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All Nine - Representatives of all of Oregon's nine recognized Indian Tribes gathered at the annual Government-to-Government Summit in
Corvallis on Tuesday, October 28. Tribal leaders met with each other and with Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski to discuss many important
issues between Tribes and the state. Pictured here are Burns Paiute Tribal Chairman Dean Adams, Umatilla Tribal Chairman Gary Burke,
Jessie Davis of Siletz, Warm Springs Tribal Chairman Garland Brunoe, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Coquille Indian Tribe's Tribal Chair
man Ed Metcalf, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians Tribal Chairwoman Sue Schaffer, Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Tribal Chairman Ron
Brainard, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy and Vice Chairman of the
Klamath Tribe Joe Hobbs.
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Family Time Tribal member Jeremy Haller shows his son Jacob the art of
pumpkin carving on the evening of Thursday, October 23 at a pumpkin carving party
in the driveway of Jacob's great grandma Val Grout.
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Restoration Celebration At Casino
Grand Ronde Tribe reaches milestone moment in
Tribal history.
By Ron Karten
The celebration marking 20 years
of Restoration for the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde will fill up
the Spirit Mountain Casino start
ing at 2 p.m. for most of Saturday,
November 22
It will feature Indian foods with
descriptions of what they are and
historically, how they were enjoyed.
It will feature Indian flute music.
It will be a showcase for some of the
statesmen and women whose dedi
cation to Indian rights and hard
work made Restoration possible. It
will be a showcase for Country
singer Crystal Gayle. But it will not
compete with the way Restoration
redefined what it means to be an
Indian, or the bedrock benefits of
health care and housing that have
come along as a result.
"Restoration is not an event," said
Robert Kentta, Siletz Cultural Re
sources Director, at the recent Government-to-Government
Summit in
Corvallis, "but an ongoing process."
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians were restored in 1977, six
years before Restoration in Grand
Ronde.
For many, the announcement
that Restoration had happened
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Star Performance Country and
Western Music Superstar Crystal Gayle
will perform live at the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde's 20lh anniver
sary of Restoration celebration at spirit
Mountain Casino on Saturday, Novem
ber 22. See the schedule of events
published inside on Page 5.
came in the form of a phone call.
Tribal Council member Bob Haller
was working on a dam in Wash
ington when he got the call. "Very
elated," is how he remembers feel
ing. Restoration continued on page 5
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