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Indian journalists gather at Penn State
SpU yty Tymoo p hoto by Behreiut
Indian journalists from the United States and Canada gathered at Penn State University in June to
discuss formulating the Native American,Press Association. (NAPA).
by Donna Behrend
Communicating to non-
Indians accurate and factual
information about the Indian
community surfaced as one of
the most important aspects of
Indian jo u rnalism at the
o rganizational m eeting of
N a tiv e A m e ric a n P re ss
A ssociation (N A PA ). The
three-day meeting, co-funded participants. And there’s a
by the Gannett Foundation definite lack of knowledge
and Penn State University, about Indians. “Either the
was held at Penn State in State Indian is romanticized as the
College, Pennsylvania and was nobel red man or he is made
attended by approximately 30 out to be a howling savage,”
e d i t o r s , r e p o r t e r s a n d said Tim Giago, publisher of
publishers from throughout the Lakota Times of Martin,
the United States and Canada. South Dakota. “We want
Indians have been stereo people to understand that we
typed, said many of the can live in houses, drive cars,
love our families, like everyone
else.”
The importance of Indian
m edia o u tle ts; especially
n e w s p a p e r s , c a n n o t be
overstated. A paper can
influence congressional actions
in Washington, D.C. and can
also influence towns bordering
reservations, change tribal
thinking and policies. One
conference attendee stated that
newspapers should “stay away
from the negative things and
feature the positive. We should
pick up on the achievers—
establish role models for
young people.”
Not only could NAPA
improve Indian/non-Indian
communications, but NAPA
could also provide an Indian
news service, educational
services and mutual support.
An ultimate goal of NAPA is
to establish a network news
system, possibly a wire service,
to disseminate information on
various tribes throughout the
United States and Canada and
at the same time maintain high
professional standards.
Participants were asked to
define the purpose of NAPA.
Three large blackboards were
filled with recommendations
ranging from serving as a
“watchdog” group^ presenting
a w a rd s a n d re c o g n iz in g
achievements, establish a data
bank of information, defining
legal rights and responsibilities
and identify and clarify native-
related issues. All recommen
dations will be catagorized so
that a constitution and by
laws, code of ethics, business
lan and plan of operation can
e formulated.
The question of Canadian
m em bership arose. Some
p a r t i c i p a n t s f e lt t h a t
Canadians should be allowed
membership, but that the
membership be held at the
associate level for fear that
federal funding would be
jeopardized if Canadians were
allowed an active, voting
membership.
A 13-m em ber steering
committee was formulated at
the first-annual meeting. The
committee’s duties will be to
“think together” and make
NAPA “happen.” They Will
meet in August in Tuskahoma,
O klahom a to colate the
recommendations.
The idea of a nation-wide
n a tiv e A m e ric a n p re ss
association is not new—there
h a v e b e e n o th e r such,
organizations. However, with
more and more electronic
media available to people, a
n e w -fo u n d a s s o c ia tio n
specifically for the native
American press will be very
useful, if not essential.
Resort offering rafting
Huckleberry Feast
Sunday, August 5
He He Longhouse
Noon Time
Picnic planned
The Warm Springs chapter
of Serenity Lane alumni is
hosting a picnic for alumni and
their families. The picnic will be
held at Dry Creek Camp
ground on Sunday, July 29,
beginning at noon.
Eugene alum ni will be
spending the weekend at Kah-
Nee-Ta and all local alumni are
invited and encouraged to
attend.
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Kah-Nee-Ta resort is now offering Deschutes River rafting to their guests.
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M ANA G ING EDITOR
........ ......................Sid Miller
ASSISTANT EDITOR ....................................Donne Behrend
Dark'room/Writer
Reporter
Typesetter
Marsha Shewczyk
pat Leno
Priscilla Squiemphen
FO U N D E D IN M A RC H O F 1976
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by Donna Behrend
Rafting—it’s a way for some
to relax. For others, it’s an
exhilerating and exciting
challenge. For Kah-Nee-Ta,
it’s a way, hopefully, to attract
more people to the resort and
to enhance business as well as
offer resort guests something
special and different to do.
In October of last year.
Tribal Council and the Kah—
Nee-Ta Board of Directors
approved to allow Hunter
Expeditions of Bend to be the
concessionaire providing raft
trips for guests of Kah-Nee-Ta.
Through the Couftcil and
Board action, the old Hiram
Smith residence can be used to
put in, as well as Dry Creek
C am p g ro u n d . They also
approved the takeout point as
being at Moody’S, which the
Tribe purchased in 1981.
The rafting trips can be run
seven days a week, but guests
take advantage of the trips
mostly on Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays. The mini
expeditions run from Dry
Creek Campground to the
ta k e o u t p o in t ju s t past
Moody’s, on tribal land. The
trip takes about three hours
and costs $20 for adults and
$15 for children 12 and under.
The half-day "trip, which
runs from the Maupin City
park to the sandy' beach five
miles downstream, takes about
four to fo ur-and-one-half
hours and costs $46 per
person, including lunch. There
is also an all-day trip that runs
from th re e m iles above
Maupin down to the sandy
beach five m iles below
Maupin. Cost for the all-day
trip is $54 per person.
Brad Hunter, owner of
Hunter Expedition, says that
business has been fairly busy
this season. However, it could
be better, “It’s always slow the
first year,” says Hunter.
When Hunter first started
the raft trips, there was some
confusion on the part of the
W a rm S p r i n g s P o lic e
Department if Hunter had
authorization to takeout on
tribal lands. “There was some
m isc o m m u n ic a tio n ,” says
Hunter. But once everything
was straightend. out, things
have run sm oothly. “ We
haven’t had any trouble,” says
Hunter. “Tribal members have
been very cordial.”