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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 2005)
KNIGHT ,1 ASK AT MICROFORI S August 1, 2005 fs AUGUST 1,2005 fl) fj A ( U A Pub,,cat,n 0' the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org ,,w .1 & raft .iSii Hfc-fefe ,X,,v,o. -'-v! -j;.Cr. .,j.c....J , ':' ... , . , ;. ,v - ' '. . - " . .. , . . , , . . . ' --. r itjx: ., - . , , - ft , 'V ; ' " . - r ! . . . .y ..." ' 1 " " l;. . " " ' ' "M '' - "' ":' " v Gathering Of Honor On the weekend of July 8-10, Grand Ronde hosted the annual Veterans' Pow-wow. Nez Perce Tribal Elder Steve Rueben led the afternoon grand entry with about 300 people following. With no fry bread on the property, people relied on the elephant ear stand which closed after four hours due to exhaustion and a shortage of supplies. There were 24 vendors, 1 1 8 motorcycles and as many as 500 Medals ofValor handed out. VETERANS' POW-WOW PULLOUT INSIDE. 1 L 2 . r- 3 -A. I "4. rj VI JW.wwSti' IMM 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 UBRARV 129-5 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 Elders' Honor Day 2005 D Living treasures from all over the Northwest come to the com munity of Grand Ronde for the Tribe's annual event. By Ron Karten Hundreds of Elders from more than a dozen Tribes joined Grand Ronde Elders on Friday, July 15, for the 2005 El ders' Honor Day activities. The Tribal gymnasium was packed from 11 a.m. throughout the day, be ginning with the invocation from Tribal Council member Wesley "Buddy" West, singing and drum ming from Richard "Bubba" Sohappy (Y akama) and Tribal member Travis Mercier, and a historical essay by See ELDER HONOR on page 6 77 it 9 . il II ,(.' h ! r ' j Reived on: 08-05-05 wt S ..j, . . y Or. ) - i'l. " 'S.'!'. e signals (Grand Ronde, f e I 5 f ' a' -S k Q Friends Tribal Elders Ray Petite Jr. (left) and Gladys Hobbs (right) smile during the Elder Honor Day activities. Next to Ray is his wife, Sally, and next to her is Tribal Elder Violet Folden. Next to Gladys is her husband, Rusty Hobbs.
