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Tribal member Kiana Leno covers regalia with coconut as she helps decorate
the Spirit Mountain Casino float in Portland on Thursday, June 7. Leno was
a model for the float, which was in the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral
Parade on Saturday, June 9.
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Spirit Mountain Casino's "Love
Rocks" float won the President's
Award for most effective overall flo
ra presentation during the Grand
Floral Parade held Saturday, June
9, in downtown Portland.
Designed by Tribal Council
member Steve Bobb Sr., the float
featured a 500-gallon waterfall
rushing to the tune of the tragic
pop song, "Running Bear," which
was a No. 1 hit for Johnny Preston
in 1960.
The song tells the story of Run
ning Bear, an Indian brave, and
Little White Dove, an Indian maid
en, who are in love but separated by
a raging river and their respective
Tribes' dislike for each other.
Tribal members Kiana Leno and
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Peter Nelson posed as models for
the float.
The casino's float was the fifth
vehicle in the Grand Floral Parade
and the first float.
"I thought it was a pretty nice
recognition," said Bobb. "The float
looked really good. They did a tre
mendous job for what we wanted
it to say. Everybody seemed to like
the finished float with the features,
so I was pretty pleased with that."
"I would like to thank everyone
who helped us with the float this
year," said casino Marketing Co
ordinator Angela Sears. "We had
about 20 Spirit Mountain employ
ees and Tribal Elders and Tribal
members who traveled to Portland
with us to help build the float.
Without the help of these people,
we would not be able to present an
award-winning float for the Grand
Floral Parade."
Spirit Mountain Casino signed
a three-year sponsorship deal for
the Grand Floral Parade in 2011.
It will sponsor the parade again in
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Foundation seeks artist
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Artist Fellowships. Awards will be worth $20,000 and made in six disciplines:
Visual Arts, Filmmaking, Music, Dance, Literature and Traditional Arts.
Application deadline is Thursday, June 21.
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