[OR_Archaeology] Cheryle Kennedy to speak at historical society

[David Bogan]

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 <http://www.clackamashistory.org/> (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
<http://www.wfheritage.org/>(WFHAC ( http://www.wfheritage.org/> )).
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<http://www.grandronde.org/>,
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.
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