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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 2004)
OCTOBER 1, 2004 A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org (JUGGED ieh!i:3est G2SB rm - n i New Council Newly elected Grand Ronde Tribal Council members (from left) Wesley "Buddy" West, Angie Blackwell and Chris Mercier took their oaths of office on Wednesday, September 15 at the Tribal Governance center. Of3,713votes cast 45 percent went to West, Blackwell and Mercier. This year, 63 percent of Tribal voters cast ballots. The number of registered voters was up to 2, 128 from 2020 at last year's elections. Mis3ss222 gisgg33?nigte &mt$i$immx2t CD Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 961 5 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM, OR PERMIT NO. 178 OR NEWSPAPER PRO J. LO LIBRARY SVSTEN PRESfcRU. 1211 uuwERsny or Oregon ELfGTENE- OR 974Q3-12QS National Museum Of The American Indian Opens In Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian's newest site is located on the Capital Mall. r. . i tt H niTmTTnTTTTTnnTmnnft J , I J ! IIH lillHIHI.IIIUIUII 3 yiiilMuniiinnniii"1111 '41 till i.r, I . ' - ..... 3 4 Timeline The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. officially opened on Tuesday, September 2 1 .The Kosota limestone clad exterior of the newest national museum evokes the windswept mesas of the desert south west. Thousands of Natives, including a delegation from Grand Ronde, marched in a grand procession down the Capitol Mall during opening ceremony held at the east-facing entrance of the building, shown here. By Peta Tinda Thousands of Native Americans converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the opening of the National Museum of tlie American Indian, the new est of the Smithsonian buildings. It occupies the last spot on the Capitol Mall. Members of nearly 500 Native Nations, including a delegation from the Grand Ronde Tribe, walked, danced and marched down the Capitol Mall as part of an im mense procession. Estimates for crowd turnout ran as high as 80,000 people. Thousands of other people, in cluding tourists, office workers and spectators, watched as the proces- See MUSEUM on page 6
