AUGUST 1,2007
A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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The 2007 Canoe Journey, "Paddle to Lummi" began on Saturday, July 21 for Grand Ronde. This year's journey will consist of more than 200 miles of paddling
beginning at the Squaxin Island Tribe and finishing up at the Lummi Nation on Monday, July 30. The Tribal participants will then celebrate with the Lummi
Nation who will also host the final protocol. This photo was taken during the 2006 Canoe Journey. Look for a story and photos of this year's journey in the
August 1 5, 2007 issue of Smoke Signals.
Tribal Candidates Forum Held
On Thursday, July
26, the 2007 Tribal
Candidate Forum
was held at the
Tribal Community
Center. There was
a dinner and a
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f. that attended. Here
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Udall Scholars Bring Curiosity
And Enthusiasm To Grand Ronde
Group digs in with Natural Resources summer work
crew to build out another section of the Tillamook Trail.
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By Ron Karten
Behind the scenes, Tribal mem
ber Bryan Mercier, a past Udall
Foundation intern and now Native
Program Advisor, Office of Policy
and Programs at the federal Trea
sury Department, raised funding
for the group's National Biodiesel
Bus Tour, a two-month tour across
the country honoring ten years of
community service in the name
of Arizona Congressman Morris
Udall.
Thirteen Udall scholarship alum
ni rode the bus to visit sustainable
cities, Native American commu
nities, college campuses and na
tional parks, all highlighting public
service projects and advances in
biodiesel travel.
Mercier, who did not accompany
the scholars, was also instrumental
in scheduling Grand Ronde into
the tour.
The bus, sheathed even across the
windows in graphics of forest leaves
See UDALL on page 4