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ET . "'--'"""ggg PRESORTED fPT?K 1(11 fl 0 Oil uTtosgemIo VOTE (0114 A T PERMIT NOI 78 H1KK J I I I 1 Jf I YV i C Jl J I 0R NEWSPAPER PROJ. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE .XT' " S I V J J MMJ 1299 UMIVERSITY OF OREGON '.Z- 'I-1 J 1 iimiwii iii mii -H -iTTiiinTitir 1 EUGENE OR 97403-1205 e C) NOVEMBER 1,2012 - . Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe f f f f " wWW.grandronde.org U3VEPQTJA. E3 MOLALLA ca ROGUE RIVER o KALAPUYA B CHASTA Powaft casern) ipireipomieirDfts Support for measures ceases three weeks before Election Day By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Measures 82 and 83 on the Nov. 6 ballot are now orphans. In a surprise move on Tuesday, Oct. 16 three weeks before Election Day supporters of the two measures threw in the towel, stopped airing ubiquitous TV commercials and took down a Facebook page promoting "The Grange." "It was going to be good for them and bad for the state. " Tribal lobbyist Justin Martin After spending more than $6 million on col lecting signatures to place the two measures on the ballot and touting them statewide through two mailers and innumerable TV commercials, t v )-: i backers realized that they were not moving Or egonians on the issue. Polls consistently found that the number of Oregonians who support amending the state Constitution to allow private casinos and want to specifically permit a privately owned casino at the shuttered greyhound racetrack in Wood Village was not moving from the 32 percent who voted to OK a similar proposal in 2010. Stacey Dycus, principal spokeswoman for The See MEASURES continued on page 6 Encampment visits shores of Clackamas . -, A l - tVv - v: Photo by Michelle Alaimo Kaileigh Cox, 6, is determined to make it back to the hayride wagon with the pumpkin she chose as she carries it through the Heiser Farms pumpkin patch on Friday, Oct. 12. Her determination paid off; she made it and took the pumpkin home. More Halloween photos on pages 8-9. Cultural Resources seeking Restoration, Termination material By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor As the Grand Ronde Tribe prepares to celebrate its 29th anniversary of Restora tion on Sunday, Nov. 18, employees in the Tribe's Cultural Resources Department are already looking ahead to 2013 and the landmark 30th anniversary. They are hoping that an appeal to Tribal members, Tribal descen dants and community members will fill a hole in the Tribal archives that spans from 1954's Termination era to the mid-1980s, when the Tribe was restored. Tribal Interpretive Design Spe cialist Julie Brown also is hoping that the appeal will help the Tribe prepare an exhibit, curated by Tribal Museum Curator and Cul tural Liaison David Lewis, which will open in April. Titled "We Were Here First and We're Here to Stay," the exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem will tell the story of the struggles and trials of Tribal mem bers during the Termination and Restoration eras of the Tribe. "It's a then-and-now kind of thing," Brown says. "It will have quite a bit of educational value. The public is, I think, going to be surprised and shocked." Brown said she is hoping that Tribal members, their relatives and community members will search for old photos, boxes of letters and of ficial documents that originated be tween 1954 through the mid-1980s relating to the Grand Ronde Tribe's Termination and 29-year effort to regain federal recognition. The items could be stashed away See RESTORATION continued on page 4 By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer OREGON CITY It was raining in January 2011 when the Oregon Depart ment of Transportation closed the historic Arch Bridge for repairs and representatives of the Confeder ated Tribes of Grand Ronde marked the event as part of the 14-member Willamette Falls Heritage Area Coalition. Connecting Oregon City and West Linn, the bridge was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 and the repairs would bring the span back in its original style. Residents from nearby neighbor hoods crowded under tarps to see what all the excitement was about during the closing ceremony. They tasted traditional Native foods of fered by Grand Ronde Tribal mem bers, the first peoples of the area. And it was raining again over the weekend of Oct. 14-16 when the Willamette Falls Festival honored the bridge's official re-opening and Grand Ronde Tribal members re turned to also mark the event. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is an active member of the Willamette Falls Heritage Area Co alition, a group aiming to capitalize on the culture and history of the area and to bring new life to the local com munities on either side of the bridge and along the shores of the Willa mette River running underneath. See ENCAMPMENT continued on page 10