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FEBRUARY 1, 2015
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gives a welcome speech to attendees
of the seventh annual Gathering of
Oregon’s First Nations Powwow.
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Kailiyah Krehbiel dances in Grand Entry of the seventh annual Gathering
of Oregon’s First Nations Powwow held at the Salem Pavilion at the Oregon
State Fair and Expo Center in Salem on Saturday, Jan. 24.
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Tynan George sings
and drums during
the 10th annual
Chinook Winter
Gathering held at
the Cathlapotle
Plankhouse on the
Ridgefield National
Wildlife Refuge in
Ridgefield, Wash.,
on Saturday, Jan.
17. Next to him in
the background
is Sam Robinson,
Chinook Indian
Nation Tribal
Council vice
chairman.
Winter Gathering
Tribal Council members
Jon A. George, left,
and Chris Mercier
gift a fish club to the
Chinook Indian Nation
on behalf of the Grand
Ronde Tribe during the
10th annual Chinook
Winter Gathering held
on Saturday, Jan. 17.
The club was carved
by Grand Ronde
Tribal member Brian
Krehbiel.
Kailiyah Krehbiel dances with the Chinook Canoe Family
during the 10th annual Chinook Winter Gathering held at
the Cathlapotle Plankhouse.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo