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LAND AND HEART
"Once is his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth, I believe.
He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience, to look at it from as
many angles as he can, to wander about it, to dwell upon it. He ought to imagine that he
touches it with his hands at every season and listens to the sounds that are made upon it.
He ought to imagine the creatures there and all the faintest motions of the wind. He ought to
recollect the glare of noon and all the colors.of the dawn and dusk."
-N. Scott Momaday
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IllimrUion by David Hatriton
I thought about the treaties and the promises that
were made, the exchange, and it seemed like
history was repeating itself again," said Tribal Council
Secretary, Kathryn Harrison when hearing President
Reagan had signed the reservation bill.
"We had to give a lot to get this land...this reservation
for our people, but I went back and compared it to what
our ancestors sacrificed, what they suffered...Thcn, too,
this land was taken away, and I always felt it was our
duty to regain land again," said Harrison.
"Once its ours, I'd like to just go up and walk on it. And
when the time comes, there would be no greater
satisfaction for me than to be buried on our land.. My
bones will mix with the bones of our ancestors. Thats
the way it's supposed to be," said Harrison.
But looking beyond her presence, she sees the genera
tions of tomorrow, such as her grandson. I want him to
take his first steps on the reservation," said Harrison.
K. , at,
On the Grand Ronde Reservation
Agency Creek on the Grand Ronde Reservation