April 27, 2006
Spílyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
P age 9
Canoe project is a worthy cause
By Randy Scott
Project” was formed. The im
mediate goal of this project is
to build a canoe, train a crew
o f pullers, and finally, to par
ticipate in this years “Journey to
Mucklshoot,” Washington. This
years Journey to M ucklshoot
takes place in July, and the final
leg of the journey is across Lake
W ashington at Seattle, to the
South sh o relin e at the
Mucklshoot Reservation. The
River Eagle Canoe will launch
at Celilo Village, travel down the
Columbia River to Astoria, load
onto a trailer, travel overland
and set back in at a yet to be
determined site on the Washing
ton coast where it will join the
growing procession of canoes.
The formation of this “Ca
noe Family” is not just for a plea
sure cruise in the summer. First
and foremost in the protocol of
a canoe family is to be drug and
alcohol free. A part of being on
a canoe is to participate 100
percent, when a canoe is on the
open ocean, each and every
member must rely on the whole
crew to be involved and to trust
each other completely for the
safety of all. The canoe family
is not a religion in itself; rather
it encourages spirituality in a
good clean activity and safe en
vironment. A significant part of
the journey is that as the canoe
is on the open ocean, the crew
will pray and sing tribal songs as
they pull.
When Louis first started talk
ing about this Canoe Family,
quite a number of people ex
pressed an eagerness to be a part
of this project. Joseph Shepherd
has been putting together a strip
mally greet the visiting canoe.
The experience was so cultur
ally awakening that it was pro
posed to make it an annual
event. Since then the “Canoe
Journey” has grown over the
years with a different village as
the final destination each year.
Last years journey, “Back to
Elwa” which refers to the Lower
Elwa Sk’lallum Tribe at Port
Angeles, Washington, had 74 ca
noes participating from Oregon,
Washington, Canada and Alaska.
T hese canoes varied in size
from holding 2 to 18 pullers.
There were 5,000 people on
shore to greet the canoes as they
landed at Port Angeles.
During last year’s “Back to
Elwa” journey, Louis Scott and
I attended the landing at Port
Townsend, Washington. Our sis
ter, Ervanna Little Eagle, has
been p a rtic ip a tin g as a
crew m em ber o f the T ulalip
Tribes Canoe Family for a num
ber o f years. O ur m other,
A urelia Stacona, also partici
pated as part of the Tulalip sup
port group in the early years.
Louis was so impressed by the
whole affair that he later told
Ervanna that on the next year’s
journey he wanted to be on a
canoe. Ervanna told him that
any canoe family would eagerly
accep t a grow n m an as a
crewmember. Events took a
turn after that, not only was
L o uis to p a rtic ip a te as a
crewmember, but the opportu
nity came up to form a new
canoe family. With the help of
Joseph Shepherd, archaeologist,
and the M useum at W arm
Springs, the “River Eagle Canoe
T he M useum A t W arm
Springs is overseeing what is
called “The River Eagle Canoe
Project.” This project is the re
turn to canoe m aking by the
W arm Springs Tribes. O nce
completed, this newly made ca
noe will launch its maiden voy
age on the Columbia River at
Celilo Village by July 2006. His
tory tells us that the N ative
Americans living along the Co
lumbia River were canoe mak
ers; this was also documented
in the journals of the Lewis &
Clark Expedition.
In 1989, during the Washing
ton State Centennial Celebration
at S eattle , W ash in gto n , the
coastal Indians of Washington
and Canada formed what they
called the “Paddle to Seattle”.
There were only a few Indian
tribes that actually participated
in this event, but what happened
afterward is ongoing. What took
place at the “Paddle to Seatde”
was that a few canoes launched
out from their respective villages,
land at the next village, stay
overnight, and then launch again
the next day in addition with that
village’s canoe as well. This cul
minated in a gathering of “Ca
noe Families” at Seattle, Wash
ington. The coastal Indian Vil
lages realized they were re-intro
duced into what had been tak
ing place for centuries. Neigh
boring villages and tribes would
quite often travel by canoe and
visit one another. A visiting ca
noe would formally ask permis
sion to land at another villages
landing place. The accepting vil
lage would come out and for
The Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum Gala
will happen Saturday, May 13
at P o rtla n d ’s W aterfro n t
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Marriott Hotel. Wy-Kan-Ush-
Pum means “salmon people” in
the language of Columbia Ba
sin tribes.
The gala benefits the Spirit
of the Salmon Fund efforts to
support tribal salmon restora
tion in the Columbia River Ba
sin.
Guests will enjoy a salmon
and huckleberry dinner, presen
tatio n o f the S p irit o f the
Salmon awards, silent and live
auctions featuring tribal art and
other offerings, and a special
performance o f a scene from
the upcoming play “Ghosts of
Celilo.”.
Seating is limited and sales
are already higher than in years
past. More information is avail-
s vis i
Kah-Nee-Ta G olf fundraiser tourney
The Kah-Nee-Ta Golf Asso
ciation fundraiser four-person
scramble golf tournament is set
for this Sunday, April 30.
Tee times start at 10 a.m. Call
Butch David to reserve a tee
Entry fee includes green fees,
Kp’s, and long putts. Mulligans
are $1 each, five max per player.
Putting string: $5 each. Two
per team. One string per nine
holes.
time. He can be reached at 553-
0112 or 3 25-2253. O r call
Janell Smith ¿t 553-7829.
Entry fee is $35 per person,
or $20 per person for Kah-Nee-
Ta members.
Legal Aid Services offers free advice
custody, divorce, child support);
Educational rights;
Tax disputes with the IRS.
Legal Services will be at the Family Re
source Center on Monday, May 1 from 1-4
p.m.
If you would like to make an appointment,
please call the Warm Springs Community Ac
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call Legal Aid Service o f Oregon, Central
Oregon Regional Office at 385-6944 or toll
free 1-800-678-6944.
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Housing and landlord/tenant problems;
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programs);
Consumer law problems;
Wills, living wills, guardianships and pow
ers of attorney;
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recalculation of the annual al
lowable cut w ill be part of
the IRMP team’s recommen
dation.
Key issues to be addressed
during the midcourse correc
tion will include water, fish,
wildlife, conditional use areas,
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M eetings held to gather
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canoe at the Museum for the
past few weeks. A strip canoe
is making a canoe frame, gluing
strips of wood onto that frame
and then sanding down the out
side. So the call goes out for any
and all tribal members interested
in being part of this project to
step forward and participate in
the building o f the canoe and
in turn, start training to pull. No
doubt, there will be few people
that w ill have experience in
working with a twelve-member
crew of pullers. To be part of
this canoe fam ily is not re
stricted to pullers, there is also
what is called the support group.
This group follows the canoe on
shore from one participating
village to the next, carrying food
supplies, tents, and camp equip
ment. Once at the new landing
site, the group sets up camp and
has everything ready for the
canoe crewmembers when they
arrive, so instead of setting up
camp, they can rest for the next
day’s trip. Now that by no
means is all there is to it, at each
village, there are religious cer
em onies perform ed by each
tribe, so these events can go on
into the night. At the final des
tination, there is a weeklong suc
cession of religious ceremonies
performed by each tribe.
So if you want to participate,
now is the time to show up. So
far the schedule for participa
tion has been on weekends at
the Museum. There is so much
more information regarding the
project, but this article for now
is only a public announcement
calling for Tribal member par
ticipation.
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