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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
A great summer for huckleberries
Julie Quaid has been
keeping a record of huckle-
berries for more than 20
years.
Each summer she goes to
particular places for huckle-
berries, and in a notebook
she records the important
information: elevation,
weather, the date, and the
color and condition of the
berries.
She uses a GPS system to
locate the specific areas she
has visited in the previous
years. She has a map of her
regular gathering places.
Julie says this year has
been the best for berries
since she began keeping the
notebook. “It’s a bumper
crop,” she was saying recently.
Like many tribal mem-
bers, Julie began picking
huckleberries in the summers
as a child. She would go with
her great grandmother,
mother and sisters.
She remembers her great
grandmother always dressed
traditional clothing, a wing
dress, shawl, a kerchief on
her head. “It’s called regalia
today but it was her day-to-
Reminder regarding berries
Courtesy photos.
Julie Quaid gathering berries; at upper right, a basket of
berries; and lower right, some of the pies she made.
day clothing,” Julie says.
They would drive to High
Rock for berries, up the steep
and narrow roads, and pick
berries all day.
Growing up, she would go
to the Huckleberry Feast at
HeHe with her mother. The
feast happened at the same
time as her birthday, and they
went every year.
Later, Julie would travel to
the Mt. Wilson area for ber-
ries, between mounts
Jefferson and Hood.
Some years ago she took
a GPS class, and decided to
apply the technology to her
huckleberry gathering. She
started taking pictures each
summer of the huckleberries,
in their different stages of
growth, from the flower to
the ripe berry.
She would take pictures of
the flowers and grasses that
grow as the berry season ap-
proaches. These observations
August 20, 2014
could even help predict how
productive the upcoming
berry season would be.
“It all began as a way to
honor my mother and my sis-
ters, my aunties and my great
grantmother, and all the pick-
ing they,” she says. “I spend a
lot of time thinking of them,
and what it what it must have
been like for them to pick
huckleberries.”
(Thank you to Sue Mat-
ters and KWSO for helping
with this stor y.)
Due to a number of
complaints, the Culture
and Heritage Depart-
ment would like to make
the following announce-
ment:
The War m Springs
Reservation has an abun-
dance of huckleberries
this year, and this is at-
tracting non-tribal mem-
bers who come to pick
them.
To pick huckleberries
on the reservation, non-
Native and non-members
must be accompanied by
a War m Springs tribal
members at all times.
The Culture and Heri-
tage Committee suggests
that if you see a non-
member out picking ber-
ries on the reservation,
please report them.
Call the Warm Springs
Natural Resources Branch
at 541-553-2001.
Report to Oliver Kirk
or Bear Tias. Or call the
Warm Springs Police at
541-553-1171.
Senior Center closed this week
The Warm Springs Senior
Center will be closed through
Friday, August 22.
The closure is required, as
all staff are attending National
Title VI Training in Washing-
ton, D.C.
Meanwhile, all inquiries or
transportation needs can be
addressed by calling Angie or
Racheal at 553-2460.
The Culture & Heritage Department is offer-
ing Summer Cultural Classes this summer on
Thursday afternoons from 1:30 until 4:30.
This is for ages 10 and older. Younger kids
must be accompanied by a parent. This week
they will finish up projects.
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Thursday, August 21
At Summer Rec today – a
morning walk is held daily
and kids who take part get a
chance to win a weekly prize.
Every day that you walk with
the group, you get a ticket in
the raffle. There is a Youth Fit-
ness Program at 10 a.m.
Lunch is served from 11-
11:30, free for all kids in the
social hall.
There is an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting Thurs-
day at noon at the Commu-
nity Counseling Center con-
ference room. There is a Nar-
cotics Anonymous meeting
Thursday evening at 6 at the
Shaker Church.
Exercise Classes today –
Low Impact Cardio and
Strength class at 10 a.m. at
the Family Resource Center;
Turbo Kick Class 12:10 in the
Community Center Aerobics
Room; and Functional Fit-
ness Class 12:10 in the So-
cial Hall.
All are welcome to attend
Social Dance Class Thurs-
day evenings from 5-7 p.m.
in the Community Center
aerobics room.
All Denomination Prayer
Services are held every
Thursday at 7 p.m. at the
agency longhouse. Everyone
is welcome.
Friday, August 22
The Air Show of the Cas-
cades is this Friday and Sat-
urday at the Madras Airport.
Friday Night there is live mu-
sic from 5-7 and a fish and
chips Dinner at 5:30. The Air
Show is 7-9 p.m. Friday. On
Saturday gates open at 8 a.m.
The Elks Air Show Breakfast
is 8-10:30 and the Air Show
starts at 1:30.
The Warm Springs Library
is offering Summer Science
Events on Fridays. This is for
Youth 17 and under. Children
under 10 must be accompa-
nied by a guardian. This Fri-
day they will do an experiment
with soda and mentos from
10:30-11:30 a.m. This is a
free activity for you at the Warm
Springs Library in the Family
Resource Center. For more
information call 553-1078.
The Diabetes Prevention
Program is holding their Third
Annual Family Fun Event from
4-7 p.m. at the Community
Center. There will be a mini
health fair, Zumba, Softball
games starting at 6 and Bas-
ketball in the Gym from 4-5
p.m. – plus a light meal at
5:30.
The Summer Rec Sched-
ule today includes a morning
walk. The Friday Fitness prize
drawing is today. Carol is tak-
ing kids to tend to the Pump-
kin Patch at the Community
Garden at 9 a.m. There is a
Youth Fitness Program at 10.
Lunch is served from 11-
11:30, free for all kids in the
social hall. Popcorn and
movie time is from 2:30-4:30
in Carol’s Room;
Exercise Classes today –
Low Impact Cardio and
Strength class at 10 a.m. at
the Family Resource Center.
Senior Fitness Class at
10:45 at the Senior Building
and Functional Fitness at
12:10 in the Community Cen-
ter Aerobics Room.
A Turning Point Narcotics
Anonymous Meeting will be
heldat noon at the community
counseling center conference
room.
Saturday, August 23
There is an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting at 10
a.m. at the Community Coun-
seling Center conference
room.
The Warm Springs Satur-
day Market is 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Saturdays on campus on the
corner of Paiute Avenue and
Wasco Street. Vendors are
invited to set up for free.
Warm Springs Community
Counseling is hosting a trip
for youth in the adolescent
aftercare program to the Old
Mill Cinemas in Bend. They
will leave at 2:30. Talk to Andy
Leonard to learn more.
Monday, August 25
The fall season Tribal
Zone 6 Gillnet Fishery opens
at 6 a.m. and runs for five
nights.
The Warm Springs Library
Book Mobile will be in
Simnasho at 3 Warriors Mar-
ket from 10 a.m. –3:30 p.m.
Today at Summer Rec:
There is a morning walk –
every time you walk you get a
raffle ticket in a weekly prize
drawing. Carol is taking kids
to tend to the Pumpkin Patch
at the Community Garden at
9. Art Camp is today – at 9 a.m.
for elementary kids, 10:30 for
middle school kids and 1:30
for high school age youth;
Find out what the “Game of
the Day” is in the game room.
There will be an Art Camp
August 25-27 at the Recre-
ation Program. The theme is
“Sculpty Clay Forever.”
Exercise Classes today -
Low Impact Cardio and
Strength Class at 10 a.m. at
the Family Resource Center;
Senior Fitness 10:45 a.m. at
the Senior Building; Func-
tional Fitness at 12:10 in the
Community Center Aerobics
Room; and Pilates/Yoga
Class 12:10 in the IHS Atrium.
Recreation is taking kids
on a field trip to the Oregon
State Fair. Kids will need to
bring $35 for a wrist band, a
sack lunch, and wear closed
toe and comfortable shoes.
Parents need to complete
permission slips at the Com-
munity Center office.
Warm Springs Cancer
Support Group will meet from
5-7 p.m. downstairs in the Old
Boys’ Dorm.
There’s an aftercare
group that meets every Mon-
day 5:30-7 p.m. at the Coun-
seling Center. It’s a group
offering support in continuing
sobriety.
Tuesday, August 26
Here’s what’s on the Sum-
mer Rec schedule today: It’s
field trip day. Kids who are
signed up to go to the Oregon
State Fair will leave at 8:15 this
morning and return by 8 p.m.
Regular rec activities today in-
clude the daily walk first thing
this morning; Soaring Butter-
flies and Warrior Spirit group
meets from 9-11 this morn-
ing in Carol’s Room; Art
Camp is today – at 9am for
elementary kids, 10:30 for
middle school kids and 1:30
for high school age youth;
There is a Youth Fitness Pro-
gram at 10am;
Exercise Classes today –
Low Impact Cardio and
Strength class at 10 a.m. at
the Family Resource Center;
Turbo Kick Class 12:10 in the
Community Center Aerobics
Room; and Functional Fit-
ness Class 12:10 in the So-
cial Hall.
There is an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting today at
noon in the Community Coun-
seling Center conference
room.
Warm Springs Community
Counseling is hosting the
Adolescent Boys Circle at
5:30 in their Prevention Room.
Contact Andy Leonard to
learn more.
Wednesday, August 27
The Madras Community
Blood Drive is from 1-6 p.m.
at St Patrick’s Church.
It’s “Ready to Read” for
families with children 3-5
years old every Wednesday
this morning from 5:30-6:30
in the Community Center So-
cial Hall. Kids get books and
parents learn different strate-
gies for reading with their chil-
dren. This will help our pre-
school children begin their
reading foundation at home
so they are ready for kinder-
garten with the skills they
need. This is free and open
to families with 3-5 year old
kids.