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8 AUGUST 1,2008 Smoke Signals Coiraftesft Powwow fto i i . i i rvx .www ' -v ,4' i'W H ' 'iT"- Touted Ih)Dps epfflft dlnspDa Unveiling slated for Aug. 13 of new interpretive site at Mill Creek By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor An interpretive display dis cussing the Kalapuya people and created in collaboration with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will be unveiled at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. In addition to discussing the Kalapuyans, the display at Cas cades Gateway Park explains the historical significance of Mill Creek, describes the tradi tional process of baking camas and provides information on the results of archaeological field work conducted along Mill Creek and Interstate 5 between 1997 and 2003. The display is a collaboration between the Tribe, city of Sa lem, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology and the state De partment of Transportation. Tribal Cultural Resources Department employees Khnni Schultz, Lindy Trolan and Don Day were involved in review ing the interpretive panels and exenvations at the site. "Cultural Resources was very proactive in this project, ns it is central to the Santinm home lands," said Tribal Cultural Re sources Manager David Ix-wis, "and was able to convey the Tribal D V 7 "WW, V' i Photo by Dean Rhodes CascadeX Gateway Parki v. . mm "il Walter C Wklh Lake -' McNary Field members' feelings that something should be done to bring Tribal mem bers into the process of destroying part of this huge village complex." The display's entry regarding the Kalapuyan people explains that Chief Alquema also was known as Joseph liutchins and Hudson. He signed the Willamette Valley Treaty for the Santiam band of Calapooia in 1855. "The people of the Willamette Valley were the Kalapuya," the be DneDcfl Aug. 1 5-1 7 By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Grand Ronde Tribe's first Con test Powwow to be held at the new powwow grounds on the east side of ., state Highway 22, one mile north of Highway 18, 'will be held Friday through Sunday, Aug. 15-17. The powwow also will be filmed ," by a Travel Europe crew for the 15 part series "Oregon Uncovered," set to be broadcast in January in sev eral western European countries. Powwow host drums will in clude Black Lodge from Washing ton state and Perfect Storm and Red Bull, both from Canada. Specials will feature a $800 first place prizes for Women's Tradition al and Men's Traditional dances. Jerry Meninick (Yakama) will be the master of ceremonies and head judge will be Patricia Ike (Yakama). Arena director will be Freddie Ike Jr. (YakamaRock Creek Wasco).. Registration begins at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, followed by Grand Entry and Royalty Coronation at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 16, the sched ule includes Parade and cash prizes Tribal member Peter Nelson danced at the 2007 Contest Powwow. Nelson was among more than 30 Grand Ronde Tribal members who participated last year. ' Meadowtawn Goff Course J Map created by George Valdez display says, "a name that refers to a family of languages not a single tribe. There were three different Kalapuya languages, and a dozen or more dialects, which shows there were many separate Kalapuya bands. "Each lived in a different river ba sin, and some of the valley's rivers bear the names of the bands that once lived there: Santinm, Lucki amutc, Tualatin, Yamhill, and Calapooia, among others. Today, n at 10 a.m., Grand Entry at 1 p.m., dancer registration deadline at 2 p.m. and Grand Entry at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Aug. 17, Grand En try is scheduled for 1 p.m. Free camping is available at the new powwow grounds and a $1 andor canned food donation is requested for parking. No canopies or umbrellas are per mitted in the area. Also, pets, drugs and alcohol are not permitted. A shuttle will be available from Spirit Mountain Casino to the new powwow grounds for those staying at the Lodge. The public, as well as all dancers and drummers, are welcome. The Travel Europe film crew is scheduled to arrive in Grand Ronde on Friday, Aug. 15, and film that day and Saturday, Aug. 16. Among their film segments will be meeting Tribal Elder and former Tribal Chairwoman Kathryn Harrison at the Tribal Cemetery, filming current Chair woman Cheryle A. Kennedy at the Governance Center, Grand Entry on Saturday and a tradi tional salmon bake at Natural Resources. B most Kalapuya descendants are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com munity of Oregon." The display also explains the traditional baking of camas, a spring-blooming lily with an ed ible starchy bulb, and uses Tribal photos to explain the process. The display, in addition, ex plains that the Native cultural record along Mill Creek dates to at least 6,000 years ago, beginning about when Mill Creek became es tablished on its present course. "Between about 6,000 and 2,500 years ago, people came to the area in the spring and summer to harvest camas, and in the fall to collect acorns and hazelnuts," the display says. For 2,300 years, from 2,500 to 200 years ago, Native peoples built permanent homes along Mill Creek, leaving behind ar rowheads and other stone tools, stone bowls and hammers, and other artifacts. Recent changes to the In terstate 5 freeway required a series of archaeological stud ies along Mill Creek between 1997 and 2003, which helped assist in preserving some of the Native American history it contained. B
