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Page 2 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs June 26, 2024 55th Annual Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days Powwow The Fifty-Fifth Annual Pi-Ume- Sha Treaty Days Powwow is this Thursday through Sunday, June 27- 30. The Thursday events include Memorials, new joiners and rejoin- ders at 6 p.m. at the Pi-Ume-Sha grounds. Grand Entries are Friday evening at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. The Master of Ceremonies is Carlos Calica, and the arena di- rector is Captain Moody. Specials this Pi-Ume-Sha are the Isaac Mitchell Round Bustle; the Erin Treeman-Smith Outgoing All-Around (teens 13-17; the Three Man Hand Drum, Shell Dress, Team Dance and Owl Dance. The Pi-Ume-Sha Health Fair is this Wednesday until 1 p.m. at the Community Wellness Center front lawn lawn. There will health screenings, and community resource contact infor mation, and many give- aways. The Traditional Dress Parade is on Saturday starting at the former elementary school area. There will be a Stick Game tour- nament over the weekend, and adult and youth rodeos. For Stick Game information call Vanessa Knight-Crance at 541-460-0105. The Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days Ro- deo, adult, is on Saturday, June 29 starting at 1 p.m. at the rodeo grounds. The call-in ends this Wednes- day, June 26. Call 541-777-3951. Native architects working on OMSI project Sometime in the near future, First Foods and First Medicines will line the shores of the Willamette River in the OMSI district; Indigenous sto- ries and design are on full display, as flags from hundreds of Native nations fly proud. This is the vision for the Center for Tribal Nations, or CTN—a hub of commerce and trade for the ur- ban Indigenous community and Native nations across the Pacific Northwest. “Ultimately, you have to have at your core this deep sense of under- standing of protection and advance- ment of tribal sovereignty. I think that has to be at the forefront when you’re dealing with tribes,” said James Alan Parker, of the Chippewa Cree Tribal Nation and executive direc- tor of the Northwest Native Cham- ber, which is helping to led the project. “I think we also have to have a deep understanding and a ground- ing in the place that we’re at.” The Center for Tribal Nations will stand on the shores of the Willamette River in the central eastside, just across from downtown Portland. The spot has served as a confluence site for Native nations used for commerce, trade and rela- tionship-building since time imme- morial. “Ultimately, it’s that kind of res- toration for the 21st century of what that looks like to us today,” Parker said. The CTN just announced the architect team that will lead the project. After a long and detailed selection process, three Indigenous architects came together to form The Collaborative. They will work with a Portland architecture firm to secure permits. Those involved in the project imagine a building that highlights Native designs and is a gathering place and economic hub for the Indigenous community. The build- ing may include : gathering spaces, a conference center, spaces for learning and a food hall, among other aspects. “I’m excited about the impact the project will have,” said Sam Olbekson, of the White Earth Na- tion of Minnesota Ojibwe, design project lead for CTN. “So that we can have an economy that transcends the U.S. basis of commerce, that focuses on build- ing Indigenous economies.” Though the design itself is still over a year out and the building won’t be completed for much longer, this project is about envision- ing a space for the future genera- tions. It’s also a reclamation of space along the Willamette River, which has held significant ties for Native nations since time immemorial. “We’re returning back to an In- digenous economy that isn’t new,” Mr. Olbekson said, pointing to trade and relationships between Indig- enous people that have always been a part of everyday life. “So this, in some ways, is innovative. And in many other ways, it’s returning back to a strength of economic thinking that is part of inherent sovereignty.” In Oregon, there are no Native- led architecture firms. In fact, across the country there are only a hand- ful. As such, the CTN team made it a priority to reach out to all of them individually with an invitation Madras COCC campus to see $18.2 million expansion The Central Oregon Community College Madras campus will see a a major expansion after the COCC board approved $18.2 million for the construction. The expansion plan is based on a needs assessment in the campus service area, with a focus on child- hood education and health care workforce gaps, along with provid- ing more child care options in the region. The board approved Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company to do the work, with a completion date of next winter. The plan calls for a 24,000- square-foot building, designed spe- cifically for early childhood educa- tion programs, registered nurse and other health career pathways, and a 100-capacity child care center. The Kirby Nagelhout Construc- tion Company was contracted to build the original COCC Madras campus building in 2011, along with the Coats Campus Center, Middleton Science Center and Bar- ber Library on the Bend campus, the Technology Education Center on the Redmond campus, and other college projects. The current contract for the Madras work resulted from a bid- ding process that began in Novem- ber of 2022. The full cost of the project is currently estimated at $22,253,586, with funding for the ‘Growing Together’ capital cam- paign coming from a mix of fed- eral, state and institutional re- sources, as well as grant support and private donations. to apply to the project. The three architects leading the way to creating a fully Indigenous- led building design are: Olbekson as project lead; Wanda Dalla Costa, member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Canada as principal in charge of the project; and Tammy Eagle Bull, Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, as the project planner. “Tammy reached out to me pretty much right away to say ‘Hey, let’s not do the colonists’ way of competing against each other,” Olbekson said. “Let’s look at our combined strengths and create something that’s more Indigenous.” Thus, The Collaborative was born. The Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days Kids Rodeo is on Sunday, June 30 at 1 p.m. And the call-in date ends also ends this Wednesday. Alfredine Florendo for rodeo in- formation can be reached at 541- 460-3257. The Pi-Ume-Sha Softball Slam is Saturday and Sunday at Juni- per Hills Park in Madras, men’’s and women’s open division, three- game guarantee. You can call Jayleen Main at 541-777-7172. The Powwow Chair man is Gorky Mitchell, 541-325-2968. The vendor coordinator is Sharon Katchia, 541-295-6046; and for other powwow information you can reach Cyrille Mitchell at 541-460- 6100. Pi-Ume-Sha is a drug and alco- hol free event.
