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Warm Springs, Oregon
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Courtney-Gold,
Millennium Artist and Commu
nity Project
Pat Courtney Gold
Pat Courtney Gold, Scappoose,
Oregon, was a recipient of a
prestigious Artist in Resident, The
Millennium Artist and Community
Project. She was one of the 56
artists selected from throughout the
U.S., and the only artist represent
ing Oregon.
The Millennium Project, Artists
& Communities: American Creates
for the Millennium, was a 3-month
project, August 1 to October 28,
2000, funded in part, by the
National Endowment for the Arts
and Culpeper Foundation, through
the MidAtlantic Arts Foundation,
Baltimore, MD. One of the goals
was "to communicate the value and
importance of the arts and artists to
the maintenance of culture."
Pat Courtney Gold, Wasco
Tribe, Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, OR, worked with
the Plateau communities. Pat has
given lectures and workshops
throughout the U.S. to Museums
and to Native Basketry Organiza
tions. You can see her baskets with
their unique geometric designs in
many Museums, such as the Burke
Museum, Seattle, WA; Portland Art
Museum, Portland, OR; the High
Desert Museum, Bend, OR; and she
was recently commissioned by the ,
Peabody Museum, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA. She
has exhibited her work nationally
and internationally.
Pat worked through the Crow's
Shadow Institute, Confederated
Tribes the Umatilla Indian Reserva
tion, Pendleton, OR. Crow's
Shadow Institute mission statement
News from IHS
Jike being sick
I DON'T LIKE BEING SICK!
Few problems we experience are
worse than being sick or just not feel
ing well. I have had many patients
complain "I don't want (or like) to
be sick" or "I don't have time to be
sick." For those of us who tend to
have prolonged or frequent illnesses,
we just get plain tired of being sick.
Is there anything we can do?
On occasion, I have had a patient
come in with a concern and say "Just
fix me doc." Well, this may not be as
easy as it sounds.
The healthier we are when we get
sick, the easier it is to "fix" the prob
lem. If we stay healthy, we are less
likely to get sick in the first place.
Then, when we do fall ill, our bodies
are much more able to recover. This
, means there is less that needs "fix
ing" and "fixing" comes with it's own
potential problems. So, our best bet
is to stay healthy to begin with.
During my medical training, one
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Developing Your Own Flexible
Spending Plan
presented by
COCAAN & OSU Extension
February 1. 2001
Information on Matched Savings Program
What does it take financially to own your own home?
February 8. 2001
; Making choices and tracking your spending
Using credit wisely
February 15. 2001
Basics of banking US Bank, Madras
February 22. 2001
Making ends meet
Stretching and spending your dollars
Small Business Center
1 134 Paiute Street, Warm Springs
6:00-8:00PM
Light snacks will be provided
For further information contact
Trudy Thompson, WS Small Business Center 541-553-3592
Bemadette Hoyer, OSU Extension 541- 553-3535
Artist in Resident
is "...to provide educational,
economic, and social opportunities
for Native Americans through
artistic development." This art
institute was the perfect venue for
the Project, offering workspace, art
resources, and state of the art
computers.
Background: The Millennium
Project focused on the broad
community of the Plateau Nations
in eastern Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho. The communities are
'geographically and economically
isolated and lack access to many
services. These communities are
bonded by Native heritage, tradi
tions, language, and geography.
Historically, cultural genocide was
practiced on the Plateau Nations
and it has taken three generations to
recover from this experience. To
strengthen the community and
restore self esteem, Pat developed a
curriculum to research cultural
history and develop traditions that
will enrich the individuals and the
community. The participants
represent the Confederated Tribes
of Umatilla, Confederated Tribes of
Yakama, Nez Perce Nation, and
Wasco Nation.
Twining is an important part of
Plateau culture as seen in their
many styles of baskets, hats,
clothing, and tule mat lodges.
The first step of the Millen
nium Project was to visit museums
to re-discover our heritage, to
appreciate our culture, then to
invest this knowledge back into the
community through an art project.
Journal. Each participant was
provided with an art journal to keep
notes and sketches of all the events.
This journal was the foundation of
Health & Wellness center: I don't,
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teacher always reminded us that "it
takes ajot of work to stay healthy;
it is very easy to get sick." Many of
us take our health for granted until
we become ill. Unfortunately, by the
time we feel sick, it may be too late
to do anything to stop the process. So
what must we do to ward off illness?
Most of us are granted a healthy
childhood. We can do just about
whatever we want to our bodies and
get by with few, if any, problems. As
we grow older, however, our bodies
are less forgiving. We also develop
patterns of living or habits that will
usually stay with us for the rest of our
lives. In other words, habits "die
hard". And since most of us don't
like change, the sooner we decide on
good health, the easier it will be to
reach our goal. This means that stay
ing healthy must start as early as pos
sible. When we are young, the adults
pretty much decide what we will and
will not do. Once we reach age 12 or
13 or so and older, we start making
more and more of the decisions.
Some of our choices will be good and
others not so good or even bad. Now,
there are some parts of our health we
don't choose, but for the most part,
good health is a choice. For example:
1 We have no say in whether or
not we get a brain tumor, but we do
decide whether or not we get certain
of The millennium Artist and Community Project
the art project. At the end of the
Millennium Project, the journals are
for the participants to continue
recording ideas, family history and
stories, to pass on to their families.
Museum Studies. The partici-
pants learned the procedures in
researching collections, storage, and
photo archives. In addition to
exhibits, the participants learned
about the storage areas and the
corresponding catalogs that
identified items and gave more
descriptive details.
It was very important that the
students know that the collections
are Jheir heritage; not just items as
possessions of the museums. They
are visiting their heritage, culture, -1
and ancestors.
The visits to Museums included
more than learning. We are .
ambassadors from our Tribes to ,
educate the museum staff on the '
Culture that the items represent.
Harvesting Plant Fibers and , ,
Basketry. The class learned about
traditional plants used for cultural
activities. We went on field trips to
learn about plant habitats, season to
harvest, how to harvest and store
fibers, how to process, and the '
traditional twining techniques.
Elders, our living Museums.
Elders were invited to participate
and share their knowledge with us.
We learned about harvesting and
processing dogbane, a plant used
throughout the Plateau region. Few
people have this knowledge. We
learned about the "stories" that
teepees tell us. They are a part of -J
the family and have their own
histories.
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arthritis, but we do make the choice applications ,
whether or not we kill or injure our- L Are you pregnant? Or do you
selves (or others) while driving un-, have.a child under age 3? If so, you
der the influence or speeding. be eligible to participate in the
4. We don't get to pick our par- EHS Pro8ram- E"s. 1S a frf.e in"
ents, brothers, sisters or other family home program helping families set
members, but we can decide not to . gals ?r their. you"P chflldrfn and
drink alcohol, do drugs or smoke. themselves and pointing families to-
The list could go on and on. n. variety of resources avail
Making bad choices usually catches : ab'e the Warfm sPrm8? community
up with us sooner or later. Although, -.and beyond. If you are interested in
making good choices are no guaran- applying or would like more i infer
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good choices early. We can choosi even babl" and yun .h'ldi;en-An:
to exercise and eat right. We can., er and other f"linSs Ilke and
choose to limit our alcohol intake or . frustration can be expressed through
not drink at all. We can choose not to ! aggressive behavior. Young infants
overeat, smoke or practice risky be- typically show these feehngs by cry
haviors. If we have already made mg frantically and flailing their arms
some mistakes or bad choices, we can i fnd le gs. As they group and move into
choose to get up, brush ourselves off, - toddler-hood, they may begin ex
stand and commit to make a change PressinS anSer fearand frustration by
to improve our lives. Good health is
a choice. The choice i ours.
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United Indian Students
in Higher Education
Is having an
Art Contest!
We are looking for some good art
work for our logo. We also need a
piece to use for our annual spring
Powwow poster. If we like your work
we'll pay you $$$.
1 Place $200, 2nd Place $100
F.Y.I. This year our powwow theme ;
is "Ending the Myth"
Put your work on an 8 x 10 piece of '
paper and ship it to us by January
15,2001
Don't forget to give us your name,
address and phone number so we
can send you the cash if you win.
Questions? 503-725-5671
Send your work to:
UISHE Portland State University
P.O. Box 751-SD
Portland. OR 97207
(AB entries that are not winners will be
returned)
Mixed Media Muni. The
participants decided to do a mixed
media mural, based on their
Heritage and Culture, titled "Past,
Present, Future", The collective
notes recorded in their journals
were a source fur their ideas and
topics. This mural is n symbol of
the revival and preservation of their
Culture. The mural is designed in
three panels as the participants
foresaw the problems of storing and
delivering a large mural. Each of
the panels represents the Past, the
Present, and the Future. Images on
each panel are arranged in a
mountain design from a basket
' image. The tule and cattail prints on
all three panels suggest a continuity.
f,Thc panels are connected by a
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At the Art Reception hosted by Crow's Shadow Institute, Pendleton, OR, Pat Courtney Gold stands near
the contemporary 2-dimensional weaving done by the Millennium Project Participants. It is made with
locally harvested fibers, tule and cattail.
Photo by Roberta Lavadour, Mission Creek Press.
Early Head Start news
Announcements:
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Gover reaffirms
Assistant Secretary - Indian Af
' fairs Kevin Gover has reaffirmed the
1 ' federal trust relationship between the
United States and the King Salmon
'-Tribe and the Shoonaq' Tribe in
. Alaska and the Lower Lake
Rancheria in California after finding
that their government-to-government
relationship with the U.S. has never
;been severed. "The King Salmon
1 Tribe, the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak,
and the Lower Lake Rancheria have
,been officially overlooked for many
fyears by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
even though their government-to-
government relationship with the
United States was never terminated,"
Gover stated in his finding dated De
cember 29, 2000. "I am pleased to
correct this egregious oversight."
' Due to administrative error, the
BIA had for several years failed to
Place the three tribes on the list of
quired to publish annually in the Fed
eral Register under the Federally Rec
ognized Indian Tribes List Act (Pub.
L. 103-454. 103 Stat. 4791, 4792).
The list, entitled "Indian Entities Rec
ognized and Eligible to Receive Ser
vices from the United States Bureau
of Indian Affairs." was last published
on March 13.2000.
The Assistant Secretary found
that the King Salmon Tribe of Alaska
has existed and maintained a continu
ous Indian community from historic
times, and that present-day tribal
members are descendants of a group
replica of a Time Ball, a Plateau
calendar, now rare. The participants
each made dogbane cordage and
included knots and beads to
represent the passage of time. Also,
a large 2-dimensional weaving was
done with local cattail and tule
fibers. These will be housed ut
Crow's Shadow Institute and w ill
be available to the Plateau Commu
nities, and for exhibits at other
institutions.
Preserve Millennium Project on
CD. The visits to museums, our
research activities, the special items
that we studied, our hands-on
activities, and the creation of the
mixed media mural were visually
recorded using a digkal camera.
These images were then transferred
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soothed by responding to his or her
needs. For example, if a baby is up
set and crying because she's hungry,
feeding her and comforting her will
calm her. Toddler's aggression can be
especially stressful for parents, but it
is important to respond calmly and
consistently. They may not under
stand fully that hitting and other
physical aggression hurts people; par
ents often need to explain this to their
young children. Teaching toddlers to
redirect their anger is a very impor
tant step in their healthy development.
So, a child who hits when angry or
scared can be taught to hit a pillow
instead of a person. Parents can also
begin teaching children to verbalize
(say) what they are feeling. For ex
ample, parents can describe what they
think their children are feeling and
teach them a word or phrase to use to
express the feeling. As children learn
to express feelings with words, they
are less likely to be aggressive.
If you are having a difficult time
dealing with your child's anger, don't
hesitate to ask for help. Head Start
Mental Health Consultant Jane
Kirkpatrick, Well-Child Clinic
PHN's and other Indian Health Ser
vice healthcare providers, and vari
ety of other community resources can
be good sources of information for
parents.
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federal trust relationship of tribes
that had been forced to leave an ear
lier homesite destroyed during an
eruption of Mount Katmai.
The Assistant Secretary also
found that the Shoonaq' Tribe of
Kodiak, Alaska, has maintained a
continuous political organization
since European contact, that the
Council of the Shoonaq' Tribe of
Alaska has governed the historical
Native community in and around the
contemporary community of Kodiak,
and that no other tribe has claimed
the territory or the tribe's member
ship. Congress acknowledged
Kodiak as an historic Native village
possessing claims to aboriginal title
in the Alaska Native Claims Settle
ment Act (ANCSA). In 1987, the
Kodiak Tribal Council learned it had
not been included on a list of feder
ally recognized tribes published by
the BIA in the Federal Register and
requested the Secretary of the Inte
rior to correct the list.
In the case of the Lower Lake
Rancheria of California, the Assistant
Secretary found that the tribe had not
been made subject to the Rancheria
Act (Pub. L. 85-671, 72 Stat. 619. as
amended by Pub. L. 88-419, 78 Stat.
390). by which Congress terminated
the federal government's trust respon
sibility for dozens of California tribes
during the 1950s, and that its tribal
status has been continuously main
tained by tribal members to the
present day.
With the Assistant Secretary's
to Computer (Adobe PhotoShop).
At the end of the project, these
images, along with a detailed
description of the Millennium
Project, were transferred to a CD.
This will be shared with other
Native communities. We anticipate
this to be a prototype for future :
projects.
Our I lei itage, our Culture, our
Traditions will continue to the next
millennium.
Pat's next project is a year long
Residency at The Interstate
Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland,.
OR. Mark your calendars for her
Art Exhibit, September and
October, 2001.
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Group things planned for the
month
S first Hour v.
1 . Free play with toys and ma
terials: cars, stackers, crayons and
paper, lace boards, scissors and pa
per, nuts and bolts, playdough, blocks
and duplos, puzzles and balls.
2. Songstory time: 5 little
monkeys, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle
Twinkle, Friends 1,2,3, Pat-a-cake,
glad you're here, head, shoulders,
knee's and toes, polar bear polar bear.
3. Carpet activity: Parent and
child one-on-one reading, ring around
the rosey. ,
Second Hour
Art projects with children: cut
ting and gluing, texture books, hide
and seek, folded paper painting, sen
sory tubs, paper collages, "snow"
scenes, and goo.
Parent-ed: The parents and a
home visitor will go to a separate
room and meet on special topics or
areas of interest indicated by the par
ents. Birthdays
Ellen Marie Sampson
January 4, 2000 ,
Lyndreth LeClaire
January 7, 1998 .
Vivian Yazzie
January 17, 1998
Barbara J. Halliday
January 20, 1998
action the number of federally recog
nized tribes now stands at 56 1 , which
also includes two tribes recognized
under H.R. 5528, the Omnibus Indian
Advancement Act (Pub. L. 106-568,
114 Stat. 2868) signed by President
Clinton on December 28, 2000. The
Loyal Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma,
which since 1 869 has been a cultur
ally and linguistically separate entity
within the Cherokee Nation of Okla
homa, was accorded federal recogni
tion as an independent tribe. The
Graton Rancheria of California,
which had been terminated by the
Rancheria Act, was restored to fed
eral recognition status.
Contact information for the three
reaffirmed tribes: The King Salmon
Village Council, P.O. Box 68, King
Salmon, Alaska 99613-0068, the
Honorable Ralph Angasan, Sr., Presi
dent: The Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak,
7 1 3 East Rezanof Drive "B", Kodiak,
Alaska 99615, the Honorable Ken
neth Parker, Chairman; and The
Lower Lake Rancheria, 131 Lincoln
Street. Healdsburg. California 95448,
the Honorable Daniel D. Beltran,
Chairman.
For more information, contact
Marilyn Heiman. Special Assistant to
the Secretary for Alaska. U.S. Depart
ment of the Interior, at (907) 271
5485. fax: (907) 271-4102, or Nedra
Darling. Director. Office of Public
Affairs. Bureau of Indian Affairs, at
(202) 208-3 7 1 0, fax: (202) 501-1516.
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