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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Marie Knight on replica basket weaving
Two sessions are coming
up on weaving replicas of
traditional Plateau-style root
baskets, or wapus.
The classes, taught by
Marie Knight, will be in
Portlnad, at Seagrape bath
+ body, 319 Northeast
Wygant Street.
The first session—
Star ting Your Basket—
will be from 10 a.m. to
noon on Ssaturday, No-
vember 2.
The second session—Fin-
ishing Your basket—will be
at the same time on Sunday,
November 10.
For tribal members the
sessions are free.
Patricipants will learn
how to weave small round
replicas of the traditional
root baskets.
The actual wapus baskets
are used for har vesting
camus, piaxi, luux and other
roots and traditional medi-
cines found in the region.
The miniature baskets
make perfect gifts and keep-
sakes.
The November 2 weav-
ing session will include a
short information presenta-
tion on the differet styles of
roots baskets.
Students will be shown
October 23, 2019
Raising awareness
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women—
MMIW—is raising awareness of this tragedy hap-
pening in Indian country.
Youth rodeo champion Siddalee Spino Suppah
wore the MMIW shirt and colors this year at many
of her rodeo events.
Another example from last month: Yakama
Nation’s Kamarin Gleason did the same during the
American Indian Beauty Contest at the Pendleton
Round-Up
Ms. Gleason is also an advocate of awareness of
suicide in Indian country. She practices traditional
ways, and speaks Ichiskiin.
Marie Knight will present the weaving sessions; examples below.
two different ways to start
a basket, and will have time
to practice building the bot-
tom and starting on the
sides to add simple designs.
The second class will be
focused on finishing the
basket.
The materials being used
for this class are simple hemp
cord and common cotton
embroidery floss.
Traditionally, these bas-
kets were made from tree
bark twine, corn husk or
grass rafia.
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Marie Knight is a en-
rolled member of the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm
Springs, and is a descen-
dant of Klickitat and
Clackamas peoples of this
area.
In addition to her tribal
and familial connections
to Portland, she has lived
and worked in Portland for
14 years as a student, small
business owner, commu-
nity volunteer and as a
single mother of two sons.
Marie is self employed
as a independent cultural
contractor and artist. Her
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Kamarin Gleason at the Round-Up.
work in the last six years
has primarily been explor-
ing the field of historic
trauma and Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder, as a
community health worker
with the Future Genera-
tions Collaborative.
Her goals are to promote
community wellness and self
regulation of emotions
through native practices and
cultural teachings.
For information on the
weaving sessions, see
eventbrite.com. Search under
weaving. Or call 503-374-
6801.
Yakama, Lummi call for dam removals
On Indigenous Peoples’
Day this month the
Yakama and Lummi Na-
tions urged the removal of
the lower Columbia River
dams.
The statement is part of
a broader call for federal re-
pudiation of the offensive
doctrine of Christian discov-
ery, which the U.S. uses to
justify federal actions that
impair the rights of Native
Nations.
Yakama Nation chairman
JoDe Goudy spoke at Celilo
Village on Indigenous
People’s Day.
“The false religious doc-
trine of Christian discovery
was used by the United
States to perpetuate crimes
of genocide and forced dis-
placement against Native
Peoples. The Columbia
River dams were built on
this false legal foundation,
and decimated the tribal fish-
eries, traditional foods and
cultural sites,” Mr. Goudy
said.
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Before the dams, Celilo Falls fisheries.