JULY 15, 2003 is. JV1 CCS i V 7 fill? A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe mm Al -!X.lHTAmtO0fH' 3 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 OR NEWSPAPER PROJ. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRESER 123 UNIVERSITY CF OREGON EUGEHE OR 97403-1205 x' v I www.grandronde.org A - r r ' I ' i t I "j, J J 3' f y ." J : t . ' i i :t '""if 'V " ' "i , ' ' ' v 1 ! - (.' i -'- . i f 'J,: A Long Way From Home Tribal member Bobby Mercier traveled with a delegation of Tribal members to New York City in June for an annual ceremony at the Museum of Natural History that reunites members with "Tomanowos." Tribal Members Reunited With Tomanowos In New York City By Brent Merrill New York, N.Y. People from the Ronde to live. With them came their sky live in our Native legends . stories. Sky people were an important part Tomanowos or the Willamette of the lives of the Clackamas Tribal Meteorite as those in the dominant cul- people who, like many Tribes in the ture refer it to - is one of the largest Northwest, were brought to Grand Tomanowos continued on page 4