10 March 23,2000
warm Springs, Oregon
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The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Learn "Stickgame" from
Warm Springs Elders and Local Players
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Photos & Text by Lenora Starr
east as Oklahoma. It is a guessing arc sponsored by various tribes. The
game with different variations. Here in Starr Stickgame club sponsors a tour
Warm Springs two teams with as few nament in conjunction with the Pi-
as two players and as many as a hun- Ume-Mia I rcaty Days. It is a relatively
1 he Uinlcderated I rite of the drej (or nK)re) con,.x.tc for sticks, small tournament compared to other
Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw there arc two sets ofboncs two striped tournaments. The next big tournament
Indians like many other li ibcs, aie bat- bones um, tWQ whje ( )ain) b()nes js being held on the Muckleshoot Res
iling to maintain theircultureafterthey i, yni hands the bones out for ervation and prize monies of $15,000
were leniiinatcu in wo. nicy re- the players to hide in Uicir hands hop- will be divided among the winning
fi.uncu icuciai recognition in ivo-t.
They posess 6. 1 acres ol land on which
sits a tribal hall.
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In conjunction with their Honor ,hc stri (J bo brin ing
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invited people rom Warm Springs to p.lch ,cam wj sj
ing that the guesser of the other team icams. The Spokane Tribe sponsors a
will l'ucss the strined bone which will children's tournament annually during
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cause the other team to forfeit a stick it me Laoor uay weeKena.
Patty Whereat expressed their
apprcaclion to the Warm Springs
It uno trains drum people for comine up to teach them
teach the locals how to play stickgame. s);lk rMks and makc gCSlurcs ,0 tbe about the culture lost to them. Some of
wufcimmy annum mi. u3 ra- omer ,cam t0 trv anj "pSytlc n1cm mem pian io continue 10 icarn ana
tacted and confirmed to teach a class ou,.. S() ,,at mejr gucsser wj become some of tliem plan togotoMucklcshiiot
tlirough a college but at the last mo- f,ustr;i(Cj or distracted and forfeit all lo play and observe the tournament,
nient those plans were cancelled. Patty j , s(icLs Sam Starr presented a set of sticks to
contacted Sam Starr who in turn con- Jost of me tjme mcir are wagcrs Patty Whereat and encouraged them to
tacted other members of the tribe and ma arc majc ji)CSC w.,gCrs cc,nsist of continue leurn the culture traditional to
they volunteered to teach the inter- nm,iiiint rvrcn ,vmti,t,rc m h. their nconlc. in exchanee Pattv cave
csted members of the Confederated va,uc wlctI)cr il be money, shawls, somcshellsfromtheirareatothcWarm
Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua blankets, beads, etc. Springs People.
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Historically the game was played m,.h nc f Ihl, lc 'v;nn
up and down the coast, throughout the comcback through tournaments which
Western States and Canada and as far . , .
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Carolyn Slyter of the Coos tribe is suprised to learn she made a stick!
VVilson Wewa, Jr. Elizabeth Rhoa'n and Dan Brisbois gather on one team while others look on. Everyone had a
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Sam Starr displays the instruments of the game and how they are used.
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Joyce Quinn from Warm Springs looks on in Amusement
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Patty Whereat, center was responsible for inviting Warm Springs to teach their tribes and surrounding tribes how to
play stickgame.
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Judy Helms and her husband from Linclon City participate in the stickgame
and record everything on video
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