MARCH 1,2009
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Unmarked grave sites
We need your help If anyone knows the location of an unmarked grave or knows the
name of someone who was buried at the Grand Ronde Cemetery and their grave has not
been marked, contact Mike Larsen, Facilities Manager, at 503-879-2407.
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Students7 work was exhibited
as a traveling art show
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ous aspects of Native American art
and culture related to Tribal canoe
culture.
Guided by experienced artists
and instructors that included
Tribal Cultural Education Coor
dinator Tony Johnson (Chinook),
the students worked side-by-side
with them in intensive, hands-on
art workshops making carving
knives, model dugout canoes, canoe
paddles and, finally, as a group, the
students built a full-size Chinook
seal hunting canoe.
The students' work was exhibited
as a traveling art show in the Pa
cific Northwest, being shown in the
Grand Ronde Governance Center
recently.
Now their work goes to the Na
tional Museum of American Indian
Resource Center and will be exhib
ited through March.
Renee Gokey (Eastern Shawnee
Sac-n-Fox), Student Services coor
dinator with the National Museum
of the American Indian, said she
found but abofut the pBddle'ahd ca
noe exhibit through Shirod Yunker
(Coquille) with the Oregon College
of Art & Craft in Portland.
Last year, the museum displayed
an exhibit of photos taken by Na
tive students at the Oregon College
of Art & Craft and is continuing
that tradition this year.
"From my viewpoint, that is what
the museum needs to be doing,"
Gokey said, "helping nurture Na
tive students to take themselves
seriously as artists. It's a positive
thing and we trying to do as much
as we can."
The Resource Center, on the
third floor of the museum, is a
place where teaching and learn
ing occurs, Gokey said, and is a
good place to exhibit young Native
American artists and artisans.
The museum will hold a welcom
ing ceremony for the student artists
between March 3-7 during which
they will sing canoe songs, paddle
on the Potomac River and get to see
their work hanging in the Resource
Center, Gokey said.
Yonker said Atanacio will be
attending, in addition to John-1"
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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Myron Peng, a dentist for the Tribe, looks in Tribal youth Koana Leno's
mouth as she plays the patient and Tribal youth Madison Leno plays
the dentist during the 1 5th annual Molar Roller Health Fair held in the
Tribal gymnasium on Friday, Feb.1 3.
College & Career Fair set
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde College & Career Fair will be held
from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, in the Tribal gymnasium.
The fair is free and open to the public.
Attendees will meet with employment representatives, college and uni
versity representatives, trade and apprenticeship programs, vocational
programs, volunteer organizations and community outreach organiza
tions. There also will be break-out sessions on admissions, financial aid,
careers, internship opportunities and what employers are looking for in
employees.
For more information, call Tribal Academic Adviser Trinity Minahan
at 503-879-1478. B
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Come join Youth Education this year as we make another trip to Camp Westwind on the Oregon
Coast Every year we have a lot of new faces and look forward to seeing some more this year.
This year we will be doing team-building activities, competitions, hiking, canoeing and a buried
treasure hunt We are going to be limited to 55 students, who must be enrolled in school in grades
6 through 1 2, and be Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde members, descendents or involved in
the Youth Education JOM program.
Priority will be given to Grand Ronde Tribal members.
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