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Spilyqy Tyinoo, Wqrro SpHngs, Oregon October 23, 2004 Page Native artists comment on Lewis and Clark Basket weaver Pat Courtney Gold is curator of an Ameri can Indian art exhibition on dis play at the Washington State Capital Museum in Olympia. The exhibition is called Re fleeting on jtwis and Clark: Con temporary American Indian I 'ienfoints. The exhibit features contem porary paintings, sculptures and traditional objects that interpret and express the artists' reflec tions on the Lewis and Clark expedition. The exhibition will be on dis play through November. This week, Courtney Gold I will be jmong the speakers at a symposium at the Washington State Capital Museum. Her pre sentation is called What the Corps of Discovery Did Not Discover. Artist Lillian Pitt will also speak at the symposium. Her presentation is called The Art of the Columbia River: Past, , Present and i'uture. The symposium is Friday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For information call (306) 753 2580. A statement on the sym posium is as follows: For more than 12,000 years the Columbia River Nations fill Basket by Courtney Gold lived, and still do, along the Co lumbia River. When Lewis and Clark came through the area in 1805-06, the United States was a mere 30 years old. These sovereign Indian na tions had their own languages, government and communities. Trade and salmon were very important to these nations and the Columbia River was a "free way" that connected the nations. Lewis and Clark had just missed the largest market along the river in October 1805. Ap proximately 3,000 people from tribes along the coast and inland as far east as Montana had all gathered for the fall run of salmon. Captain Clark commented in his journals on the hundreds of baskets filled with pounded salmon. These were prepared for trade and storage for per sonal use. Since the Lewis and Clark Expedition, much tragedy has hit the River People, from small pox to malaria epidemics, to forceful removal from tradi tional lands onto reservations, and the cultural genocide of the boarding schools and missions. The past is the past. The River People have survived and are reviving their cultures, pre serving traditions, and exploring new expressions through their contemporary art. We greeted Lewis and Clark 200 years ago, and now we look forward to the future, the next 200 years. Calendar Math awareness and prevention conference: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 29, at the Warm Springs Community Center Social Hall. Presenter, Eric Martin, director of the Ad diction Counselor Certification Board of Oregon. For informa tion call Sheilah Clements, 553-3205. Little League meeting: 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 3, at the fairgrounds. For information call Roy Spino at 553-2324. Second Wind Smoking Cessation Training: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, Nov. 8, at the Warm Springs Family Resource Center, faclliated by Joe Law and Joyce Oberly. Presented by the Warm Springs Community Health Education Team (CHET). Second Wind is designed specifically to help Ameri can Indians to stop smoking and remain smoke-free. The training provides basic information about smoking, practical counseling, problem solving skills and social support, all within a culturally competent context. Registration Is free and lunch is provided. Please confirm your attendance by calling 553-3462. E-mail: joberlywstribes.org. Central Oregon Community College will be offering a com prehensive financial aid workshop at Madras High School from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 23rd. These work shops for students and their families will cover all the infor mation needed to apply for federal financial aid, including the FAFSA form. For information, contact Michael Coe at 383-7256. Vocational rehabilitation orientation meetings are at 3 p.m. on Mondays. Location is the Social Services building at the Industrial Park. Circle of Cultures' event draws protests BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A nine-day commemoration of the westward trip of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark opened here last week with protests from Indians who said the expedition 200 years ago marked the end of their culture. Bismarck "Circle of Cul tures" is the ninth of 15 Lewis and Clark "signature events" planned' around the country through 2006. The explorers spent the winter of 1804-05 in North Dakota. About 30 people stood in the rain last Friday outside the Uni versity of Mary, the headquar ters of the Bismarck event, singing and drumming and hold ing protest banners. A man who said his name was Mashanaposhe, from South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian res ervation, said the protesters want to teach the true history of the Lewis and Clark expedi tion, and they want a group of re-enactors to go home. "We believe the history of Lewis and Clark is a lie. We want them to go home. We don't want them coming through our terri tory," he said. Members of the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, Mo., have been retracing the Lewis and Clark route. Last Friday, they watched the protesters a few yards away. Re-enactor Ri chard Prestholdt, of Bridgewater, N.J., said his group respects the Indians' rights to voice their opinions. "Obviously, this expedition was the beginning of the decline of the American Indian people. Hopefully, one thing we will get out of this is some new dia logue," he said. Prestholdt said the re-enactors have met with Indian leaders all along the trail. The $1.1 million signature event in Bismarck runs through Oct. 31. Organizers expect about 30,000 people. Another signature event is scheduled in New Town in August 2006. The Bismarck schedule in cludes earth lodge replicas, American Indian artists and per formers, presentations by histo rians and a computer-generated re-creation of the On-A-Slant Village at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. Dining Sets 15 Off Plus: "Blast from the Past" old fashioned music boxes, turn tables w CD player, Juke boxes. All by Crosley - On Special! Computer Systems starting at $899 including 17" CRT Monitor Ralph's TV & Furniture Jill 525 S.E. 5th St. . Madras, OR 97741 Edward & Donna Hagedorn, owners I (541) 475-2578 Quilts & More hosting classes Quilts & More at the Warm Springs Plaza is presenting its November classes. The sched ule of quilting courses is as fol lows: Saturday, Nov. 6: Don't Fence Me In Quilt Class, easy class, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Instruc tor: Eraina. Fee: $20. Saturday, Nov. 20: Fabric Bowls Class, sewing machine must have a good zig-zag stitch. Instructor: Patti. Fee: $15 for class and $5 for special supplies. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27: Woodpile Table Runner Class, 9 .m. to 4 p.m. Instructor: Eraina. Fee: $20. Nov. 3, 10 and 17 will be the regular Wednesday night quilt class for finishing projects or starting new ones. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Call 553-1460 for more in formation or sign up. Voc Rehab offers job help The Warm Springs Voca tional offers employment help to people who have dis abilities. The office has ori entation meetings on Mon days at 3 p.m. You can reach the office at 553-4952. The office is at Social Services at the Industrial Park. Examples of disabilities include amputations, blind ness, hearing problems, learn ing disabilities, orthopedic problems, among other dis abilities. 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