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Tribe to celebrate 32nd anniversary of Restoration
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
T
he Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
will celebrate its 32nd anniversary of
1983’s Restoration on Saturday, Nov. 21,
with events at the Atudship monument near the
Tribal Cemetery and at the Tribal gymnasium.
After the Grand Ronde Tribe was terminated
in 1954, Tribal Elders Merle Holmes, Margaret
Provost and Marvin Kimsey started the arduous
task of regaining federal recognition in the 1970s
that culminated on Nov. 22, 1983, when Pres-
ident Ronald Reagan signed the Grand Ronde
Restoration Act.
This year’s celebration will begin at 9 a.m. with
a prayer service at the Atudship monument. The
site, fi rst used during 2013’s 30th Restoration
celebration, is located on the Lash property
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Tribe pursuing
purchase of
greyhound
racetrack
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
T
ribal Council voted to pursue
the purchase of the 31-acre
Multnomah Greyhound Park
site in Wood Village during its
Wednesday, Oct. 14, meeting.
The site, which is no longer used
for dog racing, was listed for sale
at $11.2 million earlier this year by
owner Arthur McFadden.
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn
Leno said that the Tribe is develop-
ing a business plan for the property
that would diversify the Tribe’s
economic base.
“Economic diversification has
always been a priority for our
Tribe and our membership,” Leno
said. “We have worked hard since
our Tribe was restored to become
self-suffi cient, and to provide es-
sential programs for our members.
Striving toward a diversifi ed econ-
omy is an objective that helps us
prepare for the future.”
Leno said that the Grand Ronde
Tribe has reached out to the city of
Wood Village, neighboring munici-
palities in east Multnomah County
and the surrounding community re-
garding the purchase and potential
uses of the site.
“At Grand Ronde, we always take
a community approach and we
want to be as inclusive as possible
in looking at the opportunities as-
sociated with this property,” Leno
said.
Grand Ronde Tribal members are
familiar with the site since it was
identifi ed as a possible location for
Oregon’s fi rst privately operated ca-
sino by Lake Oswego businessmen
Matthew Rossman and Bruce Stud-
er. They sponsored ballot measures
in 2010 and 2012 to build a private
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Photos by and courtesy of Tony Bynum
Tribal member Tony Bynum is an outdoor photographer who lives in Montana. His images have been featured
in many magazines, on book covers, calendars and a television show on NBC.
Moments in time
Tribal member Tony
Bynum travels the world
capturing images
By Brent Merrill
Smoke Signals staff writer
I
magine being high up in the
Rocky Mountains of Mon-
tana and staring down an
800-pound grizzly bear sporting
fi ve-inch claws with nothing but
a camera.
Imagine being close enough to
two head-butting bighorn rams
to not only capture the image,
but feel the impact as well.
Imagine being fl own into a re-
mote location with nothing but
the provisions in your backpack
and then getting on a horse to
ride even
d e e p -
er into
the bush
knowing
that for
the next
14 days
it will be
just you
A grizzly bear
and the
shakes water off
elements.
of itself.
This is
the life of Grand Ronde Tribal
member Tony Bynum.
Bynum, who lives at a 5,000-
foot elevation on the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation in East
Glacier Park, Montana, is a
celebrated outdoor photogra-
pher whose images have been
featured in many magazines,
on book covers, calendars and
an NBC television show.
Facing down Mother Nature
in such a tangible way wasn’t
always a part of Bynum’s plan,
but after growing frustrated
with the policy side of wildlife
conservation and becoming a
father, he decided to be more
hands on with his love of the
outdoors.
Bynum, 45, is the son of Trib-
al Elder Janis Duddles and
David Bynum, the grandson
of Sally Jones Myrick, the
great-grandson of Avery Jones,
the great-great-grandson of
See BYNUM
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