Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 12, 2015
Mistatim at Performing Arts Center
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Neda Wesley talks with Warm Springs Academy students about her time at board
school. This was an in-school activity introducing students to themes they will
experience during the performance of the play.
S tudents will examine the
rich cultural history of our
area, and learn lessons about
tradition, bravery, under-
standing and friendship, from
a horse named Mistatim.
This event, the presenta-
tion of the play Mistatim, is
in honor of National Native
American Heritage Month.
The Madras Performing
Arts Center will host the pro-
duction on Tuesday, Nov. 17.
This is in cooperation
with the Red Sky Perfor-
mance Company, and the
Tower Theatre Foundation.
Mistatim is an energetic,
visual, and touching perfor-
mance, telling the story of
two young neighbors coming
together to tame a wild horse.
Through their journey
they become friends and
bridge the cultural divide that
separates them.
Helping bring this produc-
tion to the Madras Perform-
ing Arts Center are center di-
rector Shannan Ahern, Mu-
seum at Warm Springs direc-
tor Carol Leone and museum
education
coordinator
Tamera Moody, Tower The-
atre Foundation education co-
ordinator Mollie Tennant,
Tower Theathre teaching vol-
unteer Kathleen Allen, and
school district superintendent
Rick Molitor.
Their goal is to create a cul-
tural curriculum and connect
the students of Central Or-
egon.
The curriculum includes a
culmination of in-school ac-
tivities that introduce students
through oral and written lan-
guage to the themes of the
play and the cultural history
of the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs.
“These activities will en-
gage and prepare the students
for the perfor mance and
broaden their understanding
of the themes they will be in-
troduced to,” says Mollie
Tennant.
Students attending the
November 17 matinee, at
10:30 a.m., will be from the
War m Springs Academy,
Tumalo Community School,
Buff Intermediate School,
Metolius Elementary, Big
Muddy School, Crooked
River Elementary and
Homeschool students from
the Central Oregon area.
In addition, the entire Cen-
tral Oregon community is in-
vited to the free public per-
formance of Mistatim at the
Madras Perfor ming Arts,
Nov. 17 at 6 p.m.
This program is part of
the
Tower
Theatre
Foundation’s Education Se-
ries LessonPlan with support
from the Western States Arts
Federation.
The nonprofit Tower The-
atre Foundation owns and op-
erates the historic stage in
downtown Bend.
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Roots growing strong
War m Springs OSU
Extension enjoys helping
tribal members in growing
their own food.
To increase agriculture
education, Scott Duggan,
Extension agent, has been
helping instructor Earl
Simmons and the students
of the War m Springs
Roots high school educa-
tion program.
The Roots program
has been given the
former bus parking lot
west of the old elemen-
tary school.
In this abandoned lot,
under the guidance of
Simmons, the students
have erected a small
greenhouse and built three
raised garden beds.
Duggan has been working
with Simmons to develop a
horticulture curriculum, and
has been helping teach the stu-
dents lessons in soils, garden-
ing and plant science.
Students have planted the
raised beds with cool season
vegetables like spinach and
radishes.
In addition to learning
hands on gardening skills stu-
dents have learned about the
17 essential nutrients plants
require to grow and produce
food.
Simmons is also teaching
students basic construction
skills while building the raised
beds and a compost bin.
Research shows student
learning is greatly enhanced
with hands on learning. And
the Roots program is a
great example of this inter-
active learning.
Not only are students
learning horticulture, but
they will have a tasty salad
to eat at the end of the
class.
If you have any ques-
tions regarding raised bed
gardening or another agri-
culture topic, please con-
tact Scott Duggan at OSU
Extension, 541-553-3238.
Or email:
scott.duggan@oregonstate.edu
Native presentation at COCC
A Central Oregon Com-
munity College presentation
on the Doctrine of Discov-
ery, and the media’s interpre-
tation of Native lives, is com-
ing up this month at the
COCC Bend campus.
The presentation is set for
Wednesday, Nov. 18, at St.
Helens Hall, 231 NW Idaho,
Bend. Justine Lowry, COCC
Native American art instruc-
tor, and Gina Ricketts, COCC
Native American program
coordinator, will present on
the topics.
“With recent conversa-
tions about the Black Lives
Matter movement, there will
be a discussion about how
Native Lives are treated and
portrayed in the media.”
This is a free event, open
to the public. For more infor-
mation, contact Gina at 541-
318-3782; or email:
rrickets@cocc.edu
Sponsored by the Trinity
Bend Church and the COCC
Native American Program.
Unbranded helps W.S. Horse Network
Three thousand miles.
Eighteen wild horses. Six
months. Five states. Four
men.
That is the brief descrip-
tion of Unbranded, a docu-
mentary about conservation,
exploration and wild mus-
tangs.
The film is coming to the
Madras Perfor ming Arts
Center on November 13.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Once inside, be ready to
experience an exhilarating
wild ride documentary with
“four young Texans who have
hatched an outrageous plot to
adopt, train and ride wild
mustangs 3,000 miles.”
Beginning at the Mexican
border these four men travel
the great American West
through public lands which
include the States of Arizona,
Utah, Idaho and Montana to
the Canadian Border.
Accomplished remarkably
on the backs of recently
trained wild mustangs
adopted from the BLM, in
little over a five month pe-
riod.
W.S. Horse Network
The local nonprofit group
the Warm Springs Horse Net-
work is proud to bring this
film for review, as it brings
to the forefront the need to
recognize these animals for
their true value in many cul-
tures historically, as well as in
today’s world.
Tickets to the show are
$10, with proceeds going to
the War m Springs Horse
Network.
The efforts of finding
homes for foals from the res-
ervation began in May 2014.
Since then, the Horse Net-
work has been working with
the Warm Springs Range and
Ag.
The effort has enabled
foals to become welcome pro-
ductive members of the
equine society, winning blue
ribbons at the Oregon State
Fair, numerous first place rib-
bons, awards and cash prizes
for participation in yearling
shows.
The foals from the Warm
Springs Reservation are now
referred to as “Pacific North-
west American Heritage
Horses,” and may be regis-
tered as such with the Ameri-
can Indian Horse Registry.
The Network is fast ap-
proaching 400 horses success-
fully homed. Meanwhile,
costs continue to rise for con-
tinued care of these orphans.
This is why all proceeds
from the Unbranded presen-
tation will go to enable con-
tinued efforts to house, care
and provide loving homes for
foals, along with some mare
foal pairs.
Tickets are on sale now,
and can be purchased
through the website:
horsenetwork.myevent.com
Courtesy photo.
Warm Springs Tribal Councilman Carlos Smith addresses the Portland City
Council, stating the tribes’ opposition to increased coal and oil transportation on
and by the Columbia River. The Portland City Council passed a resolution last
week that bans increased rail transport of fossil fuel in the city. The tribes oppose
increased coal-oil transport because of the immediate risks to the river, and the
long-term threat to the global atmosphere.