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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.
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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
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restaurant need names
and a logo that reflects
the history of the tribes.
Tribal members are
invited to submit their
entries in the Indian
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Logo Contest
Your entry may be
either a name for one
o f these venues or a
logo.
Entries may be sub
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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
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