AUGUST 1, 2004
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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.
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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.