Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
January 12, 2022
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Community
notes...
Culture grant helps murals project
T
he Warm Springs Commu-
nity Action Team just received
funding to continue the Youth
Murals Project, an opportunity for
young people to design, paint and
maintain murals around the tribal
community. The unique and col-
orful mural on the Campus bas-
ketball court is a great example.
The $25,000 grants come from
the Oregon Community Founda-
tion.
Tananáwit grant, and
others
The artist co-op arm of the
Action team—Tananáwit—also
received $5,000 from the Commu-
nity Foundation Arts and Culture
Recovery Fund.
This grant will support artists
who have been hit hard by the
Covid-19 pandemic.
The Warm Springs Community
Action Team began Tananáwit in
2013. The co-op has since opened
a shop and an e-commerce site to
help market its artists’ work.
The recent grant will help in-
crease the e-commerce work, and
support the store. This will allow
the team to bring on more artists,
opening greater paths to success.
Some other notable recipients
of the recent Community Foun-
dation grants:
The Columbia River Institute
for Indigenous Development re-
ceived funding to help establish a
program to document, preserve
The KWSO 91.9 phone
app makes it easy for you to lis-
ten to KWSO on your phone.
The app features the daily
community calendar and local
Courtesy Brutis Baez photography
This past fall saw the Action Team’s muruls project
beautify the Campus basketball court.
and teach the Native language
Ichishkeen.
Columbia River Institute for In-
digenous Development originally
created the program as an in-per-
son teaching class, led by Elders to
spread the language and culture to
youth. There are perhaps only 10
Ichishkeen speakers remaining in
Warm Springs.
The Covid-19 pandemic has
made the situation worse, as the
speakers are elders. The recent grant
will support elders working from
home, helping establish technical
skills to teach language classes in an
online format. Another recipient:
The Jefferson County Cultural
Commission received funding
through the Oregon Community
Foundation, along with the other 35
county cultural coalitions in Or-
egon. In the past, they’ve given
grants to local school districts, the
Jefferson County historical society,
the Jefferson County Library Dis-
trict, Madras High School Key
Club, and the Madras Saturday
Market. They’re still in process of
distributing grants for 2022.
OCF grants have funded hun-
dreds of organizations across the
state. This year the grants range
from all 36 county cultural com-
missions, and all nine federally rec-
ognized tribes, and to over 100 art
and culture non-profits.
The Warm Springs Low
Income Home Energy As-
sistance program offers fi-
nancial assistance with home
energy costs for those eligible.
There is currently funding
to assist with furnace, wood
stove and heat pump repairs.
Contact Warm Springs Social
Services at 541-553-2590 to
learn more.
Tribal veterans are in-
vited to take advantage of a
free weekly transport service.
Please call 541-408-4147
for information.
Covid-19 ccommunity case demongraphics, as of January 5, 2022
As of January 5 date, there had been a
total of 1,397 confirmed covid cases in the
community since the pandemic began.
Breakthrough cases - as if Jan. 5, 2022
There have been 28 total confirmed covid
deaths in the community since the start
of the pandemic in early 2020.
Ninety-five people have been hospitalized
with the virus since that time.
As of the January 5, 2022 update: There
was one hospitalization, in-patient, with
Covid 19. A more recent report shows
there are two hospitalizations.
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