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Spiiyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon January 3, 2 0 0 8 Page 3 Locals featured in upcoming book Births By Leslie Mitts Spilyay Tymoo As many as eight tribal m em bers will be featured in an up coming book o f portrait p h o tography. Ben M arra, a Seattle-based photographer, began a project to docum ent powwows through photography in 1988. H e and his wife Linda run their company, Ben Marra P ho tography, and travel around to powwows. W hile he works as a p h o to g ra p h e r, L in d a M a rra works as a producer and docu- mentarian. Gary Villa Sohappy, Leona A. Ike, Kayla Johnson, Sparrowhawk Walsey, Christine Johnson, Cecilia Herrera, Ron Walsy and James Walsey are all currendy included in the photographs— but Iin d a Marra said the end result will de pend on how many photographs the publishers decide to include. Because o f that, she said, it is possible that n o t all o f the tribal m em bers will be included in the final product. Marra said they expect the book to be pub lished in early 2009. The book will be a retrospec tive o f the M arra’s past 20 years photographing powwows and portraits o f powwow dancers. A pproxim ately 150 p h o to graphs will be featured. Marra initially began p hoto graphing powwows after a ch e a t sought to prom ote color printing techniques. R ather than typical images, M arra convinced the client to use photographs o f local Native Americans. T h at weekend, the M arra’s traveled to a powwow and after th at their p h o todocum entary project officially began. W hile M arra does ph o to g raph dancing, his style o f p o rtrait p h o tography is unmatched. In fact, it’s the portraits that Marra photographs that set him apart from other photographers. ‘W e have the largest contem porary portfolio o f this type o f w ork existing on the planet,” Linda Marra said. T m not say ing that there aren’t some people photographing portraits out there, but no one has done this for 20 year to the extent that we have.” According to Ben Marra, ‘W e have thought that you know, any body, a lot o f photographers could stand around the circle and get grab shots o f dancers. We Jeffery Allen James-Mathison Jeffery A. Mathison Jr. and Johanna P. James-Mathison are pleased to announce the birth o f their son Jeffery Allen James- Mathison. The baby was born on December 17. Jeffery joins brother Milan Andrew, 1 !6 years, and sister Eliza beth Betty, 6 years. Paternal grandparents are Jeffery Mathison Sr. and Jolanda Ingram-Marshall. Maternal grandparents include the late Aaron James Sr. o f Nespelem, Washington, and Brenda Smith-Strom o f Warm Springs. Bavis J ’Deari Thompson Sarah and C urtis T h o m p so n are pleased to announce the b irth o f their son, Bavis J ’D ean T h o m p so n , o n N o vem ber 28. Bavis was b orn at St. A nthony H ospital at 1:26 p.m. He weighed 7 pounds, two ounces and was 20.5 inches tall. Paternal grandparents the late Leland and the late Deanna Thom pson o f Warm Springs. Maternal grandparents are the late Carol Burke and Elvis Frank. Maylene T lien Smith Louis D onald Smith and Angeledith Saramaylene Kalama are pleased to announce the birth o f their daughter Maylene Ellen Smith on D ecem ber 26. T he baby joins brother M atthew Miles Smith, 16 m onths. Paternal grandparents are A ustin Sm ith Sr. and Lois Squiemphen o f W arm Springs. M aternal grandm other is D orothy Kalama o f W arm Springs. Tvaristo Jesus Antune^Jn Evaristo A ntunez Sr. and Taima A ntunez are pleased to announce the birth o f their son, Evaristo Jesus A ntunez Jr., b orn on D ecem ber 8, 2007. E v aristo joins sisters E liz a b e th , 4, A ngeles, 1 and D ahlana, 8. Paternal grandparents are Inez and Angeles Antunez o f Lake Villa, IL. G randparents on the m other’s side are Christine and Leroy Smith o f W arm Springs. submitted by Ben Marra Gary Villa Sohappy Is one tribal member who Ben Marra photographed for the upcoming book. didn’t start out that way, we started with the thought o f actually do ing portraits o f the people.” In addition to the p h o to graphs, L inda M arra said, “We have personal narratives that we have collected over the last photo.” Portraits can be especially difficult to shoot, Linda M arra said, because often they only have a brief m om ent between dances to do so. In fact, the portraits have been 20 years.” taken’ ih' soirit1 less than pristine: conditions, I.inda M arra added. , Each photograph will be ac companied by a written narrative in the dancer’s own words—-ex pressing why they dance, what it means to them and much more. According to Ben Marra, the narratives Serve to “give a fuller picture o f w ho they are rather than just looking at a two-di mensional image o f them. It kind o f rounds out the mental image o f the person that they’re looking at.” Some o f the text is from sev eral years ago, but Linda Marra said, ‘A s long as the text seems to be still relevant today, then that is what will accompany their They’ve set up their equipment in places like airplane hangars and abandoned dog kennels, to name a few examples. ‘W e have adapted quite well and realize its such a wonderful opportunity to us,” Linda Marra said. The Marra’s produce two in ternational calendars annually: N ative A m erican D ance and Powwow: Portraits o f Native Americans. The calendars are available at a discount to native youth groups for fund-raising. In addition, their award-win- ning book “Powwow: Images Along the Red Road” is in its eighth print ing. The Marra’s museum exhibi tion, “Faces from the Land” is currently traveling the country. Keith Duane Moody Jr. Keith and Nadine M oody are pleased to announce the birth o f their son, Keith D uane M oody Jr., on Nov. 29. Keith Jr. joins siblings Arm ina Moody, 23, Jacqueline Moody, 20, Joshua Moody, 18, Kelli Moody, 16, Arievay Perez, 16, Rica Perez, 13, Kiana Moody, 7. Maternal grandparents are Bernice and John Meraz. Paternal grandparents are Charlotte and Enos Herkshan. T he baby was born at St. Charles in Bend. * Lighting * Home Furnishings * Distinctive Accessories * Personalized Design * Custom Window Fashions * Home Staging Services BEYOND design cen ter A full Service Design Center for all o f your home or office needs Health and Wellness Center laboratory department honored T h e L aboratory D e p a rt m en t at the W arm Springs H ealth and Wellness Center has m et all criteria for Labo r a to r y A c c r e d ita tio n by COLA, a national healthcare accreditation organization. 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Patients now only have to check in and have a seat. T he laboratory staff will be with them shordy. Many pa tients have told us that this is an im provem ent and they are happy with how quickly they are in and out o f the laboratory. I f for som e reason Pa tient Registration does not find lab orders in the com puter for the patient check ing in, the clerk will let the patient know and they will need to go to Medical Re ception to check in so lab tests can be o rd e re d and printed by the clinic staff. We hope you are happy w ith th e changes we are m aking to im p ro v e your care! 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