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TRIBAL CHRISTMAS PARTYg
Saturday, Dec. 9 Tribal Community Center (p
CX llam-noon Photos with Santa for children 10 & under
Noon Meal
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Adult Drawings for food baskets & flowers
Sponsored by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Council.
INTRODUCING A NEW TRIBAL LECTURE SERIES
Tuesdays & Thursdays December 5, 7, 12 & 14
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Grand Ronde Community Center
The CTGR Adult Education program
in coordination with Cultural
Resources is offering a series of
lectures covering Grand Ronde
Tribal history from the time of
removal to the present.
OPPORTUNITY FOR
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
As part of this class, participants will be
granted access to archival materials,
treaties and resources for more in-depth
Tribal research. It is hoped this interac
tion between Tribal members and Tribal
historical documents will produce
research papers that can then be shared.
For people interested in acquiring
college credit please contact
Doma Riding In, Grand Ronde Adult
Education Coordinator at 503-879-2282
or 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2282.
Topics will include:
TRIBAL REMOVAL
EARLY RESERVATION
(1855-1900)
Descriptions of the bands and Tribes
Treaties & Chiefs
Major families
Early reservation
RESERVATION TO
TERMINATION ERA
(1900-1954)
TERMINATION ERA
(1954 to 1983)
RESTORATION ERA
(1983 to present)
SMOKE SIGNALS is available to anyone at no cost. Fill out this form with
your name and address, mail to: Smoke Signals, Attn: Justin Phillips,
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
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GRAND RONDE ROLL :
String Quintet Tribute to
Native American
Jim Pepper
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By Justin Phillips
The sound of music filled
Agnes Flanagan Chapel at
Lewis & Clark College re
cently as Hollis Taylor, Gor
don Lee and David Schiff
presented a jazz tribute
concert to Jim Pepper on
November 12 in Portland.
Jazzman Jim Pepper, of Creek and Kaw ancestry, was the first to incorporate ele
ments of Native American music with jazz-fusion. He was one of the most famous jazz
players to emerge from Portland. Pepper passed away of lymphoma in 1992 at the
age of 50.
He was posthumously awarded the First Americans in the Arts' Lifetime Achieve
ment in the Area of Music award in 1999.
His song "Witchi Tai To" was popular in the early 1970s.
"Our purpose is to obliterate the line between Western art music and alternative
music," said Taylor. "The three of us (Taylor along with Lee and Schiff), who are all
experienced composers and arrangers of jazz and classical music, have worked to
create arrangements of the highest artistic level to pay tribute to Jim Pepper."
"This was Hollis' idea first," says Lee, who began working with Pepper back in 1978.
"I used the five-note cycle found in most Native American music to arrange Jim's
music. The melodies are like nursery rhymes, and the arrangements have an almost
Baroque style that involves many melodies and jazz harmonies. If s the way Jim would
have wanted it." Qi
Taylor was the youngest member of the Oregon Symphony when she began playing
with them at age 18. She played in folk, country and jazz genres throughout North
America and Europe. This year, Taylor's Trail Mix for Five Scordatura Violins from her
compact disc "Frames and Boxes" won a national first prize. Taylor lives in Brooklyn.
Lee performed with Pepper throughout North America and Europe. Lee has also
performed with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Oregon Symphony. Lee is on the
faculty of Western Oregon University.
Schiff, a composer, music critic and musical scholar, is the author of two books, "The
Music of Elliott Carter" and "George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue." Schiff 's major com
missions include works for the Oregon Symphony, the Chamber Music Society of Lin
coln Center, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Gold Coast Chamber Music Festival and the
125th anniversary of Congregation Beth Israel. -'i . :
Phil Baker was on acoustic bass.
"Including a jazz bass player with a string quartet is certainly a rarity," says Taylor.
Baker is skilled on both the acoustic and electric bass. Baker, who was with Diana
Ross for nine years early in his career, counts his performance at "Motown 25" as one
of his career highlights. He's performed with Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Linda
Ronstadt, Eddie Harris, Joe Henderson, Diane Schuur, Ernie Watts and many others.
The quintet consisted of Taylor and Ann Christensen, violins; Joel Beligique, viola;
Nancy Ives, cello; and Baker, bass.
Ives is a champion of new music and has appeared with Nana Vasconcelos and
Laurie Anderson and Gal Costa. She has recorded with rocker Lenny Kravitz and spent
several years touring with "Phantom of the Opera."
The tribute concert was a reminder that musicians that pass on are gone, but their
music lives on forever.
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TRIBAL ELDERS AND FRL DEC. 1
SPOUSES EAT FREE. J-l WISHING EVERYONE K Salisbury Steak with
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before 930 a m HOLIDAY SEASON! r Mixed veggies
ELDERS EAT first. wT Cookies & Ice Cream
TUES., PEC, 5 WED., DEC. 6 THURS.. DEC. 7 FRL. DEC. 8
Tuna Casserole Beef Stroganoff Baked Chicken Homemade Soup
Tossed Salad Peas & Carrots Cranberries Deviled or Boiled Eggs
Broccoli & Cauliflower Cottage Cheese & Jell-0 Hubbard Squash Rolls
French Bread and Pudding Fruit Turnovers Pasta Salad & Dessert Dessert
TUES.. DEC. 12 WED.. DEC. 13 THURS.. DEC. 14 FRL. DEC. IS
Beef Stew & Salad Bar Hungarian Goulash Brown Beans & Ham KITCHEN CLOSED
Potato Rolls Steamed Cabbage Rolls Elders Christmas Party
Pudding Pound Cake Biscuits and Rice Pudding Jell-0 with Fruit & Dinner at 6 PM
TUES.. DEC. 19 WED., DEC 2Q THURS.. DEC. 21 FRL DEC. 22
Hamburger Gravy & Potatoes Stuffed Green Peppers Pork Chops Chicken & Wild Rice Soup
Mixed Veggies Cottage Cheese Creamed Peas & Potatoes Crackers & Cheese
Cobbler & Cool-Whip Dessert Green Salad and Dessert Dessert
TUES.. DEC. 26 WED.. DEC. 27 THURS.. DEC. 28 FRL. DEC. 29
Cheese Tortellini Chicken & Dumplings Pork Roast & Applesauce Split Pea Soup
Veggies Cottage Cheese & Fruit Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Rolls
Layered Jell-0 Dessert Cauliflower Dessert
Dessert Cake & Ice Cream
HUSS & KISSES
Happy 5th Birthday
KIANA LENO
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LOTS OF LOVE
Mommy, Daddy & Caden
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4, 5, 6, 7: 9 am to 3 pm
SALEM
Dec. 11: 3 pm to 7:30 pm
Dec. 12: 9 am to 7:30 pm
Dec. 13: 9 am to 5 pm