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Pitt receives 2008 First
Peoples Fund fellowship
T illman Pitt of Warm Springs
was nam ed a 2008 A rtist in
Business Leadership Fellow of
the First. Peoples Fund. Pitt re
ceived the honor for her clay
and bronze sculpture created for
the city of Portland.
Pitt was one o f six Native
American artists to receive the
2008 Artists in Business Lead
ership fellowship from the First
Peoples Fund, a national non
profit organization supporting
the work of indigenous artists.
The purpose of the Artist in
Business Leadership program is
to cultivate entrepreneurial art
ists to a small business level,
where business concepts are
understood and applied.
The six artists named in the
Spilyay file photo
Example of artwork by Lillian
Pitt.
program for 2008 will be pro
vided with a one-year fellowship
with one-on-one technical and
business assistance, one year of
group trainings, and access na
tional markets and shows.
Others receiving the honor
are Bunky Echo-H aw k
(Y akam a/Paw nee), a poet,
painter and mixed media artist
from Longmont, Colo.; David
Bernie (Yankton/D akota), a
photographer also from
L ongm ont; Beverly M oran
(Standing Rock Sioux), a tradi
tional bead and quill worker
from Albuquerque; Stephanie
Sorbel (Oglala Lakota), a tradi
tional bead and quill worker
from Kyle, South Dakota; and
Francis and Mary White Coun
try (Sisseton, Dakota), traditional
artists from Sisseton, South
Dakota.
The First Peoples Fund vi
sion is to communicate to the
world the roots and philosophy
of indigenous artistic expression
and its relationship to the col
lective spirit of First Peoples.
Bead & Breakfast hosts workshops
Bead & Breakfast workshops
continued at the Wild Rye Bead
Gallery with a workshop on
beaded ornaments last week.
Brigette Whipple, owner of
tiie gallery, said she began hold
ing. Bead & Breakfast as a way
to promote her business.
Four people attended the last
workshop to learn how to make
beaded Christmas tree orna
ments..
Though the workshop allows
for up to six people, Whipple
said, four seemed to be an ideal
number for the limited space in
the shop.
The workshops feature fresh
bakes, pastries and coffee.
Cost of the classes are $25
per class plus the cost of mate
rials. Space is limited to six per
class and pre-registration is a
must.
Participants can call ahead
for the supply list.
Future workshops will in
clude a class on Jingle Dress
making on January 12 andjanu-
ary 19 from 10 a,m. to 2 p.m.
In addition, a class on loom
ing will take place on February
2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A class on March 8 will teach
participants about peyote stitch
ing: with bugle beads from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
On April 12, participants can
learn about beaded horse rega
lia (headstall and reins). In ad
dition, a class on May 12 will
also involve horse regalia and
will include demonstrations and
instructions on trappings.
For more information, call
55,3-1270
or ( e-mail
b5whipple@msn.com. Addi
tional inform ation about the
gallery is available; at
www.wildryebeadgallery.com.
Course teaches horseshoeing, horse care
. T h e :T ucson §c]Jqql( ,qf
H orseshoeing is.( offering
tribal youth a chance to learn
skills in horse care.
F or inform ation, call
Anson Begay at 553-3278; or
e-m ail to the address:
ebegay@wstribes.org,
“ "““An unhealthy, horse that
;i£ lame or consistently limp
ing canvbe helped and pre
vented, if you know how to
tend to our equine friends’
% t,” ^ 4 Begay.)
This is a great opportunity
for anyone who can commit to
four weekends in a row this
coming spring, beginning on a
Friday evening and continuing
through Sunday.
The classes are for youth who
have an interest in horse health
care.
v The knowledge gained
through the classes can lead to
a person having his or her own
business, said Begay. ;
“You may take interest in
horseshoeing and become
your own boss,” he said. “If
your love is horses, then this
course may take you in a
whole new direction.”
The course if being of
fered free o f charge. Stu
dents must be able to com
m it to the four weekend
classes in the spring.
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Phone 541-475-2238 Fax 475-6108
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College advice available to students on Dec. 27
High school seniors and col-, lows:
legte‘ students are invited to a ^ TO a.m.: Review tribal schol
reception on Thursday, Dec. 27 arship. ,
11 a.m,: College panel, flowed
at the top floor training room
of the Warm Springs Education by lunch/reception.
1 p.m.: Calvin Goggleye,
Building. The agenda is as fol-
Native H O P E conference
.Warm Springs Commu
nity Counseling Center will
host a Native H O PE confer
ence from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 27-
29 at the C om m unity
W ellness C enter. N ative
N ext Spilyay deadline is
Friday, Dec. 28. Thank you.
Warm Springs Market ~ Indian ftrts Crafts
2132 Warm Springs St. Warm Springs, 0^97761
¿(541)553-1597
H O PE stands fof Native
Helping Our People Endure.
Theme of the conference is
suicide prevention/aw are
ness for Native youth.
For more information, call
Char Herkshan at 553-2305.
4-H hosts fashion design program
Warm Springs 4-H is look
ing for m'ale and female youth
inuthe community, grades 7-12,
who are interested in fashion
design. AH interested individuals
are encouraged fo contact
Btenda Williams to enroll.
Williams, the chib leader, can
be reached at 553-2563. Bobbie
Native American Admission
Counselor, and Paul Carlisle,
Financial Aid Counselor, of the
University of Oregon.
For more information, call
High Education at 553-331^.-.
Calica, 4-H program assistant,
can be reached at 553-3238.
A fashion project of the club
will be “Designing Cinderella, or
D esigning Your Ow n Prom
Gown and other Garments.
During club time, students
will learn to design two garments,
to be featured in a fashion show.
Paper delay after N ew Years
Th e Spilyay Tym oo will 'day, Jan. 3, residents will
be delayed by a day, fol- receive the paper in the
lowing the N ew Y e a r’s post office boxes on Fri-
Holiday. Instead of receiv- day, Jan. 4.
ing the paper on Th urs-
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MONDAY DECEMBER 2
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