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Spílyay Tym oo, Warm Springs, Oregon
ju n e 21/201)7
Tribal artwork featured on COCC campus
River petroglyph that repre
sents the last o f the woman
chiefs.
/ Central Oregon Commu
It is the satne figure used to
nity College lias a new out watch oVer the village of Pitt’s
door sctalpture, thanks to lo great-great-grandmother, she
cal artist Lillian Pitt.
said, i; |
P itt recently' completed
“Whaira perfect thing to have
die sculpture for the college,, for students,” Pitt said.
and itryas officially dedicated
^She’ll, just help- you keep
during an event earlier this going; and it’s justpne step at a
month.
time.” | Ì
Pitt spoke I to the crowd | | N ext P itt will be working
about her original career as a w ith . students to create
hairdresser and beauty school p'etroglyphs on several rocks on
instructor— it wasn’t until the- COCC campus. .•
later in life that she turned to
/ Because ofhtialth issues With
art.
her hands, Pitt said, she’s been
• It’s fitting that her sculp working with items in nature for
ture is being featured on the about 10 years, in place of carv
COCC caqapus, as Pitt also ing. . ,
spoke of the ways in which
; For that reason, she uses
students inspire her.
items like pinecones and shells
“If it weren’t for die stu to press into tber clay and create
dents to carry me on, I wquld’ texture.
h.aye b,een a goner,” P itt
‘ ;T& almost meditative,” Pitt
said.
said. • -
When she received a call
In her opinion, “ft’s just a
from COCC telling her that wonderful feeling. Nature has
she wds chosen to complete done that for mewithclay.” 1
aisejifature, Pitt said* “I about
Art is, hop something Pitt
fell over.”; M
plans? tq.give up mytimé soon,
- In the end, Pitt-added, “It •she said. i |
was just such a major plea ; “I know I have' many more
sure to.do.”
years o f creating, because ypU"
The recurring image fea just can’t stop doing it,”, 'Pitt
tured in her sc u lp tu re;— said., ■ '
called “She Who Watches”
— is based on a Columbia
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a v a ila b le
B y L e slie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo ’
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e s t a t e
p l a j i p i i i g
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Lillian Pitt’s sculpture at Central Oregon Community College.
Tribal members have
the rare opportunity t o .
have an important legal
docum ent drafted for
them free o f charge.
T he U niversity o f
Idaho Law School, and
the Institute for Indian,
/Estate Planning and Pro
bate, are sponsoring a
program in Warm Springs
allowing tribal members
to have their will drafted
for them by a knowledge/
able professional.
I Because of a change in
federal law governing dis4
position of property fol
lowing a tribal member’s
passing, having a will has.
taken on greater im port
tance, i said R oberta
Armstrong, of the UnL-
versify o f Washington
Law School. Armstrong is;
in Warm Springs through-
the Summer, available to
tribal members for draft/
in g o f \yills. ,
“Keep tribal lands in
members’ hands,” accord
ing to the flyer th a t
A rm strong has placed
around th,e community.
To contact Armstrongs
call 553-3438, ex t/109. f
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