[Hist_Pres] Grand Ronde leader recalls cherished memories and contemplates the future of the Willamette Falls Thursday, March 24 at CCHS

[Lisa Christopher]

Grand Ronde leader recalls cherished memories and
contemplates the future of the Willamette Falls at Clackamas County Historical Society
meeting

 

When Cheryle Kennedy was a little girl, she fished for
eels with her family at Willamette Falls, just as her ancestors did for
centuries before her. Now, decades later, she returns and re-visits those
memories when she talks about the past, present and future cultural
significance of the falls to Native peoples.

Kennedy
will speak at a free quarterly educational meeting of Clackamas County
Historical Society (CCHS) at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, in the Tumwater Room of
the CCHS, 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City. Tribal culture in and around
Willamette Falls is one of six themes of the proposed Willamette Falls Heritage
Area Coalition (WFHAC). CCHS, a member of the coalition, is dedicating itself
to exploring WFHAC themes in special programs over the next nine months when
the Museum of the Oregon Territory also is open to the public.

Kennedy,
council chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, will speak in
the CCHS Tumwater Room, which overlooks the breath-taking Willamette Falls. The
Tumwater derives its name from tumtum chuck, a Chinook jargon phrase
meaning waterfall. The Museum of the Oregon Territory also will be open, at 6
p.m. March 24, preceding Kennedy’s talk.

Kennedy
currently is serving her fourth consecutive, three-year term on tribal council
after serving for two years in the mid-1980s. She is the second-longest serving
tribal chairperson in post-restoration Grand Ronde history. She comes from a
family of weavers, beaders, carvers, gatherers, fishermen and hunters. 

Before being elected to Tribal Council, Mrs. Kennedy worked for 30 years as a
health administrator with Tribes, including serving as the Grand Ronde Tribe’s
health director for almost 15 years. She also served as executive director of
the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board.

MOOT
is open on scheduled days several times a month. Each time MOOT is open, CCHS
features a special speaker or program. (Join CCHS on Facebook or check the CCHS online calendar, www.clackamashistory.org, for current
information.) Other WFHAC themes that CCHS expects to explore in the coming
months include: 

·        
Missoula
Floods and Natural Features

·        
Exploration
and Enterprise

·        
Civics
and commerce 

·        
Migration

·        
Industry





CCHS, 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City, is a nonprofit
institution established in 1952. It is dedicated to providing historical
information and maintaining two museum buildings (Museum of the Oregon
Territory and the Stevens Crawford House) with ongoing and special occasion
exhibits open to the public on a limited schedule. Contact our website, www.clackamashistory.org, or
Facebook page for current information. 







Lisa M. Christopher

  Executive Director

Clackamas County Historical Society

PO Box 2211


211 Tumwater Drive

Oregon City, Oregon 97045

503-975-6393
www.clackamashistory.org
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