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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
July 15, 2000
Contribution to Portland Art Museum will create
the Grand Ronde Center for Native American Art
Tribe donates $500,000 through
the Spirit Mountain Community Fund.
By Brent Merrill
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ith paint on their fingers
and faces, and even some
on their paper, young
Tribal members at Grand Ronde's
Twah Sunchako preschool are busily
becoming the next generation of Na
tive artists.
Young Native artists today will
have a chance that Native artists
before them have not had until now.
A chance that will be provided by
the Grand Ronde Tribe through it's
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Today, children learn their art in
a variety of ways. Some at schools
like Twah Sunchako, some at their
public schools and some from their
family and friends.
These young, potential artists in
the making, as well as the artists of
today and yesterday, were the driv
ing force behind the creation of the
new Grand Ronde Center for Native
American Art. When these artists
grow up, there will be
a place for their work to
be showcased.
"To know us, you
have to know our art,"
said Grand Ronde
Tribal Chair Kathryn
Harrison. Tou have to know our
crafts, our foods, our culture. That
certainly includes artwork not
only from our Tribe, but all Tribes.
"Our Tribe has provided a tool for
young people," said Harrison of the
grant. "It will help them improve
their self esteem and even encour
age them to carry on with their art
work. Art is a good way to show
beauty. It is a way to tell the world,
'this is how I feel.'"
Calling it a way to share the spirit
of Native peoples and a way to build
a bridge for future artists, the Tribe
made the $500,000 donation to the
Portland Art Museum intending to
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Students at the Tribe's
Twah Sunchako preschool
use a variety of paints and colors
to create their artwork.
give visitors a better sense of the
museum's Native American collection.
Coupled with an earlier donation
of $500,000, the museum will now
begin a two-year remodeling of their
Hoffman wing and create the Grand
Ronde Center for Native American
Art. The new center will provide
7,000 square feet of exhibition space
for new galleries that will be dedi
cated to Native art.
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Grand Ronde Tribal youth Selena
Ulestad, 4, proudly shows off her
latest creation with oil crayons.
Thanks to a donation to the
Portland Art Museum from her
Tribe, Selena will one day have a
place to display her art in the
Grand Ronde Center for Native
American Art.
Veterans' Pow-wow: the beat of the drum touches the heart
Ashley Tuomi (right) was crowned
Grand Ronde Veterans Queen
2000-01 by last year's Queen Nikki
Norwest. Shown here, Norwest
and Tuomi are all smiles after the
crowning.
The annual Grand Ronde Veter
ans Pow-wow took place on the
Tribal pow-wow grounds July 7-9.
This year's emcee was Bob Tom and
Don Moccasin acted as the event's
host. Several drums, including the
host drum Wocus Bay, participated
in this year's celebration.
"They gave up a lot for us. They
put their lives on the line and they
should be honored for their service
to our country," said Tribal Council
member Bob Haller of the Veterans
being honored at the pow-wow.
This year's Veterans Pow-wow was
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also a kick-off for the Veterans Me
morial Ad-hoc Committee's renewed
efforts to raise money for a commu
nity memorial. The committee hopes
to break ground this fall and com
plete the memorial by the pow-wow
in 2003. The memorial will honor
members of the Grand Ronde, Wil
lamina and Sheridan communities as
well as Tribal members.
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Veterans Carl Lambert (left) and Ron Richardson (right) share a light mo
ment with Grand Ronde Tribal Veteran Gene LaBonte while carrying the
flags at the Tribe's Annual Veterans Pow-wow on Saturday, July 8.
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