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DECEMBER 1,2013
'Oirae off the most impoirtainit dleedls'
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Kim Roybal dances during the plankhous event of the Tribe's 30th
Restoration Celebration on Saturday, Nov. 23.
30th Restoration Celebration
Event Volunteers
Darlene Aaron, Miguel Adams, Francene Ambrose, Lisa Archuleta,
Betty Bly, Kathy Cole, Louise Coulson, Leonette Galligher, Veronica
Gaston, Jon A. George, Jacqueline Grant, Georgene Gray, Grand
Ronde Canoe Family, Grand Ronde Royalty, Peachie Hamm, Jocelyn
Huffman, Brandy Humphreys, Cheryle A. Kennedy, Ann Lewis, Stacia
Martin, Margaret Provost, Jan Looking Wolf Reibach, Kevin Simmons,
Steven Smith, Wink Soderberg, Kathy Tom and Veterans Royalty.
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hill. Personally, this is recognition
to me by the federal government
that they had made a mistake. Af
ter recognition in )K, the Tribe
would work hard to provide services
to its membership and began as
serting its sovereignty for the bet
terment of all of our people.
"... There's no telling where we
will be in decades to come, but we
always must remember where we
came from. We need to remember
our Elders. We need to remember
what they taught us. We need to
remember where we are at. We
need to make sure that we always
remember it is always about the
Tribe and the membership. And we
always need to look into the faces
of our kids and our grandkids and
know where we are going to go to
provide that guaranteed future for
them."
Dignitaries in attendance in
cluded state Hep. David Gomberg,
Salem Mayor Anna Peterson, Yam
hill County Commissioner Allen
Springer and I'olk County Commis
sioner Jennifer Wheeler.
The Tribe's 30th anniversary
of Restoration was recognized by
Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron
Wyden, who introduced a Senate
Resolution on Nov. 20, as well as
by U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, whose
floor speech televised by cable
channel C-SPAN was played. In
addition, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bon
amici recorded a video honoring
the Tribe's 30th anniversary of
Restoration.
Proclamations honoring the
Tribe's 30th anniversary of Res
toration were read from the city
of Portland by Tribal Council Sec
retary Toby McClary, from the
Yamhill County Board of Commis
sioners by Springer and from the
Polk County Board of Commission
ers by Wheeler.
Emily Summerhays, associate
director of Strategic Projects at
the American Museum of Natural
History in New York City, gifted
the Tribe a picture of the museum.
The Tribe and museum have a
13-year-old agreement that guar
antees Tribal member access to
Tomanowos (The Willamette Me
teorite), which has been housed in
the museum since the early 20th
century.
Former Tribal Chair Kathryn
Harrison, who played a key role in
the Tribe's Restoration efforts in
the early 1980s, read a letter from
former U.S. Rep. Les AuCoin, who
was unable to attend.
AuCoin said that the introduc
tion and passage of the Grand
Ronde Restoration Act remains
"one of the most important deeds"
he accomplished during his time in
Congress.
"The Confederated Tribes went
from a Trail of Tears to a Trail of
Triumph ... a triumph of the hu
man spirit," AuCoin wrote.
Former U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Fur
se, who aided the Grand Ronde
Tribe's Restoration effort when she
worked for Oregon Legal Service's
Native American Program, said
that many people think the Tribe's
Restoration was destined to occur,
but that is not true.
"Restoration happened because
your members worked night and
day," Furse said. "Also because
a great Oregonian stood by and
helped in the most profound ways.
Sen. Mark O. Hatfield knew of the
agony of Termination. He had been
our governor and he understood
what it meant to be Restored. He
helped this Tribe every inch of the
way."
Furse then recognized Margaret
Provost, Merle Holmes, Marvin
Kimsey, and Frank, Karen and
Kathryn Harrison for their work
on Restoration and testifying before
Congress.
"You changed Congress, you
changed the United States, and I
want to thank you for doing that,"
Furse said.
The five-hour event concluded
with a seven-song performance
by Reibach that included Tribal
member Jolanda Catabay singing
"Amazing Grace."
Reibach also gifted Tribal Public
Affairs Director Siobhan Taylor
with a necklace in appreciation
for all of the work she put into
organizing the 30th Restoration
Celebration. Planning for the event
started in March and involved ap
proximately 40 Tribal members and
Tribal staff.
There also was a showing of the
Tribe's new 27-minute 30th Resto
ration video.
Tribal Vice Chair Jack Giffen Jr.
gifted a paddle necklace to George
for being the emcee, thanked every
one for attending and wished them
safe travels home. The colors' were
retired as the Grand Ronde Canoe
Family drummed and sang.
During lunch, Tribal members
and guests dined on a choice of
three entrees - chicken breast with
huckleberry sauce, baked salmon
with hazelnut crust and pot roast
with gravy. Side dishes included
garlic mashed potatoes, fall breeze
and Dundee Bandon salads, roasted
butternut squash with brown sugar
and butter, green bean almandine
and sweet fiber rolls. Desserts in
cluded mini-huckleberry pies and
petit fours served on cedar planks
family style. D
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Spirit Mountain Casino has launched its sixth annual holiday toy
drive to benefit Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health &
Science University.
The three-week promotion started Nov. 25 and will run through Dec.
16. It encourages casino guests to bring in a new, unwrapped toy in
exchange for free slot machine play.
Guests can drop the toys off at the Coyote Club desk in exchange
for $10 in free play (one toy per visit, maximum of $50 in free play for
five donations throughout the toy drive). Toys for infants and toddlers,
pre-school and school-aged boys and girls are encouraged. To view a full
wish list, visit www.spiritmountain.com.
"This is the sixth year of the Spirit Mountain Toy Drive for Doern
becher Children's Hospital," said casino General Manager Randy Dug
ger. "It is the generosity of our guests and employees that has allowed
us to provide sufficient toys to meet the hospital's needs throughout the
year. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with the incredible
staff at Doernbecher. On behalf of the employees at Spirit Mountain
Casino and the members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde,
we extend our prayers and blessings for the holidays." B
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
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Grand Ronde fish weir
in our Community Center
with a traditional salmon dinner.
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