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.
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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.
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