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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 15, 2025)
PRESORTED STANDARD 7, '. i U. S. r MAIL POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, 1 PERMIT RAC 111iiillliii • .$ NO. OR 700 r 4 5 4 Tribal flags ICWA Court— now in pg. 6 MARCH 15, 2025 I wil 6.. // ..... 1111\ N. A.-^ c. t .... i i 4 '.-., j, ii, b ` S 1 G NA L S miL ''''''' 1;: .., .,.. sir UMPQUA r AN INDEPENDENT , MOLALLA ROGUE F RIVER . OF THE CONFEDERATED PUBLICATION MIRES KALAPUYA OF GRAND r STA H : SMOKES1GNALS. ORG RODE • Self-governance offers some s a c di 1, 1 4\* V P7 111111 1, ft. p rotection to the Tribe it/ 0; x' By Nicole Montesano Katherine Warren Smoke Signals r staff writers en the federal government 116. 7 demanded that Tribes con- cede the vast majority of their lands in the 1800s and 1900s, it signed treaties promising to provide basic services to Tribes in IL i ; i= ilk in ad- return, iih‘ dition ap, is II to pro- tecting TribalIlk ro sovereignty. w Modern w. IF Saturday, March 1. The dance also 20th annual the during took place Friday, are Ila Mercier, 10, decides which candy -, after a spot annual Agency - Tribal gym if dance is IPare see dance during she ment the Tribe 20th the March 1. When a December, to pick 44. Day photos, Photos 4 TO !' -- ,, SEE by MORE see under which it receives vices at the beginning of the year. This year' aprize. s allocation was $ 3. 66 million, and with that in the Tribal - coffers, there' s less worry about getting through the remainder of page 9. MICAelle Alai this year. 110 Even so, the Tribe is not nec essarily immune to the damage with federal grants in question, PHOTOS Find us on members @SmokeSignalsCTGR still reliant on various federal departments and programs L d-- 4. . into with a lump sum for its contracted ser- spot dancers stay in their spot and chosen entered the Department of Interior in early _ Round Dance and Native Youth more Wellness 4 4 Kennedy Still, there are some protections in place for Grand Ronde. One of them is the self-governing agree- Creek Round Dance in the Saturday, over, randomly To F CheryleA. finding Trump administration. d .-. e having to defend them once again in the wake of federal funding freezes and slashed agency staffing by the around wants F t I themselves t' t i butP. Tribal governments Creek Round Dance in the Tribal gym Agency Feb. 28. Dancing those now I: Future Leno dances member have upheld treaties Ilk - Tribal courts TO _ SEE MORE IT • such as Medicaid PHOTOS VISIT US ONraej @CTGRsmokesignals and some Tribal See GRANTS continued on page 6 Clackamas Fire confirms tumwata village blaze was accidental By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals 0 staff REGON Clackamas CITY — The Clackamas District announced Wednesday, that it has determined Tribe' s tumwata Blue Heron village Paper Fire Public Information Officer Izak Hamilton said that drone videos showed the writer Fire Feb. 26, that the fire at the property, Mill in Oregon the former City, began fire appears to have started on the second floor building, from a makeshift stove brought in by unhoused people who were sheltering there of the in the subfreezing t, temperatures. k Tribal Communications Director Sara Thomp- accidentally. The three- Thursday, alarm fire was Jan. 30. There reported at 3: 45 were no See FIRE a. m. continued fatalities. on page t 9 Clackamas Fire District firefighters apply water to extinguish a blaze at the Tribe' s tumwata village property, the former Blue Heron Paper Mill, in Oregon announced Wednesday, City on Thursday, Feb. 26, that it determined the Jan. 30. The Fire District fire began accidentally. L. ---= - 4. Photo 0 - 5 by Michelle Alaimo
