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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 2007)
MAY 1,2007 Jm A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org y-oicfif V "utr&&i 'v,w;lv v. J'-jt.PKn , V V-iV&W f-?lsAS.--v W&r;-' ., . V On Friday, April 20, a group of Tribal members joined a group of Willamette National Forest employees for a two-mile hike that led to Cascadia Cave which houses petroglyphs (above) that date back over 8,000 years. Cascadia Cave is located near ihe Cascadia State Park about 14 miles east of Sweet Home on Highway 20. SEE STORY AND MORE PHOTOS ON PAGES 6-7. A. 't .( ' . i.,"k-ph- j--' . . -:.'t''K" i 3i ' 11 "f ill! i V7"' 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 OR NEWSPAPER PRO J. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRESERU UNrueRsrrv of Oregon EUGENE OR 97403-1205 Youth Leadership Conference Focuses On Healthy Relationships Jillene Joseph and Robert Johnston talk about spirit and responsibility. By Ron Karten Here's how Jillene Joseph (Gros Ventre) described a successful conference: "It's like they catch that spirit, that col lective spirit," she said. "They've gained that trust, that sense of belonging." The keynote speaker for the 4th annual Youth Leadership Confer ence is Director of the Gresham based Native Wellness Institute, and also is the lead consultant trainer for the National Indian Child Welfare Association's Posi tive Indian Parenting curriculum. Intentions are vital for the suc cess of the event, she said. The intentions of those planning the event and the intentions of those attending it are equally important, she said. Both have to care to make it happen. "It's about making those com mitments to relationships with classmates, with the earth and with the creator," said Robert Johnston (CreekChoctaw), the conference's other major speaker and a trainer with the Native Wellness Institute. "We're working on the development of those relationships," he said. This year's event was held at the Grand Ronde gymnasium April 12, 13 and 14. j . I z Jillene Joseph at the 4th Annual Youth Leadership conference held in Grand Ronde. The training aimed to help stu dents consider relationships from four sides, said Johnston, naming "spiritual, emotional, physical and mental." Groups of youth from more than eight Tribes across the Northwest participated in discussions and See LEADERSHIP on page 4
