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Siletz News Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians P.O. Box 549 Siletz. OR 97380-0549 S iletz N ews Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman Brenda Bremner. General Manager and Editor-in-Chief Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Vol. 36, No. 9 September 2008 Presorted First-Class Mail U.S. Postage Paid - Permit No. 178 Salem, OR American Masterpieces Project Features Rarely Seen American Indian Regalia Tall Feather Hat: created by Alfred "Bud" Lane Hl. Confederated Tribes of SHetf Indians: elk hide, velvet, ocean spray sticks, woodpecker scalps and eagle feathers: collection rd the artist. Iphoto by Frank Miller) What’s Inside Chairman's Report Tribal Program News Tribal Council Timesheets Tribal Member News Notices 2 3 10 I 1 14 Siletz Clinic Chinook Winds Letters to the Editor Passages I 8 20 23 23 SALEM. Ore. - A groundbreaking exhibition of historic and contempo rary ceremonial regalia from all nine of Oregon’s federally recognized American Indian Tribes, much of which is rarely seen by the general public, will be on display Sept. 27 to Jan. 19 at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University. The Art of Ceremony, Oregon’s 2008 National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces project, fea tures what the Tribes consider their fin est artwork, items they wear and use in private ceremonies and rituals. Hand-crafted dance outfits, jewelry, staffs, headdresses, musical instru ments and a 21-foot cedar canoe - many on loan from Native families across the state - are among the items to be displayed. “Most people have never really seen Oregon's traditional regalia.” said Willamette anthropology Professor Rebecca Dobkins, who organized the exhibition in collaboration with Native community curators. “The only time much of this regalia is worn is during See Our Special Pow-Wow Section Whipwoman Shirley Walker, above, is the subject of our Elder 's feature on page /1 and can be seen again in our special 12-page Nesika lllahee Pow-Wow section (photo by Brent Merrill) private events like funerals, feasts or dance ceremonies. These items are not largely shared outside their community.” Procession of Nations A multitude of free public events will accompany the exhibition, starting with a Procession of Nations through campus at 3 p.m. Sept. 27 that will include members of all of Oregon's Tribes. The procession will be followed by an open ing ceremony at the museum and a tradi tional American Indian feast on campus. Visitors can watch regalia-makers at work from I p.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 at the museum. Tours, films, lectures and demonstrations are among the other events scheduled throughout the exhibition. The Art of Ceremony will showcase the diversity of regalia between Tribes, from the western Tribes' use of feath ers and abalone shells to the eastern Tribes' beadwork and buckskin. After leaving the Hallie Ford Mu seum of Art. the exhibition will travel to the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton. Ore., and the Museum at Warm Springs in central Oregon. “A lot of people attend intertribal pow-wows and mistake what they see there as our traditional dances and re galia.” said Bud Lane, vice chairman of the Tribal Council for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians on the central Oregon coast. “We want people to see that each Tribe has its individual tradi tions and cultures that vary from re gion to region." In addition to the National Endow ment for the Arts grant, the exhibition is supported by an endowment gift from a Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund award, the Confederated Tribes of (¡rand Ronde through the Spirit Moun tain Community Fund, a Millicent McIntosh Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and by grants from the city of Salem's Transient Occupancy Tax funds, the Oregon Arts Commis sion and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is located at 700 State St. (corner of State and Cottage streets) in downtown Salem near the campus of Willamette Univer sity. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from I p.m. to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed Monday. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and students. Children younger than I 2 are admitted free and Tuesday is an admission-free day. For more information, call 503- 370-6855 or visit www.willamette.edu/ museum_of_art.
