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HALLIE FORD MUSEUM WINDOW TO THE PAST - Items on display and in storage for future displays include unique relics like this turn of the 20th century Umpqua paddle, these everyday trading beads and tribute replicas of traditional basketry recreated by Tribal member Alfred "Bud" Lane III similar to the ones shown below. "The Hallie Ford Museum oi Art has a wide range of Siletz basketry on display in its permanent gallery, but in storage is a small but important collection of objects related to western Oregon Tribal cultures," said Hallie Ford Curator Rebecca Dobkins. "This collection includes necklaces, stone and bone carvings and wooden objects such as an Umpqua-style paddle and a Siletz-style box drum." Dobkins said the museum plans to work in concert with western Oregon Tribes when bringing to life the rest of the collection in a planned update of the collection in 2010. Wilkinson Speaks About Siletz Tribe at Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum HISTORIAN - Professor Charles Wilkinson, well-known Native American historian and author of a book about Siletz Tribal history, speaks about Tribal governance at an event at Willamette University on April 22 in Salem. His presentation was titled: Every Year We Go to the Center of Our World: Society and Governance of the Siletz Tribe of Oregon Before the Americans. The lecture was held in Hudson Hall of Willamette's Roger's Music Center and was sponsored by the Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum. The ongoing series of lectures is open to the public and was well attended by local Tribal people. __ WARM GREETINGS - Siletz Tribal Chairman Delores Pigsley shares a hug with noted Tribal historian Charles Wilkinson at a private dinner and reception held before Wilkinson's lecture at Willamette University. Wilkinson is writing the definitive history of the Siletz Tribe and spent some time with Siletz Tribal leaders prior to joining the public for the lecture on the Siletz Tribe. Wilkinson's book on the Siletz is scheduled to be completed in 2010. May 2009 • Siletz News • 13
