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December 26, 2012
Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
News from Indian Country
Holiday Pageants
Singer’s Navajo blankets set for auction
N EW Y ORK (AP) _ The
late American crooner Andy
Williams, famous for easy-lis
tening hits such as "M o o n
River" and ' 'T he M ost Won
d erfu l T im e o f th e Year"
from his beloved Christmas
TV specials, had a passion for
N av ajo b lan k ets. H e a s
sem bled a m useum -quality
collection that's slated to be
auctioned for more than $1
million next year.
T he bold, colorful w ool
blankets decorated his home
and office and also the M oon
River T h eater in B ranson,
M o., w h ere th ey h u n g
' 'alongside large photographs
o f Mr. Williams with other
musical legends o f the 20th
century like Frank Sinatra,
Sammy Davis, Judy Garland
and Barbra Streisand," said
David Roche, Sotheby's con
sultant on American Indian
art.
The sale is scheduled for
Warm Springs
Elementary students
(above) perform their
Holiday Music Program,
which aired on KWSO
91.9FM.
Peace Came In a
Cradle, written by Carol
Allison and directed by
Lucinda Green, was
performed at the Agency
Longhouse this year
(right). Children in
attendance were able to
visit with Santa as well.
said Roche. A fter 1870, there
was an explosion o f color
because dyes from the (East
C o a st b ecam e available
through trade to the Navajo,
he said.
W illiams' blankets w ere
featured at the St. Louis A rt
Museum in 1997-1998 in an
ex h ib itio n titled " N a v a jo
Weavings from the Collection
o f Andy Williams."
H e died in September at
age 84.
The baritone was known
for his wholesome, middle-
America appeal and easy-lis
te n in g h its in c lu d in g th e
them e to the Oscar-winning
tearjerker "L ove Story." Jle
o u tla ste d m any o f the
decade's rock stars and fel
low crooners such as Sinatra
and P erry C om o. H e r e
mained on the charts into the
1970s and continued to per
form into his 80s.
Glacier park looks
to influence
Blackfeet drilling
Around the Region
Locksmith returns $50,000 found in safe
B E N D (AP) - A thank-
you note to a Central Oregon
locksmith was addressed to
“ th e m o st h o n e st m an in
BeAd” a fte r he re tu rn e d
$50,000 he found in a safe’s
secret compartment.
Bryan Donnell retrieved a
customer’s 1,000-pound safe
last week. H e’s used to find
late May;
Williams began acquiring
th e blankets in the 1950s,
w h en o nly a h a n d fu l o f
people were collecting them.
The top lot is a rare N a
vajo Man's Wearing Blanket,
w o v en in a " c h i e f s first
phase design" characterized
by the addition o f fine red
stripes. O nly about $0 are
known to exist.
Its p re-sale estim ate is
$200,000 to $300,000.
' 'T he red cloth was a very
rare commodity and the ef
fort to produce this yarn was
p ain stak in g ," said R oche,
S o th eb y 's c o n s u lta n t on
A m erican In d ian art w ho
knew Williams personally.
T he collection num bers
about 80 blankets, m ost w o
ven from handspun wool.
" T h e early blankets are
woven in limited palettes o f
natural brown and ivory, in
digo blue and crimson red,"
ing jewels and some cash, but
n o th in g like th e stacks o f
$100 bills wrapped in rubber
bands.
The safe’s form er owner,
57-year-old Dale Parkinson,
tells T he Bulletin o f Bend,
O re., th at he and his wife,
pulled the money from their
life savings in 2007, fearing a
potential financial collapse.
They also bought a safe,
and snuck $50,000 into a se
cret compartment.
Then, apparently, they for
got about it.
Parkinson decided to put
the money back in ; the bank
this year and sold the safe to
Donnell.
BROW NING, Mont. (AP)
Hi O n th e edge o f th e
Blackfeet Indian reservation,
oil exploration companies are
d rilling w ells as th e trib e
dreams o f a strike that will
lift its people out o f poverty.
N o t m uch oil has been
found, but beneath the reser
vation is a rock form ation
that some believe could un
leash a mini boom. T hat p o
tential has raised concerns at
Glacier National Park, where
officials warn about potential
im pact on grizzly bear habi
tat and wilderness views.
Teepee Arcade!!!!!
D eer Ridge prison cells may remain empty
(AP) -
G ov. Jo h n
K itzhaber’s bid to limit the
grow th in spending on O r
egon prisons likely means that
a large part o f a Central O r
egon lockup will remain un
used.
T he D eer Ridge C orrec
tional Institution near Madras
was opened in 2007 with' a
minimum-security section for
644 inmates — although popu
lations have exceeded that as
the state used double bunks
and o th er m easures to in
crease capacity.
A m edium -security sec
tion, where the stated capac
ity was 1,224, was completed
a year la te r, b u t as th e
econom y slum ped in to the
G reat R ecession and state
re v e n u e fa lte re d , it w as
mothballed.
I f lawmakers in the u p
coming session agree to cap
Oregon’s inmate population at
14,600, it could m ean the
medium-security portion o f
D eer Ridge will remain shut
tered another 10 years.
D e p a rtm e n t o f C o rrec
tions D irector Colette Peters
said the cu rren t 14-prison
system “can absorb 300 in
mates,” which is the cap the
governor has proposed.
Minimum-security prisons
generally have d o rm ito ry -
style living spaces with greater
freedom o f m ov em en t for
inmates who often are using
treatm ent and education p ro
grams.
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