A special Thank You to Valarene Grout for her donation of a. "Seafood Basket". Ticket
were sold at the General Meeting for 50 a chance. The proceeds will go toward the
Pow Wow celebration. Thanks Val.
The lucky winner of the Seafood Basket wasi Wilma Lacey from Salem.
Thank You to the following people who helped in the kitchen and with clean-up after
the General Meeting t
Ivanetta Cook
Valarene Grout
Lauretta McKnight
Zelda Lane
Pat Gray
Marion Henry
Candy Robertson
Debbie Childers
Henry Petite
Announcements!
Happy Birthday: 80th - Pauline Johnson April 26.
Chemawa Indian School Pow Wow - May 3, 4, & 5th. For further information please
callt Louis Belgard (503) 393-4511 ext. 348 or Wesley Thomas (503) 241-4269
Don't Forgett "American Indian Week" in Oregon, May 25 thru May 31, 1985
Welcome to the Staff! Jim Willis has been hired as Housing Director for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs Housing Improvement Program
Native American Press Conference Report!
The First Annual Native American Press Conference was held in Warm Springs, March 13
16, 1985. The conference was attended by close to 100 representatives from the U.S.
and Canada.
Workshops were held consisting of layoutdesign, writingediting, business operations
and advertising.
Those attending the conference were encouraged to submit copies of their paper for
competition. There were close to 100 entries. Awards were given during the banquet
on Friday, March 15. The awards were given for Creative Advertising, News or Photo
Series, Hard News Story, Feature Writing, Layout Design, Editorial Writing, Column
Writing, General Photo, and Overall General Excellence.
Siletz received an award for Overall General Excellence. Honorable mention also
went to Siletz and Spilyay Tymoo (Warm Springs) in Oregon.
Pat Gray, Representative for Smoke Signals
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