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A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe
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for July 20-21 at
Rodeo Grounds
Dedication will honor longtime
board member Dale Langley
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Northwest Professional Rodeo Association
competitors will return to Grand Ronde
on Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21, to
compete in the annual Spirit Mountain Stam
pede at the Spirit Mountain Rodeo Grounds on
the Tribal campus.
Competition is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. both
days as cowboys and cowgirls will compete in
bull riding, steer wrestling, saddle and bareback
bronc riding, tie-down roping, breakaway roping,
team roping and barrel racing.
Winners of the rough stock bronc and bull
riding events will win $1,800 in addition to a
portion of the entry fees while winners of the
timed events will receive $1,300 and a portion
of the entry fees.
"Slack events" - for contestants who did not
qualify for the Saturday and Sunday competi
tions - will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, July 19.
Admission on Friday is free.
There also will be open events for children
along with donkey races for adults.
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
hosted the NPRA-sanctioned event from 1996
See RODEO
continued on page 14
Smoke Signals file photo
Seth Shelton competes in the bareback riding
event during the Spirit Mountain Stampede at
Spirit Mountain Rodeo Grounds on the Tribal
campus in July 201 2.
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Tribal Council members Chris Mercier, second from left, and Jon A. George, right, gift World War II
Navajo code talker Bill Toledo with a Pendleton blanket during the 1 p.m. Grand Entry of the 201 3
Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow at Uyxat Powwow Grounds on Saturday, July 13.
Tribal Council also gifted fellow code talker Peter McDonald Sr., left, with a blanket.
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By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
It was a big year for World War II veter
ans at the Marcellus Norwest Memorial
Veterans Powwow held Friday, July 12,
through Sunday, July 14, at Uyxat Powwow
Grounds.
Top of the list were World War II veterans
from the Grand Ronde Tribe: Elders Biff
Langley, 87, Navy, 1943-45; Gene Hudson,
92, Army, 1941-45; and Herman Hudson
See POWWOW
continued on pages 10-11
Organizers think event to help veterans may sprout annually
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Organizers of the first-ever Veterans Summit
held Tuesday, July 9, through Friday, July 12,
at Uyxat Powwow Grounds think the initial
event may be like planting a seed that will blossom
annually.
The four-day summit, put on by the Gresham-based
Native Wellness Institute and hosted by the Confeder-
See SUMMIT
- Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Cameron Smith, second from left, director of the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, receives
a Pendleton blanket from Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr., left, and June Sherer, second
from right, and Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno after his keynote speech during the "Veterans
Summit: Gathering of Warriors" at Uyxat Powwow Grounds on Wednesday, July 1 0.
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