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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