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SPECIAL POW WOW SECTION
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE
GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY OF OREGON - September mo
Tribe Holds 6th
Annual Pow-Wow
By Brent Merrill
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde held their
6lh Annual Pow-Wow celebration on August 17th, 18th
& 19th at the Grand Ronde Elementary School. The
celebration kicked off with a Royalty Pageant on Friday
night and a Teen "Sober Dance" was held following the
pageant.
Tribal youth Tara Leno, age 8, was chosen as the new
Junior Miss Grand Ronde for 1990 at the Royalty
Pageant by Judges Kathryn Harrison, Tcssie Williams,
Frank Peterson and Wilma Crow, Tara then honored
her family by leading them in a dance. Tara's parents
are Tom arid Sheila Leno and her twin sisters are Lisa
and Lacey.
On Saturday, the Pow-Wow activities got started with
the 3rd Annual Fun RunWalk for Health. Grand
Ronde Tribal member Greg Leno took first place in the
one mile event with a time of 6:12. Hollie Ashman won
the one mile run for women in 7:49. In the 5K event, V
Mario Ortiz won in a time of 9:45 and Diane Pyle took
first place for women in 30:17. Pat Fasana won the
women's 10K race in 52:15 and Grand Ronde Tribal
member Stan Knceland, who has participated in such
prestigious events as the Boston Marathon and the
Hood to Coast run, won the 10K event in a time of
33:39. Following the Fun Run there was a Tiny Tots
race and the Fun Walk took place at 10:00 am with close
to 200 participants.
A free meal of baked salmon and buffalo was served
from noon to 3:00 pm and according to Pow-Wow
Committee Chairman Merle Leno, over 2500 people
were served on Saturday and close to 5000 total visitors
for the three day event.
The honorable Whipman Paul Whitehead lead Grand
Entry on both Saturday and Sunday. Whitehead, who
resides in Salem, has become a fixture at the Grand
Ronde Pow-Wow as well as many others in the State of
Oregon.
The many dancers who attended the event enjoyed the
beat of four drum groups including: The Four Direc
tions, Wasco Nation, Spirit Mountain Singers and Eagle
Spirit. The Master of Ceremonies this year was Urcn
Leonard of the Warm Springs Tribe. Leonard honored
the people of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
with a dance on Sunday.
On Sunday, things got started with a spaghetti feed and
Grand Entry was at 1:00 pm. Paul Whitehead led the
entry which was highlighted by the presentation of the
Color Guard. Tribal members Randy Leno and Tom
Harrison participated in the presentation. Parking coor
dinator Linda Olsen said "Parking went really well. We .
were pleased with the way people cooperated. The
feature that I liked best was when seniors came they got
out of their cars and we assisted them to seating. Then,
our attendants parked their cars for them. Olsen said
she was pleased with the way things went. "Overall
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Tribal youth Daniel Haug hopes to set a good example for other youth with his drumming and dancing.