Tribal Songs and Art Programming
WSCAT offers a variety of traditional and modern art and film programming that will be hosted at the Wyam Youth Center. For program announcements, use the WSCAT and Wyam Youth Center’s social media pages.
To see this program in action, watch the short film to the left about a youth in the community.
Right of Passage Programming
In 2024, Oregon Cultural Trust gave WSCAT money to assist families with completing a Namegiving Ceremony for their children that had not received an Indian Name.
Priority was given to families with graduating seniors, so that a contemporary right of passage ceremony (high school graduation) and traditional rite of passage ceremony (Namegiving Ceremony) could be completed together. Four families completed their ceremonies and others are still working on theirs. Through this project, we are able to purchase equipment and supplies for sewing and giveaway items and pay teachers to come in and teach these skills.
The project is funding dependent, so reach out directly to see if there are current opportunities to get involved.