8 AUGUST 1, 2002
Smoke Signals
AUGUST 1, 2002
Smoke Signals
Marce Norwest Puts Together Another Great Veterans' Pow-wow
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Newly crowned Veterans' Royalty queens Ashley Tuomi (left) and Leaha Brisbois
(far right) stand next to Princess Hope Lafferty (2nd from left) and Princess Stephanie
Duran. Tuomi and Brisbois were crowned Friday night at the Veterans' Royalty Pag
eant. Contestants gave speeches and were judged on events attended and partici
pation throughout the year.
Pow-wow continued from front page ,
walks, according to Scott. Two
campsites also were improved.
"They've been" working pretty dili
gently," Scott said on Friday after
noon (July 12). "
' LaBonte mentioned that with all
the work, a few mouse holes re
mained on the grounds. However,
he said, in discussions about get
ting rid of the holes, somebody
noted, "they were probably here
before we were," LaBonte said.
Six-year-old Sanpoil Whitehead
of the Siletz Tribe came with his
family - his dad Craig served as
this year's Whip master. White
head said he scored some good food.
"I got a snow cone, four Indian
tacos, four hamburgers, and four
of those frybread sandwiches."
A man who called himself, Shu,
from Eugene, enjoyed the show
from the Elders' shelter on Sunday
afternoon.
Shu said that he comes to the
Pow-wows every year for "the unity
they bring. People are so together.
There's a lot of respect among ev
erybody." The Veterans' Color Guard intro
duced the event each day. It now
participates in some 50 events a
year including parades, confer
ences, and school and church
events, according to Norwest.
NrVA includes both Indians and
non-Indians, and both partici
pated, from the booths to the danc
ing and they were well represented
among the spectators as well. Over
one hundred Veterans were intro
duced after the Color Guard on
Saturday.
This all started for Norwest in 1
Korea. "I don't talk about it, but I s
think about it everyday," he said.
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2001-02 Veterans' Royalty Halona Buter
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Renea Garin and grandaughter
Ebony Provost enjoying this ;
year's Veterans' Pow-wow.
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Friendship Warm Springs' Traditional Dancer Leonard Bunski
(left) had money and two beaded bags stolen from his car at the
Veterans' Pow-wow. Tribal Elder Marce Norwest led a blanket dance
that raised some of the money that was taker) from Bunski. Norwest
and his wife Sharon reached into their own pockets to make up the
difference.
Theft Brings Out The Worst and the Best Of People
B The news came as a great disappointment, and then brought out the
best in the community.
When Leonard Bunski, a Warm Springs Traditional Dancer, went back
to his car on Saturday morning (July 13) of the Veterans' Pow-wow, the
four doors were open. His wallet, a beaded gift from the Pyramid Lake
Tribe, was gone, and with it, $700 inside. Two beaded bags, each of
which took his wife six months to make, also were gone.
"I didn't think nobody would bother it," said Bunski. "I was going to
show the bags."
Bunski was invited to the pow-wow when he was in Pendleton last
weekend, and for a man who goe3 to pow-wows almost every weekend, it
was not an invitation he had to think about twice. And it being a Veter
ans' event made it even better. Bunski is a Navy Seal Veteran of battles
in Panama, the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
But no matter how fat back he goes, he couldn't remember a single
other instance of something like this happening. He remembers one
pow-wow, just on thf United States side of the U.S7Canada border where
he forgot to close his car door, went to the pow-wow, and when he re
turned, all was as he left it.
The theft was maybe more heartbreaking for his wife, Glenda, who
spent six months making each of the 12" by 12" bags. One was yellow
with a red rose in the middle; the other was dark blue and light blue
with a big eagle in the center. Glenda's father is Chief of the Oweekeno
Tribe in Vancouver, B.C., and her brother is Chief of the Klahoose Tribe
of Cortes Island, B.C.
Here in Grand Ronde, the Tribe held a donation dance and came up
with $490 in contributions. Norwest and his wife, Sharon, came up with
the additional $210 and presented Bunski and his wife with the $700
they lost.
"They came to the pow-wow to make new friendships and renew old
ones," Norwest said, "and I wanted to make sure they left with the same
feelings."
"I'll still enjoy pow-wows," Bunski said, "and still show our people we
celebrate our tradition. This is just something I'll have to live with."
Bigger than the theft, he added, "I promised my grandparents that I
would always celebrate our tradition and I'll keep that promise." B