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PRESORTED STANDARD MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID SALEM. OR PERMIT NO. 178 P-2 P43 OR NEWSPAPER PROJ. UO LIBRARY SYSTEM PRE 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 97403-1205 3 ilil'li'li,iliMillilililriliiili'illi"'lllllil"llilll'li"ll AUGUST 1,2013 K , JL JL JLO J A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe mm K w JLSXJL www.grandronde.org TJMRQTZA. a MOLALLA a ROGUE RIVER, a KALAPUYA ca CHASTA Coirutesti Pswwow seti for aagjo US-IS G n ii f-. V More than $35,000 in prize money up for grabs during annual event Smoke Signals file photo By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor More than $35,000 in prize money will be up for grabs during the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's annual Con test Powwow set for Friday, Aug. 16, through Sunday, Aug. 18, at Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9390 Highway 22. Leah Brisbois, right, participates in an Intertribal dance during tha 2012 Grand Ronda Contest Powwow at Uyxat Powwow Grounds in Grand Ronda last August. The annual powwow one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest - drew about 250 Native dancers last year. Dancers competed for prize money in 20 dance categories. Registration begins at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, followed by the first Grand Entry at 7 p.m. Roy alty coronation also will be held Friday evening. On Saturday, Aug. 17, a parade will be held at 10 a.m. and include cash prizes. Grand entries will be held at 1 and 7 p.m. with the deadline See POWWOW continued on page 7 State recruiting for an Indian education specialist By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor After a decade-long effort by Oregon Tribes, the state Department of Education is advertising for an Indian education specialist. "This was one of our priorities for this session, getting positions of equity for all Oregon students," said Cindy Hunt, Government and Legal Affairs manager for the De partment of Education. She helped shepherd the new position through the Legislature. The proposal to return an Indian education specialist position has been around since 2003 as part of the Indian Education Plan, which was developed by Oregon's nine federally recognized Tribes as a way to work with their respective school districts to improve Native American student achievement. Oregon had a full-time Indian ed ucation specialist in the 1980s, but the position's hours were reduced to quarter-time because of budget cuts and then it was eliminated in the early 1990s. Tribes have been aggressively pushing for it to be resurrected ever since. But returning the position to the Department of Education's budget ran into a major roadblock after the recession hit in 2008 and getting new employees approved in a stressed state budget proved impossible. With state revenues rebounding See SPECIALIST continued on page 6 1 ' 4 v 3 S I -i ' 7 - - i J t. - 1 f -' 1 4- 'J'.-' Photo by Michelle Alalmo The Grand Ronde Canoe Family travels in Stanldya as they paddle on the Willamette River through downtown Portland on the third day of tha Paddle to Quinault 201 3 on Monday, July 22. Fourth from the front of the canoe is Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, who joined them for part of their paddle to Cathedral Park in north Portland. Second from the front is Tai Mamaku, from the Maori of New Zealand, who is joining the Canoe Family on the journey. feMIk(iLfDDLn)gg 20 13 Canoe Journey follows NW Shells and Cedar summer event By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer NEWBERG This year's Canoe Journey started on Saturday, July 20, at Rogers Landing in Newberg. Two Grand Ronde canoes landed 12 days later, on Thursday, Aug. 1, with as many as 100 other Tribal canoes at Point Grenville on Quinault Indian Nation lands on the Washington coast. j 3 VMUheJinhd's page to see more photos The 225-mile voyage, travel ing on two rivers and the Pacific Ocean, attracted about 350 Trib al Elders, members, staffers and students. There were those who paddled in the canoes and those who provided support services both by the canoes in the water and at each stop. At the first stop, Champoeg State Heritage Park in St. Paul, the Western Tribes Coalition, including Grand Ronde, Coos, Coquille and Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe See JOURNEY continued on page 14