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DECEMBER 1, 2014
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Kim Roybal performs a shawl song dance during the plankhouse ceremony of the Tribe’s 31st Restoration Celebration at Achaf-hammi on Saturday, Nov. 22.
31st Restoration Celebration
delivers in four venues
Tribal Elder Pearl
Lyon, the oldest
member of the Tribe
at age 102, looks at
a necklace gifted
to her during the
31st Restoration
Celebration held in
the Tribal gym on
Saturday, Nov. 22.
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
G
rand Ronde Restoration Day, celebrating
the 31st anniversary of the Tribe re-
gaining federal recognition, started at 9
a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Tribal Cemetery
where a private prayer service was held at the
Atudship memorial.
“The cemetery is the anchor of the Tribe,” said
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno.
At 10 a.m., the day’s activities moved to the
Tribal plankhouse, Achaf-hammi, where Cul-
tural Outreach Specialist Bobby Mercier led
drumming, dancing and singing. For those who
came into the plankhouse at the start, the fi res
were already hot and the fl ames headed upward.
See RESTORATION
continued on page 7