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Contest Powwow set for Aug. 14-16
If you go
More than $55,000 in prize money up for grabs during annual event
By Dean Rhodes
Grand Ronde Contest Powwow
Grand entries: 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14; 1
and 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15; and 1 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 16.
Where: Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9600
Highway 22
Cost: Parking $1 per day or a donation of
canned food; $3 for a weekend pass
More info: 503-879-2037
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ore than $35,000 in dance prize money
and $20,000 in drum awards will be on
the line during the Confederated Tribes
of Grand Ronde’s annual Contest Powwow set
for Friday, Aug. 14, through Sunday, Aug. 16,
under the new arbor at Uyxat Powwow Grounds,
9600 Highway 22.
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dancers in 2014. Dancers compete for prize mon-
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Council OKs
Reservation
hunting tags
and seasons
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Tribal Council’s consent agenda,
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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Veronica Montano, a Tribal member and Tribal Cultural Collections supervisor, screens chunks of grass and
dirt for artifacts as she participates in an archaeological dig at a site on Grand Ronde Road on Friday, July 17.
Montano is an anthropology student at Western Oregon University. Working with her is Karl Bloomberg, a
University of Washington archaeology student.
In search of history
Archaeology students surveying two sites in Grand Ronde
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