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P-2 P43 PRESORTED STD OR NEWSPAPER PR03. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE u POSTAGE PAID 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 ll.l..l...l.l..lll...ll.,lll,lll,.l,l,l,, Ill PERMIT NO. 178 SALEM. OR DECEMBER 1,2009 I ; i.i . I; ... R moke A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe www.grandronde.org XJ3VEPQXJA JVLOLALL E3 ROGUE RIVER KA1APUYA lYin Q jQuCD Tribal Elder Lorry McKnight warms himself by on of tha fira pits in tha nawly constructad plankhousa naar tha Uyxat Powwow Grounds during tha blassing caramony that klckad off thaTriba's 26th Rastoration Calabration on Sunday, Nov. 22. Tribal members 'keeping it alive' with blessing in new plankhouse for 26th Restoration By Ron Karten Smoke Signals tlaff writer Ideally, everything ia handed down, generation to generation," said Tribal member Marcus Gibbons, Arena director for the 2009 Restoration Powwow held Sunday, Nov. 22, in the Tribal gymnasium. Gibbons was talking about his traditional regalia, with eagle bone breastplate, deerskin leggings and moccasins, deer and porcupine head roach. Much of it is handed down, some of it 60, 70, 100 years old. In Gibbons' case, the pieces came through the Quenelle-Warren family. "As it gets worn, it's refurbished, adding new to the old," he said. That is how it is with Restoration also, whether the Tribe's 26th celebration this year or any other. This year. Restoration introduced the commu nity to the new plankhouse, unfinished though it is. Standing like an old cathedral, growing with each generation, the community brought it to life with song, dance and prayer. "What was so good about the dance at the plank house," said Tribal Elder and Tribal Council Vice Photo by Michplfc AUimo Tribal members and Grand Ronde Canoa Family members Kyonl Mercier, left, and Mary See RESTORATION Lopet lead a fun dance during tha plankhousa blasting. continued on pages 5-9