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MAY 15, 2023
Smoke Signals
Camas Festival returns
Clothes Closet open
The Clothes Closet is open from 9 a.m. to noon Friday on the Tribal
campus near the Elders Activity Center at the end of Blacktail Drive.
The Clothes Closet accepts clothing, small appliances and pieces
of furniture, electronics and household goods that are clean and in
good condition. It does not accept books, large TVs or furniture, but
there is a community board where people can post those items.
For more information or emergency clothes, contact Lori Walk-
er-Hernandez at 559-847-7565. þ
2023-2024 O PEN E NROLLMENT
C HINUK
As of May 15th, 2023 we will be
accepting registration applications for interested
incoming Kindergarteners. We are a Chinuk Wa-
wa immersion program offering literacy instruc-
tion through the use of Chinuk Wawa. Our stu-
dents are shared with the Willamina Elementary
School, so they are dually enrolled. In the years
past, we have been a half day program holding services in the morning with transportation provided for students
to end their school day at Willamina. However, our programming model has
not yet been determined. If interested, please contact us for more info or fill out
a registration and be updated on our plans as soon as they are decided. No
prior language experience needed. If a student in a grade beyond kindergarten
wants to enroll, please contact us for more information. Once we are at capaci-
ty, we give tribal preference.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Registrar Stephanie Craig,
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right, demonstrates how a cooking
basket is used during the second
annual Camas Festival held at
@SmokeSignalsCTGR
Linfield University in McMinnville
on Friday, May 5. The event is a collaboration between Linfield
University, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Greater
Yamhill Watershed Council to teach about the cultural, biological and
artistic significance of camas.
Applications are available at
https://www.grandronde.org/services/education/elementary-chinuk-language-program/
and can be turned in starting May 15th by:
Mail: 9615 Grand Ronde Rd. Grand Ronde, OR 97347
OR emailed to either contact listed below
We enroll families, not just students. It is our
belief that the only way for the language to
live and flourish is for it to be learned and
used in the home by the whole family.
Tribal Cultural Education
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Specialist Chris Rempel, right,
talks about camas while
helping lead a tour of the
@CTGRsmokesignals
camas patch in Cozine Creek
on Linfield University9s campus during the second annual Camas
Festival held at Linfield University in McMinnville. Tribal Cultural
Policy Analyst Greg Archuleta, second from right in the background,
also spoke during the tour.
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Kate Thomas
K/1 Chinuk Teacher
503-879-1632
Katelyne.Thomas@grandronde.org
Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center
Behavioral Health Program
9605 Grand Ronde Rd.
Grand Ronde, OR 97347
503-879-2026