FEBRUARY 15, 2004
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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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Grand Ronde Tribe's Showcase Spirit
Mountain Casino Continues Top Flight
Entertainment Attractions, Events
Super Event A fan celebrates a touchdown pass at the Spirit Mountain Casino's
Superbowl Party held on Sunday, February 1 . More than 600 football fans attended the
sold-out event and were treated to free food, beverages and $8,000 in cash and
prizes. The heavily favored New England Patriots held off the upstart Carolina Pan
thers who put together a late rally but fell short 32-29. .
Photos by Peta Tinda
Lookalike In another event at Spirit Mountain Casino, Las Vegas Elvis imperson
ator Trent Carlini, the "Dream King," excited fans with a dynamic show featuring
multiple costume changes representing the different stages in the King's career.
Hundreds of Elvis devotees arrived for an evening of sideburns and rhinestones as
Carlini wooed fans with dead-on impersonations and sweat-soaked silk scarves, that
Carlini handed out to the enthusiastic fans. More photos on page 8.
Traditional Naming Ceremony To
Be Held In Grand Ronde
Tribal Elder Merle Holmes invites the community to
"Come Feel The Power."
By Brent Merrill
What's in a name?
The people of the Grand Ronde
Tribal community are invited to
find out on Saturday, February 28
at the Grand Ronde Tribal Commu
nity Center when a traditional In
dian Name-Giving ceremony will
take place. The family of Tribal El
der Merle Holmes will host the
event and they are inviting all to
come out and witness this ex
tremely rare ceremony when
Merle's son Jim will receive his In
dian name.
Holmes has enlisted the help of
Warm Springs Medicine Men
Wilbur Johnson and Larry Dick to
oversee the ceremony and he has
invited several traditional medicine
dancers and singers to participate.
Holmes spoke to the rarity of the
event when he said Tribal Elder
Nora Kimsey the oldest living
Grand Ronde Elder at age 95
said she does not remember this
happening in her lifetime.
"The proceedings will start with
a dinner and everybody's invited,"
said Holmes. "There will be tradi
tional food there elk, venison and
dried corn and so forth. Everybody
Ceremony continued on page 5
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Yurok Artist Sees, Draws
And Lives Transformation
Rick Bartow charts a personal path surrounded by
friends and family, fueled by experiences, ambitions and
ideas.
Seventy-five feet hoed rows equals
one hour explaining power steering
equals two big crayfish
All the buttermilk you can drink...
From Gary Snyder's poem, "The Market"
By Ron Karten
R
ick Bartow's art, including
drawing, painting and
sculptures, is known for the
power of the
images, colors and
shapes, but they don't of
ten hang together the way
you'd expect. His hawk
might have human legs.
His human might have a
coyote or crow head or
antlers. His bear gives
you the impression that it
is all teeth. For those feel
ing stand-offish about
many of his pieces,
Bartow understands.
"Perhaps people are
used to seeing an image of a bear as it
is," he said, "but what I do is draw the
feelings about the bear. The way I draw
things is more about the emotion of
whatever I'm doing rather than what
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it looks like literally."
"You can get at something (with art)
that you can't talk to somebody else
about," he said. "Art al
lows you to speak without
talking," he said. "A lot of
times, things happen that
we can't express. Some
times we want to lash out."
He gave an example of a
wolf he drew recently from
one of his dreams. "I gave
him two or three mouths
' because (in the dream) I
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was sduiiiuiuig up Liie
slope and trying to keep
my feet away from him."
He described one
person's reaction to his work. The guy
did not know that Bartow was the art
ist when he told him, "Any three-year-
Bartow continued on pages 6-7