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All The Secrets In The World And Someone Special To Tell Them To Chinuk Language Immersion students Kyoni Mercier and Lauren Lucio share a secret
during class. As many Tribal languages die each year, the Grand Ronde Tribe's Language Immersion program is the first in Oregon to teach children Chinuk Wawa
leading to a revival of the language in our community through our young people. (See special pullout section inside).
INTERIM CASINO C60
KNOWS THE ROPES
Bill Pierce brings his experience with the
Oregon State Police to the job.
By Ron Karten
Bill Pierce, a Cherokee Tribal
member, grew up in Willamina,
joined the Marines after high school
and spent a year that changed his
life with a rifle company in Viet
nam. "It was a real formative time," he
said. "I haven't been really excit
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Back In The Day Tribal member Jesse Peters stands proudly with a cedar
plank that he split for the Tribe's planned longhouse. Peters and members of his
family joined Tribal Elder Don Day and friends to volunteer their time to split cedar
planks for the longhouse in the traditional ways of the past.
Traditional Longhouse
Project Gains Momentum
Tribal members volunteer to split cedar planks the
old-fashioned way, with tools from days gone by.
By Peta Tinda
Splitting cedar logs is hard work. "
Particularly if it's raining, and
you're slipping down a muddy hill
side in the middle of the wilderness
somewhere.
None of this seems to bother
Tribal member Don Day and his
crew of a half-dozen volunteers. In
fact, the harder it rains, the more
Longhouse continued on page 6