S MOKE S IGNALS
DECEMBER 1, 2014
Heritage night
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Elders Bazaar scheduled
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Andrea Grijalva performs a paddle dance as the Grand Ronde Canoe
Family performs during halftime of Oregon State University’s
basketball game against Rice University at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis
on Friday, Nov. 14. November is National Native American Heritage
Month and it was Native American Heritage Night at the game. Before
the game, Jocelyn Huff man, Spirit Mountain Casino sponsorship
administrator, accepted, on behalf of the Tribe and casino, a game ball
signed by Beavers coach Wayne Tinkle.
An Elders Bazaar will be held at Spirit Mountain Casino on Friday
and Saturday, Dec. 12-13. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Tables cost $20 per day per table.
To sign up for a table or tables, contact Elder Activity Assistant
Dan Ham at the Elders Activity Center at 503-879-2233. n
Hospice seeking Native jewelry
The nonprofi t Willamette Valley Hospice in Salem is planning a used
jewelry sale in the spring as a fundraiser and is seeking donations from
talented Native jewelry makers. Those who would like to donate can contact
Hospice board member Steve Bobb Sr. at 503-876-3118. n
Tribal Council Christmas Party set
The annual Tribal Council Christmas Party will start at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 7, in the Tribal gym with a visit from Santa Claus.
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno will be the master of ceremonies
and Tribal Librarian Marion Mercier will read Christmas stories to
children. Tribal Royalty will perform “The Lord’s Prayer” at 12:15 p.m.
and Tribal Council member Cheryle A. Kennedy will give the invocation
before lunch is served and door prizes are awarded.
Tribal children will sing Christmas songs beginning at 2:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Community Health Manager Kari Culp
at 503-879-2016 or kari.culp@grandronde.org. n
Part of the Native American Heritage Night activities included Tribal
Council member Denise Harvey, left, and Spirit Mountain Community
Fund Director Kathleen George, second from right, presenting
Children’s Cancer Association Director of Programs Andy Frezza,
second from left, a check for $25,000 during Oregon State University’s
basketball game vs. Rice at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis on Friday, Nov. 14.
Also with them is Benny the Beaver, Oregon State’s mascot.
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Archival information
being transferred to Tribe
CONFERENCE continued
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Archival information long held
by non-Natives and interpreted
by non-Natives rightfully belongs
with Indians to be interpreted by
Indians, she said. She described
the history of Tribal efforts in that
direction.
One of the projects she is involved
with at the University of Oregon is
called “The Decolonization of Tribal
Archives.”
Rebecca Dobkins, archaeology
professor at Willamette University,
talked about a student project in co-
operation with the Tribe. Her class-
es are cataloging and archiving the
large Charles Holmes collection of
documents and photographs from
Chemawa Indian School that were
donated to the Tribe.
A Restoration panel was inter-
preted through the lens of the
Tribe’s Ceded Lands programs, in-
tergenerational trauma and Tribal
Elder recollections of that time.
Ceded Lands Program Manager
Michael Karnosh introduced the
session and the speakers, featuring
Amanda Mercier, who wrote her
master’s thesis at Portland State
University on historical trauma.
She described the effect it has had
in Native communities. Elders
Kathryn Harrison and Margaret
Provost recalled their participa-
tion and memories of the Tribe’s
Restoration effort in the 1970s and
early 1980s.
Many conference participants
stayed until the close at 5:30 p.m.
and took a tour of the exhibit and
museum facilities.
The Grand Ronde drum group
included Jon A. George, Brian
Krehbiel, Bobby Mercier, Travis
Mercier, Jordan Mercier, David
Harrelson and David Lewis.
All Land and Culture Depart-
ment staff had a hand in organizing
and coordinating the conference,
including Brandy Humphreys, Te-
resa Clay, Andrea Verduzco, Holly
Partridge and Veronica Montano.
Oral history staff Sequoia Raya
and Alan Ham operated the two
video cameras with video and audio
assistance by Information Systems
Technician Wendell Olson.
To prepare for the conference, Ju-
lie Brown and Brad Leno installed a
new exhibit in the Chachalu exhibit
gallery.
The conference also raised $1,100
for Chachalu’s second phase of de-
velopment. n