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Thursday, April 14, 2022
Columbia Plateau Long Tent comes to Whitman College
East Oregonian
WALLA WALLA — An
important element of Colum-
bia Plateau culture and archi-
tecture, the Long Tent will
host a weeklong series of
speakers and events, the
first of its kind on a college
campus.
Whitman College and the
Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion in a joint press release
invited the public to attend
an opening ceremony follow-
ing the historic construction
of a Plateau Long Tent on
Whitman College’s Ankeny
Field on Monday, April 18, at
4:30 p.m.
The presence of the Long
Tent on Whitman’s campus
is the culmination of many
months of collaboration by the
Long Tent Working Group,
which comprises Whitman
faculty, staff and students
as well as members of local
Native American commu-
nities. It builds on previous
efforts to strengthen the rela-
tionship between Whitman
and the CTUIR, including
the landmark memorandum
of understanding, according
to the press release.
“The fact that we are
establishing a piece of archi-
tecture like the Long Tent
on a college campus in the
United States is unprece-
Roger Amerman/Contributed Photo
The Long Tent is an important element of Columbia Plateau culture and architecture.
dented and wonderful,” said
Roger Amerman (Choctaw),
a 1980 Whitman graduate
and co-director of the event.
“In modern times, you infre-
quently see the Long Tent
architecture set up for only
special events, and only in
the reservation communi-
ties. This will probably be
the first and last time Whit-
man College students will
see a long tent.”
The Long Tent will be
near Treaty Rock, site of the
Treaty of 1855 in which tribes
were compelled to cede much
of their ancestral territory to
white settlers.
In the Walla Walla
Sahaptin language, the Long
Tent is known as kwalk ineet
and is distinct to Native
American tribes of the
Columbia Plateau. Tradition-
ally, it is used as an extended
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family dwelling or commu-
nity structure for lodging,
social, ceremonial and reli-
gious activities at different
times of the year. The Long
Tent constructed at Whitman
will be for educational rather
than ceremonial purposes,
with certain courses spend-
ing class time inside the struc-
ture.
“It is difficult to overstate
the significance of this project
and the opportunities it pres-
ents to both our students and
the wider community,” said
working-group member Helen
Kim, Whitman professor of
sociology and associate dean
for faculty development. “It
combines experiential learn-
ing with the need for greater
engagement with the complex
history of our region, which
has been a major point of
focus for us in recent years.”
Tribal leader E. Thomas
Morning Owl (Umatilla
and Kainai) will be CTUIR
elder-in-residence, while
Donald Sampson, heredi-
tary chief of the Walúulapam
(Walla Walla people) and
CTUIR executive director,
will lead the opening cere-
mony. Dignitaries and elders
from local Plateau tribes,
such as the Cayuse, Colville,
Nez Perce, Umatilla and
Walla Walla, also will partic-
ipate, including Kat Brigham,
chair of the CTUIR Board of
Trustees.
For more information
about the Long Tent, go to
whitman.edu/the-long-tent.
Visitors are welcome
to take part in additional
programming designed to
deepen their understanding
of the Walla Walla Basin and
Native American commu-
nities in the area, including
talks, panels and presenta-
tions throughout the week of
April 18-24. A full schedule
of events is available online.
Attendees must adhere to the
Visitor Vaccination Require-
ment.
According to the press
release, portions of some
events may not permit
filming or recording, and
media and guests should
be respectful of speakers’
requests to put phones and
cameras away.
Flying high in Stratos Aircraft,
designed and built in Redmond
By TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
REDMOND — Commer-
cial airlines have had a
difficult few years. Travel
restrictions, mask mandates
and soaring fuel prices all
reduced demand for their
services — and made the
f lying experience pretty
miserable for their customers.
But during that same
stretch, a group of aeronau-
tics engineers in Redmond
had a pretty productive time.
Later this summer, Stratos
Aircraft plans to go public
with their finished product:
the 716X. The single-engine,
six-passenger plane will be
marketed as a less expen-
sive, more efficient private
aircraft.
Carsten Sundin, the
chief technology officer for
Stratos, said the pandemic
restrictions were not much of
a problem for the company. It
had funding in place before
the first economic rattles hit
— and it wasn’t yet ready to
go out to pound the pave-
ment and entice buyers.
“We’ve been hunkered
down,” Sundin said. “We
have continued to do what
we needed to do on the devel-
opment side. It would have
been far harder if we were at
the stage when we needed to
have customers traveling to
the area to make sales.”
That time, however, is
soon approaching. The
company expects to start
selling its jets in July or
Aug ust, accord i ng to
Sundin, who said the final
product would be roughly
“95% engineered and built
in Central Oregon.”
Stratos operates out
of a facility in southeast
Redmond. It has 18 employ-
ees, most of whom are long-
time veterans of the Central
Oregon aeronautics compa-
nies, including Lancair and
Epic. The Redmond oper-
ation includes a composite
shop and metal shop.
There were issues in the
supply chain, of course.
Machine parts — especially
carbon fiber — became more
difficult to find. Raw materi-
als became more difficult to
locate and were more expen-
sive. Stratos started to order
specialized parts months
in advance to be sure each
would arrive on time.
“The price change on
some of the materials has
been incredible,” said
Sundin. “Aluminum has
just about tripled in the last
year.”
And then there’s the
t r a n s p or t at ion i nd u s -
try, which was ravaged by
COV ID -19 lockdow ns.
Commercial flights ground
to a halt as people canceled
trips. Business travel took
a major hit as more people
worked from home and
business conventions were
canceled. And recently, a
big jump in fuel prices have
led to a big increase in ticket
prices.
Sundin said he thinks
the disruptions to air travel
from 2020-22 ultimately will
benefit the company.
“I don’t see any issue
with it,” he said. “I think
more people, if they can
afford it, are going to want
to fly privately (rather) than
commercial. There’s just so
many hassles ... security,
rules and stipulations.”
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ODOT work in Joseph to
accommodate tourist season
JOSEPH — The Oregon Department of
Transportation schedule of sidewalk work in
Joseph received a nod from the city council
during its meeting April 7.
The plans to refurbish sidewalks and
ramps to conform with federal Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act standards have
drawn concern from the Joseph Chamber of
Commerce and merchants about the work
disrupting the downtown tourist season.
After an informational meeting on the proj-
ect by ODOT with local residents April 4, the
city collected written concerns and addressed
them at last week’s meeting.
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