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<DIV>When Cheryle Kennedy was a little girl, she fished for eels with her family<BR>at Willamette Falls, just as her ancestors did for centuries before her.<BR>Now, decades later, she returns and re-visits those memories when she talks<BR>about the past, present and future cultural significance of the falls to<BR>Native peoples.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kennedy will speak at a free quarterly educational meeting of Clackamas<BR>County Historical Society <<A href="http://www.clackamashistory.org/">http://www.clackamashistory.org/</A>> (CCHS) at 7<BR>p.m. Thursday, March 24, in the Tumwater Room of the CCHS, 211 Tumwater<BR>Drive, Oregon City. Tribal culture in and around Willamette Falls is one of<BR>six themes of the proposed Willamette Falls Heritage Area Coalition<BR><<A href="http://www.wfheritage.org/>(WFHAC">http://www.wfheritage.org/>(WFHAC</A>). CCHS, a member of the coalition, is<BR>dedicating itself to exploring WFHAC themes in special programs over the<BR>next nine months when the Museum of the Oregon Territory also is open to the<BR>public.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kennedy, council chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand<BR>Ronde<<A href="http://www.grandronde.org/">http://www.grandronde.org/</A>>,<BR>will speak in the CCHS Tumwater Room, which overlooks the breath-taking<BR>Willamette Falls. The Tumwater derives its name from *tumtum chuck*, a<BR>Chinook jargon phrase meaning waterfall. The Museum of the Oregon Territory<BR>also will be open, at 6 p.m. March 24, preceding Kennedy’s talk.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kennedy currently is serving her fourth consecutive, three-year term on<BR>tribal council after serving for two years in the mid-1980s. She is the<BR>second-longest serving tribal chairperson in post-restoration Grand Ronde<BR>history. She comes from a family of weavers, beaders, carvers, gatherers,<BR>fishermen and hunters.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Before being elected to Tribal Council, Mrs. Kennedy worked for 30 years as<BR>a health administrator with Tribes, including serving as the Grand Ronde<BR>Tribe’s health director for almost 15 years. She also served as executive<BR>director of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>