Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 10, 2014
Award for
culture, arts
dedication
M useum at Warm Springs
executive director Carol
Leona received the Ben
Westlund Memorial Award
from the Deschutes Cultural
Coalition.
The award recognizes
Carol’s advocacy of arts and
culture.
Cate O’Hagan, executive
director of Arts Central, the
Arts and Cultural Council for
Central Oregon, developed
the Award in 2012.
The award is a way to ac-
knowledge Ben Westlund’s
contributions to Oregonians.
Westlund, who passed in
2010, served in the Oregon
House and Senate, for a time
as a Republican, and then as
a Democrat.
The award was created in
his memory, and in honor of
the spirit of his intention,
Page 3
Washanaksha cultural grant
applications due Friday
Courtesy D. Stacona/Museum at Warm Springs
Museum at Warm Springs director Carol Leone receives the award from Deschutes
Cultural Coalition board member Robin Gyorgyfalvy (left), and executive director of Arts
of Arts Central and Deschutes Coalition board chair Cate O’Hagan.
O’Hagan said.
“Ben was deeply commit-
ted to insuring that all cor-
ners of the state, and all the
people in those corners have
access to quality arts and cul-
ture experiences,” she said.
The Deschutes Cultural
Coalition is a program of the
Oregon Cultural Trust. (Cour-
tesy the Museum at Warm
Springs.)
Washanaksha grant
applications are now
available, with a due date
of this Friday, Dec. 12.
Applications are avail-
able at the Museum at
Warm Springs, the tribal
administration building
front desk, Three War-
riors Market, and on the
KWSO website.
Grant funding is spon-
sored by the Oregon Cul-
tural Trust, providing
funding to Oregon
groups and tribes to sup-
port the arts and heritage.
Fiscal sponsor is the
Museum at War m
Springs. Grants are pro-
vided to applicants who
show how their project
will:
Promote tribal mem-
bers’ understanding of
and involvement in cultural
activities, traditions, arts,
language, dance, history,
music, etc.
Pass on tribal knowl-
edge and practices to our
youth and help them feel
connected to their culture.
Preserve, practice and
teach our tribal languages:
Ichishkiin, Numu and
Kiksht.
Support the work of
our artists and traditional
teachers, including their
ability to earn a living
from their work.
Mail or drop off your
application to: The Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs Washanaksha
Board, c/o the Museum
at Warm Springs, P. O.
Box 909, Warm Springs,
OR 97761.
Ugly sweater walk at Diabetes Prevention
Museum director looks back on 2014, to 2015
The Museum at Warm
Springs is snug and a bit quiet
as we wrap up 2014 and look
forward to 2015.
We lost a great friend with
the passing of our long time
Board member, Victor
Atiyeh. But taking a lesson
from him, we hold to the
happy and positive things.
We’ve had a great time
this year anticipating the
opening of the new Warm
Springs K-8 Academy.
The new school is a won-
derful addition to War m
Springs. It is a beautiful facil-
ity, replete with the newest
technologies and decorated
inside and out to honor the
community and its culture.
To celebrate the new
school, the Museum’s 2014
theme was Celebrating Na-
tive American Youth.
Young at Art Fair
We began the year with
our annual Warm Springs
Youth Art Exhibit followed
by a Young At Art Fair dur-
ing spring break.
Students attending the fair
enjoyed the experience, and
were enthusiastic about try-
ing both traditional and con-
temporary arts techniques.
We held a second fair in
the summer. And we are plan-
ning another one for the
2015 spring break.
Natalie and Tamera are
working with the Academy
on arts and culture related
after school and classroom
projects.
Film festival
We took the opportunity
to partner with the Bend Film
Festival to bring Native
American-themed or pro-
duced independent films to
Warm Springs.
We showed the films in the
new Eagle Academy gymna-
sium.
The filsm were Return of
t h e R i v e r , a documentary
about the removal of the
Elwa Dam in Washington
state.
A w a ke n i n g by War m
Springs filmmaker LaRonn
Katchia preceded the feature
film.
Another film was Winter
in the Blood, produced by
Sherman Alexie and based on
Central Oregon Auto
& Truck Repair
85 SW Third St.,
Madras OR 97741
Wishing Warm
Springs Happy
Holidays
541-475-2370
$210
$210
$210
$190
$250
‘If it won’t burn, we ain’t going to sell!’
Delivered to the Warm Springs and
Madras areas - accompanied with legal
permits and invoice
A Joint Executive
Committee Public Winter
Fair will be held on Mon-
day, Dec. 15 from 9 a.m.–
5 p.m. at the Agency
One cord of wood BTU rating is equivalent
to 150-160 gallons of furnace oil. You save
a whopping $430 by burning firewood.
Save even more if you heat by electricity.
Longhouse.
There will be committee
reports and an update on
billboards.
HVAC
The museum’s past issues
with its heating, ventilating
and air condition system are
being addressed and will be
resolved in 2015.
This is a project that is cru-
cial to our mission to pre-
serve artifacts for future gen-
erations.
A generous grant from the
Spirit Mountain Community
Fund is supporting the
project.
DDP Architects is manag-
ing the project. They are pro-
ceeding with the attention to
detail that made the upgrade
of the Changing Exhibit such
a success.
The view from the window
remains beautiful and engag-
ing. The coming year will have
surprises, opportunities and
great times. I wish all of you
a wonderful winter season,
with family, friends, warmth
and joy.
Carol Leone, executive director,
Museum at Warm Springs
123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212
123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212
123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212
123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212
123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212
Check out KWSO.org for Warm Springs news !
123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212
123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212
Always Looking to Buy
Voted the #1
Pawn Shop in
Jefferson County
‘We would like to thank all our
friends in Warm Springs for 12
years of business’
PB - 0339
ph. 541-325-6046
Douglas fir BTU rating per cord - 26.5
Wester juniper BTU rating per cord - 26.4
noon. Every lap around the
Indian Health Service Walk-
ing path – you will be entered
into their raffle
Committee fair next Monday
Cash & Release
Firewood
Western Juniper
Old growth Douglas Fir
Lodge pole pine
Old growth Ponderosa pine
Tamarack
the James Welch novel of the
same name.
There was no admission
charge for these film show-
ings. In addition to giving the
Warm Springs and neighbor-
ing communities an opportu-
nity to see innovative Native
American films, we hope that
the partnership with the Bend
Film Festival will encourage
local young film makers.
The Diabetes Prevention
Program will be having an
Ugly Christmas Sweater Walk
on Wednesday Dec 17 th at
We are now open Saturdays for your convenience, starting Nov. 1.
915 SW Highway 97 - Across the Madras Truck Stop
ph. 541-
475-3157
All your items are bonded and insured while in our care.