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Ryan Starkweather Emerald
Song to the Creator,” an exhibit featuring weaving, beadwork and leatherwork of Native American Women of the plateau, re
cently opened at the University of Oregon Museum of Natural History.
Artifacts show Plateau culture
at UO Natural History Museum
■A lecture and workshop
will showcase Native
American artwork
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
In Plateau Indian culture, the
women are the keepers of tradi
tions. Since 10,000 B.C. they
have been keeping those tradi
tions, and until Sept. 10, the pub
lie has the opportunity to see
their artwork at “Song to the Cre
ator,” a University Natural Histo
ry Museum exhibit.
On display now are contempo
rary and classical examples of
weaving, beadwork and leather
ware, as well as a general history
of the Plateau Indians. Pat Court
ney Gold, whose contemporary
weaving is on display, said in
Plateau culture, art and life can
not be separated.
“To understand the baskets,
you have to understand the cul
ture,” Gold said.
Gold, who belongs to the Was
co tribe, will deliver a public lec
ture called “Who are the Indige
nous Plateau Tribes?” at 7 p.m.
April 28, in Room 110 of the
William Knight Law Center.
Gold said she thinks it is im
portant for people to understand
the history of the first people to
inhabit this land — a people who
were recognized by the federal
government as nations before
Oregon and Washington official
ly became states.
The lecture will also hove a
slide show, and Gold will discuss
how the history of the Plateau In
dians affected the art.
* Gold said her art reflects tradi
tional techniques and incorpo
rates important contemporary is
sues. The basket on display
contains a malformed sturgeon
she calls the “Hanford sturgeon”
to draw attention to the pollution
that the Hanford nuclear power
facility has caused in the Colum
bia River.
I he items on display belong to
the University Museum of Natur
al History, but the concept of
“Song to the Creator” first de
buted in 1097 at Washington
State University.
The exhibit consists of infor
mation panels that travel to mu
seums all over the Northwest
leaving the museums to match
their own artifacts with the back
ground information on the pan
els.
Tessa Winiarski, a museum vol
unteer, said she appreciates the
exhibit because the artifacts help
her understand the written histo
ry
“I think anyone can connect
with history,” she said.
Leilani Golden-Guthrie, a jun
ior education major, said she was
impressed by the beadwork.
“It is so.amazing to see the
beaded purses with so many de
tails,” she said. "Most of what we
see is so fake and plastic. This is
genuine beauty.”
The beaded bags are labeled
with dates that refer to when dif
ferent themes in beading came
into the artform. For example, by
the 1880s, floral patterns became
more realistic.
In addition to the artwork and
the panels of history, there is an
audio-tape of a Nez Perce Indian
woman telling stories. Elizabeth*
Wilson, 91, recorded the memo
ries in 1972.
In association with the exhibit,
the museum will host a basket
weaving demonstration at noon
on April 29. Gold will join Bud
Lane, Esther Stuzman and Karen
Howlingwolf to demonstrate
techniques from different tribes.
Stuzman is involved in a re
search and weaving project to
recreate a traditional Kalapuya
dance hat, a feat that has not been
done since 1855, before the gov
ernment relocated Native Ameri
cans to reservations.
In addition to showing tradi
tional Kalapuya weaving tech
niques, using spruce root, Stuz
man will show the part of the hat
she has completed.
A basket sale will follow the
demonstration, and the price of
admission is $2 per person or $5
per family.