Spilyqy Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
October 14, 2004
Higher education gains
ground on the reservation
Director of Smoke Signals to address gathering
Upper division coursework oppor
tunities aren't stopping with Anita
Jackson's Federal Indian Law and Tribal
Governments class.
"We've got a grant writer who is
working with us right now," says OSU
Extenion's Clint Jacks. "We're trying to
get about $300,000 per year over the
next ten years to deliver higher educa
tion courses to the Warm Springs com
munity." Various technologies will be used,
including the possibility of a visiting
professor.
Four years ago about 75 people were
identified in the community who
wanted to complete their bachelor de
grees. Most of them indicated they
were unable to leave because of fam
ily obligations or jobs.
Long distance education seemed to
be the answer.
"What we're trying to create isn't for
folks just out of high school," says
Jacks. "Those folks need to connect
with the campus and have that cam
pus experience. This is for individuals
who are place-bound and job-bound,
who want improved skills."
On a related note Jacks has just con
firmed that OSU has received a
$1 14,000 grant to connect their library
in Corvallis to the one in Warm Springs.
Plus an additional $150,000 has been
received to staff the Warm Springs
Library.
, "We'll have an academic library
available to any individual at Warm
Springs," he says. "We're going to be
up and going fairly quickly."
Filmmaker Chris Eyre will be a key
note speaker at this year's Trading at
the Riven A Gathering of Native Ameri
can Businesses and Tribal Enterprises.
The conference will be held Oct. 27-28
at the Embassy Suites at the Portland
Airport.
The annual conference is hosted by
the Oregon Native American Business
and Entrepreneur Network (ONABEN)
and Affiliated Tribes of Northwest In
dians (ATNI) Economic Development
Corporation.
Eyre's latest film The Edge of America
debuted at the Sundance Film Festival
this January to critical acclaim.
Eyre is best known for his award
winning 1998 film Smoke Signals based
on Sherman Alexie's novel The Lone
Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,
At the upcoming conference Eyre
will be speaking about the role of the
filmmaker as storyteller, entrepreneur,
and "cultural rain maker."
The conference brings together
Native American businesses owners,
tribes, and tribal enterprises to explore
how to create new economies that pros-,
per while still being grounded in Na
tive American traditions.
Each year the conference spotlights
an industry.
"This conference offers a broad range
of workshops and networking events to
help build the new Indian economy."
said Tom Hampson, executive director
of ONABEN.
"On day two of the conference, we
are highlighting artists and their impor
tant role in the current Native Ameri
can Renaissance. Chris Eyre brings an
incredible perspective to that conver
sation." Eyre's other productions have in
cluded a music video, Things W'e Do
(1998), a documentary Dot Boy (2001),
and films Skins (2002), Skinwakers
(TV) (2002), and A Thief of Time
(2003) produced for PBS. He also
founded Riverhead Entertainment, a
production company that for several
years has produced commercials, films
and documentaries. For conference in
formation, visit www.onaben.org.
Indian law:
helps bridge gap
in communication
(Continued from page 1)
Jackson maintains that there are a
lot of law schools teaching a basic In
dian law class and the students get a
quick overview.
"But it's still federal Indian law," she
says. "It's not tribal law or Indian law
from the tribal perspective."
She had her students write a paper
on the video showing the Pueblo Indi
ans and Spanish conquistadors.
"I was amazed at the non-Indian
students I have," she said. "They un
derstood after they saw the whole thing.
They commented, 'Wow, now we see
why Indian people are so stubborn
about being Indian,' and 'We didn't
understand why sovereignty was so
important.' They were beginning to
understand. To me that's a really good
sign."
That's one step in a long line of
bridging the communication gap on
tribal sovereignty. There are still many
more steps to take in the future.
But what Jackson is really excited
about is the future and the potential
that more education on the reserva
tion offers.
"If our community will think a little
bit outside the box," she says, "then we
can take these opportunities and run
with them and do great things for our
people and our kids in the future."
Summons to serve as juror
In the Tribal Court of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
To the people named below in
this summons:
You are hereby notified to appear
before the Tribal Court on the follow
, ing days during the months of Novem
; ber and December 2004 for p.m. jury
duty. If you fail to appear on the dates
and times listed, you may be charged
with Contempt of Court.
Gilbert Brunoe, Sonya Little Dog,
Allen Charley, Albert Charlie, Emerson
Culpus Sr., Dominic Davis Sr., Eldred
Frank, Frank Fuiava Jr., Robert Giv
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Jarrod Heath, Joel Florendo, Josephine
Hintsala, Jolene Howtopat, Ida Jack,
Patrick Kalama, Marva Lawrence,
Preston Meanus, Jody Miller, Isaac
Mitchell, Anthony Mitchell Jr., Juanita
Pacheco, Mallory Polk, Lyle Rhoan Jr.,
Rhonda Robinson, Vernon Sampson,
Wilfred Sando Jr., Vincent Simtustus,
Essie Lawson.
Jury orientation on Oct. 27,
2004 at 4 p.m. Jury duty begins
at 1:45 p.m. on the following
dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25; and
December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
To the people named below in
this summons:
You are hereby notified to appear
before the Tribal Court on the follow
ing days during the months of Novem
ber and December 2004 for a.m. jury
duty. If you fail to appear on the dates
and times listed above, you may be
charged with Contempt of Court.
Stephanie Belgard, Cecil Brunoe,
Keith Charley Sr., Robert Charley,
Heather Crow-Martinez, Ryan
Florendo, Sarah Frank, Susan Gilbert,
Garrett Greene, Roosevelt Suppah, Lewis
Hellon, Anthony Henry, Vanessa
Hoptowit, Cynthia Isadore, Ellen Jack
son, Shawndell Jackson, Michael
Kalama, Christel Leonard, Sidney
Minnick, Eric Mitchell, Larissa Napyer,
Cecila Polk, Rafael Queahpama,
Tammy Robinson, Nellie Sam, Fred
Sanders, Roylene Scott, Wissie Smith,
Arthur Mitchell, Thomas Cochran.
Jury orientation on Oct. 27,
2004 at 4 p.m. Jury duty begins
at 8:45 a.m. on the following
dates: November 4, 11, 18, 25; and
December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
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