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Talented Young Tribal member Leland "Brother" Butler, the son of Cindy Watkins and grandson of Bonnie Tom, participated in this year's Veterans' Pow-wow in
Grand Ronde July 12-14. Butler was one of many dancers young and old who made the tribute to Veterans event another success.
Marce Norwest Puts Together
Another Great Veterans' Pow-wow
Traditional event sees Elders and kids join in the dancing.
By Ron Karten
When Marce Norwest started the
Veterans' Pow-wow about 10 years
ago when just he, Buddy Haskins,
and a few others made up the local
Northwest Indians Veterans Asso
ciation (NIVA).
"We had 10 vendors at the most
and maybe 300-400 people at
tended. The protocol of the pow
wow has never changed. It's a tra
ditional pow-wow," said Norwest.
The event includes an Eagle Dance,
a Hoop Dance, Fancy Dances and
Traditional Dances.
Indians from Tribes all over the
United States came together for this
year's event.
"We all dance together and many
of us know each other from years
past," Norwest said. And each year,
new people start the tradition.
Unlike the Tribe's Annual Con
test Pow-wow coming in August,
where professional dancers compete
for cash prizes, the Veterans' Pow
wow makes time and space for El
ders and children to dress and
dance, and no monetary awards
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Traditional - Tribal Elder and Vet
eran Marce Norwest put together an
other successful Veterans' Pow-wow this
year. Under Norwest's traditional lead
ership, the Veterans' Pow-wow has
steadily grown every year. Despite the
success, Norwest said he would like the
event to be better promoted next year.
were made to dancers.
The Veterans' Pow-wow was an
opportunity to look at all the cul
tures represented and "to learn
from each other," Norwest said.
Eric Scott, the Tribe's Director of
Public Works, led a crew of mainte
nance staff for a month before the
event to get everything ready. New
Elder shelters, built by kids at the
MacLaren youth facility and in
stalled by the Tribe's maintenance
crew, will have a prominent place
in both of this year's pow-wows,
Scott said.
"Nice and comfortable," is how
Gene LaBonte described the new
accommodations on Sunday after
noon (July 14). With his wife,
Billie, LaBonte attended the pow
wow all three days.
In addition, the Public Works
crew prepped the grounds with an
upgraded sprinkler system, im
proved drainage, new roadways
around the grounds, and new side-
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