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host her annual visit to Grand Ronde. “I saw it on Facebook,” said Woods. “It’s just magnificent. It’s hard to put into words.” Tribal member and Veterans Special Events Board member Reina Nelson ran the show in the absence of Steve Bobb Sr., who was in Germany. “There were a couple of times this weekend when I just looked out over the grounds and I was overwhelmed,” said Nelson, who comes from a family of veterans. “I went to my first Veterans Powwow when I was a little girl and I still remember …

began participating in 2005. “My favorite part is Landing Day and working together as a family,” she said. “The most challenging part is the logistical piece and making things work with a large group of people.” Leno said she enjoys the visits with other Tribes along the journey as well. “Getting the chance to visit their homelands, and showing our singing and dances helps build new relationships,” she said. The Tribe’s Youth Prevention Department does much of the work with setting up camp …

was born after brother Vernon and before siblings Vincent and Blanche. Her memories of her childhood are a little fuzzy, but granddaughter Stephanie Wood lovingly coaxes out a memory of when Opal sat on an upside-down apple crate in the water – probably Agency Creek – and peeled hazel switches for her grandmother Hattie Hudson. During a recent visit to Chachalu, Opal commented on the display baskets as being like those Hattie used to weave. “I used to help peel the sticks,” she recalls. She graduated …

: 503-879-2226 or visit www.grandronde.org and look under “Rise of the Collectors” on the homepage. By Danielle Frost Although construction of the Tribe’s Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center began five years ago, its story goes back decades. When efforts to restore the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde began in the 1970s, having a museum was one of the top five priorities. It has taken time, patience and perseverance, but those efforts will culminate in the phase two Chachalu open house on Friday …

, who had just returned from New York City and the visit to Tomanowos. The ceremony opened with a drum that included Riggs and Cultural Resources Department employees Brian Krehbiel and Jordan Mercier and their respective daughters, Kailiyah Krehbiel and Ila Mercier. After dinner, McNary High School graduate Evan Harvey spoke and then eighth-grade and high school graduates were honored. After Eastern Oregon University graduate Michele Plummer spoke, GED and college graduates were honored. Graduates …

that if they get off track the peacemaker can bring them back, he said. “I’ve got a firm philosophy that in any dispute, there’s your side, there’s my side, and somewhere in the middle lies the truth,” he said. For more information about the Peacemaker Program and other Tribal Court volunteer opportunities, such as becoming an advocate for Tribal children in abuse and neglect cases, visit the Tribal Court in the Governance Building or go to: www.grandronde.org/about/tribal-court/court-programs/ Share …

that were different,” Blackwell said. “That was the first year that we started going out to different areas all around the state to visit with Tribal members. We did a lot of mailings. I did a lot of postcards because I wanted to send mailings that people would have to read that they wouldn’t have to open. … At the time, there wasn’t a lot of outreach happening.” Blackwell said that she also thinks that because she grew up in Grand Ronde and was the Community Fund director, like George, also …

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Culture New book tells early-life story of Louis Kenoyer 11.14.2017 Dean Rhodes Culture , History “My Life, by Louis Kenoyer: Reminiscences of a Grand Ronde Reservation Childhood” Published: By Oregon State University Press in cooperation with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde To order: Visit www.osupress.oregonstate.edu Cost: $35 For approximately 51 years, Louis Kenoyer was truly unique. He was the only person who spoke the Tualatin Northern Kalapuya language after his father walked …

as a child. Raised in Milwaukie, McEachran said his family stopped and visited with Velma Mercier, who was a cousin to McEachran’s mother, in Grand Ronde on their way to Rockaway Beach. “They would sit and visit, and that was a real highlight. We came this way so we could go through Grand Ronde,” remembered McEachran. “As little kids we would sit in the car and who got to see the Grand Ronde sign first was the winner. My mother lived here, was born here and went to St. Michael’s because …