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Tribal members travel to New York, reestablish ties in private ceremony.
Blessing -F. Travis Benoist, .
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,
performs a private blessing
ceremony for the "Tomanowos "
Meteorite in New York at the "
American Museum of Natural .
History on Wednesday, May 16. ,
Benoist, who was asked to perform
the ceremony by the Tribal Council, .
was assisted by Grand Ronde Tribal
member CeCe Kneeland (behind).
As part of a historic agreement
between the Tribe and the mu
seum, a group of Tribal members
were allowed to reestablish ties to
Tomanowos while the museum
closed it doors to visitors.
The ceremony and the talking circle
that followed was an emotional
moment for many in the group.
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Rodeo Grounds Under Construction
Growth continues in Grand Ronde with a taste of the Old West.
By Justin Phillips
The Tribe is growing.
Just look around the Tribal offices.
From the casino expansion, to the
new education building and growing
enrollment, the Tribe entered this
new millennium with visions of
growth and prosperity.
Now we are even letting the cow
boys have a piece of the action.
The new rodeo grounds will now
be permanently located adjacent to
the Tribal Governance building.
Eric Scott, Public Works Director,
and Duane Hussy, Development and
Construction Coordinator, are head
ing up the project.
The 140 by 250 foot competition size
rodeo grounds will feature two camp
ing areas one for spectators and
one for contestants and bleachers to
seat the expected crowd. An area will
be set up for vendor's trailers.
"It will be equipped with power and
water," said Scott.
The current site was located on a
flood pain, but Scott and Hussy had
yards and yards of dirt built up to
make up for the difference.
Tribal Council approved a fixed
budget for the road, water, electric
ity and improvements on the grad
ing itself to allow for camping and
construction of the pad for the arena.
With all construction projects there
tends to be a few snags.
"One of our biggest snags here was
that at about nine feet (deep), we ran
into siltstone," said Hussey of the con
struction. "Fortunately, it made a very good
road bank," said Scott. "We used that
(siltstone) for the roadway base."
All that is left to do to have the
grounds ready to go is to set up the
arena materials and seating. That
includes a press box, temporary light
ing, speaker wiring, concession
stands and putting up a fence to pro
tect the creek.
"We have all the construction stuff
done, now it's time to make it into a
rodeo grounds," said Hussey.
When everything is finished, it will
have taken only 75 days to complete
the project.
"The rodeo committee has worked
very hard to try to work with local
rodeo associations and local stock pro
viders," said Hussey. "They made
arrangements to try to coordinate lo
cal rodeo events so that competitors
could go from one rodeo to another."
"This will give the rodeo and the
rodeo committee a permanent home
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Honored with
Champion of Small
Business Award
By Justin Phillips
" Tribal member Clyde Stryker is
making a name for himself.
Over the past several years, Stryker
has been a leader in local, regional,
state, and national efforts to assist
small businesses, both as a business
owner and as a Native American.
He was recently honored as the co
recipient of the Eldon G. Shafer
Champion of Small Business Award.
Stryker was born in Hillsboro and
now resides in Redmond with his wife
Gretchen and his five children
Chad, Craig, Chris, Corey and Jessica.
"Last year I sold my business and
home in order to relocate to Central
Oregon," said Stryker. "This is some
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Dig, Dug On Wednesday, May 23 in front of the Tribal Governance building,
ground was dedicated in a ceremony for the new planned education complex in
Grand Ronde. Members of the Tribal Council, the Tribal Education Committee, the
Public Works staff, the Education staff and the architect and design team turn the
first shovels of dirt during the groundbreaking ceremony. Education Director Marion
Mercier said she is excited about the new complex and the possibilities it brings.
"This is about bringing education home to the people," said Mercier.
More on page 2.