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Life Skills class participant Marvin Archuleta (Swlnomlsh), left, shakes
hands with Jon Gaorga, Tribal mambar and a vocational rahabilitation
specialist for tha Trlba, aftar racalvlng his certificate for completing the
class during a graduation ceremony at the plankhouse on Wednesday,
March 23. The 1 2-week class, which took place at the Tribe's Portland
office, helps people identify and problem solve roadblocks to healthy
employment experience and begin to achieve life balance. Archuleta Is
a half brother to Tribal members and siblings Greg and Lisa Archuleta.
Eleven people graduated from the class.
Royalty setts spaghetti
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Tribal Royalty, parents and chaperones will hold a spaghetti feed fund
raiser from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, to help pay for travel
expenses. There will be spaghetti, green salad and bread with vegetarian
sauce available for $5 per person inside the Tribal Community Center.
There also will be a 50-50 raffle.
For more information, contact Bonnie Mercier at 503-879-2016 or bonnie.
merciergrandronde.org. B
Wellness Program meets
The Eugene Tribal Wellness Program meets at 10 a.m. Monday, Wednes
day and Thursday in the satellite office at 711 Country Club Road, Suite
1A.
All fitness levels are welcome. The program covers strength, cardio and
stretching, and discusses strategies for healthy living at home.
The program is free to Tribal members and their spouses.
For more information, call the Eugene satellite office at 541-484-7085. D
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2006 The new Rapid Riches slot machine area at Spirit Moun
tain Casino opened. Located in the old Off-Track Betting area, it
offers 77 penny and two-cent machines patterned after the Money
Factory slots.
2001 Forest Grove native Kim Rogers joined the Tribe as
Policy & Planning Manager. He has a bachelor's degree in Politi
cal Science and a master's in Public Administration from Portland
State University and previously worked as Capital Improvement
coordinator for the Tulalip Tribes of Washington.
1996 The Phase II expansion of Spirit Mountain Casino was
progressing rapidly in adding 36,500 square feet to the casino, in
cluding Legends Steakhouse and Lounge, a "SuperPlay" children's
attraction, video arcade and more gaming space. The expansion was
expected to add 125 to 150 new employees to the resort.
1991 Tribal Council approved the final sketches for the new
Community Services Center to be built in Grand Ronde. The
Tribe received a Community Development Block Grant to build
the center, which will house a number of Tribal services, includ
ing educational classes and programs, additional health services,
some social services and a broad range of community meetings and
training seminars.
1986 The Tribal calendar for April featured a meeting with
local timber companies to discuss the Reservation Plan as well as
three council meetings all scheduled for 6 p.m. Mondays.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year
increments through the pages of Smoke Signals.
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technology, and how the canoe fits
into the historic and contemporary
life of their community."
The river canoe, also called a
"shovelnose canoe," will be an out
side display, with final texturing on
the canoe set to be part of the exhibi
tion beginning Tuesday, April 12.
The Tillamook canoe, repatriated
years ago to the Tribe from the Til
lamook Museum, will be on display
inside the Heritage Center. It had
to be frozen for two days in a casino
freezer to eliminate pathogens that
might otherwise be brought into the
center, Lewis said.
The river canoe seemed like a good
idea, Lewis said, not only because it
has not been seen in Grand Ronde
for so long, but also because once
the exhibit ends, the Tribe will have
a canoe suitable for traveling the
reservation's smaller waterways.
Tribal Council provided $10,000
for this exhibit, which cost $30,000
to produce. The Heritage Center
procured an additional $10,000
grant and received yet another
grant from a museum supporter
specifically to encase and display
the Kalapuya canoe.
Last week, the Heritage Center
Board of Directors voted to do
nate the Kalapuya canoe to the
Grand Ronde Tribe following the
exhibition. Tribal Council Sec
retary Kathleen Tom sits on the
museum board.
"We're building a canoe and a
tradition that the Tribe will use in
the years ahead," said Lewis.
The carving of the river canoe is
kick-starting an enhanced carving
program in the Cultural Resources
Department for carving additional
canoes. A new carving shed is be
ing prepared near Uyxat Powwow
Grounds, Lewis said. The carving
shed will host a variety of carving
classes and projects for the Tribe.
The river canoe is being carved in
the Kalapuya or Willamette River
style, said Tribal member Bobby
Mercier, Language and Culture
specialist for the Tribe.
"Similar style canoes were found
all the way down to northern Cali
fornia," he said. They were integral
parts of the life ways of all Tribes
that were removed to the Grand
Ronde Reservation.
Dr. Jonathan King, Keeper of
the Department of Africa, Indian
Ocean and Americas at the British
Museum, will be in Salem during
the opening. He will speak about
American Northwest coast collec
tions in the British Museum, one
of his specialties, at Willamette
University's College of Law at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, April 6.
King also will be visiting the
Grand Ronde Tribe for discussions
about possible return of Grand
Ronde artifacts the Summers
Collection currently being held
by the British Museum.
The exhibit runs through May
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