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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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/.