorney’s Of-
fice, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347 or by e-mail
to legal@grandronde.org.
Comments must be received by Aug. 15, 2020.
WHAT DOES A CASA DO?
Follow a CASA Volunteer's Journey to Help a Child Reach Permanency
THE CHILD IS PLACED IN
FOSTER CARE OR
RELATIVE CARE
THE JUDGE REQUESTS THE CASA
PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM SELECTS
A VOLUNTEER, THE VOLUNTEER IS
APPOINTED TO THE CASE
THE CASA COMMUNICATES WITH
EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE CASE
foster family, biological family, Tribal Court,
Child & Family Services, caseworker, doctor,
teacher, counselor, etc.
THE CASA PREPARES A COURT
REPORT WITH THEIR FINDINGS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS &
ADVOCATES FOR THE CHILD'S BEST
INTEREST IN COURT
THE CASA MEETS CHILD
AND GETS TO KNOW THEM
THE CASA VISITS THE CHILD AT
LEAST ONCE A MONTH
THE CASA CONTINUES TO
ADVOCATE UNTIL THE CHILD IS
RETURNED HOME OR PLACED IN
A SAFE, PERMANENT HOME
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