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MAY 1, 2024
Memorial dedicated in 2003
MEMORIAL continued
from front page
outside at the West Valley Veterans
Memorial starting at 1 p.m.
The memorial was designed by
late Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr.,
a Vietnam War-era Marine Corps
veteran who walked on in August
2022. It features a man and wom-
an dressed in traditional Native
clothing standing side by side while
reaching for the sky.
This will be the 21st Memorial
Day celebration at the West Val-
ley Veterans Memorial, which was
dedicated in May 2003, because the
2020 event was canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Additional details about the cer-
emony were not available before
press time.
For more information, contact
Veterans.SEB@grandronde.org or
Molly Leno at 503-879-5211.
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Wood-burn exhibit
The Fire to Wood exhibit opening was held on Wednesday, April
17, at Chachalu Tribal Museum & Cultural Center. The exhibit
features carved, laser engraved and wood-burned artwork by Tribal
Cultural Advisor and Tribal member Bobby Mercier, who has been
carving for approximately 20 years. Mercier purchased a laser
engraver with the 2023 Native Creative Development Grant he was
awarded from The Evergreen State College in Washington state. In
the grant application, he stated that he would have a show for his
community. The exhibit runs through Saturday, Sept. 14. Chachalu
is located at 8720 Grand Ronde Road, and is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Tuesday through Saturday.
Warriors of Hope
MMIP annual event
May 3rd, 10am-2pm in GR
community Center
Indian Taco
Fundraiser for
Heather Cameron’s
family
11:30am-1:30pm
Indian Taco - $5
Frybread - $3
Soda - $1
(Venmo & cash
accepted)
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal member Francene Ambrose and her father Corky Ambrose
(Yakama) tour the Fire to Wood exhibit at Chachalu Tribal Museum &
Cultural Center during the opening on Wednesday, April 17.
T-shirt making
Face painting
Awareness
displays
Tribal Cultural Advisor and Tribal member Bobby Mercier talks about
his exhibit during the opening of the Fire to Wood exhibit at Chachalu
Tribal Museum & Cultural Center.