Siletz Culture Camp
July 16-18, 2013
By Tiffany Stuart
This year’s Culture Camp started off with light rain, but the classes moved ahead
and campers were ready to learn.
Thirteen classes taught arts that would used for singing and dancing (Siletz basket
making, flint knapping, moccasins, loom beadwork, peyote beadwork, shawls, soap-
stone, drumsticks, bow making, maddishes, pine nut and cedar bark weaving). Seven
other Siletz traditional ways that were taught included Dee-Ni language, storytelling,
plant identification, fishing, kayaking and cooking salmon and eel.
Five additional activities included scrapbooking, Head Start fun, Kids Corner,
ropes course and decoupage. Campers visited and played with other Siletz Tribal
members from different locations whom they may not have met before.
Campers were able to leave camp with finished projects and knowledge on how
to complete bigger projects in the future. Thanks to all the teachers of the different
activities and also the kitchen workers and volunteers who made the camp possible.
The camp ended with a salmon dinner with Elders being served first. Thanks to all
the Elders who came to camp to share their knowledge with the younger generation.
Photo by Diane Rodriquez
Alina Strong and Talani Butler decorate their scrapbooks with instructors Kelley
Ellis and Brittany Russell.
Photo by Tiffany Stuart
Gabe Kentta weaves cedar with instructor Vince Zettler.
Photo by Tiffany Stuart
Cynthia Lozano and Charlene Martin make maddishes with instructor Cova St. Onge.
Photo by Tiffany
Stuart
Izaiah Fisher
and Ron Butler
Jr. hand drum as
Tyee Rilatos holds
the microphone.
Butler also taught
pow-wow
drumming.
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