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Culture Chachalu fired up over June 5 grand opening 05.29.2014 Dean Rhodes Culture , Events The Grand Ronde Tribe and community, near and far, are invited to the opening of the first phase of Chachalu, the Tribal Museum and Cultural Center, at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 5. Chachalu is a Tualatin Kalapuya word meaning "place of the burning timber." This cultural dream of the Tribal community, almost since Restoration, is now undeniably on its way. "Word about Chachalu is spreading fast through our …

great honor given to the Navajo Code Talker Association," MacDonald said. "This is the first donation received from another Tribal unit. I hope others will follow you." MacDonald said the proposed museum will preserve the legacy of the code talkers, who used their language to speak a code during World War II that was never broken by the Japanese. He said the name of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will be in a place of honor in the museum once it is built. MacDonald, 86, said he …

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that it be named Wacheno Park because if I could think of a name that fits the place, choosing the treaty signing chief for the Clackamas people that many are descended from today is a very worthy name,” Harrelson said. John Wacheno signed the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 as chief of the Clackamas. Additionally, Victoria Howard, one of the primary tellers of the Clackamas Chinook narratives and traditions who died in 1930, was married to Dan Wacheno, whom she raised nine children with before their divorce …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor - July 15, 2016 07.14.2016 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Smoke Signals : I am writing to you today with a heavy heart. My heart is heavy as well as sad because of all the recent killings/murders of police officers. Many who know me know I care deeply about police officers and K-9s. It disturbs me that some people think it is “open season” on shooting at police officers. Police officers place their lives on the line 24/7, as was recently proven …

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University, where he received his bachelor’s degree, Hostler worked with other Native American students to raise the issue of the university’s role in its Native American Studies program and faculty selection. Hostler also studied and advised about agency politics and procedures affecting 170 Tribes on the West Coast while an intern for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 1999 – The Forest Service invited the Tribal Cultural Resources Department and several Grand Ronde Elders to visit parts …

after Marys Peak Alliance member Dave Eckert contacted the Grand Ronde Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department and asked if the Tribe would be interested in renaming the creeks. The process took approximately two years and involved input from several different groups. “We had the opportunity this summer to visit all of the creeks, walk through them and see what they were like,” Archuleta said. “Since time immemorial, it has been culturally significant to the Grand Ronde and Siletz peoples. It’s …

Cheryle A. Kennedy said. “But it’s not a good situation because there has been so much cutting on the meteorite. To me, it’s like carving up a body.” 2001 – Several representatives from New York’s American Museum of Natural History visited Grand Ronde. Tribal Council met with the representatives to confirm details for the Tribe’s first visit with the meteorite Tomanowos. They agreed the museum would be closed for all other visitors during the visit and blessings from Tribal members. Tribal Education …