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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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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.
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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
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Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon
9615 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347
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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
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Tribal Elder
Dean Mercier