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2004 Tribal member Perri McDaniel won second place in the
Best Individual Native or Costume category at the Portland Rose
Festival's Grand Floral Parade on June 12.
1999 The Tribe signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Ser
vice as a first step toward coordinating management of 6,600 acres
of national forest lands within the reservation.
1994 Congress passed the Indian Law Technical Corrections
Act and President Bill Clinton signed it. The act allowed the Tribe
to begin construction on its proposed multi-million dollar gaming
facility along Highway 18.
1989 Tribal member Stanford Kneeland thanked the Tribe
and Tribal members for sponsoring his trip to Massachusetts to
run in the prestigious Boston Marathon. He finished in two hours,
58 minutes and was 901st out of 6,800 runners.
1984 The Tribe employed 11 summer youth workers through a
contract with the Mid-Valley Jobs Council. The youth concentrated
on three major work sites the Tribal office, greenhouse and cem
eteryTribal grounds.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
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Tribal Elder Louis Medeiros plants flowers in plantar in front of
tha Elders' Activity Center on Monday, June 22. Gardening work
was being done around the building by her and other Elders in
preparation for Elder Honor Day on July 1 0.
Cultural Resources seeks
plankhouse giveaway items
In anticipation of an early fall opening of the Grand Honde plankhouse,
the Tribe's Cultural Resources Department is seeking donations of give
away items for the planned blessing ceremony.
Giveaway items can be about almost anything, including beads and
blankets, but not alcohol or drugs.
The items are intended to recognize people from outside the Grand Ronde
community who will come for the blessing ceremony.
"By having people from outside the community, they are helping to
strengthen our house," said Tribal member and Cultural Resources Pro
tection Coordinator Eirik Thorsgnrd.
Giveaway items can be dropped off at the Cultural Resources Department
in Grand Rondo or at the Tribal satellite offices in Eugene and Portland.
For more information or to check on the appropriateness of possible
giveaway items, call Angella McCallister at 603-879-2268, Thorsgard at
603-879-1630 or Language & Culture Specialist Bobby Mercier at 603-879-2076.
An article on proper plankhouse protocol written by Cultural Resources
Department staff will appear in Smoke Signals closer to the blessing
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Tribal Elder Herman Hudson Jr. checks out a pack of golf balls he chose
from the gift table during the Father's Day event at the Elders' Activity
Center on Friday, June 1 9.
Potlatch Fund seeking
Native art applicants
The Potlatch Fund is seeking applicants for its 2009 Native Arts
granting cycle to benefit Native arts and cultures in the Northwest.
Projects must be active during the granting period of October 2009
through September 2010. Grants will be awarded in amounts ranging
from $500 to $5,000.
The Potlatch Fund awards grants to individual Native artists and to
Native organizations for arts projects.
Eligible applicants must be Native Americans who live in Washington,
Oregon, Idaho or Montana whose goals are consistent with those of the
Potlatch Fund Native Arts Grants Program.
To apply, visit the Potlatch Fund Web site at potlatchfund.org to down
load an application. Applicants must submit one copy of a cover letter,
proposal and all attachments on white 8.5-by-l 1-inch paper to Potlatch
Fund, Attn: Lawrence Leake, 801 Second Ave., Suite 304, Seattle, Wash.
98104, and applications must be postmarked by Friday, July 17.
The Potlatch Fund does not accept handwritten, late, faxed or e-mailed
proposals. B
CULTURAL GATHERINGS
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JULY 3-5: 1 STH ANNUAL WILDHORSE POWWOW. Wlldhorse Resort and Casino, 72777
Highway 331. CAYUSE, OR. 541-966-1529.
JULY 10-12: GRAND RONDE VETERANS' POWWOW. Uyxat Powwow Grounds. 9390
Highway 22. GRAND RONOE, OR. 1-800-422-0232. www.grandronde.org.
JULY 17-19: TAMKALIKS CELEBRATION. Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive
Center, Troy Road and E. 1st St. WALLOWA, OR. S41-B86-3101.tamkaliks9gmall.com.
JULY 1 7-19: SEAFAIR INDIAN DAYS POWWOW. Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center,
Illinois Ave. & Kansas Ave. SEATTLE. WA. 20e-2B2-442S.pnason9unitedindians.org.
JULY 24-26: SOUTHERN OREGON UMPQUA FALLS COW CREEKTRIBAL POWWOW.
On the Rogue River. GOLD HILL, OR. 541-474-2690.
AUG. 1 : STH ANNUAL LIVING WATERS POWWOW. Aldersgate Conference Center,
7790 Marion Road S.E. TURNER. OR. 360 S46-1B67.office9wlconl.com.
AUG. 7 9 STH NESIKA ILLAHEE POWWOW. Pauline Ricks Memorial Powwow Grounds,
Government Hill Parkway. SILETZ.OR. 800 922-1399, xt 1230 or ext. 1757.
AUG. 14-16: GRAND RONDE COMPETITION POWWOW. Uyxat Powwow Grounds.
9390 Highway 22. GRAND RONDE, OR. 1 800 422 0232. www grandronde org.
AUG. 21-23: KLAMATH TRIBES' 23RO ANNUAL RESTORATION POWWOW. Chlloquin
High School Football Field, L Elm St CHILOQUIN, OR. 541-783 3020, eict 107.
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