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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Elder Marilyn Portwood views her cousin Carroll Granla's exhibit at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
in McMinnville recently. Grenia enlisted In the U.S. Army in 1 942 and was designated for the Army Air Corps
and trained as a B-1 7 pilot. He flew 35 missions during World War II without being hit. Grenia was a Grand
Ronde Tribal member who walked on in 2002.
Tribal member and Air Force veteran Carroll Grenia lives on at museum
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Memorial Day might be a
good time to have a look
at a permanent exhibit
at McMinnville's Evergreen Avia
tion Museum in McMinnville that
salutes a late Tribal member.
The exhibit, which honors Air
Force Capt. Carroll Grenia, was
installed in mid-January.
Grenia served as a B-17 pi
lot based in England during
World War II as part of the 410th
Squadron, 3rd Division and
the 94th Bomb
Group of the
8th Air Force.
He led his
men through
35 missions
without being
hit, enjoyed a
long career in
the Air Force,
retired in the
1960s at the
rank of lieutenant colonel and
walked on in 2002.
After Grenia passed away, his
Tribal member
Carroll Grenia
wife, Trudy, wanted his remem
brances from the war displayed.
Through the hospice chaplain at
Colonial Gardens where Trudy
lives, word got to Evergreen
Aviation Museum curator Stu
Bailey.
"This was a great story for us
to tell," said Bailey.
The story included Grenia's
jacket and flight suit, photo
graphs and his carrying bag. His
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Honor Guard preps for Memorial Day
Grand Ronde event will feature Schroder speech, ceremonial meal
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
On Memorial Day Monday, May 31 this
year the Grand Ronde Honor Guard will
make the local rounds with services, salutes
and remembrances in honor of those who made the
ultimate sacrifice for Tribe and country, those who
served and those who supported them at home.
Starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Tribal Cemetery
on Grand Ronde Road, the Grand Ronde Honor
Guard, including veterans Tribal Elder Gene La
Bonte, Christian Tinney (Lower Eastern Cherokee),
Wayne Chulik (Tlinget), Norris Merrill and Tribal
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Grand Ronde
hosting ATNI
conference
Dy Dean Rhodes
Smolte Signal editor
Space at the 25 1 -room Spirit
Mountain Lodge will be at a
premium between Sunday,
May 16, and Thursday, May 20,
as the Grand Ronde Tribe hosts
the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians' Mid-Year Conference.
ATNI Executive Director Cleora
Hill-Scott (Crow) said about 400
representatives from 57 Northwest
Tribal governments in Oregon, Ida
ho, Washington, southeast Alaska,
northern California and western
Montana will be attending.
The conference starts 11 a.m.
Sunday, May 16, with a Commit
tee ChairVolunteer meeting and
registration occurring between 4
and 6 p.m.
General sessions start at 8 a.m.
Monday, May 17, with the posting
of colors by the Grand Ronde Honor
Guard and welcome speeches by
Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman
Cheryle A. Kennedy and Oregon
Rep. Kurt Schrader via video.
Tribal Canoe Family members
and Royalty also will participate in
the opening and closing ceremonies
and will present special pins to
veterans in the audience.
Tribal member and Tribal Lands
Manager Jan Michael Looking
Wolf Reibach, 2009 Artist of the
Year at the Native American Music
Awards, will perform at the wel
coming ceremony on Monday.
The conference will feature gen
eral sessions in the morning, lunch
es sponsored by the Grand Ronde
Tribe and Spirit Mountain Casino,
and then committee meetings in
the afternoons.
ATNI has 20 committees that
range in expertise from Culture &
Elders to Economic Development to
Education, Gaming and Health.
"This year, our theme is 'United
Since 1953 Strengthening Our
Sovereignty'," Hill-Scott said. "The
general sessions will be keying in
on initiatives of Northwest Tribes
and the current administration.
"We are in the second phase of
strategic planning. Tribal leaders
will have open discussions in the
morning and we will break into
committees in the afternoons. This
prepares us for the National Con
gress of American Indians."
See ATNI
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