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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 15, 2004)
MARCH 15, 2004 A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org mmm ,0 ) LivLl JJ IF IFsaimey Photo by Brent Merrill Early Spring The earliest signs of spring have hit the West Valley and one need only to look around to see them - flowers have started to come up, rivers have swelled with winter melt off, leaves are starting to fill the trees and birds like this hawk that makes its home along the corridor between Grand Ronde and McMinnville have become more common as the weather starts to warm up. Grand Ronde Hosts Traditional Name-Giving Ceremony Tribe's first brings home another piece of ancient culture. By Ron Karten It was the first name-giving cer emony that anybody could remem ber happening in Grand Ronde. Tribal member James Holmes, long known around the family as 'Rab bit,' was at last given an In dian name We-la-lik in the Wasco toneue and Wa-la-lik in im the Sahaptin tongue each a variation on the Indian word for "rabbit." Wasco and Sahaptin are bands of today's Warm Springs Confederation. The former Larry Dick, member of the Wasco Band of Warm Springs Indians, now exclusively using his In dian given name, Taaw 1 e e - w i n c h , meaning 'life' led the cer emony. He is "spiritual, cul tural, tradi tional leader of the Wasco," he said. He learned his craft from Chief Nelson Wallulatum, also of the Wasco Band. Wallulatum, also in See NAME-GIVING on page 6 Holmes iff Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 OR NEWSPAPER PRO. J. UQ LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE 1299 UNIVERSITY Or OREGON EUGENE OR 37403-1205 'IV ! J LPT fz r i - jVvJI iisiV'i i:fi if X ' ' 1 IUmimt2MWVilUlh.il a jr-T I II J l v. 1 ' " a? , , J v t mm- f s i I. lift mm c.
