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November 7, 2018
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Treasures: Honoring language, history and traditional arts
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Foster Kalama - ‘Ku-Na’
Foster Kalama was chosen as
a Living Treasure because of his
artistry and musicianship.
He is a graphic artist who pro-
duces beautiful artwork. He also
is an accomplished flautist, sought
after to play his flute at many
functions.
Mr. Kalama has taught many
students to play the flute, he’s
given talks at schools, and has
traveled to Germany, where he
performed.
Foster is knowledgeable in tra-
ditional ways. He has been a fish-
erman and hunter throughout his
life.
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Arlita Rhoan
Arlita Rhoan was chosen as a
Living Treasure in part because
of her dedication to teaching of
the Ichishkiin language.
For many years she has given
her time and knowledge to young
people wanting to learn their Na-
tive language.
She has always been patient
with her students, and helped
In the Museum at Warm Springs Treaty Conference Event Center.
many of them attain a level of flu-
ency in the language.
Mrs. Rhoan is knowledgeable in
legends and the traditional teach-
ings of the Warm Springs people.
She also enjoys powwow dancing,
picking huckleberries and digging
roots.
Maxine Switzler
Maxine Switzler is a former
member of the Acquisitions Com-
mittee at the Museum at Warm
Springs.
As a member of the
Acquistitions Committee she helped
select cultural treasures, artifacts
and tribal member heirlooms for
the permanent collection. This
helped build the museum’s collec-
tion of priceless items.
Switzler was selected because
she is a master artist in
beadworking. She is valued as an
elder with her traditional knowl-
edge and stories.
OPB broadcast examines contemporary Native art
A new documentary on Native
art will begin airing this month on
Oregon Public Broadcasting.
The first hour-long episode of
Native Art Now! will be air at 11
p.m. on Tuesday, November 13. A
re-showing will be at 4 a.m. on
Thursday, November 15.
Native Art Now! presents per-
sonal perspectives from interna-
tionally acclaimed Native modern
artists. They artists work in paint-
ings, photographs, prints, sculp-
tures, glass and fabric art.
The show is an enlightening,
thought-provoking documentary
examining the evolution of con-
temporary Native art over the past
25 years.
Native Art Now! is a collabo-
ration of WFYI Public Television
in Indianapolis, and the Eiteljorg
Museum of American Indians and
Western Art, home to one of the
nation’s best collections of contem-
porary Native art.
The film contains compelling
visuals of the intriguing styles and
mediums of contemporary Native
art, along with thought-provoking
interviews with the artists them-
selves.
What distinguishes contempo-
rary Native art from traditional
contemporary art? “About 15,000
years,” explains Jennifer Complo
McNutt, curator of contemporary
Examples of contemporary Native artwork, courtesy Native Art Now!
art at the Eiteljorg.
“Contemporary Native artists
have knowledge about their an-
cestors, traditions and lives that
spans thousands of years. That
changes the way you see the
world.”
Every other year since 1999, the
Eiteljorg Museum’s nationally re-
nowned Eiteljorg Contemporary
Art Fellowship has recognized lead-
ing Indigenous artists in the U.S. and
Canada.
Each round, the fellowship has
offered grants to a new group of
five contemporary Native artists in
order to support their art and ar-
tistic endeavors. A retrospective ex-
hibition, also called Native Art
Now!, was exhibited at the museum
earlier this year.
In addition to the art exhibition
and documentary film, the Native
Art Now! project also included a
major book (still available through
the Eiteljorg Museum).
“Contemporary Native art chal-
lenges conventional notions that
Native American art is limited to
particular styles or materials or fo-
cused on particular eras,” said
Eiteljorg president and CEO John
Vanausdall.
“Instead, they reveal how
thought-provoking contemporary
art can be and how relevant it is to
issues of today.”
Tribal Council
The following are some of
the items coming up on the
Tribal Council agenda in No-
vember :
Tuesday, November 13
9 a.m.: Senator Bentz visit
10:30: Fishing Code
Chapter 340 update with the
Fish and Wildlife Committee.
1:30 p.m.: Northwest
Portland Area Indian Health
Board EHS program with
Joe Finkbonner.
2:30: Pension plan updates
with Secretar y-Treasurer
Michele Stacona.
3: Investment policy state-
ment updates with Alfred
Estimo and Dennis Johnson.
3:30: Tribal attorney up-
date.
Tuesday, November 13:
General Council meeting on
the 2019 proposed budget, at
the Simnasho Longhouse.
Dinner at 6 p.m. and the
meeting at 7.
Wednesday, November 14
9 a.m.: Budgets for 2019
with Alfred and Dennis.
11: Kah-Nee-Ta update
with Michele and Chief Op-
erations Officer Alyssa Macy.
1:30 p.m.: Housing with
Danielle Wood.
2:30: Early Childhood
Education Center matter
with Russell Graham.
3:30: Landfill update with
Russell.
Saturday, November
17: Forty-First Annual Con-
federated Tribes of Siletz
Restoration Celebration.
Monday, November 19
9 a.m.: Memorandum of
understanding between the
University of Idaho and the
Confederated Tribes, with
the university president.
10: Review minutes and
resolutions with Michele.
11: October financials
with
Alfred and Dennis.
1:30 p.m.: Annual Health
Report with Health and Hu-
man Services general man-
ager Caroline Cruz.
2:30: Cannabis update
with Rodney Ariwite and
Laurie Danzuka of Ventures.
3:30: Gaming Compact
amendment with Indian
Head general manager
Jeffrey Carstensen.
4: Confluence proposed
project update at Celilo Park,
with Colin Fogarty.
Monday, November 26
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer and COO updates with
Michele and Alyssa.
10: December agenda/re-
view minutes.
11: BIA regional director
with Brian Mercier.
1:30 p.m.: Legislative up-
date call.
2:30: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson of
Vital Stats.
3: Budgets 2019 (if nec-
essary) with Alfred and Den-
nis.
4: Draft resolutions with
Michele Stacona.
Tuesday, November
27: Annual government-to-
government summit with the
state of Oregon and the nine
tribes.
Thursday, November 29
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Fish and
Wildlife service meeting.
Items for future consid-
eration:
2020 Census. Oregon
wolves. STIF. Tribal Court.
The Simnasho com-
munity invites you to a
Veterans Appreciation
D i n n e r, M o n d a y, N o -
vember 12 at the
Longhouse.
One 7 of Washut be-
gins at 5 p.m., and pot-
luck dinner at 6. Every-
one is welcome.