Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
October 2, 2003
Tribal
members
display
artwork
The Tenth Annual Tribal
Member Art Exhibit is now
open at the Museum at
Warm Springs.
The Judge's Choice
Award went to Archie
Caldera and his work Native
Blessings. (See page 3 for
more information.)
Native Blessings is made
from elk antler, soap stone,
deer hooves, horse hair,
dentalia, glass beads, and cut
glass beads.
An Honorable Mention
Award went to Roxanne
Chinook for her acrylic
painting on canvas, My Son
Dances for Freedom.
Honorable Mention went
to Roberta Kirk for beaded
dress, barrette and bag,
Dancing with the Spirits of
Mj Grandmothers.
These works are just a
few of those featured in the
Tribal Member Art Exhibit.
The exhibition also
features cradle boards,
masks, sculptures, regalia
and bags, baskets, drawings,
paintings, quilts and beaded
wall hangings.
The show this year is
called Visions of Our People.
The Tribal Member Art
Exhibit at the Museum at
Warm Springs runs
through November 23.
At top, Roxanne Chinook's
My Son Dances for
Freedom. At center, a detail
from Archie Caldera's Native
Blessings.
Bottom photo is beaded bag
that is part of Roberta Kirk's
Dancing with the Spirits of
My Grandmothers.
Spilyay
Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
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17nT I I
Twenty-five years
ago this week
From the Oct. 6, 1978
edition of Spilyay Tymoo
Tribes take over
HUD Housing Project
I laving become totally fed up
with delays and poor perfor
mance, the Confederated Tribes
last week terminated the con
tract with Marshall N. Dana, the
50-unit HUD housing contrac
tor. The Confederated Tribes
took over the project on Sep
tember 27, and are completing
it with Ixrs Yaw as contracting
officer. Included in the project
are 30 family homes in West
I lills and a senior citizen com
plex above F.lliot I leights.
The expiration date for
completion of the project was
to have been on June 15, then,
due to bad weather conditions
the date was extended to June
25.
But now that the contract is
over 90 days past due, and con
tractor has given non-specific
reasons for more delays. So the
Tribes have put down their foot
and have taken over the project.
According to Yaw, the tribes
will hire the subcontractors next
week, and within two weeks the
first people can begin moving
in.
"Organizing takes a while,"
said Yaw, "but once we line up
our ducks and get over that
hurdle, those homes should fin
ish up pretty quickly."
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Huckleberry research sees progress
Growing wild in the moun
tains, the huckleberry bush has
become popular to the North
western tribes, and distributors
of products containing huckle
berries. This fruit is found in the
wild at elevations between 4,000
and 6,000 feet because they are
best suited for high altitudes with
short growing seasons.
With the demand of the berry
so high, the fruit is scarce when
it becomes available.
A scientist at the University
of Idaho Sandpoint Research
Center is on the verge of culti
vating the huckleberry, making
it available to anyone who
wishes to plant and produce it
as a farm product. Danny
Barney spent the last 15 years
researching and predicts that
within the next five years the
huckleberry seeds may be pur
chased from a nursery for your
home or farm.
The huckleberry will remain
an exotic fruit and the products
made with them continue to be
the staple of tourism-related
businesses in the Northwest.
The underground huckleberry
economy is a question of sup
ply and demand. No one knows
because of the secretive berry
patches and how many berries
these patches contain.
There are many companies
that make products out of huck
Sanchez
Rose M. Sanchez is back in
the United States after a tour
of duty with the U.S. Marine
Corps in the Persian Gulf.
Sanchez arrived at her home
base of Camp Pendleton in San
Diego, on Sept. 17 and she is
hoping to be in Warm Springs
sometime within the next week,
pending approval of her leave.
Her family was delighted to
learn that Rose was headed
home and extended their grati
tude to the local community for
all the heartfelt support.
Tribal Budget
for 1979 posted
Tribal Council approved the
1979 budget for the Confeder
ated Tribes Oct. 2 and posted it
for 30 days of public inspection,
thus ending their month-long
review.
It has been eight months
since the budget process began
with the development of depart
ment branch, and tribal objec
tives. Tribal Council Resolution
No 5314 formally attached fig
ures to those objectives. A gen
eral council will be held in No
vember for the presentation and
discussion of the budget.
Total projected revenue for
the coming year is $19,873,430
which is approximately $6 mil
lion more than the income pro
jected for 1978. The Tribes are
exceeding income expectations
this year, however, mainly due
to the unexpected right-of-way
agreement made with
Bonneville Power Authority.
Dick Souers rolls
a 300 bowling game
Ix)oks like Dick Souers got
his Thanksgiving turkeys early
this year. On the night of Sep
tember 27, Souers put it all to
gether and rolled a perfect 300
game at the Pelton Lanes bowl
ing alley, something seldom seen
in this part of the country.
When Souers was asked how he
felt about the game, he jokingly
said, "Did you sec me on my
knees all the way through the
game?" Later, he said that he
thought it would never happen
and did not give it much
thought.
leberries, and the supply varies
widely from year to year.
According to Barney the last
bumper crop was in 1994, and
subsequent harvests were hurt
by bad weather and huge wild
fires. These wildfires cut off
access to prime huckleberry
patches. As a result a gallon of
huckleberries that once sold for
$16-$30 can be worth as much
as $48 this year.
Tribes have long prized huck
leberries for food and trade
purposes, and the white settlers
immediately developed a taste
for this exotic fruit. The huck
leberry was recently designated
Idaho's state fruit.
In the 1800s the huckleber
ries became a term of humble
ness or something minor. Huck
leberry Finn was named so as
to denote the character of Mark
Twain's book. Later in the 1800s
an expression meaning affection
for another person became, "I'm
your huckleberry."
Earney believes that the
humble huckleberry can help
economies of this region re
cover jobs lost in logging and
mining industries. Many small
companies of huckleberry prod
ucts could expand with larger
steadier supplies of huckleber
ries. Growing huckleberries com
mercially has proven to be quite
returns to
"I want to thank everyone
who kept her in their thoughts
and prayers," said Coleen Reed.
"She has shared with me that
she was very happy to receive
all the letters, cards and care
packages that were sent to her
while she was overseas and a
'thank you' to all who have sup
ported her."
Sanchez was hoping to an
swer all of the letters she re-
The Museum At Warm Springs hosts a cultural gathering with
a weaving circle. This circle is free and all you need to do is
bring your cedar roots and tools and show up in the education
room of the Museum. On October 27, 28, 29, 30, at 5 p.m.
there are gatherings scheduled.
COCC planning for winter
Central Oregon Community
College has announced that it is
time to plan the winter commu
nity education classes. So far,
interest has been expressed in
Museum to
hold craft
bazaar
On November 29, 2003
bring a new toy for admission
to The Museum's 2003 Annual
I loliday Native American Arts
Crafts and Baaar. This Bazaar
is an opportunity for the com
munity members and tribal
member artists.
Everyone is invited to 2189
North I lighway 26 to shop for
a variety of Native American
arts-crafts or bazaar items. Food
and drinks will be available, too.
Opening is at 9:00 a.m. and the
doors close at 5:00 p.m.
Your toy donation will ben
efit the local Children's Protec
tive Services.
a task because efforts to grow
them at a lower elevation are
finding problems. They are sus
ceptible to weather extremes,
especially early warm spells fol
lowed by freezing. Also the
amount of shade and what is
the best soil are questions un
answered. Barney has thousands of
huckleberry plants in different
stages of growing, and is cross
breeding for different tasting
blends. He is attempting to learn
plants per acre, fertilizer, and
weed control. Should weeds be
controlled?
He is finding that these plants
mature slowly, as his plants from
1996 are just now bearing fruit.
As early as spring 2004 farm
ers will receive plants to test in
their fields. Some will also be
tested in the wild. Target date
for commercial production is
2008 for Barney.
Barney says that growing the
huckleberry may take away their
mystique, but then it may free
more of the natural crop for
casual pickers who are not in it
for the money. "People who
want 100,000 pounds of berries
will get them in reliable consis
tent crops," Barney said. At the
same time natural stands of the
huckleberry will not be over-harvested.
U.S.
ceived, but she's not certain her
goal has been achieved, because
there was a great deal of corre
spondence. For those who did
not receive a return letter,
Sanchez sends her appreciation
and she apologizes for the over
sight. Sanchez stayed current on
news events in the community
by reading Spilyay Tymoo dur
ing her tour of duty.
the following classes:
Conversational Spanish,
American Sign I anguage, Indian
Sign Language, You Can Change
Your Body, Hint Knapping and
Creating Tools.
COCC would like to hear
from the community regarding
the level of potential interest in
these classes. Or are there other
classes that would be of inter
est? Call Cody Yeager, COCC
Warm Spring's, at 553-1428. Or
e-mail at cycagercocc.edu.
Yard Sales
AW residents of
West Tenino
Road
Hwy 4
October 10,
2003
9 a.m. til Dark