Smoke Signals podcasts

Tribal member Amanda Freeman has been working on a photography project for several years, with the goal of raising awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous people. In the last few months it has reached new heights with the help of the Tribe’s Great Circle Recovery Operations Director Jennifer Worth. Together, along with collaboration from Spirit Mountain Casino, they installed a new billboard...

Podcast #101 During the 2023 election, Smoke Signals asked all six Tribal Council candidates to elaborate on their vision for economic development for the Tribe, solutions for enrollment issues, their qualifications for the job and more. You can find all six podcast interviews with the candidates on our Spreaker page, or wherever you listen to podcasts, to help you decide on who to vote for. Ballo...

Podcast #100 During the 2023 election, Smoke Signals asked all six Tribal Council candidates to elaborate on their vision for economic development for the Tribe, solutions for enrollment issues, their qualifications for the job and more. You can find all six podcast interviews with the candidates on our Spreaker page, or wherever you listen to podcasts, to help you decide on who to vote for. Ballo...

Podcast #99 During the 2023 election, Smoke Signals asked all six Tribal Council candidates to elaborate on their vision on economic development for the Tribe, solutions for enrollment issues, their qualifications for the job and more. You can find all six podcast interviews with the candidates on our Spreaker page, or wherever you listen to podcasts, to help you decide on who to vote for. Ballots...

Podcast #98 During the 2023 election, Smoke Signals asked all six Tribal Council candidates to elaborate on their vision on economic development for the Tribe, solutions for enrollment issues, their qualifications for the job and more. You can find all six podcast interviews with the candidates on our Spreaker page, or wherever you listen to podcasts, to help you decide on who to vote for. Ballots...

Podcast #97 During the 2023 election, Smoke Signals asked all six Tribal Council candidates to elaborate on their vision on economic development for the Tribe, solutions for enrollment issues, their qualifications for the job and more. You can find all six podcast interviews with the candidates on our Spreaker page, or wherever you listen to podcasts, to help you decide on who to vote for. Ballots...

Podcast #96 During the 2023 election, Smoke Signals asked all six Tribal Council candidates to elaborate on their vision on economic development for the Tribe, solutions for enrollment issues, their qualifications for the job and more. You can find all six podcast interviews with the candidates on our Spreaker page, or wherever you listen to podcasts, to help you decide on who to vote for. Ballots...

In the spring of 2022, Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer Danielle Harrison found four Grand Ronde Tribal members who all share two similar experiences: All four are mothers and all four have served time at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. These are their stories of parenting from prison. Smoke Signals' Parenting from prison continues with written stories online: https://www.smokesigna...

After 18 years on Grand Ronde’s Tribal Council, Jack Giffen Jr. has decided to direct his attention from being a Tribal leader to spending more time with his family. He talks with the Smoke Signals podcast about his time on council and his advice for Tribal members thinking of running for council.

Tribal Council member Michael Cherry recently attended her first National Congress of American Indians meeting held in Anchorage, Alaska. Cherry talks with Smoke Signals Social Media/Digital Journalist Kamiah Koch about the experience, which included attending briefings on murdered and missing Indigenous people, cultural presentations by Alaskan Natives and seeing the sun in the sky at midnight. L...

Full story and video: https://www.smokesignals.org/articles/2022/05/05/corvallis-school-district-renames-elementary-school-after-kathryn-harrison/

Looking to understand how Grand Ronde's Tribal government works? Listen our "crash course" podcast explaining what guides Tribal government and how members can better engage with it. You can also watch the video version on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/oSDGh0t6KQQ More "crash course" videos on Tribal government coming soon. If you have a topic you would like to learn more about, send your...

Ruse Brewing introduced a new collaboration beer called “Native Land” to its taproom at 4784 S.E. 17th Ave. in Portland on Thursday, Dec. 23. With gold lettering that matches the color of its hazy IPA, the beer’s label reads “brewed on the ancestral homelands of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.” You can read the story at https://www.smokesignals.org/articles/2022/01/12/beer-recognizes-grand...

Indigenous artist and Grand Ronde Tribal member Steph Littlebird was selected to design the label artwork for the 34th release of Deschutes Brewery’s seasonal beer, the Jubelale.

Smoke Signals discusses the 2021 election results with Tribal Council member Denise Harvey.

In this episode we talk with one of the five 2021 Tribal Council candidates, Michael Cherry. To hear more from the candidates, see episodes 79-83 of the Smoke Signals podcast. To jump to specific questions, see the "Chapters" tab below. Music: Jan Michael Looking Wolf - Wind Jammer

In this episode we talk with one of the five 2021 Tribal Council candidates, Perri McDaniel. To hear more from the candidates, see episodes 79-83 of the Smoke Signals podcast. To jump to specific questions, see the "Chapters" tab below. Music: Jan Michael Looking Wolf - Wind Jammer

In this episode we talk with one of the five 2021 Tribal Council candidates, Jon A. George. To hear more from the candidates, see episodes 79-83 of the Smoke Signals podcast. To jump to specific questions, see the "Chapters" tab below. Music: Jan Michael Looking Wolf - Wind Jammer

In this episode we talk with one of the five 2021 Tribal Council candidates, Steve Bobb Sr.. To hear more from the candidates, see episodes 79-83 of the Smoke Signals podcast. To jump to specific questions, see the "Chapters" tab below. Music: Jan Michael Looking Wolf - Wind Jammer

In this episode we talk with one of the five 2021 Tribal Council candidates, Cheryle A. Kennedy. To hear more from the candidates, see episodes 79-83 of the Smoke Signals podcast. To jump to specific questions, see the "Chapters" tab below. Music: Jan Michael Looking Wolf - Wind Jammer

The Smoke Signals podcast invited Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy and contracted attorney Robert Lyttle to recap the four enrollment and membership meetings. The meetings intended to provide uniform information to Tribal members about Grand Ronde's enrollment issues. In this podcast they discuss how they think the meetings went and what the next steps are for the Confederated Tribes o...