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Page Spilyay Tyrnoo, Wqi-rn Springs, Oregon June 24, 2004 Gold named to cultural fellowship Waco Msket weaver Pat Courney 'old continues to re ceive natnal recognition for her wo in preserving tradi-tional-rrwork anc culture. Gd is among five Ameri cartodian artists chosen recently tt participate in a cultural com munity outreach program. She was among the artists chosen to receive a Cultural Capital Grant Fellowship from the First People's Fund. The First People's Fund, es tablished in 1995, honors and supports creative community centered Native artists. The Cultural Capital Grant program continues the impor tant cultural work of artists, such as Gold, who have received a First People's Fund Community Spirit Award. The Cultural Capital Grant Fireworks, parade on July 4 The Warm Springs July 4 parade is set to begin at 10 a.m. The parade will begin at the Warm Springs Elementary School. Line-up is at 9 a.m. Following the parade will be a barbecue and kids games at the community center grounds. Fireworks will begin just af ter dark. lit Pat Courtney Gold program will provide the five artists with resources to carry out a one-year community out reach initiative. Along with Gold, those cho sen for the Cultural Capital Grant Fellowship are: Pura Fe Crescioni, a Tuscarora musican; Elaine Timentwa Emerson, and Omak basket weaver, Rose Kcrstetter, an Oneida potter; and Kathy Wallace, a Karuk basket weaver. Gold has received wide ac claim for her Wasco basket weaving. She has had her bas ket work displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of Ameri can Indians. Originally from Warm Springs, Gold has played an in tegral part in bringing back Wasco-style basket weaving techniques. "We have had a loss of our culture," she said. "My first ex posure to some of our baskets was when I went to the Peabody Museum, where I realized I was the seventh generation from the weaver of that basket. Since then, about ten years, I have been weaving, using the old tech niques with geometric images. I am keeping it going for my people." The First People's Fund is designed around core values -integrity, responsibility, generos ity and respect - that reflect the Native arts. The fund is supported by the Ford Foundation's Media, Arts and Culture New Works, and the Indigenous Knowledge and Expressive Culture initiatives. The Cultural Capital Grant fellowship will help strengthen the artists' connections to the community, as well as support their commitment to pass on their skills and talents to others. Library hosting summer youth activities The Warm Springs Library is featuring summer activities for kids. Next week, for in stance, an airplane pilot will visit and teach kids about avia tioa "Put on your flight goggles and strap yourself in for an hour of high-flying fun with a real pilot as our guide," the library flyer says. The Aviation Adventure is at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 29-July 1. The theme this year of the library summer reading pro gram is "Discover New Trails - Read!" Each year the Jefferson County Library puts on a sum mer reading program to keep children reading all summer long, because reading is like a lot of other skills - you have to keep practicing. If children do not read dur ing the summer, they are likely to have more difficulty read ing when they go back to school in the fall. There are two parts of the summer reading program: reading, and weekly activities. There are reading prizes for those who register. Anyone can attend the June and July reading activities, but to be eligible for a prize, you have to register. For information call the Jefferson County Library at 475-3351. Farm committee preparing for election The Farm Service Agency will be conducting an informa tion meeting on the upcom ing county committee election. The meeting will be at the Eugene Green Sr. Natural Resources Building on July 7. A Farm Services Agency representative will be available from 9 to 11 a. m. to provide information and answer ques tions regarding the election pro cess to anyone interested. This year's election will be held in the Local Administrative Area, which includes the reser vation. If you or your neighbor is interested in running for the county committee, a nomination petition can be obtained at the Eugene Green Sr. Natural Resources Building. Nominating petitions can be picked up beginning Aug. 1, and must be returned by Sept. 3. For information call 923 4358, ext. 2. C&SBPtfsify Demo,,t,on Enterprise hookups (541) 553-1471 ifSV -Cattle guards P.O. Box 535 Home sites Warm Springs, OR 97761 -Debris removal CB No. 89498 -Rock products I Locally owned and operated All work guaranteed 25 years ago this week From the June 29, 1979, edition of the Spilyay Tymoo. Eligible voters are urged to cast their ballots Tuesday, July 10, when the Deschutes Domes tic Water System again comes up for voter approval. In the last try on June 5, people approved the project five to one but not enough vot ers cast their ballots invalidat ing the election. The count was 70 short of the required num ber of voters. Vital Statistics supervisor Edith Danzuka noted that it is expensive for the Tribes to hold an election and that is frustrat ing when the people do not bother to vote. The Tribal Council feels the project is very important to the future of the Tribes and they would like to see it pass in time. In other news: Within a matter of months the executive director of the National Congress of American Indians was elected by the mem bership, given by the executive committee and asked to resign by the president. Andy Ebona left the NCAI mid-year conference on Reno two weeks ago without a job as the result of an eight-month chain of events that also left NCAI without the dollars to hire a new director. Ebona of fered his resignation only after executive committee members who had once enthusiastically supported him stood up one by one an reluctantly backed presi dent Veronica Murdock's action. And in other news: In a move that has stunned reporters, attorneys and tribal officials, Federal Judge Robert C. Belloni disqualified himself from hearing any more Indian fisheries cases involving the U.S. vs. Oregon. Belloni was scheduled to hear a suit filed by the four Colum bia River Indian Treaty Tribes who were attempting to stop ocean trolling for salmon off the coasts of Oregon and Washing ton. And this: It was a tough choice but the superintendent and the Tribal Council have agreed on an indi vidual for the special law en forcement officer position that was vacated two years ago by Del Eastman. Homer White Buffalo, 35, a Standing Rock Sioux, was se lected from a group of five In dian applicants who visited the reservation June 48 to meet with Bureau and Tribal officials. The five spent a day and a half with the superintendent Jim Cornett and met with the Coun cil and municipal manager Rudy Clements for brief interviews. And elsewhere: Things will start popping in Warm Springs come July Fourth, as many activities have been planned for spectators as well as participants. The theme of this year's pa rade will be "Kids Do the Great est Things." The four categories for parade entrants will be Gov ernmental, Equestrian, Senior Citizens and Kids. If you want to enter a float, bike, horse, car or anything else you can think, call the Community Center. Trophies will be to the first place winners in each division. Also this: The last edition of Spilyay Tymoo was our first homegrown issue. Our readers may not have noticed anything except that it was a week late, but to Spilyay staff it was a landmark publica tion Vol. 4 No. 12 was the first paper to be composed entirely in Warm Springs. Well, almost entirely. There are still a couple of technical chores we cant accomplish here, but 95 percent of what you saw was created in our offices. 7 IVhrm Springs MkrJ&G f A t- a 7 A jjuucm xxrys ana uraiys J. norm prtuys llirm $riiys, OR $7761 Local businesses wishing Warm Springs Happy Pi- Ume-Sha Jefferson County Fair Complex Dave's Homes Expect the best Don't settle for less FEED ft Sonny's Dinner House and Lounge Busy Bee Market 480 SW 5th Street, Madras Ron McDonald Chevrolet VjfyitefTi Copies yVllZiy&, More. 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