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or; .roi.L . r . f r ft v . 1 M m, 10 17, 10". "f-"0mr- rrily" ty""" VOL. 18 NO. 19 Coyote news in brief Tour group visits forest projects Participants in the annual timber tour visited Quartz Creek, Abbot sale.Clackamas Meadows, Wilson Creek and Triple Creek sales. Page 2 Gardens flourish Area gardens reaped the benefits of a wet spring and moderate climate during the summer Page 3 COCC director appointed " " A national search brought John Hicks to Warm Springs as COCC director. Page 3 LINC will bring classes to Warm Springs The LINC network, if approved by voters, will provide Warm Springs with college courses. Page 5 New administrators join Madras High Staff Ken Cantrell takes the position of principal at MHS while Scott Marquardt begins serving as assistant principal. Page 5 Buffaloes lose first home game Gladstone was tough competition at September 10 game. Page 6 Properly managed pasture is good nvestment Recommendations for good pasture vary with individual site and owner needs. Page 7 Deadline for the next issue of Spilyay Tymoo is September 24, 1993. Be sure to check the batteries in your smoke detector for proper working or der Warm Springs Elementary Open House is scheduled for Wednesday, September 22, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. News JjL oil. i A 1 " v t I f f -'fi ... r 'n ... jr5 Mount Jefferson is viewed from Clackamas Meadow during annual timber tour. (Related story on Center to offer Those wishing to start up a new business or those desiring some help with an existing business are en couraged to attend the Greenhouse Business Development Class spon sored by the Oregon Native Ameri can Business and Entrepreneurial Network (ONABEN). Assistance to business hopefuls andor owners will come in the form of three classes: The Discovery, Greenhouse and Small Business Management classes. The Discovery Classes consist of four weeks of introductory work, including program introduction, en trepreneurial self-awareness activi ties and introduction to business terminology. The Discovery Class is a prerequisite to the Greenhouse Class. Cost is $50. The ten-week Greenhouse pro gram is designed to guide students through the process of preparing the business financing and planning tool the business plan. Sessions will include foundation building such as writing a business mission statement, planning and goal setting, time management and identifying the business, marketing and research, financing, professional advisors, in surance and computers. The Green house program offers individualized attention to each class participant. Each studentattends the weekly class. In addition, students receive one weekly meeting with a business de velopment counselor to review the fine points of their business plan. Cost is $100. The Small Business Management class is designed for business owners. Participants meet one evening each month. The procram focuses heavily Due date for COCC bond levy is September 21, 1993 Remember to Vote! Spilyay Tymoo from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation rucwe P.O. BOX 870, WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 business help on bookkeeping, recordkeeping, fi nancial analysis and marketing all issues that usually make or break a business' success. Other topics will include personnel management, in terpersonal communication.busincss law, tribal law (doing business on the reservation) and other business management issues. Attendees will not only benefit from the formal education, but will form a strong support network. When business isn't going so well, who do you call? What do you do? Fellow students will provide invaluable resource for business troubleshooting. Cost is $100. All classes start Monday, Sep tember 20 and will be conducted at the Education Center from 6 to 9 p.m. Call the Small Business Center at 553-3592 or 553-3593 for more information. Activity bus continues The activity bus will be running again this school year. The Educa tion Services Director and Education Branch General Manager entered into a new agreement with 509-J School Board for their bus and bus driver to operate the activity bus service. It was noted that at a school board meeting this past summer, a request was made to have the bus make a special run to Simnasho. At this point in time, it is not feasible. There will be the two scheduled stops: Jr. High School and Sr. High School. The bus driver will stop at the green lawn area near the WS Fire Hall and Court Continued on page 2 P.O. Box 870 Warm Spring, OR Address Correction To ensure a smooth transition between facilities, the new Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center will open MONDAY, OCTOBER 25 First tribal The Museum at Warm Springs will present its First Tribal Member Art Show beginning September 24, 1993 and lasting through January 7, 1994, in the Museum's changing exhibits gallery. Fifteen tribal artists submitted their works, in media ranging from traditional basketry and beadwork to contemporary two-dimensional paintings, to be judged anonymously for inclusion in the show. The 46 pieces to be shown repre sent contemporary adaptations of traditional skills such as the "Sally" bags of sisters B.K. Courtney and Pat Gold, and the ceramic masks of Lillian Pitt and the more con ventional artforms such as silver and turquoise jewelry and regalia. The centerpiece of this year's show will be Pamela Langncsc's "Walk Between Worlds," a painting in acrylicgraphite judged best of show by Bend artist Sue Bennett. Langnese feels that her art provides a way to rediscover her Indian roots. "After leaving art school, I be came more involved with my heritage and the spiritual parts I fell missing in my life," Langnese said. "Art be came my way back to my heritage and gave me comfort that I belonged. I find doing Native American repre sentations in my art work as a way of coming home. Bennett praised the show's participants, both for practic ing traditional crafts and for their artistic innovation. "Many hands and hearts have travelled the ancient path of artistic endeavor. There are some well re 9776! Requested page 2) member art membered footsteps that portray the courage to stay close to the old ways. Yet other journey ers blaze new trails of creativity while paying their re spect and tribute to the ancient path," Bennett said. The Tribal Member Art Show, the first of what will be an annual event at The Museum at Warm Springs, is intended to showcase the artwork of tribal members that might not other wise gain public exposure. But this year's show features many artists and writers who are already well known in their own right. Perhaps best known is sculptress Lillian Pitt, whose unique ceramic masks have gained an international reputation. Pitt's work was shown in "The Spiritual World of the Native Amcrican,"agroupshow in Shizouka City, Japan and in several other group and individual shows across the United States. The drawings of Oliver Kirk arc familiar to powwow goers and read ers of the Warm Springs tribal news paper, Spilyay Tymoo. Kirk'sprecisc pen and ink renderings grace the masthead of the newspaper and the annual Pi-Ume-Sha powwow poster. Well-known Warm Springs artist James Florcndo, Jr., a printmakcr, silversmith and graphic and com mercial artist, has shown his work in France and Germany, in addition to shows in Oregon, Alaska, Califor nia, New York and New Mexico. Florcndo will exhibit two silkscrcens and two lithographs in the tribal member show. Emel Scott is a self-taught artist I VS. PostaRe Bulk Rule Permit No. 2 Warm Springs, OR 97761 SEPTEMBER 17,1993 Celebrate diversity Maria Casas returns to Jefferson County toculu vate the seeds sown in May's Cultural Sensitivity Event. "Looking Within" is a workshop de signed to explore the greater community's diversity, its specific problems and its resources. The goal is for participants to leave the work shop with vitality to continue their efforts against intolerance and dis respect for differences, a rough draft sketch of possible solutions, and a genuine feeling of connectedness to existing community workshops. . Come to the workshop at the Warm SpringsCommunityCentcrfrom9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Septem ber 25 at no charge. For more information, please' contact Mclba at 382-9227 Sand wich "fixin's"and beverages will be provided. Participants are asked to bring contributions to the potluck picnic lunch, and stay to enjoy the entertainment and activities cel ebrating our Central Oregon cultures. Maria also invites you to bring along a game, a story or song, a craft, some thing of your culture to share with the group. It will be a day to remember, and we hope to see you there. Hosted by C.O.B.R.A. and Victim's Assistance in Warm Springs. Board vacancy Tribal Council is seeking inter ested applicants to serve on the Wa ter Board. Candidates must be Tribal Members. Water Board serves as an advi sory board to the Tribal Council for the management of water resources. The Committee shall operate under the supervision of the Tribal Council which has delegated specific author ity listed below. In the exercise of advisory and authority functions, the committee shall cooperate with other council committees and management personnel. Continued on page 2 show due who draws in pencil, pen and ink and felt markers, and paints in acrylic. In addition, Scott carves wood and stone. Scott will display three works in the art show, including "The Four Directions," (acrylicrawhide), "Pipe," (pipestone), and "Council Meeting" (pen and ink). For the show, Elizabeth Woody will depart from her role as a leading Native American poet to display "Blue Woman Potter" (pastel), "Cradled" (woodcut print), and "Our Humancss is an Embellished Tongue" (lithograph). In a more traditional vein, Gcraldinc Jim will display traditional regalia. Jim credits her art to her ciders, who taught her beadwork and the skills related to it, including hide tanning. Dolls in traditional regalia by Mary Ann Mcanus combine tradi tional skills with adesire to teach and preserve those skills. "I like to think that by creating these dolls, I am helping preserve, in some way, our local Indian culture which is fast becoming lost in today's modem society," Mcanus said. Also displaying traditional crafts will be Brigcttc Scott (jingle dresses); Willie Stacona (silver and turquoise jewelry); Archie Caldcra (drum, elk antler sculpture, feather and ermine staff); and Irene Towe (fabricart). The Museum at Warm Springs will host an opening reception on September 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the changing exhibits gallery. AH tribal members and tribal employees are invited to attend.
