4 JULY 15, 2008
Smoke Signals
'O w ft ire' grows deeper odd fro onlhLwe
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
At Spirit Mountain Lodge's gift
shop, Ntsayka makuk haws (Our
Store), a renewed effort to bring in
items rich in Northwest culture and
art is under way.
Marie Oswalt and Tribal member
Perri McDaniel are on the same
page when it comes to stocking
Spirit Mountain Casino gift shops.
Oswalt is Guest Services man
ager and McDaniel is buyer for the
shops.
"It's more than a gift outlet,"
said Oswalt, more particularly
of the Lodge gift shop that has
always been more of an outlet for
the cultural and artistic while the
gift shop at the old Coyote's Buffet
entrance has always been more
commercial.
"We're not always out to make a
buck," Oswalt said. She quoted the
department's mission statement:
"To provide a unique shopping
experience through unsurpassed
customer service while pursuing
a role in sustainability within
our community." "We also hope to
educate our customers on the local
Tribes and create an awareness of
the issues facing Native Americans
today," she said.
"I've been in this department for
two-and-a-half years," Oswalt said,
"and this is what they tell me they
have been craving."
Today's offerings at the Lodge
gift shop include Tribal member
Chuck Williams' 2008 Celilo Falls
Calendar, and will offer his clas
sic book on the historic Columbia
River Gorge, "Bridge of the Gods,
Mountains of Fire: A Return to the
Columbia Gorge," when the next
printing becomes available.
Original art, including greeting
cards and prints by Tribal member
and watercolorist Terri Dilts, a
powwow calendar by Seattle photog
rapher Ben Marra and traditional
and contemporary Native American
music from Bond's Indian Supply all
are at the Ixidge store now.
ly OK
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Above, beef jerky
made by Umpqua
Indian Foods
has been added
to the gift shop
in the Lodge at
Spirit Mountain
Casino. Umpqua
Indian Foods is an
enterprise of the
Cow Creek Band
of Umpqua Tribe
of Indians and the
product fits into
the shop's effort to
specialize in products
inspired, designed
andor made by
Native Americans.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Watercolor paintings by Grand Ronde Tribal member
Terri Dilts have been added to the gift shop in the
Lodge at Spirit Mountain Casino. Having products
made by Tribal members fits into the shop's effort
to specialize in products inspired, designed andor
made by Native Americans.
McDaniel traveled the Northwest
coast, including the Cow Creek's
Umpqua Indian Foods in Canyon
ville, for "locally produced green
products," and to county museums
in search of books covering all of the
Grand Ronde's Tribes.
"We now have a small library rel
evant to our Grand Ronde history,"
McDaniel said.
- "Perri is very diligent in research
ing where these things come from,"
Oswalt said.
"We bought CDs from the Canoe
Family," McDaniel said. "I bought
them to retail in our gift shops,
but also to support the Canoe
Family."
Native art, dentalia and other
jewelry made by Tribal member
Josephine Ingraham, and sold
through her Chinook Frontier
Traders company, are featured.
The Pinnecoose family, who have
"deals like no other on bead work,"
according to McDaniel, are repre
sented. Alaskan Native Jessie Hunt's
Native Wild healing oils and lotions
are for sale. Many Elders may re
member Hunt's demonstrations at
the Tribal Community Center.
For Restoration's 25th anniver
sary, McDaniel is developing a
commemorative coin collection.
Chief Alquema of the Santiam
Band of Kalapuya and Chief
Henry of the Chasta and Henry
Yelkes of the Molalla are among
the historic Native leaders fea
tured on the coins.
"Table Games (section at the
casino) is making a collectible $25
chip featuring Lon Mercier's art
work. That prompted the idea to
do a companion coin, as well as the
entire collection of commemorative
coins," said McDaniel.
As envisioned, the coins will be
available in gold, silver and Mer
lin gold, and each will feature an
important historical figure from
the Grand Ronde's predecessor
Tribes.
The art used in designing the
commemorative set is based on
original art by Grand Ronde Tribal
member Lon Mercier, the great-great-great-grandson
of Martha
Jane Sands. The statue is on dis
play outside of Legends Restau
rant at the casino.
Also, on the Contest Powwow week
end, Aug. 15-17, the gift shops will
feature a Tribal memberTribal and
casino employee sale on everything
but books, edibles and sundries.
That includes a line of Pendle
ton products, and a tie-in to the
Pendleton Round-Up and the Miss
American Indian Beauty Pageant
held at the Round-Up.
Can culture compete with prof
it? "Personally, I feel there is no con
test," McDaniel said. "Culture will
always prevail over profit!"
The experiment is under way at
Our Store. D
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