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Grand Ronde Tribe Reaches Across the Nation
Nation's capital, New York City
turned into "War Zones" with
early morning terrorist attacks.
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Tribe's Spirit Mountain Development Corporation is gathering
Sabre-Tool units to send to the east coast to help in rescue efforts.
By Justin Phillips and Peta Tinda
1 1 jlour commercial jetliners crashed after be
I W ing hijacked Tuesday, September 11 in
JJL what has been the worst act of terrorism to
ever happen to the United States.
Two of the aircraft crashed into the twin towers
of the World Trade Center, causing both to col
lapse within minutes of each other. A third air
craft slammed into the Pentagon outside of Wash
ington D.C., while a fourth aircraft crashed 80
miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Authorities were on high alert from coast to coast,
halting all air traffic, evacuating all high profile
buildings and tightening security at strategic fa
cilities. The fate of those in the twin skyscrapers is grim.
Authorities have been trying to evacuate the
50,000 people who worked in the twin towers, but
many were trapped.
A time line of events has been established.
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Ed Larsen 405
Val Grout 355
Timothy E. Holmes 347
Margaret J. Provost 310
Mark Mercier , 263
Candy (George) Robertson ... 233
Jackie Provost 200
Tom Leno 186
Patsy Pullin .130
JackGiffen, Jr. 100
Loren Holmes 53
Renaldo (Quinelle) Minjarez ...47
Richard McKnight ....43
Fred McGee 21
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Oath of Tribal Council This year's elected leadership, Bob Haller, Ed Larsen
and Val Grout, took the oath of office for Tribal Council from Tribal Court Judge
Katherine English on Wednesday, September 12 in the Tribal
Council chambers in Grand Ronde.
A New Chair Tribal Council members voted Cheryle Kennedy
into the office of Tribal Chair by a vote of six to three at the Tribal
Council meeting following the swearing in ceremony.
Photo by Dale Peterson
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"Lets do This Thing" Tribal member Joe Brisbois gets ready
to let it all hang out in the rodeo ring as one of the competitors
in the first-ever All-Indian Rodeo in Grand Ronde on Saturday,
September 8. The competition was dedicated to the memory
of legendary Tribal member Elmer Tom who made his name as a
rodeo champion.
First Ever
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All-Indian Rodeo
Elmer Tom remembered, honored.
By Justin Phillips
If the late Tribal Elder Elmer Tom were look
ing down from the heavens, you would be able
to see his smile from Grand Ronde.
September 8 and 9 were dedicated to Tom, a
man of many great accomplishments and
memories.
Mid-80 degree weather welcomed the Grand
Ronde Tribe's first-ever All-Indian Champion
ship Rodeo at the Tribal rodeo grounds. The
new rodeo grounds were finished in June of
this year.
Competitors came from all over the western
states to compete in junior barrel racing, bare
back, calf roping, ladies breakaway, saddle
bronc, steer wrestling, ladies barrel racing, team
roping and the crowd favorite, bull riding. There
was even century team roping, in that the team's
combined age had to reach 100 years of age.
Oh yeah, don't forget the "ring toss." Contes
tants climbed into the arena with a 2,000 pound
bull to toss inner tubes over its head. Even the
ages of 14 and younger got into that deal. Of
course, the bull was just a little bit smaller.
There was even stick horse racing. Young
sters raced around barrels with "stick horses."
Calf de-ribboning was also a crowd favorite.
The kids chased two calves around trying to
grab a ribbon off them.
The whole two days marked family fun.
Each champion of the events received an
engraved belt buckle from the Grand Ronde
Moe stories and photos on pages 5-7
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