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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (June 15, 2003)
JUNE 15, 2003 TV7 'I i iJi "V f? " if Uvil 1 -n I . "-If - flW A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org SQU mm Years Of Effort Lead To Memorial Dedication It f ... -0 V (SI!tt...,. S 4 I 7f V IK'!, ..v ' '.1 i, J, 1 ' 71 I.l II HUH, , , - Cherokee Recording Artist Lee Greenwood Ph If 11 v I General Alexander Burgin Tribal Council Secretary June Sell-Sherer Tribal Vice Chairman Reyn Leno Congresswoman Darlene Hooley Tribal Elder Marce Norwest Recording artist Lee Greenwood, Congresswoman Darlene Hooley and General Alexander Burgin joined several Tribal speakers at landmark event. t.-mci?ifr.3mETfltMri CESJH1B5 "SEE' 5 Vow, W i j " i I I ft ' I : I;-- t. I fey . ' V; f ' ' 'ii Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 1299 UNIUERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 3 4 Ml "" I 4. By Ron Karten Call it a victory for life. Memorial Day has long been a time to remember those lost in wars. The dedication of the West Valley Veterans' Memorial spon sored by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde went further. At the heart of the Tribes' gover nance campus on a beautiful, sunny, breezy May Day, the hon ored also came from the ranks of the living. Tribal mem ber Leslie Riggs (see Smoke Sig nals 10102) drove up from Eugene to see his brother's name engraved on the marble monolith dedicated to Army Veterans. Three other monoliths were dedicated to mem bers of the military's other branches. Tribal member Lewis Riggs IV is alive and well, today serving a second tour at an undis closed location in the Middle East. He also served in Desert Storm. The memorial honors Veterans living and dead, men and women, 4 -s f Tribal members and the community at large, leading Oregon Congress women Darlene Hooley to call the Tribe, "the most inclusive people I have ever met." There was no shortage of remem brances as the three-hour dedica tion of a four-year project came to fruition. Tribal Vice Chairman Reyn Leno, who described the his tory of the memorial to the crowd, re called E when his Uncle Russ a! Leno said, "Td like to see this before I die.' It got a laugh," said Leno, "but it also was taken seri ously." There was no shortage of tears ei ther. "We all cry at times," said Tribal member Marce Norwest. "Sometimes, it's hard to talk but you know when you do talk (and cry) that it comes from the heart." Memorial continued on page 8
