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Photo courtesy of Jon George
Tribal member Greg Archuleta
peels a strip of bark from a cedar
tree as Tribal member Jade Linger
looks on in Portland on Saturday,
April 14. Trees are being removed
to make way for the new Sellwood
Bridge and the Tribe was able to
harvest cedar bark and yew trees for
cultural projects.
Tree resources
in Portland
gifted to Tribe
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The successful partnerships
that the Tribe has built in
the Portland metropolitan
area paid surprise dividends in
mid-April when cedar bark and
yew trees from the renovation of
the Sellwood Bridge were given to
the Grand Ronde people for future
cultural use.
"Through partnerships with
Multnomah and Clackamas coun-
See TREES
continued on page 10
Fuirsft Foods seDelbirsified
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Aiden Allen Archer Bly,
5, and Alexander Mi
chael Bly, 6, both Tribal
descendants and great-grandchildren
of Culture Committee
Vice Chairwoman Betty Bly,
were among the first of children
at this year's First Foods Cel
ebration to immerse themselves
with crayons into the fun-for-kids
part of the celebration.
"This is the best coloring ever,"
said Alexander Michael.
"This is the best, best, best,
best coloring ever," said Aiden
Allen Archer.
Others were busy in the Tribal
Community Center with Tribal
member and Cultural Educa
tion Specialist Brian Krehbiel
and Chucky Fryberg (Tulalip)
in creating designs with pencils
and markers on cedar "clap
pers." Still others learned how to
mash acorns in a stone pestle
with the help of traditional
Native crafts expert Margaret
Mathewson, who also was a big
help to the Cultural Resources
Department on the subject of
traditional baskets for the cur
rent Native women exhibit at
Willamette Heritage Center at
The Mill in Salem.
With more than 50 attending
from less than a year of age to
older than 95 - the event was a
family affair for many, includ
ing Tribal member Reina Nel
son, who came with sons Peter,
17, and Richard, 24.
"Traditionally, it's important
to show respect and honor our
relatives," said Tribal member
and Culture Committee mem-
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Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal member Zachary Bly places salmon on a plate for it to be served at
the First Foods Celebration at the Tribal Community Center on Sunday,
April 22.
Tribal member
Lyjah Murray,
8 months old,
takes a bite out
of a piece of fry
bread during
the First Foods
Celebration at the
Tribal Community
Center on Sunday,
April 22.
ber Perri McDaniel, by which
she meant, "the salmon, the
clams, oysters, elk and deer as
See FIRST FOODS
continued on page 7
VisittheTrihek
photos
page to see more
Ad hoc committee helped bring memorial to life
By Dean Rhodes
Sm oke Signals editor
At the end of May, the Tribe will celebrate
Memorial Day at the West Valley Vet
erans Memorial, which was officially
christened nine years ago.
However, Tribal efforts to erect a memorial
honoring West Valley veterans Tribal and
nonTribal started well before the memorial
was erected in 2003.
Although it reportedly had been talked about
quite often before, an announcement in the Feb.
15, 1999, Smoke Signals trumpeted the official
beginning of the Grand Ronde Tribe's concerted
Nj: W A IT
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
West Valley Veterans Memorial
effort to build a veterans memorial.
"One of Tribal Council's priorities for 1999
will be to erect a Veterans Memorial recognition
and appreciation for those Tribal members who
have served in the Armed Forces and fought in
America's wars," the announcement read.
"An ad hoc committee is a temporary com
mittee, and will be dissolved after the Veterans
Memorial project is complete."
A report on the meeting that appeared in the
March 15, 1999, Smoke Signals said that the ad
hoc committee elected officers and members, who
were pending Tribal Council approval.
See MEMORIAL
continued on page 9