NOTICES
Nominations Due for Indigenous
Leadership Award
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2nd annual
Tribal Technology Visioning Conference
Vision in Action
Mav 7. 8. 9, 2003
Quinault Beach Resort & Casino
Ocean Shores, WA ( Tribally owned and operated)
Hotel Reservation: 1-888-461-2214
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Join us for:
Indian Country technology success stories
Economic development technologies
Tribal community technology planning
Network with funders that invest in technology infrastructure
Program partner»:
AOiliated I ribes of Northwest Indians-Economic Development Corporation
Washington State Governor’s Office of Indian A flairs
For program information contact
For conference registration contact
Elstun Lauesen Director of Technology
email elstiin^atnledc oom
telephone: (206) 542-5115
Warnoli Zephier, Administrative Assistant
email: wambfiziogda wa.gov
telephone (360Í753-2411
Randell Harris. Tech. Outreach Coordinator
email randell^atniedc.coin
telephone: {20$ 542-5225
Andrea Alexander Deputy Oiteetor
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Ecotrust will accept nominations for the 2003 Buffett Award for Indigenous
Leadership between April 30 and July 31, 2003. This award is a recognition
program funded by the Peter and Howard Buffett families to honor outstanding
individuals in the field of conservation and community development.
A $25,000 cash award will be presented to an individual whose activities
demonstrate durable qualities of leadership to improve the social, economic,
political, and environmental conditions in their homelands.
Individuals are eligible for nomination if they are First Nation or tribal
members, are more than 35 years old, and have worked with an indigenous
organization or community within the Pacific salmon territory of North America.
Buffett Award nomination guidelines and a nomination letter template are
posted at http://www.ecotrust.org/buffettaward/guidelines.html. For additional
information, contact Elizabeth Woody at 503-467-0751, liz@ecotrust.org, or
Ecotrust, 721 N.W. Ninth Ave., Suite 200, Portland, OR 97209.
The 2003 Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership will be conferred on Dec.
2 at Ecotrust’s Natural Capital Center in Portland, Ore. The recipient is expected
to attend the ceremony. Ecotrust will cover travel, lodging, and related expenses.
The Buffett Award is intended to provide resources for transfer of knowledge
in indigenous communities. The recipient may use the cash award for professional
development, program development, personal research, and traditional activities.
The 2002 Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership was presented to Kelly
Brown for his work as a negotiator, planner, and education in the area of cultural
restoration and conservation. Four other finalists also were honored: Carol Craig,
Toppenish, Wash.; Kathleen Shaye Hill, Eureka, Calif.; Robert Sam, Sitka, Alaska;
and John D. Ward, Atlin, British Columbia, Canada.
In December 2001, the first Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership was
presented to Phillip Cash Cash for his language preservation work. Four other
finalists were honored: David Hatch, Portland, Ore.; Susan Burdick, Salyer, Calif.;
Dennis Martinez, Douglas City, Calif.; and Hilistis Pauline Waterfall, Waglisla,
British Columbia, Canada.
Ecotrust is a non-profit organization working on conservation and economic
development in the greater Pacific Northwest, from San Francisco to Alaska.
OMSI Salmon Camp Sessions
Science and Natural Resources Camps for
Native American Middle School Students
Session I (forages 13-15): Aug. 17-22, 2003
Session II (forages 10-12): Aug. 24-29, 2003
Salmon Camp is offered free of charge to 25 participants in each session.
Are you. or do you know, a middle school student who is interested in the
traditional role of salmon in Northwest Native American cultures? How about
learning the value of traditional ecological knowledge related to fisheries and its
relationship to western science? Want to raft a river? Tour a fish hatchery? Attend
a salmon bake? If you answered yes to these questions, then apply to one of
OMSI’s Salmon Camp programs!
Work with resource professionals in fisheries biology, wildlife and range
management, and forest management along with Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry (OMSI) instructors. Play an active role in stream and habitat recovery on
the Pine Creek Watershed, owned by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs,
located near OMSI’s Hancock Field Station.
Learn about the life cycle of the salmon and steelhead, from their spawning
streams to the Pacific Ocean, and about the natural resource career fields of the
men and women who are working to insure the long-term survival of the fish runs.
Transportation will be provided to/from OMSI in Portland and to/from
Warm Springs.
Natural Resource Career Training Programs for
Native American High School Students
Session I (Hancock Field Station, Fossil, Ore.): June 15, 2003 - July 3, 2003
Session II (Redwoods National Park, Calif.): July 6, 2003 - July 24, 2003
Session III (San Juan Island, Wash.): July 27, 2003 - Aug. 14, 2003
Salmon Camp Research Teams (SCRT) are offered free of charge.
Ten students (age 15-18) will be selected to participate in each of these natural
resource management research teams. Learn about careers in fisheries and wildlife
management, range management, forestry, field ecology, botany, zoology,
hydrology, marine biology, geology, and archaeology. Gain experience and training
to successfully compete for careers in natural science and natural resource
management. Learn about the multitude of university programs and opportunities
available. Interact with natural resource management professionals and researchers,
as we compare and contrast traditional ecological knowledge to western science.
Students present a research topic related to the work they’ve done during the
session. You’ll select mentors from your own community in the private sector,
tribal, government, or university setting to assist you with your goals through the
year. Efforts will be made to place SCRT students into future paid summer jobs
with research or natural resource management agencies.
For more information and to apply for any of the Salmon Camp sessions,
contact Ben Muir, Salmon Camp coord., at 541-763-4691 or email salmon@omsi.edu.
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