8 June 1,2000
Warm Springs, Oregon
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Traditional Arts apprenticeship program deadline is July 1 Spring concert held at WSE
The Traditional Arts Appren
ticeship Program (TAAP) is an
annual program of the Oregon
Folklife Program of the Oregon
Historical Society. The program
awards stipends to master traditional
artists to teach a specific cultural
tradition to one or more apprentices
during an eight-month apprentice
ship period. An average of ten ap
prenticeships are funded each year.
The Oregon Folklife Program
is a department of the Oregon His
torical Society. Its mission is to
document, present and encourage the
preservation of traditional arts in
communities throughout Oregon.
Traditional arts are those forms of
artistic expression learned as part of
the cultural life of a community (such
as an ethnic group, tribe, religious or
occupational group or region). Tra
ditional arts reflect the history, cul
ture an values of a community, as
well as its sense of beauty. They are
often learned informally, passed
down from one person to another,
one generation to the next.
Since 1 989, the TAAP has funded
83 master artists and 1 27 apprentices
through 100 apprenticeships state
wide. The 1999-2000TAAP is funded
by U.S. Bank , the Oregon Arts
Commission and the National En
dowment for the A rts. A rtists stipends
are provided through a generous
grant from the PGE-Enron Founda
tion. How does the program work?
Masters and apprentices apply
together to the program. They decide
where and when they will meet to
work during the year. They set their
own goals for what they will achieve
during the apprenticeship. The master
artist can apply for up to $2000 for
instruction time and up to $500 for
the cost of materials, supplies and
travel. Apprenticeships last eight
months (September through April)
and generally involve 80-120 hours
of instruction time.
Who is eligible to apply?
Alj traditional artists are eligible
to apply. The apprentice must be a
resident of the state of Oregon. Ex
ceptions may be made in unusual
cases where the applicant lives just
outside the state boundaries. Priority
is given to the applicants who share
the same cultural heritage as the art
form, Master artists of traditional art
forms with few remaining practitio
ners are also given priority.
What is a master traditional
artist?
As defined by this program, a
master traditional artist is someone:
1) who learned hisher art form tra
ditionally. From a family, or com
munity member (or as appropriate in
his or her community), 2) who has
achieved a high level of skill in the
art form, and 3) who is recognized as
a master by his or her community.
What is an apprentice?
An apprentice is someone who
spends a period of time studying
under the instruction of a master.
Apprentices should have some ex
perience in the art form before ap
plying. They should also demonstrate
a commitment to continue practicing
the art form after the apprenticeship
ends.
What is an apprenticeship?
An opportunity is not a class. It is
an intensive learning experience
during which an apprentice works
closely with a master artist for eight
months to improve hisher skills in a
specific traditional art form. Ap
prenticeship funds can not be used to
pay for or subsidize on-going classes.
Large groups and young children
should not apply.
Application guidelines
How to apply
n Complete parts 1 and 2 of the
application form. The master artist
fills out Part 1, the apprentice fills
out Part 2. Answer all questions as
completely as possible. Applications
may be typed or handwritten. If
handwritten, they should be neat and
easy to read.
2) Complete Part 3 (Budget). You
can apply for up to $2500. Up to
$2000 of this amount can go to the
master artist's time. A maximum of
$500 can be budgeted for supplies
and travel costs in addition to the
master's fee. Note, the award
amounts may change depending on
grants received to support this pro
gram 3) Work Samples. Select recent
photos, slides, cassettes, videos, or
CDs that show the master artist's
work. This is an important part of
your application because it is the
main way the people reviewing the
applications can see the quality of
your work. Letters from community
members showing support for the
apprenticeship help make an appli
cation stronger. Letters and work
samples for the apprentice are also
strongly encouraged. (Work samples:
Select recent work: slides, photo
graphs, cassettes, CDs or video tapes,
that best demonstrate your skill in
the art form you are applying to do;
Cue cassettes, videos & CDs to the
start of a 6-minute selection you want
the panel to see or hear; Clearly label
all work samples. If the sample shows
a group of people indicate which one
is you.)
4) Copy the completed applica
tion. Send, or hand deliver, the
original to the Folklife Program be
fore the postmark deadline. Keep a
copy for your files.
Application deadline
The deadline for applications is
July 21, 2000. Applications post
marked after the deadline date will
not be accepted. Hand delivered ap
plications will be accepted until 5
p.m. on July 21th.
How decisions are made.
A panel of cultural specialist will
review the applications and select
this year's apprenticeships. The panel
will use the following evaluations
criteria:
Quality of master's and
Traditionally of the art form and
the master artist
Artistic quality of master's and
apprentice's work.
Demonstrated community sup
port for master's work.
Apprentice's skill and familiar
ity with the art form.
Master and apprentice's selec
tion of work samples.
Connection and importance to
a community
Master and apprentice's shared
membership in a cultural commu
nity. Importance of the art form to this
community.
Apprentice's commitment to
continuing the art form.
Urgency, for endangered art
forms.
Well-planned work plan, budget
nnd goals
Content and goals for the ap
prenticeship Clear work plan to achieve these
goals
Accuracy of the budget.
Notification
Master artists will be notified
when their application has been re
ceived. The panel will meet in early
September. Applicants will be in
formed of the panel's recommenda
tions by mail shortly after the panel
meets.
Public presentation
The Folklife Coordination will
visit each apprenticeship group twice
to document the teachinglearning
process. These visits will be arranged
in advance. Tape-recordings inter
views may be conducted and photo
graphs taken. Exceptions can be made
for traditions such as religious songs
andor rituals which may not be re
corded or publicly shared.
At the end of the apprenticeship,
the apprenticeship participants and
their work will be featured in an
exhibit at the Oregon History Center
and Governor's Office. Both the
master artist and apprentice may be
asked to participate in an additional
public presentation of their traditional
art form.
Applications are available in
Spanish and Vietnamese.
For help with an application, (in
cluding work samples and language
translations) contact Leila Childs,
Folklife Coordinator; Oregon
Folklife Program; Oregon Historic
Society; 1200 SW Park Avenue;
Portland, OR 97205 or telephone
(503) 306-5292. Fax (503) 478-3092;
email: lcilacohs.org
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These second grade girls sang a duet for the audience. Their song
was Amazing Grace.
In recognition of Senior Awareness Month
The Senior Program will have a
Senior Walk June 16
Beginning at the Community Center at 10:30 a.m. and
ending at the Longhouse where lunch will be served.
Native American
WSE featured in magazine Festival set at
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The Warm Springs
Elementary School was
featured in the Northwest
Education magazine Summer
2000 issue. Warm Springs
students are pictured on the '
cover. The article is about the
school ending chronic staff
turnover by community,
welcoming innovation, and
valuing tradition.
To receive a copy of this
magazine you may write to
Northwest Regional Educational
Library, 101 S.W. Main Street,
Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204;
or calling (503) 275-9515.
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Native American Business Alliance convention on tap
A dedication. . .
These poems are shared with the community from a book dedicated to
Clifford Pamperien from the Warm Springs COIC class of 1998-99.
Poems will be chosen randomly to print in upcoming issues.
How Could you?
All I can do is sit in my room
Thinking about you, how could it be,
That you are not here
When I gave you the best.
Now, I face each day without a smile.
Life seems so unfair
And I feel like I wanna die
Cause you didn't give me a last goodbye.
I waited for weeks by this phone
And I didn't get a call from you.
Now the silence grows long
As I sit here looking at a picture
When the first time we met.
As I start to cry because you're gone
All the memories of us and the good times
Is all I have left of us now.
The good times that made us laugh
We'll cherish all of them from here on out
Because there is no other love like yours.
How could you do it?
by Lei Calica
Would you Believe Me?
Would you believe me if I told you that I'm sorry?
Would you believe me if I told you that I care?
Would you believe me if I told you that I love you?
And I'm going to be right there.
Never ever meant to doubt your love baby.
Never ever meant to play with your mind.
I know you're fed up cause I messed up and
I'm sorry but I gotta keep you by my side.
And I never wanna let you get away.
Cause I didn't mean to lose your trust.
And I didn't mean to break your heart.
Because I never wanna let you go away.
And now it's hurting me inside because
I lost your love and trust.
I'm sorry, I love you baby, come home.
by Lei Calica
A spring Native American Festi
val will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m.
on Thursday, June 1, outside
Deschutes Hall. The festival com
bines the celebration of the renewal
of life with the tradition of the pow
wow. Activities will include
storytelling, traditional music and
dancing by the Quartz Creek dancers
of Warm Springs and samples of
traditional fry bread and salmon. In
addition, Native American artists will
exhibit their artwork using materials
such as metal, animal horn and beads.
The events are free and the public is
welcome.
The festival is sponsored by the
COCC Native American Student
Union For more information, call
318-3787.
Anyone wishing to attend this
event who has special needs result
ing from a physical disability should
contact Gene Zinkgraf, ADA coor
dinator, at least three days in advance
of the event. He can be reached at
383-7775 or through the college's
TDD number, 383-7708.
The Native American Business
. Alliance Convention 2000 is
scheduled for July 10-12, 2000 at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn,
Michigan, - . ,
Bringing the Circle Together
This convention will provide an
opportunity as unique as the native
culture itself. Imagine a convention
where you don't just listen to
speeches, you participate.
Meet one-on-one with
representatives from some of the
largest corporations in America.
Sit in talking circles with other
Native Businesses, Tribes, and
Corporations to discuss topics of
interest to you.
Share your experiences and
benefit from theirs.
Learn how to do business with
the large corporations of America at
the same time you network with other
Native Business owners.
Take advantage of the
opportunity to learn how Tribes
operate, what they buy, and what
they sell.
Seminars
Small group meetings conducted
by experts in their field. The topics
will be covered in depth with an
emphasis on the practical. You will
take away information you can apply
to your own business. Some topics
include:
PartneringJoint Ventures
E-Commerce & The Internet
Native History and Culture
Accessing Capital
Federal Programs
Native Values in Today's
Business
Corporate Tables
Bring Business Cards and
Company Brochures. You will have
the opportunity to sign up for private
meetings with corporations from the
Fortune 500 as well as large Native
owned businesses. Find out what they
buy, how to sell to them, and get
specific names and numbers for the
follow up calls.
Talking Circles
Take the opportunity to sit with
Tribal leaders, Corporate
representatives, and other Native
Businesses to discuss topics of your
choice. Each circle will be facilitated
by an individual with knowledge on
the specific topic. This is where we
"Bring the Circle Together" and help
each other. Some subjects for
discussion will be:
Native Culture Then & Now
Sovereign Nation Status
How do we approach Corporate
America
Modern Medicine & the
Medicine Man
Starting a business
Financing Growth Start ups
Our Mission
1 . To facilitate mutually beneficial
relationships between Private and
Public businesses with Native
American-owned companies.
2. Educate the communities on
Native American culture, paving the
way for the future.
For more information on
registration write to: Marketplace
Productions, LLC, 1885 University
Avenue 235, St. Paul, MN 55104;
or phone 651-645-6061; or the
website
www.marketplaceproductions.com.
Kah-Nee-Ta to host Culture-based Curriculum Development Workshop
This workshop will focus on
teaching the "process" of curriculum
development. Following this
workshop, participants will be able
to take this process back to their local
programs, schools, bands, and tribes
to establish cultural curriculum teams
in their local areas. Culture-based
curriculum should permeate the
classroom throughout the school
year. The contributions that native
people have made and continue to
make are of vital importance and
value and must be addressed as an
integral aspect of the school year. .
Join us July 10-13, 2000 in
Portland, Oregon as we focus on
curriculum developmentin all subject
areas, such as math, science, language
arts, speech, art, social studies,
history, etc. In recent years, Indian
tribes, bands, and nations have
increasingly recognized the need to
have a written legacy to pass to future
generations. Participants are
encouraged to develop lessons in the
subject matters of their choice as we
continue our work in developing
culturally relevant curriculum.
Prospective participants for this
workshop will be: native and non
native educators, parent committees,
tribalband members, school board
members, language teachers,
directors of projects, administrators,
and many other interested
individuals.
The cultural relevancy for this
workshop must come from each of
the participants as they share their
traditional and persona stories and
expertise. In order to produce culture
based curriculum lessons during the
week, it is very important that
participants remember to bring their
own cultural reference materials such
as:
Native American artwork that
depicts traditional tnbal life
tribal stories, myths and legends
artwork that illustrates how past
generations lived
traditional artwork with cultural
aspects of their respective areas
additional cultural materials in
the form of articles, books, interviews
on tape, video tapes, historiccultural
information, illustrations, curriculum
guides, etc.
Along with written word,
individual participants will also have
a great deal of cultural expertise
specific to various tribalband areas
to share.
During the workshop, each
participant will develop at least three
lessons. These lessons will be edited
by all staff and developed into a
language curriculum guide that will
be sent to you later in the year. Each
participant will then have not only
the lessons that they developed, but
also the lessons that all workshop
participants have developed. We
encourage you to put these language
curriculum guides to use in your
programs.
Each participant will receive a
copy of "A Handbook for Native
American, Alaska Native, and First
Nations Cultural Curriculum
Developers," which addresses the
process of cultural curriculum
development. Also a copy of the 19th
Annual cultural curriculum book
developed July 11-16, 1999, in
Philadelphia, Mississippi.
As a special feature of the
workshop, all participants are
encouraged to bring an elder (65 or
older) with them. Elders' registration
fees will be waived. Please complete
a registration form for each elder. It
is our hope that our elders w ill share
their cultural expertise w ith us. The
American Indian Institute w ill host a
reception one evening in honor of
these elders. A sharing fair will also
be held during the workshop which
will give participants the opportunity
to exchange cultural program
information and ideas. If you would
like to share your program with other
participants, please bring displays,
language curriculum guides, and
materials that you have developed.
Please join us as workshop presenters
and participants get to know each
other. As an added feature of the
workshop, we will also be providing
a special dinner one evening, an
additional opportunity for
participants to become better
acquainted.
The workshop registration fee is
$535 per person. You may pay when
you pre-register, pay on-site at the
workshop, or request the University
of Oklahoma to bill your employer.
Individuals billing the cost to an
organization must submit a purchase
order or letter of authorization either
prior to the workshop or at the
workshop registration desk. Checks
and money orders (in U.S. funds and
paid on a U.S. Bank) should be made
payable to the University of
Oklahoma. Visa and Mastercard are
accepted.
Above and Beyond Travel Agency
has been designated the official travel
agency for this conference. Please
contact them at (800) 497-9171 to
schedule your air travel reservations.
Above and Beyond Travel will be
happy to reserve a rental car for you,
as well as your airplane reservations.
Please be sure to mention this
conference when you make your
reservations in order to receive the
lowest airfare available.
Individuals and organizations are
invited toexhibitproducts.materials,
services, and arts and crafts to
workshop participants. There is no
charge for booth space for educational
and non-profit organizations.
Vendors and for-profit organizations
must pay a $200 booth fee. Limited
booth space is available on a first
come basis. Please contact the
American Institute (405) 325-4127
or FAX (405) 325-7757, with your
request for booth space as soon, as
possible.
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort is the
workshop hotel, (541) 553-1112
(local to Portland area), (800) 544
4SUN (outside Portland area), (541)
553-1015 (fax), www.kah-nee-taresort.com.
Please make your reservations
early in order to receive the special
rates reserved just for our
participants. The Kah-Nee-Ta Resort
is located in a relaxing high desert
location two hours from downtown
Portland.
The Kah-Nee-Ta Resort lodge and
village ensure that all 70 suites and
guest rooms command an impressive
view over the traditional landscape.
With more than 300 days of Central
Oregon sunshine, guests can take
advantage of a round of golf or a dive
into the Olympic sized swimming
pool nearly anytime of the year. The
local Warm Springs river also offers
a great place for recreational
activities.
The Kah-Nee-Ta Resort has
extended the following sleeping room
rate: $80 singledouble (There is no
hotel occupancy tax at Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort).
Please make your reservations no
later than June 10, 2000.
For additional workshop
information:
American Indian Institute
College of Continuing Education
University of Oklahoma
555 Constitution. Suite 237
Norman, OK 73072
(405) 325-1127
FAX (405) 325-7757