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Embracing Native Culture
c o n t i n u e d f r o m fr o n t
P epper w ill be at the event in
spirit if not flesh. T here w ill be a
reunion perform ance o f his band,
the Free Spirits, w ith guitarists Larry
C oryell and C olum bus C hip Baker,
bassist C hris H ills and M oses. There
w ill also be a rare audio tape o f
Pepper, and a show ing o f the d o cu ­
m e n ta ry P e p p e r’s P o w w o w by
S andra S unrising O saw a. A nd there
w ill be o ther perform ers.
T he festival is about m uch m ore
than Pepper, from noon to 6 p.m .
each day there w ill be free m usic
perform ances featuring local, re ­
g io n a l a n d s tu d e n t m u s ic ia n s .
A m ong those scheduled to play are
Joy H arjo and the A rrow D ynam ics
B and, the P ura Fe Q uartet, the K eim
S ecole B and, John T rudell and B ad
D og, the G abriel A yalaT rio, and Jan
M ichael L ooking W olf, all o f N a-
tiv e-A m erican b ackground. A lso
p art o f the entertainm ent w ill be
Jim Pepper
Peruvian dancer L uciana Proano and
N ativ e-A m erican story tellers.
A nother feature w ill be the free
exhibit “In d iv isib le: A frican-N ative
A m erican Lives in the A m ericas,” a
tra v e lin g sh o w c o u rte sy o f the
S m ith so n ian ’s N ational M useum o f
the A m erican Indian and the N a-
tional M useum o f A frican-A m eri­
can H istory.
The Parkrose setting is not an
accident; the com m unity provided
the Pepper fam ily hom e for m ore
than 50 years. B o m in Salem , the
fam ily m oved to V anport, the form er
Portland area city that once housed
W orld W ar II ship building w orkers,
and, like m any o th er fam ilies, found
itse lf hom eless follow ing the C o­
lum bia River flood o f 1948. T he fam ­
ily then m oved to Parkrose, and Jim
P epper lived there until his death in
1992.
C h ief event organizer Sean Cruz,
w ho once served as an aide to form er
State Sen. A vel G ordly, first heard
P epper at a B ay A re ajaz z festival in
the 1970s, and becam e a hard-core
fan at a Pepper P ow w ow m usic fes­
tival at Portland State U niversity in
2005. There he learned that the house
he bought in P arkrose in 2002 had
been the Pepper fam ily hom e.
“H is m om cam e by and gave m e
25 o f his cd ’ s w hich very few people
have heard because th e y ’re ou t o f
print. I p ro m ised h er I ’d get him the
recognition he deserved,” C ruz said.
A m o n g th e m a n y re c ru its to
th e N a tiv e A rts F e stiv a l c au se w as
D r. K aren F is c h e r-G ra y , s u p e rin ­
te n d e n t o f th e P a rk ro se S ch o o l
D istric t, w h o o ffe re d h e r fa c ilitie s
fre e o f c h arg e.
Parkrose H igh School it is a fit­
tin g p la c e to c e le b r a te m u lti-
cu ltu ralism ; stu d en ts c o m e from
hom es w here 5 0 different languages
are spoken.
“N o n e o f th o se lan g u ag es are
indigenous to the N o rth A m erican
co n tin en t,” C ru z says. “T h a t’s a
cultural tradition w e w ant to revive
and celebrate, an d this is a start.”
E vening concerts d u ring the fes­
tival run $25. T o buy tickets and for
a com plete concert schedule, visit
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c o m p a n y ’s o n g o in g c o m m itm e n t
to p ro v id e in d iv id u a ls w ith a c ­
c e ss a n d e x p o su re to c ritic a l r e ­
so u rces th a t w ill b o lste r th e ir w o rk
a n d life sk ills w h ile a lso b e n e fit­
in g th e c o m m u n ity , o ffic ia ls said .
“ O u r S tu d e n t L e a d e rs p ro g ra m
p ro v id e s te en s th e o p p o rtu n ity to
e arn a n d le arn , w h ile in c re a sin g
th e c a p a c ity o f n o n p ro fits to serv e
c ritic a l c o m m u n ity n e e d s ,” sa id
N ic o le F risch , a ssista n t v ice p re s i­
d e n t o f c o rp o ra te so c ia l re s p o n s i­
b ility fo r B a n k o f A m e ric a in O r­
e g o n an d s o u th w e st W a sh in g to n .
“ I ’ve m a n a g e d th e S tu d e n t L e a d e r
B ank o f A m erica’s charitable foun ­
dation.
D espite gains in the overall jo b
m arket, teenagers still have the high­
est unem ploym ent rate: one out o f
every seven young people is not in
school o r w orking. T een s w ho are
g a in fu lly e m p lo y e d h a v e lo w e r
d rop-out rates, are m ore likely to
continue th eir education to pursue
lo n g -term c a re e r g o als and u lti­
m ately show an increase in lifetim e
earning potential.
B a n k o f A m e ric a s ta rte d the
S tu d e n t L e a d e rs p ro g ra m as th e p ro g ra m in P o rtla n d fo r th e la st
fo u r y e a rs, an d I am a lw a y s in ­
c re d ib ly im p re sse d w ith th e p a s ­
sio n a te , h a rd w o rk in g an d in te lli­
g e n t stu d en ts in o u r c o m m u n ity .”
T h e o th e r lo c a l stu d e n ts c h o ­
sen to be this y e a r’s S tu d e n t L e a d ­
ers w ere M ary R u iz, a T u a la tin
re sid e n t and re c e n t g ra d u a te o f
T u a la tin H ig h S c h o o l; W a rre n
V an g , a P o rtla n d re s id e n t an d re ­
c e n t g ra d u a te o f R o o se v e lt H ig h
S c h o o l; Jad e M cK a n n a , a P o rt­
la n d re sid e n t a n d ris in g s e n io r at
L in c o ln H ig h S c h o o l; an d S am u el
H a rtle y , a P o rtla n d re s id e n t an d
r is in g s e n io r a t M e tr o p o lita n
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An ongoing series of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession
Part 27. Chiropractic VS Migraines:
Saying goodbye to the most menacing of headaches
o,
C a n a n y th in g b e d o n e
fo r m igraines? I ’ve had them for
the last
las 20 years and I sincerely c a n ’t
take it m uch longer.
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Dr. Billy R. Flowers
I h a d a p a tie n t o n c e a sk
the sam e question. H er concern,
how ever, was that C hiropractic m ight
hurt. A fter becom ing a patient, she
began to m ake progress. Slow ly but
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m igraine w ere leaving her. O ne day,
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m e “I c a n ’t believe that I w aited 20
years for th is!” T h a t’s one com m ent I ’ll
n ev er forget! T he story had a happy, but
is n ’t it sad that it had such an unfortunate
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