Smoke Signals 5
APRIL 1,2011
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
From the third floor ballroom
overlooking Willamette Falls,
Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A.
Kennedy described to a full house
the way her family used to harvest
lamprey down below.
They used to row to the falls, she
said, and then "just grab them and
throw them in a sack."
Her sister, Tribal member CeCe
Kneeland, remembered her broth
ers wielding sticks with hooks at
the end, leaning way over rocks
to get to the lamprey down below,
hooking them and tossing them up
for the sisters to catch and stuff
into the sacks.
"You had to be careful," said
Kennedy, "or they would sink their
teeth into you."
The March 24 program was the
first in a series of lectures spon
sored by the Clackamas County
Historical Society highlighting six
themes of the Willamette Falls
Heritage Area Coalition's effort to
bring national status to the area.
In this "Tribal Culture" lecture,
Kennedy was joined by Kneeland
and their cousin, Greg Archuleta,
also a Tribal member, to tell Native
stories from the area, to describe
Native efforts to right environmen-
Photo by Ron Karten
Grand Rond Tribal Chairwoman Cheryls A. Kannady, sacond from left,
along with Tribal mambars CaCa Knaoland and Grag Archulata look at an
old photograph of Wlllamatta Falls by local photographar Ralph Eddy.
Clackamas County Historical Society Prasidant Wada Byars, laft, prasantad
tha photograph as a gift to thaTriba after Tribal mambars spoka to tha
sociaty on Thursday, March 24.
tal destruction in the area and to
note the loss of access to traditional
foods, medicines and practices that
helped Native peoples thrive here
for thousands of years.
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"Each of us has a path," Kennedy
said, "and it's not all predestined,
listening to your inner voices, some
times called intuition, leads you down
paths that you never expected."
She said it was important "to
always be mindful, and not just of
the tangible things," and to "call on
the Creator."
And she talked about the many
lessons her grandmother, former
Tribal Elder Pauline Johnson,
taught her.
"Today, we don't listen enough,"
she said.
Archuleta told some of the old
stories using Kalapuya words as
they were traditionally used.
"Stories connect us to the river,"
he said. "Today, it's quite a chal
lenge to access traditional resourc
es." And even finding them, he
added, "We don't know if they are
safe to eat."
Kneeland described the impor
tance of ancestors in her life. "If you
don't know where you came from,"
she said, "how can you know where
you're going?"
"I loved hearing the true stories
of the people," said Susan Hansen,
who lives on a farm south of Mo
lalla. "My grandparents were to me
what theirs mean to them. They
also had a connection to the land."
"Fascinating," said Irene Coppa
of nearby Estacada. "It was inter
esting to hear how they caught eels
and processed them."
"I was glad to hear of their en
vironmental concerns," said Nan
Hage of Oregon City, a former as
sistant director of the John Inskeep
Environmental Learning Center.
"I'm just so appreciative that
folks like our speakers tonight are
willing to share like this," said Sue
Heublein of Molalla. "I've always
heard stories of when the Europe
ans pushed westward. They took
what they needed from the Indians,
but didn't want to give anything
back. Here we are all these years
later, and maybe we're going to get
it right this time."
Archuleta described Tribal proto
cols when other Tribes came to the
area for the lamprey.
"They would bring gifts when
they arrived," he said. "When they
would leave, we would give them
gifts."
To end the program, Society
President Wade Byers presented
the speakers with a historic photo
graph of Willamette Falls by local
photographer Ralph Eddy.
Referring to Archuleta's com
ments on Native protocol, he said,
"We're quick learners." B
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