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P-2 P40 SERIALS DEPT. - WIGHT LIBRARY J 299 INIUERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1203 l(l(llllll(lfll(f(lllll(lMllfllll(((llll(lfl(llll((llllllfl( PRESORTED STO U S. POSTAGE PAID PfRMTT NO. 17 SALEM. OR A Publication of the Qruid Bonds Trlbs JANUARY 15, 2011 X fT O www.grandronde.org Is TJMPQXJA iMOIi A TjTi A ca ROGUE BIVEB KALAPUYA CHASTA FSirsft C!IatiD(D)inis Powwqw sett ffoir Jaira. 22) jm.. em m .w Photo by Michelle Alaimo 2009-10 Senior Miss Grand Ronde Halona Butler, front, and 2009-1 0 Junior Miss Grand Ronda Nakoosa Moraland participate in a jingla drass danca during 201 0's second annual Gathering of Oregon's First Nations Powwow. By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor A powwow originally organized to remind Oregonians that Native peoples inhabited the Pacific Northwest long before statehood will be held for the third time later this month. The Gathering of Oregon's First Nations Powwow is scheduled from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Oregon State Fair & Expo Center's Salem Pavilion, 2330 17th St. N.E., Salem. Admission is free. Grand entry will be held at 1 p.m. The 2009 Gathering of Oregon's First Nations Powwow, organized cooperatively by the five federally recognized Tribes in western Or egon, sought to remind Oregonians that Native peoples have lived in what became the state on Feb. 14, 1859, since time immemorial. The late January date was picked to symbolically occur before Or egon's official 150th birthday in 2009, commemorating the Tribal history that occurred before admit tance to the Union. Based on the success of the two previous powwows, organizers rep resenting the five western Tribes the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, Coquille Indian Tribe, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe "of Indians, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Confederated Tribes of Siletz decided to hold a third event. "As the five western Tribes worked together in the observance of the sesquicentennial, it was very clear that we all wanted the same thing," said Sue Shaffer, former chairwoman of the Cow Creek Tribe. She was appointed to lead the original western Tribes' effort by former Gov. Ted Kulongoski. "We wanted to honor our home land and be recognized as the sover eign governments that we are. I am honored to have chaired the effort and I am grateful for the input from all five Tribes working together and their constructive approach to getting the public education ac complished." Master of ceremonies at the third See POWWOW continued on page 7 Tirnlb G Cua wdd p)Do fork!? Tribal member Jake McKnight to take state public safety training in Salem By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer As Tribal Forest Patrol officer, Tribal member Jake McKnight has been a lone ranger with a lot of terri tory the Tribe's almost 10,000 acres of forested reservation lands to cover. He is out there by himself daily and, in the words of his boss, Director of Development Pete Wakeland, also a member of the Tribe, "There are some bad people up there." McKnight, a mixed martial arts professional who is now 5-0 on the circuit, is certainly tough enough for the job, but both en deavors are all about training, . he said. He is at the physical training part three to four hours every day, he said, and now the Tribe has reclassified him as a Tribal Police Officer to make it possible for McKnight to go through the state's 16-week public safety training course held at the De partment of Public Safety Stan dards and Training Academy in Salem. The academy trains police, ( 3 Photo by Michelle Alaimo Tribal member Jake McKnight is taking on the new position of Tribal Police Officer. In addition to his duties in forest patrol, his former title was forest patrol officer, he will be patrolling areas such as Tribal housing. firefighters, emergency medical personnel and virtually all of the state's public safety profes sionals. By reclassifying McKnight and adding police supervisory responsibilities to Wakeland's job, the Tribe is taking the first steps toward creating a Tribal Law Enforcement program. It has been a long time in coming. The 1985 Grand Ronde Tribal Restoration Plan included a law enforcement officer, but because the Forest Patrol officer posi tion comes without the power of arrest in criminal cases, the Tribe has had a contract with Polk and Yamhill counties to provide enhanced law enforce ment services in Grand Ronde and on the forest reservation lands, respectively. If McKnight sees criminal See MCKNIGHT continued on page 8
