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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/
Pittock Mansion opens
‘This IS Kalapuyan Land’
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 people’s
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.
Littlebird’s exhibition and the
modern Native artwork affirms
Native people still exist and live
on their traditional homelands.
The Washington County Mu-
Chinuk Wawa
Family Language Retreat
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.
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 ‘This IS Kalapuyan Land’
after it closed a chance to see the
panels I edited with David Lewis’s
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.
– By Kamiah Koch