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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 2005)
Smcce FEBRUARY 1, 2005 MAIL A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org 3IS& Native Pride Portland Community College hosted its 6th Annual Traditional Wacipi "They Dance"WinterPow-wow on the Sylvania campus gymnasium in Portland, Oregon. The pow-wow was Saturday, January 22. Eagle Beak and 10 other drum groups and hundreds of dancers attended. See page 3 for more photos. -1 n t "t ; Si i lodc? in i n " Tribal Elder A Leader And A Legendary Rebel Colorful Dean "Running Bear" Mercier was Tribal Council Chairman at the time of Grand Ronde's Restoration. By Ron Karten r 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 SERIALS DEPT. - KNIGHT LIBRARY 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 ribal member Jeff 1 Mercier dropped in on Tribal Elder Dean Mercier and his wife, i Christina, on a cloudy afternoon last October. He sat down on a black leather footstool in the living room, the match to one of the recliners facing the 52-inch televi sion, and with the air of somebody who belongs in that living room, he let it hang out. "I was missing dad (Joseph Mercier, now deceased) today," he said. "I needed to talk to some ... Merciers." For Dean Mercier, the man with the signature flat-top, this was not quite a jaw-dropper, but it was something. Dean is a guy who can See DEAN on page 4 ft ' y "'- - Tribal Elder Dean Mercier
