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Traditional Dancer
Grand Ronde Tribal member
Marcus Gibbons danced in a
traditional style at this year's
Western Oregon University
Pow-wow in Monmouth on
Saturday, January 19. The
Grand Ronde Tribe was well
represented at the pow-wow
with Royalty girls and the
Veteran's Color Guard and sev
eral dancers making the trip. Eagle Display A finely beaded eagle graces the center of a dancer's colorful bussel at the Western Oregon University Pow-wow.
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Community Fund Starts the
New Year by Coming Home
The Grand Ronde Tribe has given $14
million to charitable organizations
throughout the state of Oregon.
5PIMI MOUNTAIN
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Angela Blackwell
By Justin Phillips
The old saying "it is better to give
than to receive" is something Tribal
member Angie Blackwell knows all
too well.
Blackwell proudly wears the title
Community Fund Director for the
Spirit Mountain Community Fund.
For the New Year, Blackwell is in
a new place. She was stationed at
the offices of Spirit Mountain Ca
sino. Now she sits in one of two new
offices built at the Governance
Building for the Community Fund.
The Tribe created the Spirit
Mountain Community Fund in
1997 as a way for Tribal members
to practice their traditions of shar
ing and giving back. The Commu
nity Fund has given more than $14
million to non-profit organizations
in western Oregon since its creation
in 1997.
The Community Fund provides
grants to non-governmental, chari
table organizations in 11 counties
- Benton, Clackamas, Lane, Lin
coln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah,
Polk, Tillamook, Washington and
continued on page 6
Community Fund Grant Brings
Bartow Exhibit to Hallie Ford
Work from unique artist will begin a
two-year exhibition across the nation
thanks to Tribal endowment.
By Chris Mercier
I'm sure Willamette
University's art stu
dents had a field day
if they were given
the assignment to de
scribe Rick Bartow's
work, which began
an exhibit on Janu
ary 19 that will run
through March 16 at
the Hallie Ford Mu
seum in Salem. Fi
nancial support for Bartow's exhibit
is provided by an endowment gift
from the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde through their Spirit
Mountain Community Fund.
While walking through the Hallie
Ford Museum gallery and soaking
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Generations Siletz Tribal mem
ber David Hatch and his son Peter, 12,
take in some of Rick Bartow's artistry
that is currently on display at the Hallie
Ford Museum in Salem. Bartow's vi
sionary work will be on display through
March 16.
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Photo by Brent Merrill
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Early
Morning
This hawk spent
a recent cold
and misty morn
ing in Grand
Ronde hanging
out by the Tribal
offices.