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Page 8 Spilyay Tym£>o, Warm Springs, Oregon November 13, 2013 Culture & Heritage Language Program Culture & Heritage Awarded Grant: Working with Legacies Project The Warm Springs Lan guage D ocum entation Project?, Working with Legacies will build , upon a pilot project and allow CTW S CH LP to hire and train a Tribal M ember in preservation recording and purchase addi tional preservation recording supplies. The Confederated Tribes o f the W arm Springs Reservation o f Oregon (CTW S) have a rich history o f documented informa tion and language that have been accum ulated over the past 150 yçars. These m aterials are in a m assive array o f m edia types. Within the Culture and Heritage D epartm ent (CH ) alone, there afe 256 rèel-to-reels, 643, vid éocassettes, 1900 slides and negatives, 555 audiocassettes, and six files o f historical docu ments and newspaper clippings. These pieces o f information are in various stages o f deterioration ; and need to b e transferred to another m edia storage system. To protect this rich documenta tion CH has determined that it is im perative to inventory, cata logue, and digitize 256 reel-to- reel tapes that are in danger o f CTW S historic past that can be d eterio ratio n and w h ich ho ld passed dow n to the generations Warm Springs Tribal oral histo and in their fragile state are cur- rie s , so n g s, a n d s to rie s immediately. A n u p d a te d database pro cess w ill be d e v e lo p e d that will allow the com m u nity to search th e n e w ly digitized in formation. The ma jo r b enefit tp’ C T W S is the transference ofknowledge recorded de cades ago by m e m b e rs w ho are now d e c e a s e d ,. .itp q a n u p dated m edia Charles Kalama and Dana Smith fo r m a t fo r storage and {access for T ribal' rently unable to beview ed by its Members. In some instances this membership. The audio record is the only rem aining piece o f ings hold information important for the preservation o f names o f sive Plan (PCP) created in Î983, geographical sites, languages, w as developed b y the com m u and traditional practices o f the nity to help set goals for CTWS. Warm Springs Tribes as they re CH LP w orks to support these late to the T reaty o f 1855 w ith priority areas. W ithin the Educa the Tribes o f Middles’ Oregon, tion B ranch section o f Peoples specifically data related to the Plan, it states, “tribal elders shah reservation, ceded, and usual and te a ch and preserve culture and açcustomed lands and w hat this tradition.” The Education Branch means to the survival and under has giventhe responsibility to the stand o f where the CTW S came CH to ¡'‘^ ’.review, approve, and from and w ho th e y a r e as a m o n ito r v arious rep o rts and people. Furthermore, the current agreem ents regarding cerem o- efforts ofthe CTWS to revive the ptes,5yalpes, language, food, ar three languages and cultural tra chaeology, and legends to em ditions w ill be. enhanced b y ac phasize and strengthen survival o f cess to information that would be heritage and culture.” T heN PS includedin curriculum for lan G rant aw ard m onies w ill help guage and tribal history classes enhance those goals and bench taught to the youth as early as age m arks by transferring and pre 3 and all through high school. In serving information to be used in addition students w ould benefit the developm ent and m ainte from a research site that w ould nance o f culturally based language b e developed. M aking these lessons and skill building p ro docum ents available through gram s. Such lessons and pro more up-to-date and long lasting grams will expand the existing K- technologically w ill allow the 12 school-based and com m u E l d e r ’s p ric e le s s w is d o m , nity-based culture and language know ledge, continuance o f cul program s. This w ill ensure the ture, language, and traditions for survival, transmission, and pres ervation o f our Tribal cultures and generations to com e.. The People’s Comprehen languages. Dont Go Out After Dark Ichishkiin KIKSHT K aya am suya kaxnix xabixix idakamlalamax kwaba. D o no t go Qutsid^ after dark time, those bad spir- its are out there. Kwash enxux ikwalali. I ’am scared o f the m on-ster. - A lkdelxam a idelxem daichkaxi Chaunam wanin waninta amchni itgakadutinksh am a m aika saiba aw a3a naxtita sc ’ atpa ‘ m nam amduxa. ichach’wikaita 3ch’ach’anam. This is a rem inder for parents to D on’t go out after dark or don’t keep a w atchful eye on their chip * c ry ^ night orthe'ghost will puli your mouth dren. • K w ’alali - M onster • Xabixix-Dark/nighttime itkadutinksh kwash gaxux. Children arescared ofmonster. • Idakamlalam ax - B ad spirits A tata3ia a xka k w ash kw ash ^duxa itkadutinksh, kaya dan • Ikwalali - M onster amshguixaaykamla. The basketwomen is a being that rem inds children-and people to behave, she is awful scary to see. stiyahanm kuham iwanp-wanpta Numu kunam -ishapa .3am aita. W hen your out in;,the forest d o n ’t Kai Yagapunne.toganOjhunu’u- whistle because the stick indians tsagwewdpoa! will hear you and ,No crying1 at night, the m onster will whistle back at you and get will get you!' you lost. • Kwqsh - Scared / fright • Itkadutinksh - Children/kids • Atata^iaT- B a sk e t w o m en / ogress | • Idelxem - People P sh t k u P c h ’aiin ta a m in w a p an ’n ’n a m iyanash chaunam I w ’s h m w ita t ’a t ’a 3iy a n a m iwnpta The parents always said; ‘To their children if your naughty the basketwomen will come and get yqu.” • T ’at’a3iA - Giant Baskewomen, ogress Kai togano meapunna D o no t w alk around otside at night • StiyahA - Stick Indians, Little. Togano tsa’apu m abew m o’o.- Spirits com eopt at night People • 3c h ’a ch ’a 1 G host or skel eton • N axtisha-C iyingT kw atasha - Eating S c’atpa -N ig h t tim e A n a k u rta m -w a lii p tx a n u p a , chaunam kw kw ta i w anptanam • Nunu’u-M onster • Tsa’apu Spirit • Yaga Crying . • Togano N ight Culture and Heritage Awarded Potlatch Fund Grant for Preschool Science N ativ e W eb: a; Science ExperienceforPreschool Chil dren will expose students to the basics o f science. This u n it is-, currently under construction with input needed by Tribal mem ber teachers, elders and community members. The unit starts with contemporary science activities to start and create à conversa tion to explain: biology (earth Science), chemistry, body, phys ics, astronom y, social and the ology sciences and how it relates Thank You Potlatch Fund fo r your continued support -Culture and Heritage to our people. It Will help chil dren learn to, hypothosize, pre dict and w itness the results o f their science experiments. It Will ; develop skills that explain Cer tain aspects o f interaction b e tween different plant, mineral or hum an and Other animal behav iors. B y trial and error w e can m ake better choices. It will de- velop decision making skills real? velop a lexicon and informal re izing that with every action there cording o f thè lesson plan in the are several reactions.' O ne acA Ichishkiin language. Each lesson tio n can have s e v e ra l w i 1 be a starting ppint for the el reprecussions d u e to interaction ders to expand a n d elaborate in the native views o f Science. Our with our environment. Presch o o l activiites have projects goal is to finish the c u n been selected for translation arid riculum unit incorporate the ac- - expansion. Each/activity will de- tivities and expand to Other na- tive aspects o f science in each o f th e se fields^ This w ill produce approxim ately tw enty-five re cordings and devejop matching cd’s for future reference. Recording and developing these materials will provide legacy m aterials fo r the Ichishkiin lan guage. I tw ill expand the materi als gathered and develop aids for die teachers to incorporate in the classroom. The language is the key to understanding our people and their lifeways. Once we open it to sciences, that are rapidly be ing lost, it will serve as one more support to revitalizing and pre^ serving our w ay o f life, f Language Program Staff Val Switzler, Director Josie Blackwolf, Secretary Arlita Rhoan, Lead Teacher Suzie Slockish, Ichishkiin Dallas Winishut, Ichishkiin Greg Arquette, Ichishkiin A nna Clements, Ichishkiin Charles Kalama, Archives Dana Smith, Archives Pam Cardenas, K iksht CarlaDean Winishut, Num u Wilfred Jim, Consultant Geraldine Jim, Conultant M yra Johnson, Consultant PHONE: (541) 553-3290 Education Building
