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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-
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Acrylic nails, all hair services, also Facial waxing
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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. For alternative for
mat or other accommoda
tions, please call K risti
Svendsen at CORIL (388-
8103) or Jean Wood at Ex
perience Works (475-2382,
ext. 222).
The Madras Senior Cen
ter is located at 860 S.W.
Madison.
Sales specials a t K ah-N ee-Ta
The Kah-Nee-Ta Village
and Lodge Gift Shop, and the
pro shop at the Kah-Nee-Ta
G o lf C ourse have many
items on sale at big discounts.
Swimwear and other cloth
ing are 50 percent off at the
gift shop. Jewelry is 30 per
cent off.
Other items are between
30-50 percent off.
G olf apparel is 50 per
cent off at the Kah-Nee-Ta
Golf Course pro shop.
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