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JANUARY 1,2010
Willamette hosts 'Vital Signs' exhibit
Hallie Ford Museum at Willamette University in Salem will host "Joe
Feddersen: Vital Signs" beginning Saturday, Jan. 30.
This major retrospective includes workshops with the artist, weekly
gallery talks and a teachers' workshop.
The installation is the end of a regional tour drawn from public and pri
vate collections throughout the United States, including the Hallie Ford
Museum of Art, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western
Art and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
The exhibition explores Feddersen's interest in the interrelationships
between urban place markers and indigenous landscapes through com
binations of contemporary media and Native iconography. It features a
selection of his later work in prints, weaving and glass. The exhibition
includes more than 60 works created since 1996.
The exhibition runs through March 28.
For more information and to register for a basket weaving workshop,
call 503-370-6855.
"Joe Feddersen: Vital Signs" is supported in part by Spirit Mountain
Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Confederated Tribes of
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ing the person," the policy states.
"When in doubt, seek a second opin
ion and don't hesitate to err on the
side of giving the person the benefit
of the doubt that they are not repre
senting gang affiliation."
The policy suggests event organiz
ers "pick their battles wisely," avoid
confrontation and not escalate a
negative contact.
"If a person simply refuses to com
ply, walk away from the situation.
However, if a person's behavior rises
to the level of being disruptive or il
legal, recognize when to call security
or law enforcement."
Tribal member and Director of
Operations John Mercier suggested
that Tribal community event orga
nizers document suspected gang
behavior and report it to their super
visor if they do not feel comfortable
approaching someone at an event.
Focusing on possible gang behavior
in Grand Ronde comes in the wake
of Travis Calvin Clawson's death in
Keizer. Dustin Michael Freeman,
22, of Medford, and Miguel Aispuro,
18, were arrested in connection with
the shooting.
Clawson's last known address
was in Grand Ronde Tribal housing,
according to the Oregon Judicial
Information Network.
Tribal Council member Wink So
derberg told Tribal managers that
he has been aware that gangs are
operating in Grand Ronde for the
last two years. Soderberg is a mem
ber of the local Community Action
Team, which addresses issues, such
as gang activity, facing the Grand
Ronde area.
"A sense of urgency is here," Tribal
Council member Toby McClary said.
"You will get buy-in from here on
out."
Tribal Social Services Depart
ment Manager David Fullerton
said the fatal Keizer incident raised
the potential for violence in Grand
Ronde and Salem between rival gang
members.
"It's about the behavior they bring
to a community that we're concerned
with," Fullerton said. "It's not about
the individual."
Leno said that signs of gang activ
ity in Grand Ronde have occasionally
been visible, such as recent tagging
of signs and road construction equip
ment on Grand Ronde Road.
He encouraged Tribal community
event organizers to concentrate on
refocusing youth behavior away from
gang activity so that the Tribe does
not exclude anyone from events.
"Express appreciation for com
pliance," the Tribe's policy states.
"Always find an opportunity to ex
press your appreciation to those who
comply with the policy."
Tribal member and Education
Division Manager April Campbell
said she was worried that the Tribe
would lose people if the Tribe, as a
whole, doesn't stand up and say that
gang activity is not acceptable.
"This is very important," Leno
said. "From now on, it will be a
very important issue to keep in the
forefront."
"You have support from Tribal
Council," McClary said when asked
by Tribal member and Public Works
Department Manager Lewis Younger
if Tribal Council will support Tribal
security personnel if they have to
evict someone from an event for gang
behavior. "My answer is yes."
Soderberg said he would like to
see the Tribe break the generational
connection for young Tribal mem
bers growing up in a gang environ
ment by starting a Boys & Girls Club
in Grand Ronde.
Tribal Council Vice Chair Reyn
Leno said that the Tribe should
reach out and talk to suspected gang
members.
"We need to tell them that we are
not going to tolerate it here," Reyn
Leno said. "But just because some
one wears red doesn't mean they are
bad people."
He added that the Tribe needs to
create and post effective anti-gang
posters on the Tribal campus and
throughout the community, includ
ing in the schools.
Fullerton added the Tribe is not
trying to create a fashion police or
harass community members who
wear red, but instead wants to stifle
violent and destructive behaviors
often associated with gang activity.
Tribal Council was briefed about
local gang issues at its Dec. 22
meeting and an all-staff training is
scheduled on the subject for early
February.
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Graphic by George Valdez
In an effort to more efficiently and more rapidly communi
cate with Tribal members, the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde is asking Tribal members to register at the Tribal Web
site and allow the Tribe to electronically send them news
updates, e-zines and PDFs of Smoke Signals, among other
news and informational items.
To register, go to www.grandronde.org.
Click on the "Log in here" link in the upper right-hand
corner.
Enter your user name and password, and click the "login"
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ten your login information, you can click the link to recover
it by providing the e-mail address that you verified when
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If you have not registered before, you will need to do so to
view the Tribal member-only section of grandronde.org.
First-time users will need to fill in the required fields and
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Elder Foster Program
"A Place To Call Home"
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The Tribe's Elder Foster Care lodges are committed to offering
quality care to our Elders and helping them remain as independent
as possible, while providing the personalized assistance they need.
At our lodges, a wide range of services is available in a comfortable
setting where privacy is respected and maximum independence is
supported. For information, contact the Elder Foster Program direc
tor at 503-879-1694.