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Contest Powwow set for Aug. 15-17
More than $35,000 in prize money up for grabs during annual event
If you go
By Dean Rhodes
Grand Ronde Contest Powwow
Grand entries: 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15;
1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16; and 1
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17.
Where: Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9390
Highway 22
Cost: Parking $1 per day or a donation
of canned food; $3 for a weekend pass
More info: 503-879-2037
Smoke Signals editor
M
ore than $35,000 in prize money will
be on the line during the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde’s annual Con-
test Powwow set for Friday, Aug. 15, through
Sunday, Aug. 17, at Uyxat Powwow Grounds,
9390 Highway 22.
The annual powwow – one of the largest in
the Pacifi c Northwest – drew more than 250 Na-
tive dancers in 2013. Dancers compete for prize
money in 20 categories.
Registration begins at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug.
15, followed by the fi rst Grand Entry at 7 p.m.
Royalty coronation also will be held Friday
evening.
On Saturday, Aug. 16, a parade between the
powwow grounds and Fort Yamhill State Park
will be held at 10 a.m. and include cash prizes.
See POWWOW
continued on page 13
‘It’s Your Game’
encourages youth
sexual responsibility
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
D
uring fall and spring se-
mesters last school year,
Grand Ronde and Willam-
ina Middle School seventh- and
eighth-graders went through an
evidence-based curriculum that
emphasizes abstinence, but also
teaches students how to protect
themselves from pregnancy, sexu-
ally transmitted diseases and HIV
using medically accurate informa-
tion.
The curriculum also taught how
to develop healthy relationships
and set personal limits.
The program, “It’s Your Game,”
was developed by the University of
Texas Prevention Research Center.
It uses lectures and online tools to
teach the subject, and conducts sur-
veys before and after the program
to evaluate results.
“The focus of the IYG program is
to teach youth what healthy rela-
tionships look like, equip them with
refusal skills, and provide them
with information about sexually
transmitted infections so they can
make informed decisions,” said a
Tribal Youth Prevention evaluation
summary of the program.
In summary, surveys found that
after the program students were:
• Talking more with their parents
about sexual health;
• Resisting peer pressure regard-
ing sexual activities in greater
numbers;
• Abstaining in slightly greater
numbers from having sex or the
intent to engage in sex;
• More resilient about making and
keeping new plans;
See YOUTH
continued on page 9
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Nate Gutzwiller attempts to take down a steer as he competes in the steer wrestling competition during the
2014 Spirit Mountain Stampede held at Spirit Mountain Rodeo Grounds on Sunday, July 20.
Spirit Mountain Stampede attendance up 10 percent
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
I
t is still before grand entry
at the 2014 Spirit Mountain
Stampede and horses are
tied to horse trailers along the
road in, soaking up the sun.
Cowboys are practicing with
their lassos.
In the ring, Rodeo Special
Event Board Chair Harold
Lyon, Secretary Jim Holmes
and board member Joy Bur-
cham ride in with fl ags fl ying for
the start of the Spirit Mountain
Stampede.
Board member Ed Ashman
and Jolanda Catabay follow in a
truck supplied by sponsor Capi-
tol Auto Group. Catabay sings
“The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Other members of the Rodeo
See RODEO
continued on pages 10-11