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P^ge 2 July 27, 2011 Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Grant to preserve tribal history Community Dedication B y Duran Bobb Spilyay Tymoo Oregon university archives specialists met recently with records employees of the Con federated Tribes. The archives team from Or egon State and the University of Oregon gave details o f a training opportunity offered to state’s nine federally recognized tribes. The training program, they said, is funded through the De velopment and Management of Tribal Archives Grant. James Fox, head of Special Collections for the University of Oregon, and Lawrence Landis, Head of Special Collections for Oregon State University, out lined these details of the project: Two individuals from each o f the n in e trib e s w ill be trained, at no cost to the tribe, in Corvallis during a one-week course covering the basic con cepts and requirements to es tablish or im prove archives and records management pro grams. Today there are h isto ric songs on reel-to-reel tape. Par ticipants of the training would learn how to convert those songs into a format that would withstand the elements. Minutes of meetings would be converted to m icrofilm . Photos would be scanned into d igital form at. P articip an ts would learn how to convert VHS to DVD or another for mat. Searchable data base One p referred outcom e would be a centralized station for all tribal information. “A tribal member could en ter the name of an ancestor into the system, and they would get multiple matches... every time their ancestor was mentioned in the tribal newspaper, that infor mation would be revealed, for example,” said language instruc tor J o Anne Smith. “We’re finding that this type of orientation is needed,” she said. “It’s obvious to those who are keeping the records that there is a certain protocol to follow. But we all need to be on the same level in understanding that these are records of the tribal organization.” One concern raised by Wendell Jim was that of intel lectual rights. “You could take, as an ex ample, our roots and the tradi tions, the songs that are passed down,” Jim said. “The materials that we’re discussing here are of our utmost sensitivity. Very few Currently, only one tribal government (Umatilla) has a form al and developed archives program housed in an appropriate facility... non-Natives are able to witness or hear some of our spiritual songs, so by participating [in this project] we’re entrusting the uni versities.” The training would begin next summer. Currently, only one tribal gov ernment (Umatilla) has a formal and developed archives program housed in an appropriate facil ity, according to the project scope. In 2003, the W estern A r chives Institute offered a two- week training focusing on tribal archives. Due to the costs to attend the training, there were no participants from any of the Oregon tribes. In April 2009, OSU and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs signed an MOU. Assis tance with archives and records management issues was one of the key areas identified by tribal council at that time. Search teams recover fisherman lost in river Search teams recovered the body of a fly fisherman, miss ing for one week, last Saturday, July 23. The body was discovered just over a mile upriver from South Junction on the reservation-side of the Deschutes. Steven Adams, 54, was re Dave McMechan/Spilyay Some of the team members who have worked on the Sidwalter Fire Hall project are Fire Chief Dan Martinez, Cory Clements, Mike and Maxine Clements, Tom Strong, Councilman and Housing director Scott Moses, Agnes Lumpmouth, Foster Kalama, Grant Clements, and Councilman Austin Greene (from left). T h e Confederated Tribes opened the Sidwalter Com munity Fire Hall last week. The new station will serve the residents in the 88 homes at W ebster and Sidw alter flats. Staff at the Sidwalter sta tion will also respond to ac cidents on Highway 26 in the Mill Creek bridge area, and to grass fires in the area. Planning for this project be gan in 2008. The tribes allocated funding for construction of the hall, and the tribes also received a USDA grant. Some of the grant money will be used for the purchase of fire equipment for the station, said Fire Chief Dan Martinez. There will be an ambulance and fire rig at the station, and a resident fire fighter-EMT. There is an average of about 22 em ergency calls annually in the area to be served by the station. On the reservation there are now stations at Agency, Simnasho, Seekseequa, Kah- Nee-Ta, Bear Springs, and Sidwalter. ported to have lost his footing while fishing on July 17. Search p arties in clu d ed planes, boats, rafts and ground crews from Warm Springs, OSP, and Jefferson County. Adams was found just over two miles from his last known position. Over 40 searchers were out looking when news came in that the body had been found. For decades, Adams and his family met at Trout Creek to camp and fish. Last fall Adams’ late wife’s ashes were scattered in the area. — b y D u ran Bobb r Maryhill Museum featuring Native American art The M aryhill M useum o f Art in Goldendale, Wash., is fea turing a collection of Mid-Co lumbia Native American images and art. The exhibit is called Beside the Big River, and is on display July 16-Nov. 15. Opening programs on Satur day, July 16 include a tour of petroglyphs and pictographs at Columbia Hills State Park; slide Highway 26 lectu re “H o no ring My N ’Chewana A ncestors” with Lillian Pitt. For in fo rm atio n call the Maryhill Museum at 509-773- 3733. Located at the corner of Warm Springs St. and Hollywood Blvd. Open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ph. 541-553-1041 Find the latest Spilyay news on Facebook.com INDIAN HEAD CASINO Name/Logo Contest The new casino snack bar, gift shop and restaurant need names and a logo that reflects the history of the tribes. Tribal members are invited to submit their entries in the Indian Head Casino Name/ Logo Contest Your entry may be either a name for one o f these venues or a logo. Entries may be sub mitted to the attention of Harry Taylor at the Player’s Club desk in the casino. Deadline for en tries is August 3,2011. Contest is open only to mem bers o f the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs who are not current employees oj Kah-Nee-Ta^. i6 rn ie?tfF a!tu I^ ^ & d i Top Prize t >:<•' . >• >' Sfi\. • $200 per venue - ' V; ••• vriSCA * \ • •• A-;* !•». 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