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AUGUST 15, 2015
Forum attracts
all 8 candidates
By Brent Merrill
Smoke Signals staff writer
s many as 60 Tribal members, a handful of
staff members and all eight Tribal Coun-
cil candidates attended the Candidates
Forum held Wednesday, July 29, at the Tribal
Community Center.
After Tribal Elder and former Tribal Council
member Val Grout gave the invocation, the
meeting was called to order by Tribal Assistant
General Manager Bryan Langley, who acted as
the host for the evening event.
Langley said candidates would answer ques-
tions in the order they appear on the ballot and
that questions could only be asked by enrolled
Tribal members.
General Manager Dawn Doar operated the
timer and Enrollment Specialist Jolanda Ca-
tabay verified that questions were from Tribal
members.
All eight candidates running for Tribal Council
introduced themselves with opening statements.
Each candidate answered three rounds of ques-
tions, including a question posed to them from
the Tribe’s executive office, and then each can-
didate gave a closing statement. The forum took
about two hours to complete.
Langley said the question-and-answer session
would be similar to past events with all questions
posed to candidates determined by random draw.
Each candidate was allowed three minutes for
an opening remark and introduction and they
were given two minutes to respond to each ques-
tion. Each candidate was allotted three minutes
for a closing statement.
Candidates talked about a wide range of topics
in their opening statements, including bringing
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Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Clockwise from top left, “Wood Grain” by Travis Stewart; “Willow Basket” by Tribal Elder Connie
Graves; “In Remembrance of My Father” by Tribal Council member Jon A. George; “Cedar Hat” by
Greg Archuleta; “Doll,” adorned in a cedar bark cape, hat and skirt with bear grass beads and cattail
shoes by Graves; “Grasshopper Bunk Rail” by Stewart; “Cedar Hat” by Brian Krehbiel; “Bronze Belt
Buckle” by David Harrelson; and “Winter is Coming” by Stewart, center, can be viewed in the Ikanum
exhibit at Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg. The exhibit runs through Sept. 19.
Ikanum exhibit displays
Tribal artisans’ work
By Brent Merrill
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Smoke Signals staff writer
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Interim Assistant General Manager and
Higher Education Manager Bryan Langley calls
the next candidate to the podium to give their
opening statement during the Tribal Council
Candidates Forum at the Tribal Community Center
on Wednesday, July 29.
EWBERG — Grand Ronde Tribal
artisans have joined other artists
from throughout Oregon who are
being featured as part of the Ikanum art
exhibit at the Chehalem Cultural Center,
415 E. Sheridan St., Newberg.
Ikanum features contemporary artwork
from the Columbia River and Willamette
Valley. Ikanum are traditional stories that
are often told through markings on a wall,
the pattern in a weave, the shadows cast in
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