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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
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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
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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. '
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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,
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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