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18 MAY 1, 2023 Smoke Signals Applications open for Eula Petite scholarship The 2023 Eula Petite Competitive Scholarship Program is now ac- cepting applications through Friday, June 30. The scholarship was established and dedicated to longtime Tribal member educator Eula Petite. This is a one-time scholarship award where one undergraduate and one graduate student will each receive a laptop computer. The application is available online at www.grandronde.org/services/ education/higher-education/educational-resources/ þ Elders fishing trip slated for May 23 The next Elders oshing trip will be held on Tuesday, May 23, according to Fish & Wildlife Committee Chairperson Harold Lyon. The Fish & Wildlife Committee in coordination with the Elder Com- mittee is currently working out the details 3 location, time, food and transportation. <Stay tuned for additional information,= Lyon said. Elders can sign up at the Elders Activity Center to participate or call 503-879-2233. þ You are invited to Foundational Yoga At the Community Programs Building <Building Q= Yoga is a low-impact exercise and has been shown to lower stress hormones in our bodies and increases the production of endorphins . Yoga can be used as a tool to help you be more reflective and calm which helps you positively manage stress. We will explore breathing techniques, mindfulness exercises and provide an introduction to basic yoga poses. Each attendee will receive a yoga mat, a fitness kit, and will be entered into the gift card drawing. If you would like a zoom link, email: CTGRTribalVSO@GrandRonde.Org (Due to the size of the yoga mat, they cannot be mailed and must be picked up at the Veterans Service Office). My name is Diana Robertson. I started practicing yoga in 2018 and it has been one of my strongest tools to healing. I9ve been teaching yoga since January 2021. My focus is foundational yoga. The core of my teaching is to offer the fundamentals of yoga to allow your body, mind and spirit to heal and align naturally. Anyone can learn this practice. It9s simple and the healing benefits are so rewarding. I am excited to be able to bring this to our community and look forward to connecting with others who want to learn about yoga. Pittock Mansion opens 8This IS Kalapuyan Land9 Through most of July, visitors at Pittock Mansion will not only see panoramic views and early-20th century architecture, they also will see the <This IS Kalapuyan Land at Pittock Mansion= exhi- bition curated by Grand Ronde Tribal member and artist Steph Littlebird. The exhibit features historical panels sharing accurate repre- sentations of Indigenous people9s continued presence in the area, as well as contemporary Indigenous artwork. The Pittock Mansion exhibit is a spinoff of a 2019 exhibit Littlebird created with Five Oaks Museum after a problematic exhibit about Kalapuyan people was shown at the Washington County Museum in 2008, according to the Pittock Mansion website. Littlebird9s exhibition and the modern Native artwork aforms Native people still exist and live on their traditional homelands. The Washington County Mu- seum named the 2008 exhibit <This Kalapuya Land.= Littlebird named the 2019 exhibit <This IS Kalapuyan Land.= Input from former Tribal histo- rian David Lewis also was repre- sented in the annotated panels. The 2019 exhibition closed early in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Littlebird resides in Las Vegas, but traveled to see the opening of the exhibit in early February. <I am so excited to re-open this exhibition after it closed early due to the pandemic,= Littlebird says. <This gives folks who learned about 8This IS Kalapuyan Land9 after it closed a chance to see the panels I edited with David Lewis9s help, and see a new collection of local Indigenous artwork.= <This IS Kalapuyan Land at Pittock Mansion= will be on dis- play until Sunday, July 23, at 3229 N.W. Pittock Drive, Port- land. 3 By Kamiah Koch þ Parent Connections Chinuk Wawa Family Language Retreat Please join us on the first Thursday of each month for this care giver connection grou p. Spaces are limited; RSVP early Meals will be provided Where: Longhouse When: June 16: 9am-5pm RSVP to Dustin by phone, 971 -264-4525 or by email, D u s t i n . Ry a n @ G r a n d Ro n d e . o r g For more information contact Dustin Ryan at Dustin.Ryan@GrandRonde.org or at 971-264-4525. *No prior language experience required *Children under 13 must attend with an adult. ÷ ÷ Healthy Conversations around parent/child connections Monthly topics with open discussion encouraged ÷ Professionals invited ÷ Beading/ cultural connections ÷ Judgement-free space Location: Thursday May 4th Thursday June 1st Light lunch provided Thursday July 6th For more information on this series please contact one of our family partners: Audra.Sherwood@grandronde.org 503-879-2069 Lyndsey.Stuckey@grandronde.org 503-879-2095 Chyanne.Schlappie@grandronde.org 503-879-1496