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Pow-WOW Today The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde invite you to the Tribes' Annual Contest Pow-wow this weekend August 15-17 in Grand Ronde. Near record
temperatures throughout Oregon and predicted hot weather for this weekend have Tribal officials believing this could be the largest pow-wow in Tribal history. The pow-wow starts
with the Royalty Pageant on Friday evening at 7 p.m. and Saturday's Grand Entry is at 1 p.m. Sunday's Grand Entry is scheduled for 1 p.m. This year's four host drums are Black
Lodge, Perfect Storm, Black Stone and The Boyz. More than 20 drums have been invited for the weekend and as many as 55 vendors have checked in for the event. People from all
over the country and Tribal members from all throughout Indian Country make their way to Grand Ronde for what has become one of the largest pow-wows on the West Coast
drawing top dancers from across the nation. This photograph of Klamath Tribal member Wesley Witcraft was taken at last year's pow-wow and won first place at this year's Native
American Journalists Association Conference as best feature photograph.
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Grandfather Drum Is Just Part Of The "Eagle Beak" Family
Grand Ronde Tribal members and their friends from other Tribes make up drum group that will be featured
at the pow-wow this weekend.
By Peta Tinda
aele Beak members don't
.4 think of their drum as
j just a thing. It's more like
a person. The drum is
like a grandfather, actually. And
like a good grandfather, if you are
respectful and patient, he will teach
you things.
"Every time we sing the drum is
teaching us, just like our Elders do,"
said Eagle Beak member Dustin
Harmon. Dustin and his brother
Shane are from the Wind River
Shoshone Tribe.
When talking about their drum,
they refer to it as grandfather or
grandpa. They talk about the drum
as if it were living, breathing per
son and treat it with due respect.
"The drum watches over us," said
member Bobby Mercier (Grand
Eagle Beak continued
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Respect For Our Elder Grand Ronde's drum group Eagle Beak will perform at
the Tribe's Annual Contest Pow-wow this weekend. The group, which is made up of
Tribal members and members of other Tribes that live and work in Grand Ronde, has
gained a reputation for excellence and innovation while staying true to their traditional
beliefs. The group refers to their drum as "Grandfather" and they treat it with the same
respect we show to our Elders.