Brigette Scott (Warm Springs, Wasco, Paiute) is a traditional fisher, basket maker and bead artist. With access to numerous traditional fishing sites, Brigette smokes, cooks and processes fish to sell in her retail store Salmon King, located in Warm Springs, Oregon. Her retail store has a focus on fish and beads; the two great trade items historically on the Columbia River. She has been her Tribes Cultural Anthropologist since 1997, is currently serving on Tribal Council and is a Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission as a commissioner for 4+ terms.
Bio
Brigette Scott is from a very traditional family where she learned fishing, hors, rodeo skills, beadwork, basketry, regalia and food ways from her family. Her fishing work experience comes from both sides of her family as they are both come from the Columbia River. Her basketry was learned from her maternal side of her family. Her maternal grandmother Viola Wallulatum Kalama was a northwest expert of basketry techniques and was her primary teacher. The teaching of beadwork comes from her paternal side, where she learned from her paternal grandmother, her sisters and aunts. Several people gave time and their expertise to teach her. Specifically giving credit to Aldene Pevo, an aunt who shared her expert moccasin making skills and to the Bulltail family from the Crow reservation for their expert moccasin making skills. The beauty of her traditional skills can be sought out for one needle and two needle beading, twining and weaving round and flat baskets. Traditional and cultural talks of the Plateau history can also be shared. Much respect and fun goes into the classes available with Brigette.
