NOTICES
Ho-Chunk Nation
Gives $50,000 to
College Fund
Proposals Wanted for
Tsunami Hazard Sign
Tsunami Hazard Interpretive Sign for Siletz
Bay: Native Legend Format
Objective: Create a graphic for a native legend
tsunami interpretive sign for Siletz Bay that takes into
consideration Native oral histories/legends and scientific
information. The educational sign should be both
scientifically accurate and dramatic, so more people will
be attracted to read the sign.
Description: The graphic should include the following:
1.
2.
Text about the event should be concise (owing to
space limitations) and written like a good story. It
should incorporate:
a. date and time of event (9 p.m. on Jan. 26,1700)
b. geologic evidence (tsunami sand layers
covering buried soils in the marshes of
Siletz Bay)
c. estimated height (-30-35 feet)
d. quotes from oral histories/legends if
available; description of what it probably felt
like to go through a big earthquake with
rolling motions lasting four minutes that were
strong enough to knock you off your feet;
then, 20 minutes later, a surge of ice cold sea
water flooding into the village in the darkness
faster than people could run away. The de
scription should include the horror of watch
ing loved ones sucked out to sea as the wave
withdrew; then more people lost when addi
tional waves struck over the next several hours.
Drawings
a. Accurate depiction of Siletz Bay and village
at Taft (and possibly Salishan Spit)
b. Accurate depiction of tsunami (surge of
water carrying debris, like logs and splintered
longhouses)
The turnaround in the Taft area of Lincoln City
c. Accurate depiction of people and their response
to tsunami (people running away but looking over
their shoulders; some standing in shock before
the tsunami surge)
d. Black and white or color drawings are acceptable;
either format can be accommodated
Site Visit: A site visit is recommended; the photo above
is for reference.
Budget: $2,000
Applicant profile: Open to all
Application: Submit a sketch (1 lx 17) or sketches, along
with a letter discussing your interest in and approach to the
project, to George Priest, DOGAMI, 313 SW 2nd, Suite D,
Newport, OR 97365.
Application deadline: April 15,2003. A committee will
evaluate and make a choice from submitted proposals.
Finalists may be asked to present their proposals and
answer questions.
If you have any questions, the primary contact is
Mark Darienzo at 503-378-291 1, ext. 237, or
mdarien@oem.state.or.us.
Oregon Selected for “Troops to Teachers” Program
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Stan Bunn announced in
early January that the Oregon Department
of Education has been selected as a Troops
to Teachers (TTT) placement office.
TTT helps eligible military
personnel and drilling reservists
transition to second careers as public
school teachers in high-need schools.
The goal is to help relieve teacher
shortages, especially in math, science,
special education, and professional
technical education.
“I am pleased to see Troops to
Teachers come into the state,” said
Bunn. “This is an excellent example
of partnership between state and
federal agencies that helps fill critical
gaps in Oregon’s teaching force and
benefits students.
“The women and men who have
served in our armed forces and in the
reserves will bring Oregon classrooms
real world and life experiences, as well
as state-of-the-art work experience,”
Bunn said.
Karyn Phillips will coordinate the
Oregon program, which provides
counseling, referral, and placement
assistance to help with certification
requirements and employment with
Oregon school districts. Phillips
had been the executive assistant to
the superintendent.
The Troops to Teachers program
was established in 1994 and has been
reauthorized under The No Child Left
Behind Act through 2006. TTT program
participants may be eligible for a
stipend or bonus of $5,000 or $10,000
toward the educational costs of gaining
an Oregon teaching certificate.
For more information about the
Troops to Teachers Program in Oregon,
contact Karyn Phillips at the
Oregon Department of Education at
503-378-3600, ext. 2215, or by e-mail
at karyn.phillips@state.or.us.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. - In
a display of both good will and
foresight, the Ho-Chunk Nation
gave $50,000 to the American
Indian College Fund based in Denver,
Colo., in December.
The money will be used to fund an
endowment for the fund, the earnings
from which will be used to give
scholarships to qualifying American
Indian and Alaska Native students
seeking to further their college
education. The American Indian
College Fund formed in 1989 already
helps more than 6,000 students each
year attend college or training school.
The donation came about from the
hard work and dedication of Vicky
Stott, a Ho-Chunk tribal member from
Denver, who is the manager of the
Sovereign Nations Program for the
American Indian College Fund.
Currently this fund, similar to the more
famous United Negro College Fund, is
attempting to secure a $10,000,000
endowment fund to assist American
Indian and Alaska Native students from
all tribes and nations.
The fund has raised more than
$1 million toward its total goal. This
$50,000 gift is one way the Ho-Chunk
Nation uses its gaming revenues in a
positive way to help a multitude of
American Indians and Alaska Natives
better themselves.
The Ho-Chunk Nation has long
supported higher education for its
members and an entire division of its
Education Department is devoted to
assisting tribal members with college
scholarships. In addition, the Nation
gives generously to its own Josephine
WhiteEagle Scholarship fund,
which grants scholarships to tribal
members seeking graduate education
by paying tuition and other graduate
school expenses.
Donations to the American Indian
College Fund, an IRS Section 503(c)(3)
non-profit, are tax deductible.
Donations can be sent to the College
Fund at 8333 Greenwood Blvd, Denver,
CO 80221. For more info, click on
www.collegefund.org.
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