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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1999)
8 July 3, 1999 Warm Springs, Oregon SpilyayTymoo California Indian Basketweavers Association holds their annual gathering ft "I . r-l-:---;v,: f u -X T Panel speaker, Eraina Palmer, presents a description of her weaving and a brief history. On June 17, 1999, the Western Regional Indigenous Basketweavers gathering, held by the California Indian Basketweavers Association (C1BA), took place at the May Center at the Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno, Nevada. More than 500 basketweavers from throughout the western states attended to share and learn. Through eight years of organized gatherings, California Indian Basketweavers have been strengthened and have made progress on a number of issues-from improved access to basketry plants and baskets in museum collections to new allies in land management agencies. This year CIBA has welcomed other basketweaving organizations to their yearly gathering to share, learn and strengthen ties with these sister organizations. CIBA hoped to be able to offer encouragement, moral support and resources for those who may be struggling to keep their traditions alive or who wish to revive dormant traditions. They also hope to bring recognition and honor to all traditional basketweavers. This gathering was a great weaving together of many traditions, from which CIBA hoped all returned home with good feelings and renewed dedication to their art. Community member Eraina Palmer was on the panel to speak about the wapus bags used to dig roots. Palmer spoke of the materials used now in the modern day without access to traditional materials. Palmer specializes in the twined root bags, "wapasbag". Long ago these bags were made with dogbane and hemp. The string had to be rolled by hand, which was hard and time consuming. But now you can use anything you have. Palmer uses cotton twine for the warps and cotton yam for the wefts. She sometimes uses T-shirts cut into to strips for the wefts. Palmer is a member of the Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association along with a few of her students who are now basketweavers. Her students use their own style and designs once they learned the basics from Palmer. The California Indian Basketweaving Association gathered basketweavers from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming to share and demonstrate their art of basketweaving. v ) If - ' . -. - If1 'A 1 t i I, Separating weaving materials. Acorns were served during dinner June 17. Jf v a 7VVV7 O" 1 J T I L - Alaskan shows her weaving style. oj J 4 -1 II f I Display of woven items by natives of Hawaii. v - r ', i ,i Si i i I .. - Z i 1 u . v. I V I f Pa 0 3' isfiP AT1FJ Weavers from Nevada displayed their baskets and animals. Baskets woven with cedar bark.
