Univiriity of Ortgon Library Received oni 03-U-05 Spilyay tyioo. sen OrColl E 73 .see v. 30 no. 5 March 3, 003 P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ymc Acquisition DeptSERIALS KNIGHT LIBRARY 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE, OR 97403 ECRWSS Postal Patron U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents March 3, 2005 Vol. 50, No. 5 Coyote News, est. 1976 Spilygy Celilo to have new longhouse By Dave AfcMcciian Spilyay Tymoo The Celilo Village longhouse is be ing torn down this week, making way for a new one. This past weekend com munity members, family and guests gathered one last time in the old longhouse. "It was sad. Some people were cry ing. There are a lot of memories in that longhouse," said Celilo resident Delila Heemsah. "Whether it was for feasts, giveaways, birthdays, funerals - a lot of people have walked in that longhouse, people who are not here anymore. A lot of love, sweat and free labor have been put into this longhouse." Heemsah said the Confederated Tribes, Tribal Council and Chairman Ron Suppah are to be thanked for help ing supply poles and lumber for the new longhouse. Warm Springs Forest Prod ucts Industries also helped, she said. "Thanks to Warm Springs we'll have a completely new longhouse instead of a remodeled one," said Heemsah. The 60 or so residents of Celilo Village are mostly members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Yakama Nation, and the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla. The village was developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1940s and '50s. The original residents were people living in the area that was inundated by construc tion of The Dalles Dam. Development of the village was intended as a com pensation for the loss of residences. The passage of time has left Celilo in need of major renovation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to spend $10 million on the renovation project. The first improvement they made was a new water well. Then the old kitchen by the longhouse was re placed by a new one. And now Celilo is getting a new longhouse. In the long term - between now and 2009 - the community will see new infrastructure and housing. Kah-Nee-Ta gearing up for busy season There are several new people who began working recently at the resort and casino. Nine tribal members were hired within the past couple of weeks, said Urbana Ross, director of the Kah-Nee-Ta tribal member development and recruitment program. The new hires are in a variety of departments. They are Jarrod Heath, banquet server; Lyda Rhoan, cocktail server; Wamblee Wallulatum, dish washer; Perthina Wewa, guest services representative; and Amelia Davis, reservationist. Also: Tiffiney Henry, reservationist; Heath Miller, banquet server; and Ri chard Payne, bellman. David Suppah, who had been work ing at Chinook Winds, is now work ing at Indian Head as the pit black jack manager. Some of these jobs are seasonal, said Ross, meaning they end at the con clusion of the summer season. Through the development and recruitmen pro gram, part of the Kah-Nee-Ta human resources and personnel department, the resort and casino emphasize the hiring of tribal members. In other Kah-Nee-Ta news: Michelle Najera was named the re sort and casino employee of the year for 2004. Najera is the lead custodian at the resort. Artists' village would By Brian Mortensen Spilyay Tymoo Apolonia Santos believes Native artists - of all ages - and their tal ents should be nurtured. That's why Santos has forged plans to open an artist's village in Warm Springs for artists who call the Warm Springs Indian Reserva tion their home. The idea is part of a three-phase approach Santos, curator of the art gallery at Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino, created and pro posed to tribal officials last fall. The artists' village concept was created with the idea it would be an extension of The Museum at Warm Springs. Since last week, students at Warm the center circle of the gym floor is Suppah, George Clements, James (clockwise from left front). The (The following is an article in a series regarding the Treaty of 1855. This June the Treaty will be 150 years old.) By Dave McMechan Spilyay Tymoo In 1852 some of the Indian tribes of upper Oregon were trying to develop farming practices. They were becoming interested in farm ing as more and more white settlers were arriving on the land and "as the fruits of the chase disappear," according to an 1852 report by the Oregon Agency Superintendent Anson Dart. In his report to the Commis sioner of Indian Affairs in Wash ington, D.C., Dart suggested that the federal government should make more of an effort to provide farm ing tools - "ploughs, axes, sickles, hoes, etc." - to the Indians. "I hope, therefore, that the gov ernment will make provision for complying with so reasonable a re quest," said Dart. He expressed other frustrations as well: "In connection with the subject of Indian treaties, I will here remark that it is peculiarly unfortunate that so much delay occurs in getting the decision of the President and Sen ate upon treaties negotiated with the Oregon Indians. It is exceedingly dif ficult - nay, impossible - to convey to them intelligibly the causes of the delay on my part in fulfilling the promise made." I , ;. j . I Yji, - - - A location for the center and the time it will open, or even exactly what form it will take, have not yet been decided. Santos said she plans to meet with Greg Leo, a consultant employed by the Confederated Tribes, to collabo rate on strategies to promote the artist's village growth this month. As well as the planned artists' vil lage complex, a library and a healing arts program are also planned. The other phases of Santos' plan include an educational collaboration with the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, and creating a feasi bility study on the possibilities of mar keting art by tribal members both na tionally and internationally. For the second year in a row, stu -r Springs Elementary School have been enjoying their new gymnasium. In an eagle, the school emblem, shown here by students Rosey Twostars Blackwolf, Corey Poafpybitty, Haley Wahnetah and Mary Goggleye Treaty of In 1852 the attention of the gov ernment regarding Oregon Indians was focused toward the southern part of the state, rather than toward the Co lumbia River territory of the Wasco and Warm Springs tribes. In that year there was a battle on the Rogue River between a group of whites from the Shasta area, and Indi ans of the Rogue Valley. It is this inci dent, which began when four Indians being held as prisoners were suddenly fired upon and killed, that is com mented upon at some length in the 1852 government reports regarding the Or egon tribes. There is no specific mention of the Wascos and Warm Springs Indians in correspondence between the Oregon Agency and Washington, D.C. Documentation from 1852 shows that the government by then had aban doned the idea, proposed in 1850, of removing the tribes of the Willamette Valley to areas east of the Cascades. Instead, the idea now was to create to large reservations, one in the north part of the state and one at the south, and then remove the tribes west of the Cascades to these "two grand colonies," as the report states. The same thing was to happen to the Indians of California. Still there was a lot of uncertainty and confusion. Regarding the two-reservation idea, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs wrote to the Secretary of the Interior. "That the plan sug gested cannot be carried into success ful operation without the expenditure of large sums of money is readily con nurture local talent dents from Warm Springs will take part in a summer residency program, where they meet and work with artists and art instructors, at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. The feasibility study, for the mo ment, has been sidelined until comple tion of the artists' village, Santos said. Forming the artists' village, Santos said, will take years, but when it is com pleted, it will have been with as little public funding as possible. "This is a project that has to be done with our own hands, with support, of course, lots of support," she said. "And we can build on that support. "I see this as a process. This will take several years, to develop the founda tion, whether it's the library or the build- mm 1 'HW Dave McMechanSpilyay 1 855 ceded; but what other measure ad equate to the exigencies of the case is free from the same objection? Something better, it is hoped, may yet be advised." Regarding the government's deal ings with Indians in general the com missioner writes in 1852: "The want of uniformity in our Indian treaties is a source of much confusion and embarrassment. They have been made from time to time to meet the emergency of particu lar occasions, and without reference to system or general principles. They, however, constitute an important part of the supreme law of the land, and there are unique reasons why they should be carried faithfully into effect." Treaty committee The committee that is planning the events to mark the 150th anni versary of the treaty of 1855 met for discussion last week at the Mu seum at Warm Springs. The committee is considering many ways to commemorate the anniversary of the treaty. Part of the commemoration will be duiing Pi-Ume-Sha this year, after the parade on Saturday. There will be speakers on the subject of the treaty, and the rights the tribes retain to the ceded lands. Duran Bobb is working on a script for a re-enactment of the sign ing of the treaty, which happened at the Treaty Oak near The Dalles in June 1855. lis w ing of the studios," she said. "It's an internal movement to create culture and creative change, so we can have cultural tourism and advance the ca reers of youth and support our small business communities." Santos said she plans to schedule meetings involving the Warm Springs community and tribal leaders to "reach out into the community." The meetings, she said, should be gin in April and would be held at the Agency Longhouse. Currently, Santos said she is design ing a commemorative coin to honor the Warm Springs treaty of 1855. The treaty's 150,h anniversary will be cel ebrated this year. See VILLAGE on page 8 Exhibit features youth artwork By Selena Boise Spilyay Tymoo The time has come for the young artists of Warm Springs to show their works at the Museum At Warm Springs Changing Exhibits gallery. When you go there to see the dis play you will see the Native American traditional arts like the wapas bag, beaded medallions, and dream catch ers. At the same time you will see art work in other media like drawings, paintings, and weavings. The children of Warm Springs are taught to bring out their creativity in Native American art, and contemporary art, while at the same time learning Native American traditional pieces like the paper Shaptakai's that were on dis play. While they do not use the tradi tional materials used by elders in mak ing Shaptakai, the children learn the con cept of the Shaptakai and make them out of paper. An interesting part of the exhibit is that, alongside the actual youth art pieces, the Museum has on display pieces of art from the permanent ex hibit. This is done to show the con cepts of the traditional pieces. The masks that are on display are interesting pieces of art, because they are very creative in the making of the the actual face, the eyes, mouth, and hair. The individuality of each artist is present in each mask. The drawings, paintings, and weavings are interesting to see because they show the emerging artists who have that rare ability to draw pictures, of people, landscapes or Native American designs. It is always interesting to see the drawings of partial picture, partial drawing. The small children also are able to draw or paint pictures of im ages that they have seen or wish they could see. In later years they may have emerged into an artist, drawing people or landscapes with such great detail. Painting at youth art exhibit. "mm