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SMOKE SIGNALS General Council meeting 11 Sunday, a. m. smok sig nalz March 2 Council Chambers Tribal PUBLICATIONS OFFICE Tribal members can participate remotely via Zoom and in-person attendance. Call 800- 422- 0232 for more information. 9615 Grand NOTICE — Tribal Monthly Council Ronde Road, Grand 1 800 422 0232 • Wednesday Ronde, OR 97347 FAX: 503 879 2173 meetings DATE TIME Wednesday, Wednesday, March 5 4 p. m. March 19 4 p. Please note that these times and dates are subject needed. In person to change in Tribal Council Chambers and attendance Website: www. smokesignals. org m. Email: news@grandronde. org if via Email: Editorial. Board@grandronde. org Zoom. Twitter): Formerly LETTERS CTGRsmoksignelz www. ww. facebook. facebook. com/ com/ SmokeSignalsCTGR/ SmokeSignalsCTGR/ www. youtube. com/ c/ SmokeSignalsChannel Dear Smoke Signals, I want to thank Nicole Montesano and my brother, Bradley Kowing, for Signals. It covered my grand- mother, Cecil Rose Russell Porter, and her time growing up and being taken from her family to the Chemawa Indian School. the awesome article in the Jan. 15 Smoke Grandmother Cecil as always an active part of our families' life and we DANIELLE HARRISON MANAGER/ PUBLICATIONS MICHELLE EDITOR ALAIMO PHOTOJOURNALIST/ 503- 879- 4663 ASSISTANT EDITOR 503- 879- 1961 danielle. harrison@grandronde. org michelle. alaimo@grandronde. org saw her every week. Her children and grandchildren were very important to her and saw that she was taken where and friends family care of. Her home was always a PHILLIPS JUSTIN place PRODUCTION were welcome. In all of the times I visited her, grandmother never of her time in spoke SAMUEL SPECIALIST GRAPHIC 503- 879- 2190 justin. F. BRIGGS DESIGN III SPECIALIST 503- 879- 1416 phillips@grandronde. samuel. briggs@grandronde. org org the Indian school. The only hint of her time spent there came when I was 6 7. She took my three brothers or and myself out to the small woodshed behind her house in Willamina. I have something to show you!" she said. In a box her was calico a clutter of new babies. Black, white and calicos all being cleaned by their mother. " Do you see how the mother cat loves her babies regardless of what color they are? That is the way our Heavenly Father loves us. Don' t ever judge a person by their color or belief." could have chosen to hate the people who stole Norwest was always relatives if she couldn' t, yes and tickets a were " Please come for a visit?" even bought. However, The reply there were letters from the school saying Cecil was their property until she was 18. She wasn' t allowed to visit or have any visitors. It stuck with me my whole life what grandmother Cecil said about us all KOCH DIGITAL STAFF kamiah. koch@grandronde. org nicole. montesano@grandronde. KATHERINE SECRETARY/ 503- 879- 1466 • DEADLINE DATE Thursday, Mar. 6 Thursday, Mar. 20 ISSUE DATE Mar. 15 Apr. 1 Apr. 22 org WARREN ADVERTISING katherine. warren- steffensmier@grandronde. Friday, Apr. 4 Tuesday, WRITER 503- 879- 1463 being equal in God' s eyes. Wouldn' t the world be a great place if everyone felt this way, all being brothers and sisters and caring for all. Sincerely, Judith Kowing NICOLE MONTESANO JOURNALIST 503- 879- 1461 her away from her family for 10 years. In the paperwork that was finally released from the national archives, were personal letters from grandmother asking our MEDIA/ cat with Grandmother KAMIAH SOCIAL MEMBERS Indigenous Oregon org OF: Journalists Newspaper Association Publishers Apr. 15 2022 IJA General Excellence May. 1 2023 IJA General Excellence EDITORIAL Assoc. POLICY Smoke Signals, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, is published twice a month. No portion of this publication may be reprinted without permission. Nesbit Roll# 1823 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 email 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. Spirit Mountain Casino Tr i b a I Smoke Signals 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 Smoke Signals. Marketplace seeking vendors Spirt Mountain Casino will host a Tribal Marketplace from 10 a. m. to 6 p. mVendor FFriday and Saturday, Ma Vendor spots are open to Grand Ronde Tribal members, and community second table. The cost is $ 30 per table with members. other Tribes a $ 2025 TRIBAL COUNCIL 10 fee for a Spots are available on a first- come, first- served basis. Payment and reg- will secure a spot in the vendor table assignment lottery. tribalcouncil@grandronde. org istration For more information or to register for the marketplace, contact SMC Purchasing Manager Shauna Skinner at Shauna. Skinner@SpiritMtn. com or 503- 879- 3916; or Purchasing Supervisor Tanya Lopez at Tanya. Lopez@ CHERYLE A. KENNEDY SpiritMtn. Tribal com or 503- 879- 3746. KATHLEEN GEORGE ext. 2305 Council Chairwoman ext. 2352 cheryle. kennedy@grandronde. org The Confederated SA Tribes of Grand 10001 OFFSITE GENERAL COUNCIL kathleen. george@grandronde. org BRENDA TUOMI Ronde ext. 2300 CHRIS MERCIER MEETINGS Tribal brenda. tuomi@ g randronde. Council Vice Chair or g ext. 1444 MATTHEW HALLER Sunday, April 6 chris. mercier@grandronde. org ext. 1777 0 Lane Community College JON A. GEORGE Longhouse I 4000 E. 30th Ave. Eugene, OR 97405 matthew. haller@grandronde. org o h Tribal Council Secretary LISA LEND ext. 2355 jon. george@grandronde. ext. 1770 org lisaleno@grandronde. org Followed by CommunityInputI Meeting. F www. grandronde. o = TONYA GLEASON- SHEPEK o 0 org Ad by Samuel Briggs III ext. 4555 tonya. gleason- shepek@grandronde. DENISE ARVEY H2353 ext. org denise. harvey@grandronde. org
