SEPTEMBER 1, 2003
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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
www.grandronde.org
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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
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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
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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