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T50 P4 OR NEWSPAPER PROJ. UO LIBRARY" SVSTEN PRE 1299 UNIVERSirV OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1203 lhl..i,.,(.l..ltl.....il..llM!.l!l.,..l,l,l.!..,l.,.lll PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM. OR PERMIT NO. 178 julyi 2008 A Publication of the Grand Bonde Tribe www.grandronde.org XJ1VEPQXJA ROGUE lilVBH, o KALAPUYA CHASTA TO lb wd softs ToovQatrooMos r " ; Annual trip includes ceremony, museum tour Photo by Siohban Taylor By Siobhan Taylor Tribal Public Affairs director Record high heat and humidity did not deter Grand Ronde Tribal members on their annual pilgrim age to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, which houses Tomanowos, the 15.5 ton meteorite also known as the Willamette meteorite. Tribal Council members Val Shek er and Kathy Tom led a delegation of seven Elders, family members, student interns and representatives from Cultural Resources and Educa tion on the trip. Tribal Elder and former Tribal Chairwoman Kathryn Harrison Tribal Elder Floriene Hoff, center, touches Tomanowos while Tribal Elders Kathryn Harrison, left, and Betty Bly, right, wash the meteorite during the Tribe's annual visit to the American Museum of Natural History in New York on June 9. Hoff made the trip to New York City on her own and joined fellow Tribal members for the ceremony held in the museum's Planetarium. also made the annual trip, which took place June 8-11. This year's delegation included Tribal Elders Betty Bly, June Bolden, Leroy Good, Arlene Kautz, David Lomboy and Dolores Parmenter. As temperatures soared into the 100s, the Grand Ronde delegation remained cool as they gathered on Monday evening for a ceremony in the museum's Planetarium where the Tribe's meteorite, Tomanowos, is housed. After a brief reception and greet ing, museum staff withdrew for the Tribal ceremony. The museum is closed to the public each year for one day as Grand Ronde holds its ceremony. Tribal member and Cultural Resources' Cultural Protection Coordinator Eirik Thorsgard led the ceremony. Before beginning, he burned sweet grass for smudg ing and invited Tribal members to clean the meteorite with water brought from Grand Ronde and made into rose water. In accordance with Tribal tradi tion, photography and recording of See TOMANOWOS on page 8 Recovery gooyp manrCis second! amumDveo-sairy Social Services program never gives up on helping Tribal members combat addiction m T srw -A C , y - .' v - By Ron Karten Smoke Signal staff writer "My name's Jot?. I'm an alcoholic and an addict." Welcome to the Tribal recovery program's second anniversary. Joe Mart i non u and Chris I lolliday count every day. Martincau (Minnesota Chippewas, Fond du Lac Reservation) is Tribal Post Treatment Services coordinator and I lolliday is a support counselor. Both are in long-term recovery efforts. Kach has been sober for 18 years, but as anybody in the recovery business will tell you, it's always one day at a time. It's the same for Martineau and I lolliday even though they are run ning the Tribal recovery program, as patients call it. "There's always been a need (for a recovery program) here," said Tribal Council Vice Chair Ueyn Leno. "It gives us an opportunity to give some body a chance." On Thursday, June 26, the Tribal recovery group marked its second an niversary with a candlelight dinner, cooked and served and cleaned up by Photo by Michelle Alaimo volunteers at the Tribal Community Center. They kept setting up new tables to accommodate more rMKple. "We ended up with 78 people," Martineau said. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's Post Treatment Services Coordinator Joe Martineau, kneeling, and Post Treatment Services Support Counselor Chris Holliday, left, have helped Tribal member William, back, and other Tribal members with substance abuse recovery. William currently lives at the Recovery House In Grand Ronde. The sweat lodge at the house is part of the Tribal history and culture that is incorporated Into the program. Kristy Dcljoe, Tribal member and cook for the group, calls it "a great program promoting sobriety." The program includes meetings See RECOVERY on page 4
