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PRESORTED STANDARD MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 700 Harrison named Smoke Signals editor 4 pg. 3 july 15, 2023 EPA administrator tours Tumwata Village, likes 8healing9 effort Tomanowos visit resumes By Dean Rhodes Publications Coordinator O REGON CITY 3 Environ- mental Protection Agency Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller toured the Tribe9s Tumwata Village on Monday, July 10, and praised the Grand Ronde Tribe9s intergovernmental partner- ships and efforts to heal the land. Sixkiller, who was in Oregon to tour the Moore and Wright Natural Area on the Columbia Slough, was invited by Tribal Council member Kathleen George to visit Tumwata Village to see the clean-up and restoration work the Grand Ronde Tribe has been performing since buying the former Blue Heron Pa- per Mill property in 2019. George is also chair of the Oregon Environmental Quality Commis- sion. <This is particularly powerful work for us since this is the site of one of our traditional villages before our people were removed to Grand Ronde,= George said in her invitation to Sixkiller. The site was home to the Char- cowah village of the Clowewalla (Willamette band of Tumwaters) and the Kosh-huk-shix village of Clackamas people, who were both forcibly removed from Willamette Falls and relocated to the Grand Ronde Reservation in the 1850s. George was joined by Tribal em- ployees in taking Sixkiller on the 50-minute tour, including Historic Preservation Manager Briece Ed- wards, Communications Manager EPA continued on page 8 Photos by Michelle Alaimo Tribal Elder Marcel Allen, left, and Tribal member and American Museum of Natural History intern Hattie Mercier look at an artifact from a Double Ball game during a behind-the-scenes tour of Native American archives at the New York City museum on Thursday, June 29. By Dean Rhodes Publications Coordinator N EW YORK CITY 3 The four years that passed since Grand Ronde Tribal members visited To- manowos in New York City probably seemed like a blink of the eye for the meteorite that is as old as the solar system itself 3 4.6 billion years give or take a few months. METEORITE continued on pages 6-7 American Museum of Natural History Director Lisa Gugenheim is gifted a dentalium necklace by Tribal Council member Jon A. George held at the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals on Thursday, June 29. Veterans Powwow attracts hundreds of attendees By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals editor P eople from across the region gathered for the 2023 Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow during a weekend of beautiful Pa- cioc Northwest summer weather. The powwow, which ran through Sunday, July 9, attracted hundreds of attendees, and even a few four-legged ones. Powwow weekend began with the Veterans Royalty Pageant held Friday morning at the Gov- ernance Center. The results were announced by Tribal Council member Jon A. George at a corona- Photo by Michelle Alaimo tion event held at the Uyxat powwow grounds just before that evening9s 7 p.m. grand entry. Memory Leno was named Veterans Senior Miss Queen, Leloo Quenelle was named Veterans Junior Miss Queen, Ulali Quenelle was named Veterans Little Miss Queen, Grace Macon was named Vet- erans Little Miss Princess and William Craig was named Veterans Honorary Tiny Tot Warrior. <We appreciate all of the hard work you do in representing Grand Ronde,= George said. POWWOW continued on page 2 of special insert Nacoma Liebelt dances in the 1 p.m. grand entry of the Marcellus Norwest Memorial Veterans Powwow held at Uyxat Powwow Grounds on Saturday, July 8.
