Spiiyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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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.
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I The Warm Springs Health
and Wellness Center now fea
tures improved patient check
in for laboratory appointments.
L ab o rato ry p atients will
now be checked in for their ap
pointm ents at the Patient Reg
istration desk upon entering the
clinic. This is the same for all
patients checking in at the clinic.
T he process will speed up the
patient visit and help laboratory
p a tie n ts m ove th ro u g h th e
clinic m ote efficiently.
W hen a patient receives a let
ter or phone call telling them
that laboratory testing is recom
m ended by their healthcare pro
vider, they will need to stop at
the Patient Registration desk to
check in. Here, the Registra
tion Clerk will check the patient
in to the laboratory a p p o in t
m ent scheduler and print the
orders to the laboratory printer.
This is how the staff knows the
patient is ready. T he staff will
then call the patient directly into
the laboratory drawing room .
Patients will no longer have to
check into the ‘lab’ window be
cause it has already been done
by Patient Registration. Also, it
is n o t necessary to ring the bell
anymore unless it has been 15
m inutes since check-in.
A patient used to make 2 -3
additional stops before be
ing called into the lab. N ow
they only need one stop—
the front Patient Registration
desk. 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.
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w ith th e changes we are
m aking to im p ro v e your
care! I f you have any fur
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