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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Native Artists featured at gallery in Sisters
T hree celebrated Native
American artists are the fea-
ture at Ravens Make Gallery
in Sisters.
Their artwork will be on
display, and the artists them-
selves will be on hand.
Terrance Guardipee, Ja-
son Parrish and Roger
Perkins will be at the Gallery
this Friday through Sunday,
June 21-23.
The event will focus on
demonstrating and consider-
ing the varying styles of Na-
tive American paintings over
the past 150 years.
Mr.
Guardipee
is
Blackfeet; Mr. Parrish is
Navajo; and Mr. Perkins is
Mohawk.
Terrance works in the
Ledger Art genre. This ap-
proach first occurred in the
late 1800s during the early
reservation days.
He not only paints upon
antique ledger pages,
Terrance was the artist most
instrumental in reviving this
narrative art form in the
1990s.
His works can be found
in numerous museums
Courtesy photo
Antelope Hunt by Jason Parrish
throughout the United
States, including the
Smithsonian.
Additionally, Terrance
creates large collages and
paints in modernist styles,
ranging from Fauvism to
Expressionism to Pop Art.
Mr. Parrish paints in the
Santa Fe School tradition,
which began in the 1930s.
A ‘less is more’ concep-
tual approach describes his
desert scenes of Navajo
life. Jason’s second show-
ing this year at the juried
International Watercolor
Exhibition at the Grand
Palais on the Champs
Elysees of Paris demon-
strates growing interna-
tional recognition for his
works.
His piece, Antelope
Hunt, just received a Na-
tional Award that will be
announced by the present-
ing organization June 15.
Roger Perkins founded
Pow Wow Pop Art. His rea-
soning for altering old black
and white photos of Native
Americans into colorful, of-
ten humorous perspectives:
“For years, we’ve had
these iconic photos staring
out at us, reminding us of
what we were and won’t
ever be again. That gets de-
pressing. We have a now!
We have a future! It needs
to be colorful, energetic,
humorous, and positive.”
The artist reception on
Friday, June 21 is from 5
to 8 p.m.
A panel discussion on the
concepts of traditional, con-
temporary, and possible fu-
ture directions will begin on
Saturday at 1:30pm. Sun-
day, hours are 11 – 3. This
event will be offered at
Raven Makes Gallery, 182
E Hood Ave, Sisters, Or-
egon.
Summary of Tribal Council
June 17, 2019
Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Chair man Raymond
Tsumpti,
Brigette
McConville, Wilson Wewa
Jr., Anita Jackson, Glendon
Smith, Lincoln Jay Suppah,
and Raymond (Captain)
Moody. Minnie Yahtin, Re-
corder.
Resolutions:
· Motion by Brigette
adopting Resolution No.
12,599 approving the 2019
eel fishery regulations. Sec-
ond by Anita. Question: 6/
0/1, Alfred/Abstain, Chair-
man not voting. Motion car-
ried.
· Motion by Anita adopt-
ing Resolution No. 12,600
that the Secretary-Treasurer
of the Tribal Council or au-
thorized designee is hereby
authorized to make applica-
tion for the Title VI of the
Older Americans Act grant
funds, negotiate and execute
an agreement, include any
amendments thereto on be-
half of the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs In-
dian Reservation of Oregon
whose authorization shall re-
main in full force and in ef-
fect until otherwise canceled
or revoked. Second by
Glendon. Question: 7/0/0,
Chairman not voting; Mo-
tion carried.
· Mainline Water
Break update.
Resolution:
· Motion by Brigette
adopting Resolution No.
12,601 that the Tribal Coun-
cil hereby: (1) Declares each
WHEREAS clause as true
and correct in all material re-
spect; (2) Declares an emer-
gency disaster declaration to
address immediate health
and safety threats associated
with the Dry Creek Water
Treatment Plant, War m
Springs Wastewater Treat-
ment Plant and associated
infrastructure, and; (3) Au-
thorizes implementation of
the EOP, and;
(4) Approves use of
$300,000 tribal resources
for Project 1 and approves
use of available tribal re-
sources to facilitate the
implementation and comple-
tion of all Required Projects
based on prioritization re-
lated to public health and
safety threats and legal com-
pliance requirements, and;
(5) Authorizes the Tribal
Council Chair, the Secre-
tary-Treasurer, and Chief
Operations Officer as au-
thorized representatives for
purposes of this Resolution,
and;
(6) Authorizes the Autho-
rized Representatives to
seek funding for implemen-
tation of the Required
Projects from federal, state
and other funding sources
including signing and execut-
ing on behalf of the Tribe
any necessary documents or
agreements consistent with
this Resolution; Second by
Anita; 8/0/0, Chairman not
voting; Motion carried.
· Joint Health Commis-
sion update.
· Johnson O’Malley
Committee update.
· Continue Financial
Overview and FY2020 Bud-
get.
· Motion by Anita to ad-
journ at 3:55 p.m.
The Confluence project is sharing a series of
new documentary shorts produced to help
teachers bring Native perspectives into their
classrooms. Check out the installments of Sto-
ries from the River on the Confluence Vimeo
page. See: vimeo.com/confluenceproject
June 19, 2019
Unique ‘She Who Watches’
Courtesy Confluence
Take a close look at
this picture.
What you see is a
seemingly simple recre-
ation of the famous Co-
lumbia River petroglyph
She Who Watches.
It is also 100 young
students creating a pow-
erful lesson that will
shape their understand-
ing of our shared and
beloved northwest land-
scape.
This was so much
more than a field trip. His-
tory, culture and ecology
all wrapped up in one dra-
matic moment that they'll
never forget.
Colin
Fogar ty,
Confluence executive di-
rector.
confluenceproject.org
Colin@ConfluenceProject.
org
Boys’ regalia class next week
A boys’ regalia making
class is coming up on Tues-
day, June 25 at the Family
Preservation office from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Basic materials will be pro-
vided. This is for first-time
regalia makers. It’s free, but
space is limited.
Call Charlene or Jaycelene
541-615-0036 to sign up.
Outdoor Market on Friday
The Warm Springs Out-
door Market continues this
Friday, June 21, the first day
of Pi-Ume-Sha. The market
provides community mem-
bers a place to sell locally
made arts, crafts, value-added
foods, and locally-grown fruit
and vegetables.
This year Tananáwit, the
Community of War m
Springs Artists, will facilitate
the market.
If you would like to be-
come a Warm Springs Friday
Outdoor Market vendor,
please contact the Community
Action Team and Tananáwit
at 541-553-3148.