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Children's InterTribal
Powwow set for Feb. 1 7
The second Children's InterTribal Powwow will be held from 5:30 to 9
p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in the Tribal gymnasium.
Everyone is welcome for a free night of singing, drumming and danc
ing. For more information, contact Halona Butler at 503-580-9865, Washie
Squetimkin at 206-200-3794 or Brian Krehbiel at 503-879-4639.
Sacred Hoop Ceremony
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The Tribe's Behavioral Health and Prevention programs are host
ing a Sacred Hoop Ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday, March 9, in the Tribal
gym.
The four gifts of the Sacred Hoop are the power to forgive, healing,
hope and unity. The hoop brings healing for all recovering from differ
ent kinds of trauma and also helps strengthen sobriety and Wellbriety
in the community. The ceremony is open to all.
People planning on attending need to RSVP to Cristina Lara at
503-879-2040 by Friday, March 2.
Elders7 garage sale seeking donations
Tribal Elders are regularly seeking donations for their fundraising
garage sales. To donate an item or items, contact Tribal Elders Linda
Brandon at 971-267-0918 or Duane Wheeler at 541-992-3254. D
2007 Tribal Council members Jack Giffen Jr. and Reyn Leno
dug up some dirt during the ground breaking of the Spirit Moun
tain Casino south expansion project. The two-story expansion will
add 135,196 square feet and include a new, larger buffet, events
entertainment center, conference rooms and internal office space
for casino departments.
2002 - Tribal member Steve Bobb Sr., a Marine veteran, was
planning to walk the 265 miles from Table Rock to Grand Ronde
to help raise money for a planned Veterans Memorial. Bobb walks
five miles daily on his lunch break and hopes to cover the distance
in 14 days.
1997 Michael Larsen, chairman of Spirit Mountain Casino's
Board of Directors, recommended appointment of Len Bergstein,
Clyde Hamstreet and Clyde Stryker to the board. Tribal Council
approved the three appointments.
1992 A Tribal museumcultural center, campgroundRV park
and full-service restaurantlounge topped the list of tourism de
velopment projects supported by Tribal members at an Economic
Development meeting held in January.
1987 Tribal member Doug Colton went to Australia along with
15 other college and high school students to represent the United
States in the U.S.A.Australia baseball tournament. The team
made history by being the only U.S. team to come home undefeated
with a 9-0-1 record.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year
increments through the pages of Smoke Signals.
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The Tribe's Cultural Resources Department
taught the public about the Grand Ronde Tribe
through the series "World at Your Doorstep" held
at the Salem Public Library on Saturday, Feb. 4.
The program was titled "Our Native American
Neighbors" and it included a basketry display,
singing, drumming and dancing, a Chinuk Wawa
jargon coloring activity and David Lewis, the
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cussed the Tribe's history.
Yesenia Angulo, of Salem, shows her son, Jude Plemmons, 4, a yellow flash card with the
Chinuk Wawa jargon word for yellow on it as he and his friend, Kaya Moreno, 4, left, do a
color by numbers activity during the "Our Native American Neighbors"
program. On the right is Kathy Cole, Cultural Resources Department
program manager and Tribal member, who put together the activity to
teach words for colors in Chinuk Wawa.
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Brian Krehbiel, Tribal Cultural Education specialist and Tribal
member, sings and drums and his daughter, Tribal member
Kailiyah Krehbiel, 10, dances.
Tribal Elder Connie Graves tells people about a fish trap that Native
Americans traditionally used to catch fish during the "Our Native American
Neighbors" program.