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September 25, 2 0 0 8 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 Cash prizes offered in essay contest In honor of National Ameri can Indian Heritage Month, the Bonneville Power Administra tion, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Portland General Electric are sponsoring an annual essay contest for high school and col lege students. The topic for the contest is “Lighter Footprint on Mother Earth.” Length: 450 to 500 words. Formatting: Entries should be double-spaced, typed, 12 point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins. Papers should be well organized and use correct spelling and grammar. Submittals should include a title page with their first and last nam e, contact info rm atio n (phone number and address) and school level (high school or college). Deadline: All entries must be received no later than Nov. 1, 2008. Mail entries to: Bonneville Power A dm inistration; Attn: Corrina Sutter - DKT-DITT - 2; P.O. Box 491, Vancouver,WA 98666. O r fax essays to: 360-418- 8433 Attn: Corrina Sutter or email at casutter@bpa.gov Entries will not be returned and by your contest entry, you are granting permission to allow the sharing of your essay within the sponsoring agencies. Judging: Essays will be judged by the Sponsor Committee. The winner will be contacted by the middle o f November. Cash Prize: Six winners will be announced. Three winners will be at the high school level and three winners at the college level. The high school first place prize is $300, second place $200 and $100 for third. The college first place prize is $500, second place $300 and $100 for third. All winners may be invited to read their essays in person at a celebration in the P o rtlan d metro area in November. If the essay winner is unable to attend, a phone bridge will be made available for the winner to read their essay or, a Sponsor Com mittee member will read the es say. Smooth waters for talented young artists Twelve Native American and three international students ex plored the world of traditional Native American water trans p o rtatio n at the A. Susana Santos Journeys in Creativity 2008 camp. The theme of the camp this year was the Art of the Canoe. The camp is a community pro gram of the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland. The camp was co-founded by the late A. Susana Santos in 2004, as a partnership among the Or egon College of Art and Craft (OCAC), the Museum at Warm Springs, and Kah-Nee-Ta High D esert Resort. Atwai Susana Santos was an alumna o f OCAC and Warm Springs tribal mem ber. At this year’s camp, Native American students came from Oregon, Washington, California and M ontana. Two students from the Maori tribe of New Zealand, and one student from the United Kingdom, also at tended. At this year’s camp partici pants explored various aspects o f N ative American art and culture related to tribal canoe culture. The camp was guided by ex perienced artists and instructors: Tony Johnson (Chinook), John Hudson (Tsimshian), and John Smith (Skokomish). The students worked side-by- Courtesy photo. Journeys in Creativity student and teacher work on the Art of the Canoe. side with the instructors in in tensive, hands-on art workshops. They made carving knives, model dugout canoes, canoe paddles and finally, as a group, the youth built a full size Chi nook seal hunting canoe. Throughout the week partici pants heard from various art ists, including Wendy Red Star (Crow), Jackie Smith (Skokomish), Shannon Hudson, and Kayeri Akweks (Mohawk), and author Harvey Golden. ' Campers trekked to local museums and galleries, includ ing the Portland Art Museum, Oregon History Museum, Con temporary Craft Museum and Quintana Galleries to name a few. Now that camp has ended the students’ art will be exhibited in a traveling art show locally in the Pacific Northwest and at a na tional venue. L ast year the stu d e n ts’ show ed th eir w ork at the Smithsonian’s National Museum o f the A m erican Indian in Washington, D.C. The Journeys in Creativity program was co-founded in 2004 as p artn ersh ip w ith OCAC, The Museum at Warm Springs, and Kah-Nee-Ta High D esert Resort by the late A. Susana Santos, an alumna o f OCAC and tribal member o f the C onfederated Tribes o f Warm Springs. Santos sought to help further the study o f Contemporary Native American Art and Craft for Native Ameri- S a ndra G regg is n o w a t Trap's teeaufa l-fut where "Walk-ins" are welcome for Men, Women, & Children Acrylic nails, all hair services, also Facial waxing Sandra comes to M a x's B ea u ty H u t w ith 22 years experience in hair, and acrylic nails. She has m anaged other salons in R edm ond and Bend, including: Sm artstyle, Perfect Look, Supercuts, and G reat Clips. Looking forward to seeing you at, can students who might pursue a secondary education or pro fession in the arts. Also at this year’s camp friends, family, fac ulty and camp participants for mally named the Journeys pro gram in her honor at the camps closing honoring dinner and honored the contributions made by co-founder Pat Courtney- Gold and program proponent late Warren “Rudy” Clements. The Journeys camp is held annually in August on the OCAC campus. The camp is open to sixteen youth ages 15-19 who show an interest and talent in art and exploring tribal culture. The program is fully funded by many generous sponsors, so there is no cost to the sixteen selected participants. Campers stay on campus in dorm-style housing and are ac com panied by chaperones throughout the program’s dura tion. For more inform ation contact Shirod Younker at (503) 297-5544 ext. 148 or email syounker@ocac.edu Independence Fair on Oct. 4 The Central Oregon Re sources for Independent Liv ing will host the Independence Fair from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Madras Senior Center. The fair is intended to pro vide necessary information about essential services and programs available to tribal m em bers and the general public, with an emphasis on seniors and people with dis abilities. Among exhibitors will be C o nfederated T ribes o f Warm Springs Vocational Rehab and Social Services; Cascades East Transit; Cen tral Oregon Council on Ag ing (COCOA); the Central Oregon Resources for Inde pendent Living (CORIL), Ex- petience Works, Jefferson County Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Jefferson County Commission on Children and Families, Madras Senior Cen ter, Oregon Commission for the Blind, Oregon Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Oregon Volunteer Services. There will be free demon strations o f Brain Train (memory improvement soft ware) during the entirety of the fair. A variety o f written bro chures and materials will be provided. 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