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E 78 .06 S66 December 1, 2001 ESL. DECEMBER 1, 2001 CHASTA UMPQUA MOLALLA KALAPUYA ROGUE RIVER 503-879-5211 1-600-422-0232 A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe Si 1M www.grandronde.org i V-yj 1 V Photos by Peta Tinda ' ' ; ft ' ' I N ,00(8 fc JP - .y J ... ... .- w BOWK fc3 ' li.iw Honor DSV Several events across the country took place on Saturday, November 10 including a Veteran's Pow-wow at Chemawa Indian School in Keizer and a Veteran's Day Parade in McMinnville. Army Veteran Nick Shurlof (left) is shown saluting Marshall TallEagle Serna at the Veteran's Pow-wow at Chemawa. Shurlof served in the Army's 101st Airborne Division from 1965 to 1972. Veteran's Tom Bean (right), Gene LaBonte and Marce Norwest carry the colors at the Veteran's Day Parade in downtown McMinnville. The Veteran's Color Guard, led by Tribal Elder Marce Norwest, now participates in nearly 50 events a year around the northwest. Hatfield Townhall Meeting in Portland By Chris Mercier "At my age, you get confused," said former Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield on October 17 at the Vanport Room in the Smith Memorial Hall at Port land State University. "You don't know whether you're listening to an introortoanohit" The crowd chuckled collectively, because while Hatfield approaches the ripe old age of 80, he still hasn't lost his sense of humor. And at this symposium, titled "After Shocks: A Community Conversation" geared toward propagating an active dis cussion of the effects of the Septem ber 11 attacks, he reminded people his greatest skill still lies in thought ful and objective analysis. Back in the 1960's, Hatfield drew the ire of critics for being a Senate dark horse; he was one of the few to oppose the invasion of Vietnam at its onset in 1964. But by the 1970's public protest, a seemingly un winnable military campaign and virtually nothing to show for the loss of 50,000 American soldiers, history had vindicated Mark O. Hatfield. i vw:-; -M, . .. , i - v. - ' . 4v V sr ; jJ ,ilt. : . .c 1 a. J: ; c ' . A 80 1 a. Former Oregon Senator Mark O.Hatfield - Naturally, Hatfield couldn't resist the temptation to draw comparisons between Vietnam and the United States' recent invasion of Afghani stan. And his opinion, compara tively, has changed little in this sce nario as well. "There will never be peace in the Middle East as long as there are Palestinian refugees," he explained to a crowd of more than one hun dred students, faculty, and other attendees. continued on page 2 Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 Address Service Requested PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 SERIALS DEPT. - KNIGHT LIBRARY 12S9 UNIUEKSrTY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 University of Oregon Library deceived on: 11-30-01 ; Smoke signals Hatfield Interview: Memories, Truth and Insight Q Former Senator, Governor of Oregon remembers the joy of digging licorice root, establishing a "love affair" with the Tribe and then watching it grow. Editor's Note: This interview was done earlier this year prior to the events of September 11. The Senator was kind and gracious and generous with his memories of days gone past. He rambled excitedly about his adventures in Grand Ronde as a boy and remains articulate enough to share the events in a way that captivates and inspires. He also shared his rare views on what it was like to be at the forefront of the Oregon political scene throughout the Tribe's journey from termination to Restoration and beyond. Enjoy. By Brent Merrill , Smoke Signals If there was ever a case for a non-Tribal member politician to be adopted into the Grand Ronde Tribe, I think you're it. Hatfield (laughs) Well, I have to tell you that I have a very warm spot in my heart for those wonderful, wonderful people there at Grand Ronde. And you know this is not recent, this is an old love affair that goes way, way back for many years. Tell me about that. How far back does it go? Well, down near where the casino is, but farther south was what they called the Swede Mill and I had two uncles that worked in that mill. They had children about my age, I had no brothers and sisters and so I had a lot of time that I spent with my cousins. My uncle worked in the mill he was a grader. My other uncle was one of the mechanics at the mill. When I would get to go there in the summertime, there was a school down there where the junction is at Valley Junction that goes to Hebo there was a grade school in there and they went to school there and they brought in the Indian kids that went to school there too. It was a mixed school. So, we made our own recreation in those days as kids this would be back in the 30s and I remember that they learned from Jack Kenworthy who was one of the Indian boys and he taught us how to find licorice root going up in the hills there on the north side of the high way. There was an old dairy family up there Worth was the name. I always remember the name because they let us go through their pasture and climb up on the hills beyond in the forested area. And we would find licorice root and it was kind of an exciting little continued on page 3
