JUNE 15, 2017
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Veterans Senior
Queen Makenzie
Aaron, left,
and Veterans
Junior Queen
Madison Aaron
wave as they
ride in a 1976
Cadillac Eldorado
during the
Portland General
Electric/SOLVE
Starlight Parade
in downtown
Portland on
Saturday, June 3.
Persistent parades
Tribal Elder Kathy Coley adds uva grass to the bear that is part of Spirit
Mountain Casino’s float while decorating it at the Funtastic Traveling Shows’
office in Portland on Thursday, June 8. The float won the Governor’s Award in
the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade on Saturday, June 10.
Tribal Elder Deitz Peters and his grandson, Ethan Breckheimer, wave
to the crowd while walking in the Portland General Electric/SOLVE
Starlight Parade in downtown Portland on Saturday, June 3. They
carried the “Spirit of the West” banner introducing that section of the
parade, which is the section that included Tribal Royalty.
From left, Junior Miss Grand Ronde Isabelle Grout, Little Miss Grand
Ronde Kaleigha Simi and Senior Miss Grand Ronde Iyana Holmes
wave as they ride in a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado during the Portland
General Electric/SOLVE Starlight Parade in downtown Portland on
Saturday, June 3.
Counterclockwise from left, Veterans Senior Queen Makenzie Aaron, Senior
Miss Grand Ronde Iyana Holmes, Junior Miss Grand Ronde Isabelle Grout,
Little Miss Grand Ronde Kaleigha Simi, Little
Miss Princess Sophie Grout and Veterans
Junior Queen Madison Aaron wave to the
crowd as they walk the beginning of the
Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade
in Portland on Saturday, June 10.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo