S moke S ignals
OCTOBER 1, 2018
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Harrison appointed to
museum’s Board of Trustees
Photo courtesy of Troy Wayryen
Veteran photojournalist Timothy J. Gonzalez joined the Smoke Signals staff
on Tuesday, Sept. 14. He spent 24 years working for the daily newspaper in
Salem, Ore., where he came out to Grand Ronde several times to photograph
Contest Powwows.
Gonzalez joins Smoke Signals staff
Photojournalist has decades of experience behind the camera
By Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals staff writer
Timothy Gonzalez, a 28-year
veteran of Oregon photojournalism,
joined the staff of Smoke Signals on
Tuesday, Sept. 11.
Gonzalez is from the Los Ange-
les area and has called the Pacific
Northwest home for the past 28
years. He began his photojournal-
ism career at the Half Moon Bay
Review and the San Mateo Times,
capturing images from the 1989
San Francisco earthquake, in ad-
dition to sports photography and
then-vice-president of the Philip-
pines dining in an area restaurant.
He earned a degree in physical
education from California State
University Hayward in 1984 and
studied three years of photojour-
nalism at San Francisco State
University from 1986-89.
Gonzalez was subsequently select-
ed from applicants across the coun-
try to participate in the prestigious
Eddie Adams Workshop II, where
he worked with nationally known
photographers and photo editors.
Gonzalez moved to Salem in
1990 to begin a 24-year photojour-
nalism career with the Statesman
Journal, where he covered the
Portland Trail Blazers, Division I
college football, the Thurston High
School mass shooting and then-
Sen. Barack Obama’s visit. He left
in 2014 to pursue freelance pho-
tography, shooting Oregon State
University football and basketball
games for The Associated Press.
Gonzalez also had a photograph
of a Woodburn farm worker fea-
tured in the book and nationwide
traveling exhibition “Americanos:
Latino Life in the United States.”
“Replacing Michelle Alaimo, who
worked for the Tribe for more than
10 years, was a difficult task, but I
think the Tribe was very fortunate
to find someone of Tim’s experience
and talent who lived nearby in
Salem,” Editor Dean Rhodes said.
Alaimo left Tribal employment
on Friday, Sept. 14, to take over a
pet-sitting business and be closer to
family in Hilton Head, S.C.
“The interview panel was duly
impressed with Tim’s demeanor
and portfolio of photographs, and
I am confident that he will be a
worthy successor to and uphold the
photographic quality established
by Michelle Alaimo over the last
decade,” Rhodes added.
In his spare time, Gonzalez said
he enjoys spending time with his
dogs, Quinn, Bob and Chewy, and
cats, Zane and Benjamin.
“I’m looking forward to getting to
know a community that I’ve only
had small interactions with so far
photographing Contest Powwows,”
he said. “Being able to work with
people at the Tribe and getting to
know more about the culture and
traditions will be intriguing.”
Gonzalez can be contacted at
503-879-1961 or timothy.gonzalez@
grandronde.org.
NEW YORK CITY — Tribal Elder
Kathryn Harrison, 94, was appointed
to the American Museum of Natural
History’s Board of Trustees on June 13
and joins the likes of news anchor Tom
Brokaw, actress Tina Fey and “Saturday
Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels on
the board.
“We are honored to welcome Kathryn
Harrison to the museum’s Board of
Trustees,” said museum President El-
len Futter. “Kathryn has been a friend
and colleague of the museum for many
years, beginning with her pivotal lead-
Kathryn Harrison
ership role when the museum and the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde forged a historic agreement in
2000. That partnership continues strongly to this day, and we are
especially thrilled now to have Kathryn involved in a more formal
way with the museum.”
Harrison was the chairwoman of the Grand Ronde Tribe in June
2000 when an agreement between the Tribe and museum ensured
Tribal religious access to Tomanowos, also known as the Willamette
Meteorite. The agreement settled a claim to Tomanowos filed by
the Tribe under the Native American Graves Protection and Repa-
triation Act.
The meteorite was venerated by Oregon Tribes that were even-
tually relocated to the Grand Ronde Reservation in the 1850s. To-
manowos was purchased by a wealthy philanthropist in the early
20th century and sent back to New York City to go on display at
the museum.
Under the agreement, the Grand Ronde Tribe has annual access
to conduct religious ceremonies with Tomanowos, and the museum
hosts a summer internship program for Tribal youth.
Harrison’s first board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct.
3. She said she was told that she is the first Native American to be
appointed to the Board of Trustees.
Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez
A sign indicating that only service animals are allowed is attached at one of
the entrances of the Governance Center.
Signs have been posted at clinic
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afterward for infection control, we
can only allow service animals.”
Signs have been posted at clinic
doors to inform patients of the clar-
ification in policy.
“The message is that you cannot
bring in your comfort animals any-
more,” Rowe says. “It’s a tough call
because we recognized the value of
comfort animals, but we can’t have
them at the clinic.”
The Tribal Health & Wellness
Center clarification also falls in
line with the campus-wide policy,
she added.
According to the Northwest ADA
Center, a service animal is one that
has been individually trained to do
work or perform tasks for the bene-
fit of an individual with a disability.
Only dogs and miniature horses are
considered service animals.
A comfort or emotional support
animal — one that provides help
without performing a specific task
or duty — does not meet the defi-
nition of service animal. If it is not
individually trained to do work or
perform a task, it is considered a
pet under the ADA guidelines.
“We want to make sure people
understand this before they bring
an animal to their medical appoint-
ments,” Rowe says. “There are not a
lot of people doing this now, but we
want the few who do to be aware of
the restrictions.”