APRIL 1, 2005
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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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Hand, Made Tribal Elder Don Day, sweat pouring from his forehead, hammers a wedge into a cedar log using a natural wooden mallet cut from the trunk of a tree.
The logs (inset) , behind the pow-wow arena, lie in the Cultural area. The logs will be split into planks and eventually used in the construction of a traditional plankhouse
being built in Grand Ronde. Day invited Tribal employees to participate in the splitting of the logs. More photos on page 1 0.
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Grand ffioiidle Hosts
Youth Leadership
Tribe's 2nd Annual Native Youth Leadership
Invitational Conference was "excellent'
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Community of Oregon
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By Toby McClary
The Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde played host to
the 2nd Annual Native
Youth Leadership Invitational Con
ference on March 10-12.
"Organization for the event was
spearheaded by our Youth Leader
ship Group," said Youth Education
Supervisor Marie Heimburg.
Teaming with the Youth Educa
tion Department, these young lead
ers spent a year organizing and
planning accommodations for all in
attendance.
Youth Education invited Keynote
Speaker Robert Johnston from the
Native Wellness Institute. On both
Thursday and Friday, Johnston
held workshops to speak about lead
ership, unity and maintaining posi
tive attitudes among Native youth.
See LEADERSHIP
on page 3
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Active These students partici
pated in the three-on-three basketball
tournament held in the Tribal gymna
sium in March.
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