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"Celebrating Our Traditions," this year's Spirit Mountain CasinoConfederated Tribes of Grand Ronde float, won the Grand Prize in the 2007 Grand Floral
Parade. This photo was taken on 4th Street near Portland's Chinatown. The float carried more than 3,700 flowers. STORY AND MORE PHOTOS ON PAGES 6-7.
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The photo of this coyote was taken in Grand Ronde near the base of
Spirit Mountain. Coyotes are probably best known for their howl
which has also been labeled as the "song of the west." Coyotes are
skilled hunters and will usually hunt big game in packs.
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Tribal Members Visit New York
For Tomanowos Ceremony
By Toby McClary
As part of an annu
al ceremony, a Grand
Ronde delegation
went to New York
City to visit Tomano
wos, a 10,000 year
old, 15 and a half-ton
meteorite housed in
the American Mu
seum of Natural His
tory (AMNH).
This year's dele
gation consisted of
Tribal Elders Mon
ty Parazoo, Gladys
Hobbs, Sharon Han
son, Louise Medeiros,
Violet Folden, Anna
Hannah, and Kath
ryn Harrison. The
group also included
Public Affairs Direc
tor Siobhan Taylor,
Tribal member and
Public Affairs Sec
retary Teri Mercier,
Tribal Council mem
ber Jack Giffen, Jr.,
and Tribal member
and Language Specialist Bobby
Mercier.
The three students participating
in this year's annual Youth Educa
tion New York trip included Tribal
See TOMANOWOS
on page 3
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Tribal Council Secretary Jack Giffen,
Jr. takes a peek at some centuries
old artifacts in the vaults of the
American Museum of Natural History
in New York City. A delegation from
Grand Ronde recently went to New
York to participate in the annual
Tomanowos Ceremony.