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-- . ""T . PRESORTED STO miuEfiIll3InfiT P-3 Pi 3 U.S. POSTAGE PAID ,---ZZ Lwt, OR NEWSPAPER PRO J. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE permit mo. i?a Of n n fTT. T-tV-" 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON salem.or u ' :J 1 r:- H eugene or 97403-1 203 .Shs iflI iHth'li'i'iii''h'hiii'Ull'li'li'llili'ii'hi'i'i'''l'i' 8i v yS q JULY 15,2011 ,moke y Signals A PubUcation of the Grand Ronde Tribe JT T JT Vy Vfru WWW.grandronde.org TJMPQTJA. ra IVEOILLLLA. a ROGUE RIVER a KALAPUYA n CHASTA (Ml 5) DOTS DrLranrDcrw 7-? : - ' ...... ' ; Photo by Michelle Alalmo Tribal members, from left, Nikki Gref srud, Makya Grefsrud, 4, and TJ. Graff srud walk tha powwow arana during his coming out waaring Marca Norwast's ragalia, which was gifftad to him aftar Norwast walkad on on May 22, during tha Marcallus Norwast Memorial Vatarans Powwow at tha Uyxat Powwow Grounds on Friday, July 8. TJ. is married to Nikki, Norwast's granddaughter, and Makya is their son. 2011 Veterans Powwow is all about honoring Norwest By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer On the evening of Friday, July 8, Sharon Norwest and her family marked the first Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow with a giveaway to more than 100 friends and neighbors. The Veterans Powwow was renamed this year to honor the Tribal Elder and Army veteran who walked on on May 22. Marce led the effort to start both the Veterans Powwow, See POWWOW continued on pages 10-11 r a Harold Dean Mercier April 18, 1930 -July 6, 2011 Tribal Elder Harold Dean Mercier, 81, walked on peace fully on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at his home in Grand Ronde with his family around him. Mercier was an important part of the Tribe's quest for1 Restoration in the early 1980s and served on that era's Tribal Council. At the request of his family, a feature story abdui his life will appear in the Aug. 1 issue of Smoke Signals in stead of today's edition. His walking on notice ap pears in today's edition on Page 16. n Tribal police bill awaits gov's signature By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal police officers in Oregon will soon be recognized as po lice officers under state law. A bill that will hopefully foster greater cooperation between Or egon law enforcement agencies and the police forces of the nine federal See POLICE continued on page 5 Tribal member Brandy Starmer, 15, fighting cancer By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer Tribal member Brandy Starmer and her mother, Tonya, also a Tribal member, live in the eastern Oregon town of Wallowa, but they recently spent six weeks in Portland fighting cancer. It's not a one-person job. Tonya is the daughter of Tribal Elder Donald Gene Jeffers. Following a fall on ice last December, when Brandy landed on the back of her head, symp toms of a larger problem emerged. In April, the Starmers arrived in Portland where doctors removed a cancerous tumor from the spot. The doctors said that the tumor had been there for more than a year. The operation was successful. So far so good. They returned home last week, and plan to be See BRANDY continued on page 9 Tribal member Brandy Starmer, 1 5, and her mother Tonya recently spent six weeks in Portland for Brandy to be treated for cancer at Oregon Health & Science University's Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Photo by Michelle Alalmo v -v.- s
