S moke S ignals
september 1, 2014
draws many spectators
Amelia Mooney, Veterans Junior Queen, dances with other royalty
during the Grand Entry of 201 Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde Contest Powwow.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
“It was the first of eight
tours over the weekend,”
Reibach said. “From dozens
of walk-in visitors, dona-
tions and sales amounted
to nearly $1,000 for building the
next phase of the museum and
cultural center.”
On Saturday afternoon, two
leaders of an Estonian group that
is part of the European Language
Equality Network, which promotes
and protects lesser-used languages,
arrived. In 2012, the group repre-
sented 42 language communities in
21 European countries.
The powwow guests, Merit Leht-
Smith and Andres Vares, represent
the Estonian Bureau for Lesser
Used Languages. Matthew Smith,
from outside of Yamhill County,
married Merit Leht two years ago
Amaryssa Mooney competes in the Girls Jingle dance category during the 201
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Contest Powwow held at Uyxat Powwow Grounds
on Saturday, Aug. 16.
Earlier in the day, Senior Miss
Grand Ronde Goldie Bly, Junior
Miss Grand Ronde Iyana Holmes
and Little Miss Grand Ronde Ka-
leigha Simi, Royalty for 2013-14,
stepped down. Newly crowned
Royalty were Senior Miss Grand
Ronde Promise Rimer, Junior Miss
Grand Ronde Iyana Holmes and
Little Miss Grand Ronde Isabelle
Grout.
Leading Grand Entry this year
were Wayne Chulik and Brenda
Tuomi, who carried in the Ea-
gle feather staffs. Former Tribal
Council member and Vietnam-era
Marine Corps veteran Steve Bobb
Sr. carried in the U.S. flag while
Raymond Petite carried the Or-
egon flag, Al Miller the powwow
flag and Alton Butler the Grand
Ronde flag.
Ken Shane, among the dwindling
number of living World War II vet-
erans, participated in the powwow
as a spectator.
Tours of Chachalu, the new Trib-
al museum and cultural center,
exceeded expectations. At 11 a.m.
Saturday, two buses filled with
powwow guests took the short ride
to Chachalu, said Jan Looking Wolf
Reibach, manager of the Tribe’s
Land and Culture Department.
in Estonia. Now in Oregon, they
will marry again before Smith’s
family.
Leht-Smith and Vares said they
count themselves among the Ta-
tarin indigenous people, but Leht-
Smith added that within Russian
borders Estonia itself is an indig-
enous group.
“They are very interested in our
Chinuk Wawa program as well
as the revitalization of our Tribal
culture,” said Tribal Public Affairs
Director Siobhan Taylor. The group
has been in touch with her since
September 2013, she said.
It was their first powwow experi-
ence.
“We are setting up agreements
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Winners at the 2014 Grand Ronde Contest Powwow
Junior Girls Jingle: Kimberly Chief, Warm Springs, first; Nizhoni Tall-
man, Yakama/Navajo, second; Leilonnie Wilson, Klamath/Paiute, third;
Keaira Wakwak, Yakama, fourth; and Victoria Butler, Siletz/Yurok/Northern
Cheyenne, fifth.
Junior Girls Fancy: Kenna Faithful, Cree/Frog Lake, first; Macyquinn
Johnson, Paiute/Wasco/Warm Springs, second; Kee’ala Nyoko Kanuho,
Dine, third; Kimi Gadwa, Cree/Frog Lake, fourth; and Shandiin Shebala,
Blackfeet/Navajo, fifth.
Junior Girls Traditional: Oteskwe Shebala, Blackfeet/Navajo, first;
Jovena Scabbyrobe, Yakama, second; Amelia Andy, Yakama, third; Chelo
Garcia, Siletz, fourth; and Justinarose Azure, Yakama, fifth.
Boys Traditional: Leland Whiteplume, Arapaho, first; Elias Nelson,
Muckleshoot, second; Emery Kordatzky, Umatilla, third; Hawk Squetiasda,
Colville, fourth; and E.J. Denny, Warm Springs, fifth.
Boys Grass: Alvin Sixkiller, Cherokee/Ojibwe, first; Lester Wahsise,
Yakama, second; Koosah Quenelle, Grand Ronde, third; Kwn Musi
Matheson, Coeur d’Alene, fourth; and Izaiah Ruelas, Klamath, fifth.
Boys Fancy: Dasan Scholfield, Wintu/Potawatomi, first; Littleman
Scabbyrobe, Yakama, second; Kalen Scalplock, Siksika/Navajo, third;
Sunhawk Barney, Navajo/Paiute, fourth; and Jainus Faithful, Cree/Frog
Lake, fifth.
Teen Girls Jingle: Noralene Scalplock, Navajo/Siksika, first; Cecillie
Rose, Colville, second; Gracie Diamond, Oneida/Ojibwe, third; SuSun
Fisher, Siletz, fourth; and Soraya Mendez, Warm Springs, fifth.
Teen Girls Fancy: Mariah Leavitt, Yakama/Puyallup, first; Carole Azure,
Chippawa/Yakama, second; Autumn Johnson, Wasco, third; Teata Oat-
men, Umatilla, fourth; and Maya Melina, Yaqui/Kechua, fifth.
Teen Girls Traditional: Destiny Summers, Klamath/Wasco, first; Kateri
Howtopat, Yakama, second; Sydney Matheson, Colville/Coeur D’Alene, third;
Star Upshaw, Dine, fourth; and Makenzie Aaron, Grand Ronde, fifth.
Teen Boys Grass: Desmond Madera, Blackfeet/Colville, first; Manny
Hawley, Cree, second; Chad Browneagle, Spokane, third; Marcel Allen,
Grand Ronde, fourth; and Josiah Barney, Navajo, fifth.
Teen Boys Fancy: Jarron Gadwa, Cree, first; Daniel Scholfield, Wintu,
second; Ila Pinkham, Nez Perce, third; Emmitt White, Coeur d’Alene,
fourth; and Heyaza Brien, Grand Ronde, fifth.
Teen Boys Traditional: Garyson Johnson, Wasco, first; Andrew Adams,
Yakama, second; and Tresten Joseph, Gros-Ventre, third.
Womens Jingle: Henrietta McGurk, Navajo, first; Paula Shebala, Black-
feet, second; Talia Reasoner, Seminole, third; Shaarnule Azure, Yakama,
fourth; and Lolita Henry, Nez Perce, fifth.
Womens Fancy: Urseloria Kanuho, Dine, first; Roseanne Greene, Nez
Perce/Salish, second; Katrina Blackwolf, Warm Springs/Yakama, third;
Josette Wahwasuck, Prairie Band Potawatomi, fourth; and Andrea Fowler,
Nakoda/Dakota, fifth.
Womens Traditional: Leah McGurk Brown, Navajo, first; Tisa Mathe-
son, Nez Perce, second; Lautiss Shebala, Nez Perce/Navajo/Lakota,
third; Lacey Bacon, Shoshone Bannock, fourth; and Leah Villa, Grand
Ronde, fifth.
Mens Grass: Dakota Upshaw, Dine, first; Kelsey Haywahe, Wasco/As-
siniboine, second; Victor Harry, Salish, third; Adrian Primeaux, Yankton
Sioux, fourth; and Mason James McGurk, Navajo, fifth.
Mens Fancy: Davey Madera, Blackfeet/Colville, first; Gary Olney,
Yakama, second; Jay J. Meninick, Yakama, third; Manny Totus, Walla
Walla, fourth; and Jamie Ward, Wintu, fifth.
Mens Traditional: Tommy Whiteplume, Nez Perce, first; Colin Chief,
Warm Springs, second; Gabe Cleveland, Ho-Chunk, third; Jason Stacona,
Warm Springs, fourth; and Bryon Adams, Yakama, fifth.
Golden Age Women: Wilma Buck, Yakama, first; Sarge Tillequots,
Yakama/Nez Perce, second; Ruth Tom, Paiute/Shasta, third; Lynne
Pinkham, Nez Perce, fourth; and Wilma Wahsise, Yakama, fifth.
Golden Age Men: Peter Jo Olney, Yakama, first; Stan Greene, Nez
Perce/Salish, second; Allenroy Pay-kwin, Jicarilla Apache/Zuni, third; Rudy
Shebala, Dine, fourth; and Wes Honena Sr., Sho-Ban, fifth. n