March 1989
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THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE
GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY OF OREGON
PATROL BOAT NAMED
AFTER TREATY SIGNER
On the shores of the Columbia River, a bottle of cham
paign smashed against the bow of Multnomah Country's
newest river patrol boat, Chief Tumalth, on March 3, .
1989.
The christening was done by tribal member, Chuck
Williams, a decendent of Tumalt, as other relatives
wached on. Tumalt signed the 1855 Willamette Valley
Treaty, representing the Wal-lal-la band of the Tumwa
ters later known as the Cascades. The Treaty resulted in
the establishment of the Grand Ronde Indian Reserva
tion. In the mid-ninteenth century, the territory of Tumalth's
people included the area around the Bridge of Gods,
and the Great Cascades, a series of falls later destroyed
when Bonneville Dam was built. The territory ex
tended downstream to where the Portland Interna
tional Airport is now sited.
Tumalt's village was located on the land where the
north powerhouse of Bonneville Dam now sits. His
' grave was originaly on Bradford Island, but was later
moved to the Old Pioneer Cemetery not far from the
island.
Tumalt's people were separated with creation of the.
reservations, and today, descendents are members of
the Yakima, Warm Springs, Cowlitz and Grand Ronde
tribal groups. Grand Ronde tribal members Clyde
Williams, and Valarie Alexander also participated in
the dedication ceremony.
The boat is of fiberglass construction and is powered by
two 4 cylinder 180 horsepower MerCruiser engines
with Alpha outdrives. The high speed river patrol boat
will be used on the Columbia and Willamettee Rivers.
The boat is the fifth in the fleet to be named after
Indian leaders of the Pacific Northwest.
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POSITIVE INDIAN PARENTING CLASSES
Positive Indian Parenting builds stronger children.
Stronger children build stronger communities. These
were words repeated to participants of our recent
weekend seminar on parenting.
Sponsored by the Social Services Department of the
Tribe, Frank Peterson, parent trainer, traveled to Grand
Ronde on January 28th and 29th to show us ways in
which we can better parent children.
The participants included single parents, soon to be
parents, and long-time parents; each taking the tradi
tional (old ways before white influence) child-rearing
practices to use their own way in today's modern society.
Positive Indian Parenting recognizes children's need for
nurturance, kindness and a strong emotional connection
between parent and child.
During the weekend stories were told and exercises
completed that helped each person present recognize a
better way to deal effectively with children.
We would like to thank Frank Peterson for the incred
ible job he did and thank an outstanding young man
"Fish" Martinez who was by far the star of the weekend.
We were especially honored to have two Tribal Council
men, Russ Leno and Ray McKnight, attend our work
shop. If you missed the sessions, we our hoping to hold the
classes again in the future. (See page 6 for more on
positive Indian parenting.)
Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
Post Office Box 38
Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
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GRAND RONDE, OREGON
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