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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 2024)
Museum exhibit looks at Wasco home life... By treaty in 1855 the Tribes of Middle Oregon agreed with the United States government to cre- ate the Warm Springs Reservation. The reservation was intended to partly compensate the tribes relin- quishing rights to the 10-million acres of Ceded Lands. The Wascos were the eastern- most Chinook-speakers. The Wascos received their name from the village of Wasq’u, their princi- pal village at the Columbia. The name means ‘small bowl’ or ‘cup’ and may be a reference to a cup-shaped rock near the village into which a spring bubbled. The Wascos traditionally lived on the south bank of the Columbia River between the current towns of the The Dalles and Hood River. The Museum at Warm Springs includes an exhibit of Wasco homelife of the nineteenth century, shown here in photos. The museum re-opens again next Tuesday, Feb- ruary 13. Wasco plank house (left): The Wascos in the Mid-Columbia area used plank houses similar to those used by the Northwest Coast tribes.The Wascos obtained European- made metal goods (below left) through traders from the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company. Neeta Lind photos courtesy NativeAmericanNetroots Wasco beaded dress, part of museum display. Sports agility youth training After cancelling their first two sessions due to the cold weather, requiring the use of the old Warm Springs elementary gym as the Warming Shelter, the Sports Agil- ity Youth Training Camp is now successfully under way. Training is with Coach John Charles, an NFL alumnus, All-Ameri- can and Portland State University Hall of Famer. The youth and teen group trainings offer skills development practices, one-to-one coaching, en- durance training, sports agility skills development and life skills. According to Coach Charles, the trainings are “designed to guide our youth toward a healthy lifestyle, em- powering them with tools to ulti- mately reach their full potential.” Sports Agility Training for youth is every Sunday afternoon through June at the old Elementary School gym. Fifth through eighth-grade youth train from 1-2:30 and high school players from 3-4:30. This is free training suitable for youth of all skill levels.
