8 DECEMBER 15, 2002 SMOKE SIGNALS
December ll'1'
Happy 7'1' Birthday
to our bif sister!
Happy Birthday
Ed Larsen
Happy Day
Happy Year!
Guess Who???
Derek Olson
'Student of the Month"
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Kiana B. Leno
With love from
your little brothers"
CaJen &. Ethan
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September 28. 1870 - December IB, 2001
We Miss You I
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Derek has been attending GED
classes for about a year with
the Tribe's Education Depart
ment. By having a definite
goal and then putting that goal
into action, Derek has suc
ceeded in increasing his scores
and basic knowledge of read
ing, math, and writing. Get
ting the GED takes a lot of
courage and determination.
Derek has both!
INTERNAL OPENINGS
D Health Information
Technician I
Business Office Clinic
Grade: 5
Closing date: December 18
M Library Aide (4 hoursweek)
Education department
$9.50hour
This is a limited term
appointment that will end
on 93003.
Closing date: December 18
IB Youth Prevention
Coordinator
Social Services department
Grade: 10
Closing date: December 18
For a detailed job description,
please contact the Tribe's JOB LINE:
503-879-2257
1-877-TRIBEGR
New "In My Room7' Exhibit at The Children's Museum
Grand Ronde Tribe's Spirit Mountain Community Fund sponsor's unique showcase.
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By James Buxman
Management Trainee
Tribal Mentorship Program
Portland, OR Fact is that children are
our future, and what better way to develop
their thinking and expose them to our cul
ture than to take them to the "In My Room"
exhibit at the new Children's Museum in
Portland. Spirit Mountain Community
Fund, who donated the finances to build
this learning experience, presents the ex
hibit. Monica Ford, the Program Devel
oper for the Children's Museum, is the mastermind and cre
ator of the exhibit.
The exhibit portrays a modern day Native American child's bed
room. The room contains such modern items as Sesame Street sheets
on the bed, but then you look at the bookcase just right of the bed
and you will find numerous children's books containing Native
American themes. Then you look to the right of the bookcase and
there you will find a dream catcher and Tribal artwork hanging on
the wall. In the floor there are two window boxes that display a pair
of moccasins and a canoe. Next to the objects are descriptions of
how they are important to Native Ameri
can culture.
As you exit the room into the main area
of the exhibit you will find various areas of
learning and interaction, made to resemble
the Pacific Northwest. The first spot is the
Columbia River Gorge. This area contains
a canoe, oars, fishing nets, and fish, for kids
to experience what it would be like to fish
on the Columbia.
While your children fish for salmon in the
Columbia, you can catch up on your read
ing. The Children's Museum provides ma
terial for parents on where to find Native
American children's literature and aware
ness on how to defeat stereotypes and bias.
Painted on the walls are mountains and
trees that lead you from the river to the
pow-wow area. In the pow-wow area there
are baskets with clothing designed to re
semble regalia. Here the children can dress
up and perform their own mini pow-wow
for the audience of parents. The children
are also exposed to an actual pow-wow in
this area as well. Above the dressing area
there is a television that continuously plays pow-wow videos from various
Tribes. This gives the kids a model to follow and implement in their own
performance.
Outside of the exhibit are many different artifacts from Grand Ronde.
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A Place For Children To Be The "In My Room" exhibit at the Portland
Children's Museum, created by the museum's Program Developer Monica Ford, is a
unique view into the lives of modern day Indian children that is currently being
displayed through May of 2003. Among the supporters thanked for their involvement
with this project were Tribal Elder and former Tribal Chair Kathryn Harrison. The
Tribe's Spirit Mountain Community Fund has surpassed $16 million in giving since its
establishment.
The display cases are filled with items like a child's regalia, moc
casins, a cradleboard, beadwork, and a Native American Barbie
doll, which were donated by Tribal member Perri McDaniel. A
Pendleton blanket hangs outside the exhibit showing a story
teller sitting with children, pointing to the stars. Next to the
blanket is a description on how important spoken word stories
are to our culture.
The exhibit offers many cultural events and is looking to be
expanded because of the positive feedback that has been re
ceived. On Saturdays coming up there are various performances
that include dancing and storytelling. Here are the dates and
times for some of those events:
December 21 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. "Rattling Thunder In
tertribal Dancers"
January 4 2 p.m. "Pow-wow Dancing"
February 15 2 p.m. "Interactive Dancing"
March 15 2 p.m. "Traditional Wasco Stories"
You can contact the Children's Museum for more information and di
rections at 503-223-6500 or on their website at www.portlandcm2.org.