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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 2003)
SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 5 EMAILS A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org mm V'' 5' 1 1 -Ji 7 Li: '.. r Next In Line Gros Ventre Tribal member Treston Joseph, 6, watches the dancers at the Annual Grand Ronde Contest Pow-wow August 15-17 in Grand Ronde. Joseph was one of over 200 dancers to enter the competition. For more photos of the pow-wow see our special pullout section inside. "Honoring Pole" Stops In Grand Ronde Lummi Nation's gift touches and is touched. By Ron Karten Carvers and Veterans accom panied the Honoring Pole, the Lummi Nation's second gift to the nation, when it arrived in Grand Ronde last week. Grand Ronde was the first stop on a 12 day journey to Shanksville, Penn sylvania, the site of the crash of United Flight 93, the fourth 911 hijacked airplane. Most of more than 100 who came out for the ceremony also spent prayer time with hands touching the totem pole. The Northwest In dians Veterans Association (NrVA) Color Guard and the Eagle Beak drummers welcomed the pole to start and end the ceremony. After stops at Native and non Native spots across the country, the pole will be set in place in Shanksville on September 7. Carved by Lummi master carver Jewell "Praying Wolf James, head of the House of Tears carvers, and many assistants including children, Lummi continued on page 3 Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 7CSAj Community of Oregon 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 "i". : irr :, .r-. , r.!T r. ""..- i i ! t r-., . r-.t t -.i i , -r r- EUGENE OR 37403-1205 Hall of Legends Dedicated Casino will be home for artifacts, artwork and stories. By Peta Tinda With the opening of the Grand Ronde Hall of Legends 53 feet linking Spirit Mountain Casino with the Lodge next door the story of the Tribes has become ac cessible, in the Elder's own words, to vast numbers of people who pass through the hall each day. Each one will leave a little more informed and with a better un derstanding of Grand Ronde's Tribal members. Elaine LaBonte, the Tribal Management Mentee who headed the project, brought to gether ideas from staffers at the casino and the Tribes' Cultural Resources Department. They gathered hundreds of artifacts, artwork and stories from the Grand Ronde collection, which has grown to about 1,400 objects. Hall continued on page 3 . ft f U. .; '.i,riI.E,l..t"V".f 1i .'i ' I tW -y' - '- - .in" ,,'"'' . . m',) - t . .. , , ".r.. , ' 'J.. 2 m'..n "' -"""r"' It's Our History Examples of Grand Ronde basketry are on display at the Grand Ronde Hall of History, which connects Spirit Mountain casino with the Lodge. The hall showcases Grand Ronde history and culture from pre contact to present day. Photo by Peta Tinda