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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (July 1, 2009)
JULY 1,2009 Smoke Signals 3 V A v; ' "-,. , Photos by Michelle Alaimo Tribal member Nicholas Larsen, above right, dribbles around Leann Rogers while practicing a pick and roll drill during the Youth Basketball Camp held at the Tribal gymnasium on Thursday, June 1 8. Reece Ebensteiner gets a hand slap from Tribal member Matt Zimbrick, Youth Education middle school lead, after making a basket. Zimbrick was the instructor of the camp that ran from June 1 6-1 8. 'J 's o til V I n 4 9 q f tel..-.1- 4 T , .f ,1 ... v 1 Photo by Michelle Alaimo Tribal descendant Greg Butler, playing on the Grand Ronda 2 team, passes through two Grand Ronde Eagles defenders during a game in the Youth Basketball Tournament in the Tribal gymnasium on Friday, June 26. 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. Committee to give out baseball-type caps to all veterans Photo by Mkhell Alaimo POWWOW continued from front page the teepee" and "Nick (Sixkiller, alias 'Simon,) says." "He's pretty good," Tinney says of Sixkiller's game-leading tal ents. "He wipes people out pretty quick." During Grand Entries, the Veter ans Committee will give out baseball-type caps to all veterans. There will be a choice of legends that say Native Vet or specify the service branch or the theater of war. More vendors have booked more spaces for the powwow than in the past, Tinney says. "We've been working with them since January," he says. On Friday night, Tribal member and Young Warrior Peter Nelson will conduct a youth giveaway as he ends his service to the Grand Konde Veterans Honor Guard. Family giveaways also will be a part of this year's Veterans' Pow wow. On Saturday night, during the dinner break, the family of Tribal Elder Tom Bean will hold a give , away in his honor. Bean walkedon Dec. 7, 2007. Also on Saturday night, as tradi tion dictates, Tribal member Dietz Peters and his wife, Hose, who are Headman and Hcadwoman dancers for the Veterans Powwow, will hold a Traditional Men's Special dance and Women's Special dance. B Grand Entry at the 2001 Grand Ronde Veterans' Powwow, which was the first powwow held at the new Uyxat Powwow Grounds .
