August 1, 1998
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CULTURE BOARD MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Kwelth Tahlkie Culture and Heritage Board will hold its monthly meeting at
10 a.m. on August 8 in Conference Room A (upstairs) in Spirit Mountain
Casino. Tribal members are always welcome to attend.
The August 8 agenda includes: closed interviews of Board Member candi
dates, first hour; Executive Director hiring progress report; and discussion
of past and upcoming cultural activities.
POLK COUNTY MUSEUM VISITORS WELCOMED
Representatives of Polk County Historical Society visited the tribal offices
recently inviting collaboration on the exhibits for their new museum. The
museum is a two-story structure under construction at the Polk County Fair
grounds in Rickreall. Visiting the Kwelth Tahlkie Culture and Heritage Board
office with a copy of the museum's floor plan were Georgia and Howard
Weldfang, Nancy Greening and David Jacob.
Heritage Board announces Logo Contest
The Kwelth Tahlkie Culture and
Heritage Board is seeking two (2) new
logos for use by the Board. A con
test is being held to find these logos.
The contest will be open to all Na
tive American youth in two catego
ries. One winning logo will be picked
from each. The categories are:
grades K-8 and grades 9-12. A prize
of $100 will be awarded to the win
ning student in each category.
The deadline for the competition is
Friday, August the 28. Designs
should reflect the Culture and Heri
tage of the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde.
All applicants are encouraged to
provide their personal information at
the time of submitting their designs
on a separate piece of paper.
Submissions should be sent to:
' KTC&HB, co Kathleen Mitchell
9615 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, OR 97347
AND
THIS LITTLE PIGGY
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JPIRJT MOUNTAIN. !
Come party Hawaiian style August 7th & 8th at Spirit Mountain Casino.
On Friday, groove to the live Caribbean music of Curare (6 p.m.-I0 p.m.),
and have a chance to win a Hawaiian vacation. Those in their beach clothes
are eligible to win additional prizes. On Saturday, experience a real Hawaiian
luau along with traditional music and fire dancing as performed by
Polynesian Moments. Eat pig, learn the hula, and have another chance at
winning a Hawaiian vacation. Vacation drawings are at 1 1 p.m.
each night. Drawing tickets handed out 5 p.m. until the drawing,
Must be 21 and present to win. Spirit Mountain Casino. Hwy. 18, M0UNTAIN
Grand Ronde. 1-800-760-7977. www.spirit-mountain.com CAJINO
HAWAIIAN SURF PARTY WEEKEND
Discovering uses for native plants
By Shawn Hostler
When your grandpa was sick were there certain plants he used to feel bet
ter? Did your grandma use certain plants in a home remedy? Did your dad
use such and such to smoke meat? When it comes to the traditional uses of
plants, you may know more than you think.
I remember my grandma telling me that Indian tea grew up the hill, near the
well on the allotment. And my mom telling me that her grandma used a
mustard on cuts to draw out the redness, the infection.
I would like to hear from you on any work already done, sources of infor
mation, ideas you have or projects I can help with concerning uses of native
plants. All this information will be part of the Tribe's Cultural Resources data
base. We hope that this information will be used as a reference for tribal
members, families, educators, and others. Call Cultural Resources at 1-800-422-0232
or 879-2319 with your ideas and suggestions.
SOME USES FOR NATIVE PLANTS: Remember, always know for sure
what you are picking or using from the woods.
There used to be only one kind of native blackberry. The Trailing Black
berry or the Dewberry. It is low growing along the ground. It has many
medicinal uses and is delicious to eat.
Oceanspray, Creambush, or Ironwood can be used for digging sticks,
spear and harpoon shafts, bows and arrow shafts, as pegs for construction,
inner bark scrapers, cattail mat needles and recently, knitting needles. It
can also be used as a blood tonic to help combat diarrhea, especially in
children. The wood is made even harder and stronger by heating it over
fire. Afterwards it was often polished with the plant Horse Tails.
Horse Tail, Scouring Rush, and Giant Horse Tail are a very ancient group
of plants. They grew ta the size of trees when the dinosaurs roamed the
earth. There are four different species. All have a high amount of silica.
They can be used for polishing wood or soft metals, eaten early in the spring
(but should not be eaten in large quantities), and making a yellow dye. The
most impressive use is that when boiled down to a lotion, Horse Tail can be
used as an astringent to cleanse and stop bleeding of external wounds.
Got a sunburn? You could have used a salve of Western Hemlock pitch
and deer tallow to prevent it. Hemlock has many uses such as a dye, a
., poujtice or poultice coverings, liniments and many others.
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN
TRIBAL MEMBER
EMPLOYEE PROFILE
Tcrsa Stewart
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Title: SafetyEmployee
Development Assistant
Hire Date: "I worked for SMDC
from 1994 to 1996, then I came
back to work here in August of
1997."
Family: Parents, Roger and
Darlene Aaron; Grandparents,
Orville and Ramona Leno and Jim
and Janice Aaron; Brother, Trevor
Aaron.
Residence: McMinnville
BackgroundEducation: Graduate
of Willamina High School; various
computer trainings.
Duties of current position: "I assist Deb Childers, Safety Specialist, with
FMLA and Worker's Comp. filings. I also help with the Employee Develop
ment Team as needed."
Joys of the job: "I love the team environment. We really are a team."
Most interesting thing about the job: "Basically, learning all the processes
for FMLA, Worker's Compensation, and trying to maintain safety. It helps
that I am attending the Portland State University's Human Resources general
ist course. It makes things a lot easier."
Hobbies: Crafts, cross-stitching, embroidery, painting, and poetry.
Philosophy or personal creed: Everything happens for a reason.
What brought you to working for SMC: "I started working for the Develop
ment Corporation, and later took this position at Spirit Mountain Casino when
it came open."
Misc: "A majority of my family works at SMC and the Tribe, I consider the
Casino to always be part of my family and hope that all the great work from
the current employees continues and makes a future for my kids and family
that we would not have otherwise."