SMOKE SIGNALS
General Council meeting
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Sunday,
a. m.
smok sig nalz
March 2
Council Chambers
Tribal
PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
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meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday,
Wednesday,
March 5
4 p. m.
March 19
4 p.
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needed. In person
to change
in Tribal Council Chambers and
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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.
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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
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Council Vice Chair
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ext. 1444
MATTHEW HALLER
Sunday, April 6
chris. mercier@grandronde.
org
ext. 1777
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Tribal
Council
Secretary
LISA LEND
ext. 2355
jon. george@grandronde.
ext. 1770
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