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St. Michael’s offers brunch
St. Michael’s Catholic Church offers an open house brunch every Sun-
day following Mass. The brunch is free to the community. Brunch begins
at about 11:30 a.m. following the 10:30 a.m. Mass. For more information
or for kitchen and hall rental, contact Janelle Justen at 503-550-0923.
NATIVE
AMERICAN
WATCHLIST
Watchlist: ‘The Chef Bringing
Native American Food to Your Table’
Social media/digital journalist
When Grand Ronde Tribal
member Kayla Jenness married
Drew Gottfried 14 years ago at
Ogren Gardens in Eugene, one
of the worst things that could
happen did.
Their wedding video went
missing.
“We were told shortly after our
wedding that the video had been
accidentally erased,” Drew wrote
in a post on the app TikTok.
Unbeknownst to Kayla, a friend
recently found the long-lost wed-
ding video in a bunch of old tapes
stored at their church, Life Bible
Church in Harrisburg, and gave
it to Drew.
“I rented a (Eugene) theater
and asked if they could play it
for me instead of a movie,” Drew
said in his TikTok post. “She had
no idea what is about to play and
thinks we are just here to see one
of her favorite movies together.
Let’s see her reaction to what we
thought was lost forever.”
Drew posted the emotional vid-
eo on Tuesday, July 20. Within
24 hours, the video of Kayla’s
heart-warming, tearful reaction
went viral, having been viewed
more than 1.5 million times on
TikTok.
Drew, who works as a financial
director at Northwest Communi-
ty Credit Union in Eugene, said
that he thinks the tape originally
got lost when the person who
recorded it, who also worked
for the church, accidentally
switched it with another tape.
Drew said his wife’s reaction to
finally seeing the tape was “pure
happiness” and added that his
plan was a “successful surprise.”
One of the top comments by
TikTok viewer 1realhillary said:
“Now I’m sitting on the toilet at
7:30 a.m. CRYING.”
Drew, whose TikTok moniker
is earthassassin, posted a second
video about the tape and the re-
action it received. “All right guys.
This has been a crazy morning,” he
said. “I posted that video because I
knew our friends and family would
enjoy it, but I had no idea you guys
would love it so much.”
Drew and Kayla live in Spring-
field and have a 9-year-old son
and 7-year-old daughter.
Kayla owns Wild Blackberry
Moccs and is the daughter of
Grand Ronde Editorial Board
member and former Tribal
Council member Andy Jenness.
To watch the video, visit www.
snopes.com/news/2021/07/21/
wife-surprised-wedding-video/.
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Enrolled Tribal members can request assistance with test fees (i.e. GRE,
SAT, LSAT, ACT) and admissions application fees. Contact Higher Education
for more information at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275.
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE
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Sean Sherman is the owner
of The Sioux Chef, a company
focusing on re-identifying North
American food with traditional
Native American ingredients.
Sherman and his company were
featured in a three-minute video
by Great Big Story, a storytelling
media company that has amassed
almost 6 million YouTube sub-
scribers globally. Sherman’s story
was published in 2017 as part of
their “Flavors” series and has
reached more than 400,000 views
as of 2021.
Sherman is Oglala Lakota and
was born in Pine Ridge, S.D. In
the video he explains that his
company travels the country
serving meals to Native and
non-Native people, sharing cui-
sine specifically designed with
the traditional foods sourced from
that area.
One example of a Sioux Chef
dish was described in the video as
locally-sourced bison cooked down
with fresh cedar and gathered
bergamot.
Sherman said all the meals pre-
pared by The Sioux Chef do not
include colonial-introduced in-
gredients, which removes dairy,
processed sugar, wheat flour and
processed meats from the dishes.
He also said his company priori-
tizes purchasing from Indigenous
vendors to support their growth
and opportunity because Indige-
nous ingredients are an important
part of the landscape and history.
“We feel like anybody across
North America will benefit from
the understanding of the Indige-
nous food systems around you,”
Sherman says at the end of the
video. “And it’s all going to help
us move forward.”
In the same year Great Big
Story published Sherman’s video,
he and Beth Dooley published a
cookbook called “The Sioux Chef’s
Indigenous Kitchen,” sharing
more modern indigenous recipes
of the Dakota and Minnesota
territories.
To watch the Great Big Story
video visit www.youtube.com/
watch?v=ocm6DRIF9oU or go
to the Smoke Signals YouTube
channel and find it under the
“Watchlist” playlist.
Smoke Signals editor
BES
TRI
By Kamiah Koch
By Dean Rhodes
G
RA
DE
Hello Tribal members,
I have been honored to serve on the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde Youth Council since its incep-
tion five years ago. Since then I have held multiple
roles on Youth Council and have led the Youth Coun-
cil as its chairwoman for the last three years. I have
been blessed to travel to multiple conferences across
the country where I had the opportunity to meet and
connect with other Native youth. The lessons I have
learned and tools I have gained I will take with me into
Isabelle Grout
the next steps in my life. Over the years I have forged
many relationships with my fellow Youth Council members, Tribal leaders
and its advisors. I would like to thank Shannon Simi, who was a big part
of establishing the council. The current Youth Council advisors and Youth
Empowerment team: Shannon Stanton, Angey Rideout, Amber Mercier,
Vincent Chargualaf, Matt Bucknell and Nichole Estrada-Hewitt. Thank
you for all you do and the encouragement to keep going through this pan-
demic. Thank you to Tribal Council for your support and leadership. And
to my parents for always filling in when we needed help. To everyone else
who has supported me in my journey here on Youth Council, I will forever
be grateful for the connections I have made and for the memories and
experiences I get to keep for a lifetime. It’s a bittersweet moment leaving
everything I have put so much love and care into for the last five years,
but I am excited to start my new journey in the fall at Western Oregon
University! I wish all the best to the current Youth Council. They will
do a great job leading our community. I’m so proud of every one of them.
hayu masi,
Isabelle Grout 5355
Tribal member’s missing wedding
video resurfaces; TikTok of her
reaction goes viral
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our Indigent Defense Program to represent parents
and children involved in neglect and abuse cases
within the jurisdiction of the Tribal Court.
If interested please contact the Tribal Court:
Shane Thomas
Tribal Court Programs Coordinator
9615 Grand Ronde Road,
Grand Ronde, OR 97347
Phone: 503-879-4623
Fax: 503-879-2269
shane.thomas@grandronde.org
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