All Episodes

Smoke Signals most popular stories from 2025

Reflections from 30 years ago: Opening Spirit Mountain Casino

General Welfare Assistance payments explained

2025 Tribal Council Candidate Interview: Valeria Atanacio

2025 Tribal Council Candidate Interview: Peter Grout

2025 Tribal Council Candidate Interview: Toby McClary

2025 Tribal Council Candidate Interview: Pamala Warren-Chase

2025 Tribal Council Candidate Interview: Denise Harvey

2025 Tribal Council Candidate Interviews: Pete Wakeland

Grand Ronde Tribal members speak at international gaming conference

Fifteen years later, Bobby Mercier reflects on Tribal Plankhouse achaf-hammi

2024 Tribal Council candidate: Andy Jenness

2024 Tribal Council candidate: Valeria Atanacio

2024 Tribal Council candidate: Pamala Warren-Chase

2024 Tribal Council candidate: Tonya Gleason-Shepek

2024 Tribal Council candidate: Michael Cherry

2024 Tribal Council candidate: Jon A. George

2024 Tribal Council candidate: Cheryle A. Kennedy

Podcast 107: 'Empowering Women in Tribal Gaming' recap with Camille Mercier

Podcast 106: Tribal Council Secretary Michael Cherry attends Tribal Elected Official Academy training

Podcast 105: Harvey reflects on International Casino Exhibition in London

Podcast 104: Spirit Mountain Casino welcomes first Grand Ronde visual artist to gift shop

Podcast 103 - On the record: MMIP Awareness Dinner

Podcast 102: The story behind Grand Ronde's MMIP billboard

2023 Tribal Council candidate interview: Veronica Montano

2023 Tribal Council candidate interview: Michael Langley

2023 Tribal Council candidate interview: Matthew Haller

2023 Tribal Council candidate interview: Lisa Leno

2023 Tribal Council candidate interview: Chris Mercier

2023 Tribal Council candidate interview: Chris Bailey

Podcast 95: Parenting from prison: Tribal members' stories of mothering from within Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

Podcast 94: Jack Giffen Jr. reflects on time spent on Tribal Council

2022 Tribal Council candidate interview: Brenda Tuomi

2022 Tribal Council candidate interview: Reyn Leno

2022 Tribal Council candidate interview: Denise Harvey

2022 Tribal Council candidate interview: Kathleen George

Podcast 89: Tribal Council member Michael Cherry shares Alaskan adventure

Podcast 88 - Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School holds renaming ceremony

Podcast 87 - Crash Course: Grand Ronde's Tribal Government

Podcast 86 - Beer recognizes Grand Ronde’s ancestral homelands

Podcast 85 - Grand Ronde Tribal member designs Jubelale artwork for Deschutes Brewery

Podcast 84 - 2021 election results with Tribal Council member Denise Harvey

Podcast 83 - Michael Cherry

Podcast 82 - Perri McDaniel

Podcast 81 - Jon A. George

Podcast 80 - Steve Bobb Sr.

Podcast 79 - Cheryle A. Kennedy

Podcast 78 - Membership & enrollment meeting follow up

Podcast 77 - Revitalizing Chinuk Wawa during a pandemic

Podcast 76 - TERO's Worker of the Month

Podcast 75 - illioo Native Theatre with Tracie Meyer and Marta Clifford

Podcast 74 - You posted COVID-19 relief payment questions, Chris Leno answers them

Podcast 73 - How Tribal court is protecting the Tribe's "greatest asset and resource"

Podcast 72 - Grand Ronde's COVID-19 Relief team you probably haven't heard of

Podcast 71 - 2020 election results with Tribal Council member Kathleen George

Podcast 70 - Breaking down the bad reputation of the US census with Michael Herrin

Podcast 69 - Lisa Leno: 2020 Tribal Council candidate interview

Podcast 68 - Michael Langley: 2020 Tribal Council candidate interview

Podcast 67 - Reyn Leno: 2020 Tribal Council candidate interview

Podcast 66 - Chris Mercier: 2020 Tribal Council candidate interview

Podcast 65 - Peter Grout: 2020 Tribal Council candidate interview

Podcast 64 - Chat with the Chief about Grand Ronde police policy changes

Podcast 63 - Hurry up and wait: episode two

Podcast 62 - Native parallels to the Black Lives Matter movement with David Lewis, Ph.D.

Podcast 61 - Etched in Stone: Ramona Quenelle

Podcast 60 - Tribal Elders vs. COVID-19

Podcast 59 - Was Grand Ronde's Health & Wellness Prepared for COVID-19?

Podcast 58 - Hurry up and wait: episode one

Podcast 57 - A belated introduction to Grand Ronde's new TERO director, Harris Reibach

Podcast 56 - Grand Ronde's Garden with Patti LeClaire

Podcast 55 - Grand Ronde's longest-serving employee, Tresa Mercier

Podcast 54 MAT program; understanding the treatment-seekers experience better

Podcast 53 Award-winning action in hostage situation

Podcast 52 Chris Mercier and Dean Rhodes discuss 2019 election results

Podcast 51 Missing Person Heather Cameron (Haller)

Podcast 50 Victor Cureton

Podcast 49 Jack Giffen Jr.

Podcast 48 Reyn Leno

Podcast 47 Peter Grout

Podcast 46 Lewis Younger

Podcast 45 Kathleen George

Podcast 44 Denise Harvey

Podcast 43 MMIW with Danielle Murrell

Podcast 42 SMCF with Michael Cherry

Podcast 41 TERO with Duke Kimsey

Podcast 40 Cochlear Implant

Podcast 39 Beautiful

Podcast 38 Higher Education Programs

Podcast 37 New Website

Podcast 36 Sharing our Stories

Podcast 35 Split Siblings Tribal Constitution Amendment Election

Podcast 34 Behavioral Health

Podcast 33 Restoration

Podcast 32 Shelly Nichols

Podcast 31 Champoeg Celebration

Podcast 30 Margaret Provost remembers Restoration

Podcast 29 Brent Merrill

Podcast 28 Jonathan R George

Podcast 27 Cheryle Kennedy

Podcast 26 Victor Cureton

Podcast 25 Kristina Helfrich

Podcast 24 Steve Bobb

Podcast 23 Jon A George

Podcast 22 Brenda Tuomi

Podcast Stacia H Advisory Votes

Podcast 20 Sara Thompson

Podcast 19 Brook Colley

Podcast 18 Chachalu opening

Podcast 17 Dean Mercier remembers

Podcast 16 Hep C with Dr. Randy Blome

Podcast 15 Kathryn Harrison remembers

Podcast 14 Steve Warden & Brandy Bishop Emergency Management

Podcast 13 Rick George Strategic Plan

Podcast 12 Food Bank

Podcast 11 Baseball Justin Martin

Podcast 10 Tamanowas

Podcast 9 David Lewis Trail of Tears

Podcast 8 Bobby Mercier Round Dance

Podcast 7 Police Chief Jake McKnight

Podcast 6 Kathleen George DEQ

Podcast 5 Looking Wolf

Podcast 4 David Lewis & Willamette Valley Treaty

Podcast 3 Kelly Dirksen & Lamprey

Podcast 2 Tribal Council transition with Lisa Leno and Michael Langley

Podcast 1 Expanding Tribal media; Editorial Board--Chris Mercier & Siobhan Taylor