Spilyqy Tymoo, W3,rrn Springs, Oregon Alircb 8, 2001
Artist to be honored by governor
l our individual, including a
Warm Spring tribal member, one
Oregon business and me music pro
grams of the Sulem-Kcizer School
District will be honored with
(lovernor's Arts Awards from (lov.
John Kithuher on Thursday, March
15.
The awards, presented since 1977
in partnership with the Oregon Arts
Commission, give official recogni
tion to those whose work on behalf
of the arts has significantly contrib
uted to the growth and development
of the cultural life of the state.
Kitzhabir will present the awards in
the State Capitol Rotunda in Salem.
"The Governor's Arts Awards
honor Oregonians whose contribu
tions to the arts have been exem
plary," said Norm Smith, Arts Com
mission chair. "The beneficiaries of
their commitment, energy and phi
lanthropy stretch across the state
from Portland's Interstate l-'irchouse
Cultural Center to the Cascade Fes
tival of Music to the Pendleton Arts
Center. Their efforts contribute to
the liveliness of Oregon and our
quality of life. It is fitting that we
gather each year as a cultural com
munity to salute their commit
ment." Selected for the 2001 Governor's
Arts Awards are: Pat Courtney
Gold, Sandra Miller of Bend; Port
land General Llectric and the PGH
Enron Foundation in Portland; Dr.
Robert Pamplin Jr. of Portland; Dan
Pavillard of Eugene and the Music
Programs of the Salem-Keizer
School District.
Pat Courtney Gold is enrolled in
the Wasco Nation of the Warm
Springs Confederated Tribes of Or
egon. She lives part-time in
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Pat Courtney Gold's baskets have earned her widespread acclaim.
Scappoose and Warm Springs. Tra
ditionally, the Wasco people lived
along the Columbia River in Oregon
and Washington for thousands of
years. They were a river people, liv
ing with the salmon the river and
the Plateau Tribal Nations., The
Wascos were known for the great
trading market in The Dalles area.
After the 1855 Treaty the Wasco
People were forcibly moved to the
semi-arid region of Central Oregon.
Much of their culture was lost as
they focused on survival in this hos
tile environment.
Pat grew up on the Warm Springs
Reservation and spent her youth
surrounded by the beauty of the
Cascade Range. To this day, Pat en
joys hiking in the Cascades, enjoy
ing the forests, the mountains, the
waterfalls and the animal and bird
life. She says, "this is my spiritual
time; it is like being in the great ca
thedrals of Europe".
Pat never knew any Wasco per
son who wove the intricate Sally
Baskets. Pat's mother made colorful
beaded napkin holders and watch
fobs. Her Dad taught her to respect
the environment by driving miles to
protect stream banks from erosion.
Dad once drove the family 100 miles
to see the frozen Columbia River,
and woke them early to see the snow
on July 4. Pat enjoyed the frequent
trips to the Columbia River to visit
relatives, watch her extended family
catch then butcher salmon to be pre
served for future use.
She attended Indian Boarding
School for one year and eventually
graduated from Madras Union High
School, Madras, Ore. She earned a
B.A. in Mathematics-Physics from
Whitman College, Walla Walla,
Wash. Pat taught mathematics at
Portland area community colleges,
and then worked for 12 years as a
mathematician-computer specialist.
When she hit the glass ceiling, Pat
turned to a career in art. She now
devotes her time to creating art, and
lecturing on Plateau Tribal Art The
Wasco traditional art of full-turn
twined baskets with geometric hu
man figures and motifs was a dying
art. This basket twining method
and designs are unique to the Co
lumbia River area. Pat helped revive
this art, and her goal is to preserve
this technique and record the tradi
tional designs for future generations.
Her career highlights include:
Invited Lecturer, Pcabody Museum,
Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA; Invited Speaker, International
Weaving Conference, Rotorua, New
Zealand ; Artist in Resident, Mil
lennium Project, Mid-Atlantic Arts
Foundation, Baltimore, MD; Art-ist-in-Residence,
National Museum
of the American Indian, New York
City, NY; Invited Artist, Women's
Caucus for Art, Professional Artists'
trip to China.
Recently, The Peabody Museum,
Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA, asked Pat to write an article on
the Wasco basket collected by Lewis
and Clark in 1805. This article will
be in the catalog accompanying the
National Lewis and Clark Traveling
Exhibit, 2004 to 2006.
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Student wins contest
At a brief ceremony in Ms Moore's fourth grade classroom on March .
6th, Kathy Dunton, representing Madras' Elks Lodge 2017, pre
sented Brandy Hcrkshan with the winning award in the "F.Iks' Eye
Injury Prevention Poster Contest".
The contest offers a prize to one fourth, fifth and sixth grader in
Jefferson County. Keith Haworth of the Madras Klks commented that
Warm Springs Elementary has the highest participation in the county.
He added that he was proud of Hcrkshan and the other students ;
who entered and thanked the teachers for their support. Fvach child
who entered the contest received a certificate of appreciation and .
Brandy also received a $50 U. S. Savings Bond for her winning effort.
Museum exhibit to feature Celilo, salmon
Re-training ...
April 14, the day before Easter, a
major exhibit opens at The Museum
At Warm Springs. The focus is on
Celilo Falls, salmon, water and fishj
which figure significantly in the cul
ture of members of The Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs. In ad
dition to the exhibit, which runs
through May 29, several presenta
tions and ongoing activities are part
of the seven week long event. The
exhibit contains multi-media and
historic materials, arts and crafts, and
fish stories from the community.
One major focus is photographic
images from the collection from the
collection of Wilma Roberts, life
long resident along the Columbia
River and renowned photographer.
She is a member of the Photographic
Society of America, has been a na
tional judge for the Society and is a
member of The Dalles Camera
Club. She has been taking photo
graphs since she was a child which
lead, naturally to college art and
photography classes. Ms. Roberts
reproduces and sometimes colorizes,
photos taken of Celilo Falls in the
1890's by Benjamin Gifford. Her
own photos of the Falls date from
tJieT950'i.Moko he ittiagei the,
exhibit will be for sale with a per
centage of sales supporting The
Museum's Gift Shop.
On opening Day, April 14, 2-2:30
and 3:30-5:00, Ms. Roberts will sign
the book, Celilo Falls: Remember
ing Thunder. Photos from the Col
lection of Wilma Roberts, which is
for sale in the Gift Shop. From 2:30
3:30, she will give a multi-media pre
sentation of Celilo Falls and the
Columbia River.
The exhibit has two more facets.
Photos from the Museum's archive
collection of Celilo Falls will be ex
hibited and some will be posted in
an area by tables asking people to
make identifications of location,
view and people. Individuals are in
vited to bring personal photos of the
Falls and fishing at the Falls for the
exhibition. If they want the Museum
to have a copy of their photo for the
Archives, it can be put On Loan to
The Museum so a copy can be made
and their photo returned to them.
The exhibit is open to a variety
related to salmon and fishing. There
is a limit of two items per person,
unless available space allows for
more. The Museum welcomes origi
nal art in any medium and crafts
such as fish nets, examples of
nettings, special handmade poles,
hooks, baskets, instructions for dry
ing and preserving fish, and actual
preserved fish and canned fish. '
Written fish tales will be incor
porated in the overall exhibit. People
are encouraged to write down their
funniest, scariest, most interesting
fish story and sent or bring it to The
Museum. The Curator will prepare
them for the exhibit and not be for
sale. The Museum is including items
used by those who fish or process
fish. Such items can be art, craft,
adapted items, things handed down
through a family or newly made.
These include such things as a spe
cial beaded cap worn for fishing, fish
carrying container, knife, chair or
item for sitting while waiting for a
bite.
,M A video, The Last Salmon Feast
of The Celilo Indians, can be seen
throughout the exhibit by contact
ing the admissions staff at the Gift
Shop.
If you want to enter an item in
the exhibit, please call Natalie Kirk,
Curator, if you wish to submit pho
tos or have photos copied for the
archive, contact the Archivist,
Alberta Comedown Libby. Both can
be reached at (541) 553-3331. Items
for the exhibit must be at The Mu
seum by April 10, 5:00 p.m. and re
main through May 31. Artists may
sell their works. For details, consult
the Curator.
The Museum At Warm Springs,
2189 Highway 26, Warm Springs,
OR is open 362 days a year, 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Admission for adults is $6,
Seniors $5, students with identifica
tion $4.50 and youth 5-12 is $3. For
special tour rates call 553-3331.
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Jackson emphasized that the re
training effort is to supplement - not
replace - the efforts already being
made.
"We're not trying to duplicate
what's going on here " Jackson said..
"Business has a role and a responsi
bility, and they've done that. Now
government has a responsibility."
There are currently a limited
number of jobs available on the res
ervation and many more in sur
rounding communities. The task
force will be exploring the potential
of placing laid-off workers in posi
tions at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, Indian
Head Casino, tribal government,
and the soon-to-be-built prison in
Jefferson County, among others.
There are a number of projects
within the community that could be
activated to assist laid-off workers jn
their transition back into the job
market. Tribal members are making
requests for home improvements
and laid-off workers could be used
to meet this demand.
- Home improvement, projects
could include interior and exterior
painting, roofing, deck construc
tion, outbuilding repair, lawn maitv
tenance, landscaping and wintcrizaj
tion, to name a few. Workers could
also be used to implement other
projects such as park development
and maintenance, longhouse mainr
tcnance, and natural resources manr
agement activities. i
Support services will be struc
tured to assist with the special needs
of laid-off workers in areas such as
counseling, medical coverage, plan--ning
and severance pay.
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"We've received comments from
those very knowledgeable in the in
dustry that the Sci-Tech system
solves many problems and should be
a winner." According to Tylman one
of the leading trade publications,
The Concrete Producer, is scheduled
to do a story featuring Sci-Tech
Building Systems this month.
Sci-Tech is currently bidding on
a number of jobs. Bids have gone out
on a 5-story office building, a
Marriott Hotel in Texas, two multi
level parking garages and 4,000 hous
ing units. With increasingly more
strict building standards because of
earthquakes and tornadoes, Sci-Tech
wall and roof panels compare very
favorably with the competition. Sci
Tech panels have superior wind-load
capability, they can be manufactured
with a variety of materials for the
"skins" such as high-tensile steel,
concrete, strandboard and other
material. This flexibility provides
options to meet a variety of strength
requirements and allows the builder
to more easily meet the local build
ing codes.
Charles V. Jackson, the Tribe's
Secretary-Treasurer, stated that he is
also encouraged by what he saw in
Las Vegas. "Tectonics International
has worked hard to refine their ce
ment technology and develop new
products, and this is a good example
of what they are capable of." Jack
son, who has been exploring ways
to resolve the Tribes' budget crunch,
said this type of investment can help
to diversify our local economy and
has the potential to create new jobs
and revenues that can help us be
come more resistant to an economic
downturn. "We have relied on natu
ral resources in the past to provide
for our economic needs. Tectonics
International and Warm Springs
Composite Products provide an area
where we can diversify and insulate
ourselves from being hit so hard
when the timber market takes a dive
or when electric power prices fall."
Jackson said that the success of Sci
Tech Building Systems will not im
pact the Tribe immediately, but ip
the future it could provide an ecor
nomic cushion with royalties to TJ.
It will take some time before we
know what the initial exposure of
Sci-Tech's building systems panels
will mean to the company and its
stockholders. The World of Con
crete trade show in Las Vegas was the
tilt-up industry's first look at Sci
Tech's innovative panels. Vince
Tylman and his Sci-Tech staff are
very optimistic. Terry Turner and
Phil Rodda, of Tectonics Interna
tional, feel they have helped develop
the best tilt-up concrete panel in the
industry. Charles Jackson sees it as'
a way to diversify the Tribe's
economy. Raymond Tsumpti knows
if Sci-Tech's panels are a success it
will add to Tectonics Internationals
growing reputation as an innovator
and developer of state-of-the-art tech
nology. Both Jackson and Tsumpti
feel strongly that there may be a day
when Sci-Tech Building Systems will
open a plant on the Reservation,
providing jobs for the people and
adding to the Tribal income with
rovalties to Tectonics International.