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The McClaren Youth Powwow

September 17, 2008 by Lookinghawk  
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I would like to thank from my heart the Brothers and Sisters from Portland AIM Chapter for their support at the MacLaren Youth Correctional facility POW WOW. The Youths security, staff and I are very grateful. Everyone had a great time and everything ran smoothly.

The other Native community Support came from the all ways faithful NARAand staff, NIVA’s Honor Guard, All Nation Drum Group, Grand Ronde withtheir Salmon donation for the 7th year; cooked in the traditional wayby the Leno family, Grand Ronde Royalty, Peggy Ross representing thegovenors office, Al Highhorse, Dancers from Chemawa Indian school all coming together to support the Native American Group here at MacLare;thank you all AHO!

Steve Llanes
  • To: John BraveHawk for guiding us through some hard times
  • To: Tyler Williams for sitting in at our meeting and for your knowledge and guidance
  • To: Richard Schonchin for your knowledge and guidance
  • To Calvin Hecocta for being our Senior Elder Adviser and believing inwhat we stand for, Spirituality, Sobriety, Support and Sovereignty
  • To:all of our Family Members for your patience, compassion, respect, loveand time that we have been apart from you while serving our community

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Supporting Our Community

September 2, 2008 by Lookinghawk  
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Supporting Our Community
Naimuma Pow Wow

Under the leadership of Al HighHorse, head of security for the Bow &Arrow Culture Club, the Portland Chapter of AIM was asked to work the security for the Pow Wow. We were honored to support the Pow Wow Committee and our Community in doing this. Beside the brief time out do to the fire alarm being set off in the arena area, the Pow Wow was GREAT!

AIM Support Raffle at NAYA

The Bow & Arrow Culture Club has been affiliated with the DeltaPark Pow Wow for 38 years. For around the last 22 or so years havetaken over the sponsorship of putting the pow wow on. So to help theDelta Park Pow Wow Committee with this huge task, the Portland AIM Chapter held a raffle in support. The raffle was held at NAYA on FridayMay 9th. Thank you to all that bought tickets. We raised $111 and all funds were donated to the Bow & Arrow Pow Wow Committee.

Tipi Pole Gathering

ThePortland AIM Chapter has been attending the Pi Nee Waus gatherings onTuesday nights in support of our Elders. After the Pi Nee Wausgathering the Bow & Arrow Pow Wow Committee has their meeting. Itwas brought up that they were in need of tipi poles for the Pow Wow. Soin support, Portland Aim volunteered to gather them. Portland AIM Secretary Joel Craig is a Warm Springs Tribal Member and volunteered toget a permit to gather the tipi poles. So on Wednesday May 28thPortland AIM and Supporters went to WarmSprings Res. and brought back68 tipi poles to James Logan’s (Sergeant of Arms) home. Then onSaturday and Sunday people from the from Bow & Arrow and Portland AIM had the task of skinning the poles.

Thank you to the following Supporters for your efforts in helping with the gathering ofthe tipi poles and skinning them: The Brave Hawk boys and girls, Dion,Syd, Emil, Dion, Devon, Clayton, Jeremy, Gilbert, Sandy and Sherry Scott (one of our Elders)

Fund Raiser at NAYA

The Bow & Arrow Culture Club held their last gathering of theseason Friday night June 6th with a Native American Idol 5 karaoke.This was a fund raiser for the 36th Annual City of Roses. Participantswould donate money to sing songs, Or if someone put money down on asong for someone else and they refused to sing, they would have tomatch the donation. Portland AIM was there to support in all thefestivities including their Spiritual Leader (LittleBuffalo) who alsogot up on stage and sang a couple of songs. Every one had a great time.

Special Thank You

  • To: Steve Llanes, for your knowledge and donation
  • To: Al HighHorse for believing in this Portland AIM Chapter and asking us to help with security at all the Pow Wows

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