Smoke Signals podcasts

This audio is a portion of an original multimedia story produced as part of a collaboration between NPR's Next Generation Radio and the Native American Journalist Association. This "postcard" style podcast shares Zoey Holsclaw's experience as Grand Ronde's Chinuk Wawa language teacher and outreach coordinator. The full story is available at https://naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org/grand-ronde-wom...

Every month the Tribal Employment Rights Office picks an individual from the Skills Bank Pool as their Worker of the Month. According to TERO's Director, Harris Reibach the Worker of the Month exemplifies hard work, commitment and a positive attitude on their worksite. January's Worker of the Month, Anthony Quenelle and Harris Reibach join the podcast to explain how it feels to receive Worker of t...

Smoke Signals called up Grand Ronde Tribal members Marta Clifford and Tracie Meyer to ask them about the illioo Native Theatre group. Clifford and others recently launched the Native Theatre with a virtual show where she read Meyer's spoken word piece to an audience of around 150 people. If you are interested in getting involved with illioo, you can email mclifford@gcap.org and like them on Facebo...

Grand Ronde Finance Officer Chris Leno addresses some of the commonly asked COVID-19 relief payment questions we saw on Facebook. https://www.grandronde.org/covid-19-information/

Integrating Tribal culture with the legal court system is no easy task. However, Lorena Rivera and Shane Thomas are doing just that with the Tribal court programs. Of the many programs, the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program sets up children of youth (or Wards of the Court) with an "extra set of eyes" to ensure the child's needs are met. Thomas and Rivera join the Smoke Signals podcas...

Grand Ronde hired Sam Thornsberry and Stephanie King as the new COVID-19 Relief Community Health Representatives (COVID-19 CHRs). They are responsible for a wide variety of tasks, including safely assisting the other CHRs with Tribal Elders' needs, disseminating up-to-date information to Grand Ronde about COVID-19, connecting members to the appropriate medical resources and planning safe community...

In this episode of the Smoke Signals podcast, Tribal Council member Kathleen George discusses the 2020 Tribal election results.

The Smoke Signals podcast met with Grand Ronde's Correct Count Committee member and Tribal member Michael Herrin to examine the bad reputation the United States Census has received and the hidden ways the census data impacts Tribal country. Correction: The census raffle drawing will be Sept. 8, 2020. The final raffle will be held the first week of October. Music contributed by Jan Michael Looking...

Smoke Signals podcast met with Tribal Police Chief Jake McKnight to discuss how demands for police policy changes seen across the country have been addressed in Grand Ronde.

Note: This podcast audio taken is from a Smoke Signals video - https://youtu.be/OzvY4yupR_4 "Hurry up and wait" is a common saying within the Grand Ronde Natural Resources Department's Fire Program. This second episode in the three-part series follows the firefighters on their first day of training. Smoke Signals is following the Grand Ronde Wildland Fire crews throughout 2020 to answer who can be...

Smoke Signals called Grand Ronde Tribal member and Native history researcher David G. Lewis, Ph. D. to talk about the shared experiences between African-Americans and Native Americans . During the Black Lives Matter protests Native people have joined the marches to support African-Americans. Lewis discusses the parallels of the two minorities seeking social justice.

Grand Ronde Tribal employee Ramona Quenelle is one of the seven names added to the West Valley Veterans Memorial on May 15, 2020. As a Navy veteran, she spoke with the Smoke Signals podcast about her military service and what being a part of this memorial means to her. This year's Memorial Day ceremony usually held on Memorial Day was canceled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Smoke Signals Podcast calls the Elders Committee Chairwoman Penny Deloe and Nutrition Program Manager Kristy Criss-Lawson to see how Elders are doing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Smoke Signals asks how the Tribe is still supporting them from their homes, how they are staying healthy and how they feel about the coronavirus.

Smoke Signals Podcast talks with Kelly Rowe, the Executive Director of Health Services, to find out if the Health and Wellness Center was prepared for a pandemic like COVID-19 and how health services are safely handling it now.

"Hurry up and wait" is a common saying within the Grand Ronde Natural Resource Department's Fire Program. Silviculture and Fire Protection Manager Colby Drake talks with Smoke Signals on the first episode of a three-part series following the Fire Program throughout the upcoming fire season. In this podcast/video series we'll answer who can be a fire technician for the Fire Program, the next episod...

The Smoke Signals' podcast sits down with Harris Reibach, the newly appointed TERO director, to learn more about his new position and resources TERO provides.

In this episode we meet with Patti LeClaire, the garden caretaker on the Grand Ronde reservation. She tells us the history of the garden, the year of labor it took to repair it and the what this garden means to her now. This will be the second year community members have the opportunity to grow their own produce in the available garden beds. If you are interested in a garden bed you can call LeCla...

The Years of Service Awards on Thursday, Dec. 19, is Grand Ronde's way of appreciating its long-time employees. Tresa Mercier is not only an award recipient, she is also Grand Ronde's longest-serving employee. She came on the Smoke Signals podcast to talk about her time here and the changes she has seen since her first day in 1984.

Linda Gehrke, the new medication-assisted treatment supervisor at the Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center, provides Smoke Signals podcast with more details on the MAT program from the perspective of a patient. Music by Jan Michael Looking Wolf -- " Wind Jammer"

Early in the morning on Monday, May 20, Grand Ronde Police Officer James (JJ) Flynn responded to a call regarding a hostage situation in Sheridan, Ore. Safely removing the victim from the scene required an act of bravery, which Flynn didn't hesitate to demonstrate. His action is now being recognized by the Oregon Peace Officers Association with the Medal of Valor Award. However, this award is reco...