Today, September 7th, 2018, is the funeral of Margaret Provost. Margaret is perhaps the most important leader of the Grand Ronde tribe for the past 50 years. She began the contemporary tribe. She was the spark, the initiation of the idea that “maybe we could be restored” as a tribe because “our people are poor and suffering” and no one else would do anything about it. Margaret above all, of the many leaders in the tribe, began the discussion, gathered the supporters, collected the people, found the support, and with other tribal leaders initiated the eleven year process of restoring … Continue reading Margaret Provost and Wilma Crowe: Our Great Leaders are Passing