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You can read all these stories in the PDF version of the paper: https://www.smokesignals.org/media/2462/02-01-2022-web.pdf

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-ronde-s-ancestral-homelands/

Preview what stories are in the Dec. 15, 2021, edition of the Smoke Signals newspaper by listening to our synopsis. The entire paper is now as a PDF at smokesignals.org.

Nov. 1, 2021, edition of Smoke Signals: https://weblink.grandronde.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=118749&dbid=0&repo=Grand-Ronde

This Smoke Signals synopsis provides a short summary of the stories found in the Oct 15, 2021 edition of the Smoke Signals newspaper. To read the entire paper as a PDF version go to: https://www.smokesignals.org/media/2406/10-15-2021web.pdf

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.