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Willamette Heritage Center opens two-month examination of influence of Native leaders
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
SALEM A celebration of western Oregon
Native women opened with an invitation
only sneak peak at the exhibit for Grand
Ronde Tribal members at Willamette Heritage
Center at The Mill in Salem on April 5.
Tribal member Sarah Ross takes photos of baskets
from the Horner Collection that are on display in
the"shawash-ill?i luchmen ntsayka ikanum:
Grand Ronde Women Our Story" exhibit during
its opening reception at the Willamette Heritage
Center at The Mill in Salem on Thursday, April 5.
Along with the exhibit, "shawash-ili?i luchmen
ntsayka ikanum: Grand Ronde Women
Our Story," some 200 Tribal members, mu
seum members and guests enjoyed a meal that
included salmon and chicken and steak kabobs
prepared by Spirit Mountain Casino staff.
But what the crowd really chewed on was in
the exhibit, put together over three months by
the Tribe's Cultural Resources Department with
Tribal member and Cultural Interpretive Spe
cialist Julie Brown taking on the lead role.
The exhibit covers Native women in the fur
See GRAND RONDE WOMEN
continued on pages 10-11
Primary
election vote
set for June 13
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Registered Tribal voters will
decide whether they want to
include a primary election
process into the Tribal Constitution
during an upcoming election.
On Jan. 25, Tribal Council voted
6-1 to send the proposal to Trib
al members. The constitutional
amendment would create a primary
if the number of nominated Tribal
Council candidates in late June
exceeds 10. The top six candidates
in the primary election would pro
ceed on to the September general
election.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs was
scheduled to send voter registration
packets to eligible Tribal members
on April 9. Tribal members have
until May 9 to return their voter
registration form to the BIA in or
der to vote in the special election.
Ballots will be sent to registered
Tribal voters on May 18 and must
be returned to the BIA by June
13.
To change the Tribe's Constitu
tion, at least 30 percent of registered
Tribal voters must cast a ballot and
at least 66.7 percent of those voting
must approve the change. If ap
proved by Tribal voters, a primary
election process would start in the
2013 election cycle.
The idea of a primary election
was floated during a non-binding
See VOTE
continued on page 14
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Photos by Michelle Alalmo
Tribal member Madeline Ainsworth, 10, opens plastic eggs to see what's inside after collecting them during
the 201 2 Easter Egg Hunt at Tribal Housing in Grand Ronde on Saturday, April 7. She was adding the empty egg
shells to the pile already left behind by other children.
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Tribal descendant Ryan
Beauchamp, 2, takes
a look at the basket
full of candy that the
Easter Bunny (aka
Tribal Council member
Steve Bobb Sr.) is
holding to see what he
wants to take from it
before the 2012 Easter
Egg Hunt started
at Tribal Housing
in Grand Ronde on
Saturday, April 7.
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