AUGUST 2», 1976 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON PAGE»
• Huckleberries
DIRECTOR KEITH MERRILL begins the try- the middle and horse trainer Jim Prine at right,
outs for the stand-in for the lead role in “The
Photo by Cynthia D. Stowell
Warriors.” Director at left, star Kiko Soto in
A variety of activities
• "Warriors"
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Susan Moses, Ellen
Squiemphen, Matilda Mitchell,
and Nettie Showoway were
cast as village ladies in the
film. Selected as “friend of the
grandfather,” No. 1 (a speaking
part) was Avex Miller, and
friend No. 2 ( a non-speaking
part) went to Andrew David.
In the downpour on Huckle
berry Feast weekend, crews
were doggedly hammering
away on new structures, haul
ing old wrecked cars around,
and erecting fences and board
walks. Amazingly, in one short
week, three new houses and a
storefront havez been set up in
the vicinity of the church.
Byron Patt has been cho
sen to portray the father of the
The grandfather’s house
boy; Bill (Buck Jones) John (the one next to the church)
„will be the leather craftsman; has been furnished and looks
Jacob Frank is head wrangler ; as it has been lived in for
and the part of the mechanic years. Some of the items in the
has gone to Nathan Jim Sr.
house, beaded blankets and
harnesses, were loaned by
Riders include Tony Mit local people and are insured
chell (son of Art Mitchell), and carefully taken care of.
Manny Jim (son of Wilfred
It has been learned that
Jim), Daniel Greene (son of
Perry Greene), and Max Jim there is a definite possibility
(son of Nathan Jim Sr.). Fan that at least one scene will be
tasy Films has indicated that filmed at Alice’s Restaurant.
others will be hired as the Also, a “wild horse stampede”
will be shot around the 10th of
need arises.
September near the northern
portion of the reservation.
In the wake of prepara
tions for filming, the appear
ance of Simnasho has changed Behind The Scenes:
Everybody wants to be a
considerably. Construction
crews, under the direction of star and in that sense the
Cy Katchia, have been working people who showed up for the
practically day and night,to try-outs at the Community Cen
finish up in time for the ter August 5, were no different
from you and me. But these
August 19th starting date.
people now have a taste of
what is involved in casting and
a select few will actually ap
pear in “The Warriors.”
Keith Merrill had wonder
ful rapport with the aspiring
extras and did his best to
make even the shy ones com
fortable. His technique of in
terviewing giggly sisters was
to converse casually with them
and then coax them to try a
few lines, spoken and shouted,
and to express different emo
tions.
In choosing the stand-in for
Kiko, Merrill was more in
terested in physical attributes
than acting potential. He asked
each boy to stand side-by-side
and back-to-back with Kiko,
shirtless. Questions about age,
weight and riding ability sup
plemented Merrill’s visual
comparison. But a decision
was not made until the boys
had demonstrated their horse
manship the next day.
Commenting on the selec
tion of extras, Merrill said the
difficulty comes not in casting,
but in actually working with
people who have never acted
before. But he said of the
Warm
Springs
hopefuls,
“They’re all excellent. We’ll
have to re-write the script to
include a mob scene.”
Extension Notes
Deer meat cutting:
All interested persons can
learn how to cut deer meat for
drying on Tuesday, August
24th, 7 p.m. at the Community
Center Park.
Deer meat cutting will be
demonstrated by Iris and Mary
Smith. It is sponsored by the
Extension Service. For more
information, call the Warm
Springs Extension Office at
553-1161, Ext. 46.
Check the Price Before Buying
Hay
Good quality alfalfa hay is
going from $55-75 dollars a ton.
Grass hay $45-60 dollars a ton
and grass straw $30-40 dollars
a ton.
If you buy hay or straw by
the bail make sure you know
how much your paying. For
instance:
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proceeded to shake the hand of
each and every person in the
longhouse.
Then began the long cere
mony of distributing the food.
In their traditional order —-
Salmon, deer meat, roots and
berries — morsels of the food
were deposited on each plate,
along with a bit of water. With
a special prayer these foods
were partaken of and the bulk
of the meal was brought out.
The salmon and deer meat
were each carried by three
men; three women carried
each kind of root; and the ber
ries were distributed last by
three women. Special thanks
were again given and the meal
began.
The food seemed to taste
especially good not only be
cause of the great anticipation
but also because time had
been given to consider the
value and meaning of what
earth had provided.
Price per bail
$4.00
$3.00
$2.00
$4.00
$3.00
$2.00
$4.00
$3.00
$2.00
wt. of bail
60
60,5
60
80
80
80
100
100
100
Then price you are paying for
above per ton is:
$130.00
$100.00
$67.00
$100.00
$75.00
$50.00
$80.00
$60.00
$40.00
Check that Bail Before You
Buy
We’ve just come through
two weeks of rain when 50-60
percent of the second cutting
of alfalfa, grass hay and grass
straw was down on the ground.
This means that a lot of hay
and straw will be lower in
quality and may even be hot,
wet or moldy.
A good way to check the
type of hay you are buying is
to stick your hand down into 5
or 6 bails and pull out sorhe
from the center of the bail.
Good hay and straw is green,
leafy, fine stemed and dry in
the center. If the hay or straw
is tan, brown or yellow it was
left on the ground to long
before bailing. Tan, brown or
yellow hay has less protein and
vitamins than green leafy hay
and buyers should pay less for
this type of hay or straw.
The Huckleberry Feast is a
gathering of people; and where
people gather, fun is to be had.
Dancing was not as popu
lar as in past years. But stick
games went on till late at
night. And the rodeo was a
happy occasion despite the rain
both days.
On the more somber side,
a memorial service was held
the week prior to the feast to
honor the late Nathan Heath.
As befitting royalty, the Heath
family had a generous give
away and Robert Heath re
ceived his Indian name.
HeHe the site of “happy times”
The site for the Huckle
berry Feast has not always
been at HeHe. And this was
only the second feast in that
particular longhouse. The pre
vious building' burned in 1975
after being used for 20 or so
years. It was rebuilt almost
immediately, testifying to the
strong desire to maintain the
HeHe tradition.
The first huckleberry feasts
that people can remember
were held at Seekseequa and
Badger Creek. They were gala
affairs with long encampments
and such activities as bone
games, ball games, horse races
and pow-wows.
The feast was later centra
lized on privately-owned land
in Simnasho which was a center
of population at the time. The
encampment tradition continu
ed despite the fact that water
had to be hauled up from Bea
ver Creek.
Around 1938 the location
was changed to tribally-owned
land at HeHe, the traditional
site of camus barbeucing. The
feast was held in a canvas and
wood longhouse until the first
fully wooden structure was
built around 1950. The huckle
berry feast to Labor Day en
campment lost popularity se
veral years ago and now people
generaly stay about a week.
But the festive mood re
mains, and HeHe, which means
laughter or happy times, con
tinues to be a treasured» spot
4 for the blessing of the huckle
berry.
Moldy, wet or hot hay or * Fascinating fives.
straw is caused by bailing the
These are terms often used
hay to wet. This is not good
to label behavior of children at
feed for horses or cattle and it
certain ages. But anyone who
can cause health problems. So
has worked or lived with child
don’t buy wet, moldy or hot
ren knows how misleading
hay.
these terms can be, says Mar
Dried Fruit: Delicious, Diverse
celle Straatman, Extension hu
Home dried fruits can be
man development specialist at
used in a variety of ways.
Oregon State University.
Susan Gangler, Extension
Are they really “terrible”
food and nutrition specialist at
at two? Not when they wash
Oregon State University, says
their hands or brush their
that many persons like dried
teeth as you do, or imitate
fruit as a.snack at home, or in
your dancing, your tender
a sack lunch. Dried fruits also
handling of a kitten, or stirring
can be reconstituted and incor
in the kitchen. But it’s not
porated into favorite recipes.
fun-and-games when Suzie
To reconstitute dried fruit
clings or whines or keeps get
add water just to cover. Add
ting out of bed. She is saying,
more water later if needed.
“I need you now because I am
One to eight hours are re
afraid, lonely, or wet.”
quired to reconstitute most
How “trusting” are three-
fruits. The time varies with the
year-olds? Sometimes they
kind of fruit, the size of the
have a pack of worries. They
pieces and the temperature of
worry about' dogs, about
the water (hot water takes less
“other” people hurting them,
time). Oversoaking will pro
or why they are made dif
duce a loss of flavor, she
ferently than brother or sister.
cautions.
Children’s worries are big,
One cup of dried fruit re
Mrs. Straatman says. Three-
constitutes to about 1% cups of
year-olds are fun. they like
fruit. Serve the reconstituted
favorite stories and nursery
fruit in favorite recipes for
rhymes read over and over.
breads, gelatin salads, omelets,
They talk to make-believe
stuffing, milkshakes, home
playmates and animals.
made ice cream, and cooked
Sometimes at four a
cereals. Any liquid remaining
youngster can be “frustrating.”
after soaking can be used as
“No” and “I won’t” get a little
part of the liquid needed in the
tiresome as do little lies, ali
recipe.
bis, and bossiness. It’s part of
For further information,
development as all the Billies
EC 899’ “Drying Fruits and
and Suzies talk more, listen
Vegetables” is now available
more, and try to explain them
at the Warm Springs Extension
selves more. They are inter
Office, 2nd floor, old girl’s
ested in how things work, in
dorm; 553-1161, Ext. 46.
being involved. They enjoy
imitating people in their family
Labeling Your Child? Don't!
or those they see in the com
Terrible twos . . . Trusting munity or on television.
threes ... Frustrating fours ...