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JULY 1, 2019
July
• Thursday-Friday, July 4-5 – Independence Day. Tribal offices closed.
• Wednesday, July 10 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Thursday, July 11 – Vocational Rehabilitation Culture Day, 10 a.m.,
Portland Area Office, 4445 S.W. Barbur Blvd. 503-879-1881.
• Thursday, July 11-Sunday, July 14 – Veterans Summit & Marcellus
Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow. Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9600
S.W. Hebo Road. 541-480-5932.
• Friday, July 12-Sunday, July 14 – Elders Marketplace, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Spirit Mountain Casino, 26820 S.W. Salmon River Highway. 503-689-5005.
• Wednesday, July 24 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, July 24 – Tribal Council Candidates Forum, 6 p.m., Tribal
Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
August
• Wednesday, Aug. 7 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, Aug. 7 – Family Night Out, 4:30 p.m., Tribal campus,
9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2034.
• Thursday, Aug. 8 – Vocational Rehabilitation Culture Day, 10 a.m.,
Employment & Services Building Rooms 118 A & B, 9615 Grand Ronde
Road. 503-879-4535.
• Friday, Aug. 16-Sunday, Aug. 18 – Grand Ronde Contest Powwow at
Uyxat Powwow Grounds, 9600 S.W. Hebo Road.
• Wednesday, Aug. 21 – Tribal Council meeting, 5 p.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
Smoke Signals file photo
Tribal Elder and Marine Corps veteran Reyn Leno, left, and Tribal Elder and Army
veteran Raymond Petite, right, gift Army veteran Ken Kraft with a wounded
warrior project blanket during the Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans
Powwow held at Uyxat Powwow Grounds in July 2018.
July veterans’
events slated
Summit, powwow set for July 11-14 at Powwow Grounds
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
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• Youth Council: www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthCouncil
• Social Services Department:
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Because the Fourth of July falls
on a Thursday, the traditional
dates for the Veterans Summit and
Marcellus Norwest Memorial Vet-
erans Powwow have been pushed
back a week to Thursday, July 11,
through Sunday, July 14.
The four days of activities in
Grand Ronde will seek to help and
honor those who displayed their
patriotism by serving in the U.S.
military.
The seventh annual Veterans
Summit, put on by the Native
Wellness Institute of Gresham,
Veterans Affairs’ Office of Tribal
Government Relations and the
Grand Ronde Tribe, will occupy
Uyxat Powwow Grounds off Hebo
Road beginning at 1 p.m. Thurs-
day, July 11, and resume Friday,
July 12, and then segue into the
annual Marcellus Norwest Memo-
rial Veterans Powwow at 7 p.m.
Friday with the first of four grand
entries.
The Veterans Summit will be-
gin under the powwow grounds
arbor with the theme “Honoring
Gold Star Families: Healing From
Trauma.” Gold Star families are
so designated because they have a
relative who died while serving in
the military.
The first general session will
feature an opening ceremony,
speakers, sharing circles, sweats
and a night of cultural sharing.
The second day, which will start at
9 a.m., will feature more speakers,
workshops, informational booths
and veterans benefit coordination
until adjournment at 4 p.m.
The Veterans Summit, which
was first held in 2013 after former
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn
Leno, a Marine Corps veteran from
the Vietnam War era, attended a
planning meeting held in San Diego
and volunteered the Tribe to host it.
The summit’s goal is to connect
veterans to the governmental ser-
vices that they have earned, as well
as help with employment issues
and the effects of post-traumatic
stress disorder.
The Veterans Powwow contin-
ues throughout the weekend with
grand entries at 7 p.m. Friday, July
12, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, July 13,
and 1 p.m. Sunday, July 14. Veter-
ans Royalty competition will occur
at 5 p.m. Friday.
Nick Sixkiller will once again act
as master of ceremonies for both the
summit and Veterans Powwow and
the host drum will be Red Hoop.
Vendors interested in selling
their wares or food at the Veterans
Powwow should contact Molly Leno
at 503-983-6790 or via e-mail at
charleslenojr75@gmail.com.
WIC visits Community Center monthly
Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Does your family include a child under
the age of 5? If so, you may qualify for the Women, Infants and Chil-
dren program. With WIC, people can receive answers to nutritional
questions and access fruits and vegetables, whole grains, eggs, milk,
cheese, juice, cereal and more.
A WIC representative visits the Tribal Community Center on the
third Tuesday of the month, which will be July 16.
Walk-ins are welcome between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 503-879-
2034.
