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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 2013)
Spilygy T yrooo, W arm Springs, O regon Page 7 A u g u s t 21, 2013 Museum: audio tour gives insight into architecture (Continued from page 1) Deb created the tour by reading the narration into a telephone recording system. The final narrations, each re quiring several “takes,” sound The audio narration ex plains: In the middle o f the mu seum field is an oak tree that was planted in remembrance o f the Treaty, Oak, the tree under which the Treaty o f 1855 was signed establish ing the Warm Springs Res- ervaiion and Ceded Lands... On the north side- o f the museum field, yo u will see a large apple tree: The stately grandmother apple tree is at least 100 years old and was part o f a working farm once very professional, conveying the information in the Native context. The audio tour should be operational as soon as this week, Deb said. located where the museum is now. The A pple Tree Story Telling area recognises the ef- , fo r ts o f Wauliba, gran d m other o f M adeline M clnturff. Wauliba planted the or chard and cultivated a large vegetable garden west o f the museum site. She diverted a ditch from the creek f o r irri gation o f her garden and or chard. In h er traditional p r a ctice s o f ga rd en in g, Wauliba maintained her tra ditional values o f respect fo r the land and its resources. The round bustle image is incorporated into various aspects of the museum architecture. Look back at the museum roof line— Can y o u see the tee p ee shape? This is. the roof the B Çhanging Ëxhihits Gallery. The roof line near the creek is in the shape o f a long house. This is the administrative and education area o f the museum. On the highway side the roof line is in the shape o f a travois, which is what horses pulled be hind them to carry items from place to place. I f you toured the museum, y o u w ill have seen a travois in the Wasco Wedding Scene. Dave McMéchan pictures The museum is arranged to resemble a traditional encampment among the cotton woods beside Shitike Creek in the Deschutes River canyon. The building is constructed o f native stone, heavy timber and brick, detailed to demonstrate the Native American integra tion o f art into the necessities o f life.
