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NOVEMBER 1, 2019
36th anniversary
of Restoration
will be feted on
Friday, Nov. 22
By Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals staff writer
R
estoration is a time for Tribal
members to reflect, reconnect
and celebrate together.
“For me, the most exciting part is
that it is an opportunity for all of us
to see old friends and relatives, and
to be so thankful for our Tribe being
restored and all of those who made
it possible,” Tribal Council Secretary
Jon A. George says. “It’s a time to
come together and have fun.”
On Friday, Nov. 22, the Tribe will
fete 36 years of Restoration and all
of the accomplishments that have
come with it.
George serves on the Restoration
Committee, which is charged with
arranging the celebration. The
group has been meeting regularly for
months to plan the event down to the
smallest detail. This year, George
will serve as master of ceremonies.
He also designed the Restoration
T-shirts.
“It’s always an honor to do that,”
he said. “I have been helping plan
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Of two
spirits
Photos by Timothy J. Gonzalez
Tribal member Anthony Hudson, above, who performs as Carla
Rossi, left, a drag clown, in Portland on Tuesday, Oct. 15, as his
stage persona leads a tour of what used to be the center of the
Portland gay community.
Tribal member Anthony Hudson channels alter
ego into full-length play ‘Looking for Tiger Lily’
By Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals staff writer
If you go
36th Restoration Celebration
When: Friday, Nov. 22. Doors
open at 10 a.m., a meal will be
served at noon and a powwow will
follow at 3 p.m. All are welcome.
Where: Tribal gymnasium, 9615
Grand Ronde Road.
RSVPs: Not necessary
ORTLAND — Confronting complacency and
the confusion of mixed identities is a difficult
undertaking, but Grand Ronde Tribal mem-
ber Anthony Hudson has turned his own struggle
of living in between the lines sexually and racially
into a full-length play.
Hudson, 33, is a multidisciplinary artist, writer,
performer and filmmaker who lives in Portland
“among lush greenery, sprawling gentrification,
and a not-mutually-exclusive fear of bridges and
P
earthquakes.”
In 2010, in the midst of a difficult breakup, Hudson
began dressing in drag and performing at parties as
a way to heal. Professors at the Pacific Northwest
College of Art noticed when he would arrive late to
class with traces of white makeup, but after learning
more encouraged him to pursue drag as an art form.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
in intermedia, Hudson continued to hone his craft
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Children’s books mine Indigenous experience
From left, Curriculum
Specialist/Academic
Advisor Mercedes Jones
and Chinuk Language
Specialist & Liaison Crystal
Starr Szczepanski display on
Wednesday, Oct. 9, a series
of children’s books that
focus on Grand Ronde stories
that have been passed down
by oral tradition through the
generations.
Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez
By Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals staff writer
hen Mercedes Jones was a child,
she often felt out of place as an In-
digenous person in the classroom.
Very little of what she learned involved
Tribal practices, histories or stories, despite
the fact that Oregon has an extensive Tribal
history.
Now, she’s helping to ensure that the next
generation will have a different experience.
W
See BOOKS
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