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April 20, 2016
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
he Law Oices of
Patrick John Sweeney, P.C.
Patrick John Sweeney
Attorney at Law
1549 SE Ladd, Portland, Oregon
Portland:
Hillsoboro:
Facsimile:
Email:
(503) 244-2080
(503) 244-2081
(503) 244-2084
Sweeney@PDXLawyer.com
Healing Old Wounds
The Fort Vancouver National
Site will host a ceremony Satur-
day, April 23, that pays tribute to
tribal ideals, honors tribal ances-
tors and helps to heal old wounds.
During the Nez Perce War of
1877, as the U.S. Army was at-
tempting to remove tribal mem-
bers from ancestral lands, 33
members of Chief Redheart’s band
were captured under the direction
of General O.O. Howard. Even
though the band neither fought in
A member of the Nez Pearce depicts Chief Redheart in a re-enact-
ment.
Indian Wars nor committed any
crimes, they were held prisoner at
Fort Vancouver through the winter
of 1877-78. An infant member of
the band died during this impris-
onment.
Members of the Nez Perce
Indian Nation will present their
traditional memorial ceremony,
a nearly 3 hour celebration, be-
ginning at 10 a.m. across Fifth
Street from the reconstructed Fort
Vancouver. It is free to the public,
although donations are welcome.
Ceremonial activities will in-
clude singing, speeches, a Rid-
erless Horse (empty-saddle) cer-
emony and a traditional passing
of the peace pipe. Visitors should
bring blankets or lawn chairs.
Race Relations Post War
Strange Victory, a 1948 documentary prized for its caustic
examination of American race relations in the immediate post-
World War II period, has been restored for re-release and will
screen at the NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium at the Port-
land Art Museum on Saturday, April 23 at 5 p.m. and Sunday,
April 24 at 7 p.m. The ilm illuminates the liberation from Nazi
rule in Europe and its aftermath paired with our nation’s own
racial struggles, a situation which continues to resonate today.