Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 25, 2005
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Museum displays Little Treasures
The Museum at Warm
Springs has on display Little
Treasures in the Changing
Exhibits room. Little
Treasures, on display
through Jan. 19, features
interesting and beautiful
items from the museum's
collection.
Below at right is a beaded
shirt, of a style rarely seen
anymore; the donation of the
shirt is courtesy of the Red
and Ruth Stovall collection.
Below center is a child's
miniature Sally bag; donor
was Lilile Heath.
And below at left is a doll
made by Naomi Wagner in
the 1930s. The doll was
acquired by Susan Moses,
then by Phyllis Strong, who
donated it to the museum. At
right is a woven bag.
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COCC planning winter term
Winter term at Warm Springs
Central Oregon Community
, College will begin the week of
Jan. 5. '., '
We will be offering four on
site classes in Warm Springs this
winter. Our math instructor
John Shilling will return on
Wednesday evenings, starting
Jan. 7. He will be teaching Math
20, a four credit pre-algebra
class.
This is the math course that
most students are placed into
after the placement exam. Top
ics will include ratios, proportion,
perimeter and area, volume and
integers. This course is a pre
requisite for Algebra I.
If you have not taken any
college math yet, or if it has
been a few years, this is a must
have course for you.
We will also be offering three
community education classes
here in Warm Springs. The
popular series Tribes, Treaties &
Truths will return, beginning on
Jan. 8. High Lookee Lodge has
graciously agreed to host our se
ries there. Tribes, Treaties &
Truths happens at noon, one
Thursday a month. By calling
553-1182 in advance, partici
pants can reserve lunch for only
$3. Another option is to pack
your lunch and attend.
On Jan. 8 tribal attorney Jim
Noteboom will address treaty
ratification and its effects, the
Huntington treaty, and other
related points. On Feb. 19, the
Culture and Heritage Depart
ment will present a program on
tribal languages and their importance.
March 11 is an open invita
tion to anyone who would like
to discuss the role of BIA
Boarding Schools: Past and
Present. Our last program in the
series will be held on March 25.
The topic will be the history
of place names on the reserva
tion. This series is offered free
of charge as a community ser
vice by COCC Warm Springs.
This lunch n' learn series was
developed especially for Warm
Springs and has not been held
at any other COCC campus.
But please do call to register for
it, so we can keep track of our
participation.
A new format will be tried
this winter, with two of our
classes offered on a Saturday.
Both of the classes will be only
one day, so register early to en
sure your spot.
On Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. Dr.
Vance Bonner will be in Warm
Springs to instruct her popular
"You CAN Change Your Body"
course. This class fills up on a
regular basis in Bend and we are
very pleased to bring this oppor
tunity to Warm Springs for the
first time.
The course teaches a revo
lutionary technique of body
alignment, posture, and stretch
ing. Restore mobility, reduce
neck and back pain, and pain
resulting from accidents, bun
ions, scoliosis, and others. You
will discover new strength from
deep flexibility and learn to work
with gravity instead of against
it.
Dr. Bonner is the author of
The Vance Stance and has taught
her methods for 27 years to
thousands of people.
The cost of this one-day
seminar is $37. Space is limited,
so register today.
Lakota descendant Leroy
Steece will travel from LaPine
to teach Flintknapping as a one
day seminar on March 13. This
course is being offered in Warm
Springs for the first time this
winter.
This is a hands on course for
anyone who would like to learn
more about making traditional
tools. Materials involved will in
clude bull hide and obsidian and
we will make dart points, scrap
ers, and arrow points. Leroy will
also give instruction in the his
torical development of tools
made from stone and other
materials.
We will use traditional meth
ods to create our own tools in
class. Class begins at 9 a.m. and
is one-day only, Register now to
be sure you don't miss this one.
Cost is $34.
Please remember that the col
lege is closed from Dec. 22-28,
but you can still register on-line
during that time. To register for
any Warm Springs classes, go
online at www.cocc.educe or
call 553-1428.
Exhibits
planned
for 2004
The 2004 calender for
the Changing Exhibits room
at the Museum at Warm
Springs includes the follow
ing:
Celebrating Imagination,
the Eleventh Annual Tribal
Youth Art Exhibit, Jan. 29
March 28.
Columbia River Basketry,
April 10-May 24. This ex
hibit features a variety of
woven treasures from the
museum's permanent collec
tion. Nations Gathering on
Common Ground, a traveling
contemporary art exhibit
featuring various indigenous
artists, June 12-Sept. 6.
The Eleventh Annual
Tribal Member Art Exhibit,
Sept. 30-Dec. 5.
Beads and Buckskins, an
in-house exhibit of regalia
and accessories, Dec. 18
Jan. 24, 2005.
If you have any ques
tions, please contact Natalie
Kirk, exhibits curator at the
museum, 553-3331.
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