Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current, August 01, 2004, 2004 CANDIDATE STATEMENTS, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextAUGUST 1, 2004 Smoke Signals 5 Tribal Members Travel To New York To Be Reunited With "Tomanowas" Star Power Grand Ronde Tribal member Bobby Merrier lead a private ceremony for Grand Ronde Tribal members visiting the Willamette Meteorite "Tomanowas" at the Frederick Phineas & Sandra Priest Rose Center For Earth & Space at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Photos by Brent Merrill Not On Display Museum officials lead a behind the scenes tour of sacred Northwest Native American objects (below) that are not on display in the museum. The museum attracts 4 million visitors annually, including 500,000 school children around the world. The museum has 25,000 Native American items in its collection. Sil 17IT V r ' ,'VAN rbr-fl ft ? J. " J1 I to.-:. v a-- lr 74.1 1 - YouthLeader Tribal youth Eric Saben, an intern at the J A .jVy " ' V "fHfJhr ' .f museum of Natural History in NewYork City, lead a tour of the Slfls. T'f ' 1 HVS 4 'Hf 'Af -rJL museum for Tribal members. fl'r VyY"' 1 f ' . 4iffi2fo ' Sacred Object Tribal members placed their hands on Cf l l ' J Tomanowos to show their respect for the sacred meteorite. 3 w" a-1, ' Relationship Grand Ronde Elder Kathryn Harrison and Tribal Council members Valorie Sheker-Robertson and Jack Giffen, Jr. present Museum President Ellen Futter with a Tribal blanket.