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Pdge 14 August 17, 2 0 0 6 Spiiy^y Tym oo, Wdrrn Springs, Oregon Tree thinning has many benefits W orkers are thin nin g out trees, but the lumber won’t be going to waste— at least not for tribal members. Tree stems are available for tribal use, and all you have to do is pick them up. At the side of the P210 and P211 roads in the Seekseequa area, stems o f trees are avail able for whatever use you can find for them. W illiam W ilso n said the project is part of a ha 2 ard fuels reduction project paired with a range improvement project. The project not only reduc ing the number o f juniper, an invasive species, but it also im proves range conditions while supplying tribal members with the excess wood. A ccording to W ilson, 520 acres have already been treated and an additional 400 acres will be treated in 2007. 2006 bough Young Achiever cutting permits Richard Craig (above) receives help as he prepares salmon for baking by the fire. Niyalleeand Hailey Cochran (right) played with many other children who turned out for the annual Huckleberry Feast. U. o f Oregon invites experts to help w ith tribal basket exhibit who joined fellow guild members Kaye Van Valkenburg and Jane Town at the museum. Older baskets served all kind of uses, even cooking. Certain plant materials would swell to gether after weaving to make a basket waterproof, and fire-heated rocks could be added to cook food. Baskets were so important they often were re paired and handed down through generations, Beard said, and were so cherished that their own ers would not trade them to Lewis and Clark when the explorers encountered Western tribes. Plus, their owners often went to great lengths to col lect the material to make the baskets. “If they needed a certain root or bark, they had a very specific time window tp collect that,” said Beard. “We’re really just seeing end product of the weaving, but that’s only about half the process. The other half was the work of getting the materials.” That continued even after the turn of the cen tury, when baskets became decorative trade items. Van Valkenburg said the museum is at the fore front of efforts to put more collections into a digital format so they can be easily shared by scholars and others. 2nd Annual Kalama Days of Discovery The Hawaiian-Native American Indian Fes tival celebrating the 176th anniversary of John Kalama’s arrival to Washington is August 19- 20 at Kalama, Wash. The festival will be at the Port of Kalama Park and Kalama Community Building. This is a free event. The two-day celebration of Hawaiian and Native American Indian cultures includes Hula, South Pacific Islands dances (Ho’olaule’a), powwow dancers and drummers, ‘ono (deli cious) food, arts and crafts, vendors, and ca noe regatta. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20. This event celebrates the 176th anniversary of the arrival of John Kalama, a Native Ha waiian, coming to Washington state in 1829- 1830. John married a Nisqually Chief’s daughter, M ary M artin, raised a fam ily and lived in Kalama, where the city and river is named. Because of this blending of these two cultures, the festival celebrates both and raise aware ness that the town is named for a Hawaiian. There are also workshops in ukulele, guitar, dance, lomi lomi massage, recording your own Sponsored by Les Schwab .Alexandra Anguiano has worked as a certified lifeguard fo r two summers at Kah-Nee- Tah. Anguiano, a 17-year-old junior in high school, said her favorite part o f the job is meetingpeople. Fran Moses-Ahern said Anguiano is an excellent employee. “She does a really good job when she’s here, ” Moses- Ahern said. Moses-Ahern added that Anguiano excels at interact ing with everyone. The lifeguards, she said, often see new faces on a regular basis. “They meet new people every day. That’s a challenge fo r some people, but she seems to enjoy meeting new people, ” Casino--- Leslie Mitts photos EUGENE (AP) - The stories of the North west tribes o f the 18th and 19th centuries can be told without any words, through the baskets they wove from reeds and willows. During the era, baskets went from being the tools of everyday life to decorative trade items that helped earn money after tribal life collapsed in the wake of white conquest and settlement. Now, the University of Oregon is trying to preserve and share that unwritten history. Members o f the Portland-based Columbia Basin Basketry Guild spent three days this week going over some of the more than 1,500 baskets collected by the UO Museum o f Natural and Cultural History to help create a pioneering digi tal artifact library. Eventually, it will be possible to view the entire collection online. Researchers, collectors and modern-day weavers will be able to view close- up images of the baskets along with detailed de scriptions o f the weaving, materials and tech niques used to make them. Members o f the basketry guild are doing a detailed examination of the baskets, starting with those currently on display. “We’ve seen some real gems,” said Lynn Beard, Alexandra Anguiano Anyone interested in cutting boughs during the 2006 season should obtain a perm it from Timber Committee prior to the close of business on Sept. 8. A m eeting will be held on Sept. 14 to discuss regulations and announce areas opening to cutting. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the Fire Manage ment Training Room. All persons planning to cut boughs should secure a permit and attend the upcoming meet ing. There will be a discussion on cutting incense cedar, fol lowed by discussion relating to noble fir, Douglas fir and west ern white pine. For more infor mation on bough cutting contact Talya Holliday at the Forestry Office, or call 553-2416. A t the Huckleberry Feast cd project for fun and professional, history lectures and film of the local Hawaiian and N ativ e A m erican In d ian in the P acific Northest. Workshops are conducted by concert art ists as well as other local artists Bill Tapia, M ihana A luli, Ruth D avies, B rittni Paiva, Charles Recaido, Chris Kamaka, Jan Luna, Dr. James Flo. Attend one workshop for $25 single workshop or $50 for all workshops. See w ebsites w w w.cityofkalam a.com or www.alohaislandtreasures.net, or stop by at Kalama Hawaiian Trading Co. for schedule. Festival reception buffet at the Kalama Com munity Building featuring Hawaiian food, and entertainment 5 p.m.-7 p.m., $12. Reservations needed. There will be an Hawaiian music concert at the Port of Kalama Park, concert 7 p.m.-10 p.m. by Bill Tapia, Mihana, and Ruth, Brittni Paiva, and Hema Pa’a (Chris Kamaka, Baba Alimoot, and J an Luna.) Tickets for $20 available at Kalama City H all, K alam a H awaiian T rading Co., and Patrick’s Hawaiian Café in Vancouver and also at the Port of Kalama Park on a space avail able basis. Twenty crew members are working to clear out excess Ju niper. “It’s sort of a pilot project,” Wilson said. “We’re using crew m em bers in ste ad o f heavy equipment.” The project aims to reduce the amount of fuel available for fire. “It will create a good fuel breakup in that area,” Wilson added. (Continued from page 1) H endrickson, who is the acting environmental specialist for the Bureau, was one of the BIA offi cials planning to attend the T uesd ay m eeting. H endrickson worked in natural resources with the BIA in Warm Springs for 20 years. He was to dis cuss the environm ental impact aspect o f the fee- to-trust process. S h erry Jo h n s from BIA realty was to discuss the Indian Gaming Regu latory A ct requirements for bringing land into trust for Indian gaming purposes. Moses-Ahern said. The granddaughter o f Sufie Slockish and Wilbur Slockish Jr., Anguiano said her favorite subject in school is math. “It’s easy, ” according to Anguiano. She isn’t sure what she plans to do when she finishes school, but Anguiano plans to either attend college or work fo r aivhile before attending college. NWC Trails End Farm Supply 541-475-7900 1527 NW Harris St., Madras, Oregon ( ! 1 Every day August price CHICKEN SCRATCH- $6.10 CRACKED CORN- $5.95 ~~ COB WET OR DRY- $7.25 5-LITER Ivermectin Pour On $75.00 SPECIAL - 20% Off Heated Ped Beds FREE Beef & Equine Nutritional & Vaccine Consulting Trails End Farm Supply CONDON, MADRAS, BOARDMAN Pat & Leah Shannon (541) 384-4138 CELL # (541) 980-1393 A
