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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.
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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.
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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
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