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’- j * < 9 TPA H TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS Tribal Head Start Applications Available Sherman Alexie Alexie Gives Engaging Lecture On May 19, 2000, we (Holly Lavon John & Teala Danelle Rilatos) traveled to Salem to attend a comical lecture given by our hero, the famed Sherman Alexie. He wrote the book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” the basis for the award winning film “Smoke Signals.” Alexie shared his views of life, politics, religion, education, sex, and even the Makah whaling controversy (he’s cheering for the whales). He has a great sense of humor and kept the audience of nearly 200 in stitches. While being hilarious, Alexie does get his point across, whether it’s about another one of his books being made into a movie or promoting his best advice to young people: Read, Read, Read, Read, Read! He pleaded for one thing from the audience - to get “Reservation Blues” (the continuation of Victor’s and Thomas’ adventures) made into a movie. Please e-mail www.miramax.com and tell them to get working on it! We want to see this movie! Special thanks to Lisa Brown for taking us when we were the only ones who had enough commitment. We love you, “Auntie.” Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Indian from Wellpinit, Wash., on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He was born hydrocephalic, underwent a brain operation at 6 months, and was not expected to survive. He suffered seizures and bed-wetting throughout his childhood. Preferring to stay inside, he developed a love for reading. As a young adult, Alexie faced a new problem: alcoholism. Alcohol plagued his life for five years before he became sober at 23. He attended Gonzaga University in Spokane on a scholarship and graduated in American studies from Washington State University. Alexie received the Washington State Arts Commission Poetry Fellowship in 1991 and the National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship in 1992. He also was 10 We offer a developmentally appropriate program with a Native American curriculum. We have highly qualified and professional staff. We offer programs to help children with language, social, emotional, and physical development. Parent skill-building activities, family health, and support services also are available. The best part is - our program is free! We are accepting applications for children who will be 3 or 4 years old on or before Sept. 1,2000. Sorry, no exceptions. Our program is mandated to serve certain groups of children before others. A preference is given to Native American children, children with disabilities, low-income children, and children who are 4 years old. For an application, contact DeAnn Brown at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 264, or 5411-444-8264, or Confederated Tribes of Siletz Portland Area Office 3715 SE 39,h Portland, OR 97202 503-238-1512 Confederated Tribes of Siletz Salem Area Office 3789 River Road N., Suite D Keizer, OR 97303 503-390-9494 Confederated Tribes of Siletz Eugene Area Office 1140 Willagillespie Road, Suite 18 Eugene, OR 97401 541-484-4234 Confederated Tribes of Siletz Siletz Tribal Head Start 201 SE Swan Ave. Siletz, OR 97380 541-444-2532 Or visit any of our classrooms in these four locations: 1? Portland Head Start 7326 SE Flavel Portland, OR 97206 503-771-8867 Salem Head Start 3960 Chemawa Road NE Salem, OR 97303 503-393-6942 i ’ Springfield Head Start 2109 J Street Springfield, OR 97477 541-747-0161 Siletz Head Start 245 James Frank Road Siletz, OR 97380 541-444-8350 ; Income Guidelines (For each additional person, add $2,900) Household Size 2 3 4 5 Income Guideline $11,250 $14,150 $17,050 $19,950 the 1992 Slipstream Chapbook Contest winner. He earned a 1994 Lila Wallace- Readers Digest Writers’ Award, was a citation winner for the PEN/Hemingway Award for the Best First Book of Fiction, and was named one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. In 1996, he received the American Book Award, Morgan Murray Prize for “Reservation Blues.” For “Indian Killer,” he received the New York Times Notable Book Award, the People Magazine Best of Pages, and the 1998 Tacoma Public Library Annual Literary Award. Household Size 6 7 8 9 Income Guideline $22,850 $25,750 $28,650 $31,550 Alexie’s books include “The Business of Fancydancing,” “I Would Steal Horses,” “Old Shirts & New Skins,” “First Indian on the Moon,” “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” “Seven Mourning Songs for the Cedar Flute I have Yet to Learn to Play,” “Reservation Blues,” “Water Flowing Home," “The Summer of Black Widows,” “Indian Killer,” “The Man Who Loves Salmon,” and “The Toughest Indian in the World.” Future books include “One Stick Song.” Alexie’s web site is www.fallsapart.com/.
