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Spilyay Tymoo November 20, 2019
Letters to the editor
Tribal artists
The Tananáwit War m
Springs community of art-
ists is seeking membership
of all tribal member artists.
Membership offers many
benefits, and there are op-
tions to join:
The introductory mem-
bership, which is free, offers
these benefits:
Access to some work-
shops and
mentoring;
communica-
tion about
activities and
the quarterly
artists news-
letters, plus:
Ability to serve as a non-
voting member of the
Tananáwit committees; invi-
tation to the annual meeting;
and eligibility to turn in art-
work for promotional con-
tests.
One level up the Basic
membership is $25, and of-
fers these benefits:
Access to more work-
shops and mentoring, and
communication about activi-
ties and the quarterly artist
newsletter. Plus:
Ability to serve as a vot-
ing member of the
Tananáwit committees; and
an invitation to the annual
meeting with voting rights.
Also:
Eligibility to turn in art-
work for promotional con-
tests; your name and photo
listed as an artist in the
Tananáwit newsletter, and on
the website; and eligibility to
be selected as a Spotlight
Artist in the newsletter.
For answers to questions
call Emily Courtney, Warm
Springs Community Action
Team Arts Business and
Marketing Specialist. Her
phone number is 541-553-
3148. You can email to:
warmspringsartists@gmail.com
Or stop by the Commu-
nity Action Team office at
1136 Paiute Avenue. The
mailing address is:
Tananáwit – PO Box
1419 – Warm Springs, OR
97761.
Financial
Education
The War m Springs
Community Action Team
is hosting the Financial
Education Fair:
The starting session is
this Wednesday, November
20; and continues through
this Friday, November 22.
The Fair runs from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. each day.
The event will feature the
Financial Skills for Families
series with the War m
Springs Area Chamber of
Commerce and Vital Tribal
Economies staff, part of the
Community Action Team.
Participants will receive
raffle tickets for assorted
gift cards, including a
Thanksgiving meal for
four from Safeway; or four
meals from the War m
Springs Community Action
Team food trailer.
All Oregon Individual
Development Action cli-
ents should call Nettie for
RSVP, and to sign up for
modules you need to make
up at 541-553-3148.
Holiday spirit
Let’s make this a Happi
Holiday for Warm Springs
families in need.
The Warm Springs Health
and Promotion Prevention
Initiative—HAPPI—is co-
ordinating items for distribu-
tion in December. There are
two ways you can help:
You can
contribute any
gift item for
youth ages 0 to
18. Unwrapped
items may be
dropped off at the tribal
Administration building, the
Health and Wellness Center,
the Early Childhood Educa-
tion Center, the Library at
the Family Resource Center,
or at KWSO at the Media
Center. Another option:
You may make a cash
contribution: $25 sponsors
an item for a child. During
business hours, contributions
may be made at the admin-
istration Cash Management
window.
HAPPI is taking applica-
tions from families whose
could use assistance for your
child this Holiday Season.
Visit the Library for an ap-
plication. Gifts will be dis-
tributed Thursday and Fri-
day, December 19 and 20 at
the Warm Springs Youth
Center gym, formerly the
gym of the old elementary
school.
Evergreen Longhouse award for Plateau cape lessons
T
he Evergreen State
College Longhouse ad-
visory board chose
Warm Springs tradi-
tional artist Aurolyn
Stwyer as recent grant
recipient. The award
will allow Aurolyn to
continue teaching the
art of Plateau cape
making.
Aurolyn is the owner
of the Red Skye Trad-
ing Post. “The grant is
great news,” Aurolyn
said, “as the holiday sea-
son brings an increase in
gift buying.”
She says, “Last year
I taught eight tribal
members to make a Pla-
teau cape, and we had
about two dozen on the
waiting list.”
Aurolyn is lead artist
of the Native Artist
Mentor Fellowship,
2018-2019.
She will be teaching
the beadwork-Plateau
cape lessons at the Mu-
seum at Warm Springs,
and at the Crow’s
Shadow Institute of the
Arts at Pendleton.
In announcing the
$5,000 grant award,
Laura VerMeulen said
to Aurolyn, “Your appli-
cations was so strong,
and everyone recog-
nized that right away. It
is an honor to work with
you.”
Laura is the Ever-
green State College
Longhouse assistant di-
Aurolyn Stwyer shows regalia at traditional horse parade.
rector.
Aurolyn sets out some
of the project standards:
This project has a re-
quirement for at least two
people to work on
their capes, as family heir-
looms. Also:
There will be monthly
meetings for six months, in-
cluding a meal, and local
master beadwork artist as
speakers.
The first assignment is to
develop a goal sheet for the
project, and to interview the
Elders in the family to de-
termine the family designs,
color schemes, and other in-
formation about their fam-
ily traditions.
“It’s been my experience
that the local tribal families
prefer the color blue,”
Aurolyn says, “because that
is the color of N’Chi-wana,
the Big River.”
With the capes complete,
“There will be fashion
show in about a year,”
Honor Parade for Veterans
Photo contest
Friends of the Columbia
Gorge is now accepting sub-
missions for its annual photo
contest. The 2019 contest is
entitled Nature + Nurture,
featuring nature pictures at
the Columbia. The deadline
to submit is December 31.
Grand prize is a $300 Pro
Photo Supply gift card, and
a large print of the winning
photo.
Seven other category win-
ners will receive $100 Pro
Photo Supply gift cards, and
large print of their photo. For
the list of contest rules, or to
submit photos:
g org efriends.org/
photocontest
Publisher Emeritus in Memorium: Sid Miller
Editor: Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Con-
federated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are
located at 4174 Highway 3 in Warm Springs.
Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo
should be addressed to:
Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 489, Warm Springs, OR
97761.
Phone: 541-553-2210 or 541-771-7521
E-Mail: david.mcmechan@wstribes.org.
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Aurolyn says.
Nearly all of the grant
award is to budget for
supplies, travel to gather
the supplies, and the
meals. If you would like
information on the Pla-
teau cape lessons, you
can reach Aurolyn by
stopping the Red Skye
Trading Post at the
Warm Springs Plaza. Or
by phone at 541-615-
0278. Email:
aurolynp@gmail.com
The Warm Springs
community
honored our
Veterans this
month with the
traditional
Veterans Day
Parade and Honor
gathering at the
Community
Center.
The parade
featured the
Madras High
School band (lower
left), Veterans and
their families.
Jayson Smith photos/Spilyay
Spilyay Tymoo
(Coyote News, Est. 1976)
Courtesy photo
Community notes...
Become a SMART
Reader. SMART—Start
Making a Reader Today—
is a volunteer program that
pairs adult readers with first-
grade students in War m
Springs. On Thursdays
from 4-5 p.m. the readers
and students get together at
the Warm Springs Academy
Afters-chool TwentyFirst
Century Learning program.
If you are interested, call
541-797-7726.
Central Oregon Thrive
connects individual needs to
community resources: They
can help with housing, health,
employment, social security
and more.
Thrive is in Madras on
Tuesdays at the Jefferson
County Health Department
from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.;
and again from 2 to 4 p.m.
Thirty-minute walk-in meet-
ings are available, first come
first serve.
For your 23 years of service
T he Warm Springs
Indian Health Service and
the tribes bid a fond
farewell this fall to Samuel
L. Heath, Dentist. Dr.
Health had worked in the
Dental Department at the
clinic for almost a quarter
of a centur y.
The clinic staff and
family of Dr. Heath hosted
a retirement party for Dr.
Heath, where he received
the Certificate of Appre-
ciation to Dr. Seyler.
Samuel L. Heath