June 12, 2003
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THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE NEWS
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 23rd - June 25th
Working Together: The Worm Springs Community, Its History, and Its Future
Have you marked your calendars? The Culture and Heritage Workshop is coming up and Culture and Heritage Department is excited
to invite you! This is a joint project between the Tribes and Portland State University. The languages and cultures of this commu
nity are beautiful, precious, and blessed. We hope this workshop will light the way to a better cooperation and understanding be
tween off-Reservation friends and our community. Anyone may come to the Culture and Heritage Department to look at some books
and articles written by our vislt:P'" 'iich as Kay Frer.cn, Dell Hymes, Leanne Hinton, and others. Here are some greetings
frcm: i special firsts who will be attending the conference.
(Dell Hymes)
I grew up in Portland, and c:
know David and Kay French whilo , I
Reed College I came to Warm ri
for the first time in the sxzz.zz
1951, after a year of graduate vz
at Indiana University, and got to ,v , -know
Hiram Smith, and his family. I
stayed in a trailer below4 the Jinbc:
Cafe with Ed Harper, also a Reed stu-'
dent.
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In 1954, Virginia Hymes and I CT.3
to Warm Springs, staying in a house
of Avex Miller on the reservation, lly
work again had to do with Wasco,, 'and
stories, and with Hiram. I also got .,
to know Lucinda Smith, Ruth and Joe
Estabrook, Viola Kalama, Alice
Florendo, Charlie Jackson and Honey,
Philip Kahclamat and others.
One of my warmest memories is go
ing to The Dalles with Hiram. In 1954
I was lucky enough to see fishing
from platforms at Celilo, before the
Dalles Dam was built.
In 1972 Virginia and I were able
to get a place near Rhododendron.
Sometimes people visited us there,
especially Hiram and Hazel Suppah.
Later I prepared Wasco materials for
Nathan Jim and the language program.
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. (Susan Philips)
Crcetings to the
V.iTTX Springs Community
, rrcn Susan U. Philips
cri leaking forward to returning
:r:.i Carinas after many years. I
c : : to the reservation in 1968
. "i r.ty-five year old graduate
x.-jrMng with Dell Hymes. I
Z c N. t:t reservation from 1969
V.itii th3 ideas and support of
'.zs J'cltson and people in the
Tritl education Department, I did my
. Hi.D. dissertation research on styles
of tr "thirty and learning in the Warm'.
JTrirjj ercia school and in the com-
r ;.!t; I.y dissertation became a book
'-11; V Invisible Culture: Commu
nis t'V in Classroom and Community
on ihq rra Cprings Indian Reserva
tion. t: licited this work to Velma
Frank, oneof.the Charlie sisters,
who generously took me under her wing
and made me a part of her family
life. X.:
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I have often wondered what hap
pened to the kids I worked with while
I was on the reservation. If you were
a student at the Warm Springs grade
school in 1969-1970, then what I
learned was especially about your
time there.
(Tim Thornes)
I began work on the Northern
Paiute language in the summer of 1994
with a speaker from the Yahooskin, or
Yapatuka'a band. Together, we devel
oped an introductory phrase book and
accompanying v tape on the language.
In December of ,,1996, I was invited
to work with the Burns Paiute, the
Wadatuka ' a , and their Elders Group on
a variety of projects relating to
language. I, continue to work with
speakers by recording and writing the
language, and assisting others in de
veloping these skills. I also try to
share what I have learned about how
the language works in the Tribal ,
Newsletter, am a founding member of
Numu Apechaadu Sumunna (People Speak
ing Together) -a language enhancement
working group in Burns), and have
taught linguistics at the Northwest
Indian Language Institute for the
past 3 years.
I just received my doctorate in
linguistics at the University of Or
egon, but plan to remain in the state
to continue workingoiv. Northern
Paiute and teaching for the
forseeable future.
Workshop Program and Schedule
This schedule Is also available on-line at: www.oidec.netlansworkshop.htm
Sharing Stories of Our
Favorite Languages
June 23rd
Portland State University
Smith Memorial Center: Rooms 327328
Facilitator: Wendell Jim, General Manager
of Education Branch, Warm Springs
Teaching Our Languages
June 24th
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort
Mt. Jefferson Room
Facilitator: Rudy Clements, Director of
Public Relations, Warm Springs
K Talking Together
(Small Group Sessions)
June 25th
Warm Springs Campus
Education Building
(Training Roomj
11:30 - Noon
Noon -12:30
Registration 11:30 -Noon Registration
Poetry Reading Noon -1 :00 Blessing by Elders
Elizabeth Woody Clifford and Nelson Moses
12:CU1:00 Blessing by Elderr-- (from the Tribes in Yakima)
T- ' lldeiTv . . . Opening Welcome
r2 c,ooVs Tticzxr : Introduction to the
i" C Madenhe'Mclntffir:T-' ' Language Program
- s.v r StiirleyrtitlMttsiAo ? jGuest Speakers
PSU President Provostb&iif'i - , r " " Leanne Hinton
""Guest Speakers NST9 2:45 : Break
VS;- . Derji:J:?:P-..-Honoring David and
-V;. b- Virginia Hymes ' ' v - Kay French
situational Navajo
9:00-10:30
10:45-12:15
1:303:00
1:15-2:30
Some Stcrto Cv Orel
Hi;tcry zX Vrm
Spring
(Slide Show) -,; i
Hajda
IdcsfcrTHljil:;
V " University 1
; Collfibcrctlon
TomBlolsl
Situational Navajo
Agnes Holm
Wayne Holm
Tim Thornes 3:00-5:00
3:00-3:15 , Break .
3:15- 4:45 Breakout Sessions
Room 333: Sahaptin Language
Room 323: Wasco Language
Room 329: Paiute Language
4:45 - 5:30 Open Discussions
Wrap-up
5:00 5:30
Workshop..
Agnes and Wayne Holm
Open Discussions
Evalutaions, Closing
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AoencV Loncthouse . i.-, ..r .-v Cjf:h
(Wijn Springs Campus)
6:00 8:00 Efcning Dinner and
Social Dance.