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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
August 24, 2022
Grand Re-Opening for Tananáwit art shop
Tananáwit is a nonprofit
dedicated to the community
of Warm Springs artists. The
group is launching a grand re-
opening of the Tananáwit art
shop next Friday through
Sunday, September 2-4. The
celebrations will be from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.
The event will include a
sale of a range of works,
from paintings and photog-
raphy to jewelry and
beadwork. The shop is lo-
cated at 3240 Walsey Lane
suite 5 at the Warm Springs
Plaza.
The aim of Tananáwit is
to provide educational and
economic opportunities by
empowering its people, while
building knowledge and un-
derstanding of traditional
and contemporary Native
arts of the Columbia River
plateau.
The store had operated
briefly earlier this year but
had to close, said Deb
Stacona, who is the new
Tananáwit executive direc-
tor.
Ms. Stacona has worked
with Sara Dowty, a long-time
artist and Tananáwit’s new
business and outreach coor-
dinator, to make the reopen-
ing a priority. “We’ll have
outdoor displays, and our
suite of about 500 square
feet is packed with local art,”
Ms. Stacona said.
Deb formerly managed
the gift shop at the Museum
at Warm Springs, where she
worked for a number of
years. “We are excited to
support artists here, promote
Deb Stacona, new
executive director of the
Tananáwit artists group.
them and help them grow,”
Deb says.
She added that she under-
stands how important tribal
artisans are to the Oregon
Native tourism industry.
“Visitors to the reserva-
tion want to take home a
piece of Warm Springs,” she
says. “Warm Springs is rich
in cultivating artists. We have
numerous master artists, and
we want to support beginning
artists, too.”
The work of Tananáwit
artists reflects their strongly-
held values of family, creativ-
ity and Warm Springs culture.
The artists are deeply com-
mitted to sharing inter-gen-
erational knowledge through
teaching and passing down
cultural art styles to future
generations.
“Tananáwit clients are
breaking new ground, and
their success may depend, at
least in part, on our perfor-
mance,” Deb says. “Art is an
integral part of cultural iden-
tity of many tribal members.”
Tananáwit has reached out
to numerous artists over the
years, and built strong con-
nections with many of them,
with the goal of strengthen-
ing that community.
The Tananáwit shop is ac-
cepting art to sell, and items
are sold on a consignment
basis.
To make an appointment,
email:
deb@warmspringsartists.org
Or email:
sara@warmspringsartists.org
Photos courtesy Tananáwit
Tananáwit shop at the Warm Springs Plaza.
Berry picking at Meadows on Monday
The tribes’ 2022 Huck-
leberry Trip is coming up
this Monday, August 29.
Everyone must be signed up
and complete a liability re-
lease form. These are avail-
able with KWSO at the
Media Center. If you have
questions call Sue at 541-
460-2255. The schedule on
Monday is as follows:
The bus departs from the
Warm Springs Community
Center at 8:30 a.m. Arrival
at Sahale Lodge is schedule
for 9:30 a.m. Folks driving
themselves should meet at
this time at the Sahale Lodge
main base area.
After check-in, the sta-
dium chair lift rides begin at
10 a.m., ending at 5 p.m. The
shuttle to Hood River
Meadows also departs at 10
a.m. The bus ride back to
the main base area is at 11:30
a.m. Prayer and lunch is at
noon, after which the bus
returns to the Hood River
Meadows area for more
berry picking.
At 2:30 p.m. the bus will
leave the Hood River
Meadows area for the
Sahale Lodge main base to
meet the rest of the group.
The bus ride back to Warm
Springs is at 3 p.m.
Be sure to bring a hat
and wear good walking shoes.
Spring water from Mt.
Hood is available, so bring
a container. Don’t forget
your basket or container for
the berries. The sign-up and
liability release can be
dropped off at the Media
Center.
Began in 2015
Tananáwit began when a
group of War m Springs
tribal members, mostly art-
ists, met to consider the idea
of forming an arts coopera-
tive.
In 2015, the group began
working with the War m
Springs Community Action
Team and Oregon Native
American Business Entrepre-
neurial
Network,
or
ONABEN.
They hosted workshops in
marketing, merchandising
products and website devel-
opment. WSCAT helped
Tananáwit gain nonprofit sta-
tus.
Sara Dowty, artist and
Tananáwit’s new business
and outreach coordinator