NOTICES
Mack, Pilling Publish Native
Christmas Story
The Fourth Wise One: WichonFs
Journey, written by Dorothy Blackcrow
Mack and illustrated by Quitze Rose Pill
ing. was published in December 2008.
It s an American Indian Christmas story
for all ages.
A young Native girl has a vision
to follow the bright star across North
America to bring four gifts to honor a
child born to be a great teacher. Wichoni
fills her pack with what she decides are the
four greatest gifts - water, air, food and
fire. Along her path she chooses to give
each one away to help people in need and
arrives with her empty pack at the Endless
Water where, discouraged, she discovers
the greatest gift of all.
This story came to Dorothy while
she lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation,
S.D., married to a Lakota sundance leader
raising a sacred herd of buffalo. They
lived in a one-room log cabin without
electricity or running water - no books,
many stories.
Her extended family taught her gen
erosity, cooperation and respect - for
the land, the Elders, for all my relations:
birds, rocks, trees, surrounded by the
Everywhere Spirit. The story won first
prize tor “My Favorite Holiday Story”
and has been performed at libraries and
church groups.
Quitze lives in the temperate rainfor
est of the Pacific Northwest. She grew up
these past I I years inspired by a circle
of artists, writers and musicians. Her
first recognizable illustration was of a
native rose.
She loves the huckleberries, salmo
nberries, salal, blackberries, thimbleber
ries, tules and the worlds of stellar jays,
chipmunks, red-tail hawks, white herons,
brown pelicans, salmon, beaver and the
storytellers who come to life on the page
as she draws. Thank you for honoring the
gifts of this story!
Together, Dorothy and Quitze have
given readings at the Newport Library, on
KCUP radio, at Siletz Valley School and
Head Start, and the Yachats Family Christ-
Native American Congressional Internship Program
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This is a 10-week summer internship in Washington. D.C., for American Indian
and Alaska Native undergraduate, graduate and law students.
Students are placed in Congressional offices, committees, or select agencies to
experience an insider's view of the federal government and learn more about the federal
government's trust relationship with Tribes.
The foundation provides round-trip airfare, housing, per diem and a $1.200 edu
cational stipend. Applications must be received at the foundation by Jan. 30. 2009.
For more information, visit http://udall.gov/OurPrograms/NACInternship/NA-
Clnternship.aspx.
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
The Morris K. Udall Foundation awards 80 $5.000 merit-based scholarships for
college sophomores and juniors seeking a career in Tribal health. Tribal public policy
or the environment.
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Scholarship recipients participate in a five-day orientation in Tucson. Ariz.. to learn
| more about Tribal and environmental issues. Applications must be submitted through
a Udall faculty representative at the student’s college or university. The application
| deadline is March 3, 2009. For more information, visit http://udall.gov/OurPrograms/
>> MKUScholarship/MKUScholarship.aspx.
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Dorothy Blackcrow Mack and
Quitze Rose Pilling
mas Party. Quitze’s illustrations were on
display at the Pushpin Show at the Newport
Visual Arts Center during December.
“I probably started drawing in my
journal book in Siletz Head Start, my
favorite school, and I haven't stopped. I
love making up designs. I met Dorothy
when I was 4 and I drew a picture for
her refrigerator. It's fun. telling stories
with pictures,” said Quitze. "Thank you
friends, thank you family. Respect and
love make my extended family, who have
inspired and encouraged me with stories
and teachings and a strong sense of be
ing a part of a beautiful circle. Thank you
Auntie Loraine, Misty, Tiffany. Grandma
Martha. Grandpa Chet. Auntie Lavonne,
Auntie Laverne. Father Bear, and all my
cousins. Aunties. Uncles, and Elders.”
Copies of The Fourth Wise One: Wicho
ni 's Journey ( ISBN#9780974436487, cost
$10) are available at the Siletz Valley
School office; and Sea Towne Books,
Canyon Way Books, Nye Beach Books,
Oceana and Sandcastle Toys in Newport;
and at Bob’s Beach Books, Trillium and
Allegory Books in Lincoln City.
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Internship: NMAI Archives
The Smithsonian s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Archives
is pleased to offer a 10-week to 12- week (summer 2009) Archive Internship for the
at its Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Md.
Additional information about the NMAI Archives can be found at www.nmnh.
si.edu/naa/siasc/nmai.htm. Information about the National Museum of the American
Indian can be found at www.nmai.si.edu.
Academic Credit: I he Smithsonian Institution works cooperatively with schools
seeking to grant academic credit for internships. Applicants are encouraged to initiate
arrangements for credit with their college or university.
Financial Support: Travel, housing and stipends may be provided to students on a
limited basis. Students receiving stipends must work full time (40 hours per week).
Deadline: Feb. 6. 2009; begins first full week in June 2009.
To apply: Additional information and applications available at www.nmai.si.edu/
collaboration/files/NMAIProgramGuide_ENG_interns.pdf (pg. 29 and 30).
Please send specific questions regarding the Internship to Jennifer R. O'Neal. Head
Archivist. National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution, Cultural
Resources Center, 4220 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746; phone 301-238-1373;
fax 3OI-238-3O38; e-mail onealj@si.edu.
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