Larry Dick
 Larry Dick in traditional dress with his mentor and uncle, Chief Nelson Wallulatum. Wasco Medicine man and maker of tule mats, deer hoof rattles, and ceremonial objects "My name is Tx'li-Wins, Tule Man. I make tule mats by request for medicine singings, funerals, giveaways, feasts and all traditional ceremonies." Larry Dick grew up on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon. As a young child, he learned the basics of making tule mats from his grandmother, Annie Dick. At age fifteen, Dick was initiated into the Wasco Medicine Society and he began learning traditional spiritual practices under the guidance of Chief Nelson Wallulatum. Today, he is a traditional undertaker and makes tule mats for funerals and other rituals. This role has earned Larry the name Tule Man or Tx´li-Wins (pronounced TAW li WINCH). "Besides people here at Warm Springs, people from Washington, Idaho, and Oregon reservations come to get my tule mats. Traditional people come to me to trade or purchase tule mats to be used in traditional ceremonies."
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