Artwork copyright Jacqueline Moreau. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Tuutawaisa's Funeral, 1986
Jacqueline Moreau
American (born 1948)
Location: Pierce College - Fort Steilacoom, Lakewood
About the Artwork
Tuutawaisa's Funeral is a photograph captured by artist Jacqueline Moreau in Warm Springs, Oregon. It is part of her series "The River People" about the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Moreau notes, "Tuutawaisa harvested salmon in the Columbia River beginning at age 12 from an inherited rock fishery. He was born in Wishram, Washington in 1902 before the proliferation of hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River. He continued fishing for his family until 1957 when completion of the Dalles Dam inundated the site along with the island where his people lived. Tuutawaisa moved to Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Central Oregon where he was known as Andrew David. Tuutawaisa became a wheat farmer and became a traditional healer and leader, with his wife Edna, of the Feather Dance religion and of the Medicine Society until his death in 1986."
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Pierce College District.
About the Artist
Jacqueline Moreau is a documentary photographer and journalist. Her body of work captures the lives and traditions of Native American peoples living along the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon. Her work investigates the complex cultural and social issues facing Yakama, Warm Springs, Umatilla, and Nez Perce Tribes.Moreau states, "A need exists to really know that many aboriginal cultures have survived to the present time because traditions and beliefs have imparted sustaining values and practices in harmony with the environment. There is much to be learned from that. There is balance and beauty in this, and it is important."
A collection of Moreau's photographs and manuscript materials is housed by the University of Oregon Libraries.
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