2005 Veterans' Pow-Wow Insert
AUGUST 1,2005
2005 Veterans' Pow-Wow Insert
Veterans Honored At Annual Pow-wow
"Super-good" event despite ominous clouds and no frybread.
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AUGUST 1, 2005
Photos and Story By
Toby McClary
On the weekend of July 8-10,
the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde hosted its Annual Veterans'
Pow-wow. The honorary event
was held at the pow-wow arena
in Grand Ronde.
On Friday evening, the
crowning ceremony was held at
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the Community Center for the
2005-2006 Veterans' Royalty.
Orin John Allen was elected
as Senior Warrior, Leland
"Brother" Butler as Junior
Warrior, Halona Butler as Junior
Queen and Miranda Provost as
Senior Queen. Tribal Elders
Kathryn Harrison and Diane
Lane and Tribal member Bobby
Mercier served
as judges for the
pageant.
"People are really
impressed with the
addition of the Young
Warriors," said Eillie
LaBonte who orga
nized and directed
the pageant. "The
parents are very co
operative and helpful
and the pageant went
beautifully."
Friday evening,
after the crowning
ceremony, the roy
alty held a "thank
you" give-away in
the Tribal gymna
sium to honor the
people that volun
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On Saturday, after
a long wait under a
potentially hazard
ous sky, grand entry
began at about one in
the afternoon.
The arena filled up quickly
during the first grand entry of
the weekend. About 300 people
including Grand Ronde's Honor
Guard, Veterans' Royalty, Siletz
Tribal Royalty and the many
Veterans participated. A special
area beside the emcee's stand
was furnished with chairs and
designated for the World War
II Veterans that were unable to
walk during grand entry.
After the colors were posted,
272 Veterans lined up for their
opportunity to introduce them
selves and the military branch
in which they served. Following
each introduction was the sound
of beating drums and a large
applause from the crowd that
could be heard throughout Grand
Ronde. Nearly 500 Medals of
Valor were handed out and 13
Medals of Honor were given to
the proud mothers of Veterans.
The thunderous roar of the
motorcycle clubs started shortly
after the introductions as 118
motorcycles entered the pow-wow
grounds. The motorcycles made
a lap around the arena before
parking and allowing people to
take pictures and visit with the
owners.
"I loved it," said Tribal Elder and
President of the Veteran Special
Event Board Gene LaBonte. "All
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Place of Honor, Respect Grand Ronde Princess Nakoosa Moreland, above, smiles for the camera during the evening
grand entry on Saturday, July 9 . Moreland is running for Junior Miss Grand Ronde. She is the daughter of Tribal member
C.C. Kneeland and Bill Moreland. The crowning ceremony for the 20052006 Royalty will be held in the Grand Ronde
Pow-wow Arena during the Annual Contest Pow-wow on the weekend of August 19-21.
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Pride In Our People Top Center:Nevrly crowned Veterans' Royalty: Senior
Queen Miranda Provost, Junior Queen Halona Butler, Senior Warrior Orin John
Allen and Junior Warrior Leland "Brother" Butler.
Center: Hundreds of Veterans lined up and participated in this year's afternoon
grand entry on Saturday. The Veterans in attendance introduced themselves
and the military branch they served.
Bottom Center:Neaxly 500 Medals of Valor were handed out including the one
given to Paul van Uchelen who served in World War II. Jim "Three Eagles"
Edwards (Adopted Apache) honored Uchelen with the medal shortly before
their honorary salute.
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of the bikes were blessed and the
bikers are really good people.
They didn't harm one blade of
grass on that arena," he said.
Despite a lack of frybread,
which some substituted with el
ephant ears, those in attendance
seemed to relax and enjoy the
events that took place. After
four short hours, the elephant
ear stand had to close the doors
due to exhaustion and a shortage
of supplies.
There were a total of 24 vendors
at this year's pow-wow. Among
the vendors was Carolyn Wagner
(Oto), who pulled in Friday morn
ing and was camping for the
weekend. Wagner was selling
items that she had accumulated
from an online business.
'This is my third Veterans' Pow
wow," said Wagner. "I love it. I
see more and more Veterans every
year and it seems this year, people
have been more respectful."
After a few hours of "pow
wowing," it was time for dinner
break. There was a complimen
tary spaghetti dinner held at the
Community Center for all that
were hungry.
The evening grand entry kicked
off at about 7:00 p.m. At dusk,
the Eagle Beak Singers formed a
circle in the middle of the arena
and used their hand drums to
sing Owl Dance songs. The pow
wow went on late into the night,
though Smoke Signals wrapped
things up at about 11:00 p.m.
Sunday's grand entry began
about noon and was held in the
Tribal gymnasium due to bad
weather.
"Overall, the pow-wow was super-good,"
said Gene LaBonte. "It
was a real success."
Nick Sixkiller (Cherokee) and
Tribal Elder Bob Tom emceed
this year's pow-wow and Signal
Butte was the host drum.