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Pge 14 Spilyqy Tymoo, Wqrro Springs, Oregon August 5, 2004 Grants target Indian educators ; OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -The federal government will spend nearly $2.5 million in Oklahoma to recruit American Indian teachers and administra tors to schools with a high per centage of Indian students. The U.S. Education Department's office of Indian education awarded the grants to the University of Oklahoma and the Cross Cultural Educa tion Center in Tulsa earlier last month. The Cross Cultural Education Center will receive $447,168 the first year of its $1.3 million grant OU will receive $399,743 in the first year of its $1.1 million grant. The money will be dis persed over three years. The Cross Cultural Education Center will use its grant to pro vide financial support and train ing for Indian students major ing in education at Northeast ern State University in Tahlequah, said Agnes McGec, a project director. The center will recruit up to 20 juniors, offering them full tuition and assistance with li censing fees and first-year teaching expenses, McGce said. The students also will be trained to teach to the specific learning styles that students in poor communities in rural northeastern Oklahoma might use, McGce said. "Some of these students don't have access to Tulsa. They barely get out of the vicinity," McGce said. In exchange, participants must agree to pursue a job teaching in a school with a high percentage of Indian students. OU will use its grant to pro vide fellowships to 30 Indian educators to complete a 12 month master's degree program in school administration, said Grayson Noley, chairman of the department of educational leadership and policy studies. After completing the pro gram, they will eligible for jobs as principals. Nonprofit to develop Native curriculum JUNEAU (AP)-A nonprofit organization in Juneau plans to develop a Native-oriented high school curriculum with an $850,000 federal grant. Sealaska Heritage Institute hopes to help Alaska Natives pass the state's high school exit exam, required for a diploma, and become prepared for col lege, said institute president RositaWorL "We're very much tuned to those academic needs," she said. "Native kids do better when they're studying their own lan guage and culture." : The institute is a private non profit founded in 1981 to ad minister cultural and educational programs for Sealaska Corp., the Southeast regional Native cor poratioa The institute intends to first test the curriculum in Juneau schools, then offer training for teachers in Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan. Eventually, the cur riculum could be used else where, Worl said. The grant will be spent over three years. The institute will hire curricu lum specialists to work with lo cals knowledgeable about Native culture. The project would enhance and continue the Juneau School District's own efforts to provide a culturally relevant curriculum, said Superintendent Peggy Cowan. The district now offers Tlingit-oricnted classrooms at Harborview Elementary, and holds a grant to expand the ef fort to other schools. It offers the Early Scholars Program at Juneau-Douglas High School to prepare Natives for college. The district also has a grant to ex tend the Native- and science oriented Camp WATER, from a summer program to the school year in the middle schools. I! i.-iiu IftJII QMim (uiumm ph& llugene bill, 18, is spending the summer at the Warm Springs boys and Girls Club, As a member of the club line staff, llugene helps to keep the kids activities going throughout the day, and he keeps an eje on the kids, making sure no one gets hurt. llugene will be a senior at Madras High School this coming school year. His favorite sport at school is wrestling. He also plays some football and basket ball. After high school, llugene wants to travel the world. "I want to experi- f 1 Eugene Bill ence new things and meet new people, " he says. "I don 'l want to be tied down to one spot. " Autopsy: cause of death was stroke Tonya June Mitchell passed away on July 28. She was 37. Shortly before her death, Ms. Mitchell had been a wit ness to a fight, according to a statement from Warm Springs Police. At the time there was no indication that Ms. Mitchell had been involved in the fight, the police statement says. A relative reported to police that Ms. Mitchell had been flown by Air Life to St Charles Medical Center in Bend, where she passed away on July 28. The FBI and Warm Springs Police conducted a joint investi gation in the cause of Ms. Mitchell's death. After an autopsy was con ducted, it was the finding of the Oregon State Medical Ex aminer that Ms. Mitchell died from natural causes, that be ing complications from a stroke. cfl!lilbld Credit problems! We finance most everyone! Hi tec Electronics available-auto lock system, CD players, stereo, T.V.'s ZKK fc :i Classified ad? Call the Spilyay 749-0424. D iiS i i 110 JVam Open HUNAN M Wi Chinese Restaurant Hours: 11:00 a.m. -10:00 p.m. Tuesday - Sunday 16N.E. 'A' Street, Madras 541-475-6559 Worm Springs Cwwiutwtij Rfldw MO W4 Owned and Operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Management Successor: Selena T. 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