Smoke Signals
May 1991
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Second Annual North American Prose Award to be Given
The University of Nebraska Press, in conjunction with
the Native American Studies Program, University of
California, Berkeley, seeks submissions for an annual
publication prize for the best new work by a North
American Indian.
The winner the of second annual North Ameri
can Indian Prose Award will receive an advance of
$1000. The award-winning manuscript will be co
published by the University of Nebraska Press in the
United States and Fifth House Publishers b Canada.
"Works by and about American Indians form
the core of the University of Nebraska Press's nearly
2,000 titles in print," said press director Willis Regier.
"But we have published relatively few books by living
Native writers, and this prize will serve to redress that
imbalance.
"These new prize-winning books will bring to
this and future generations an integral part of our
nations' lifeblood."
The jury for the competition bdudes American
Book Award winner Gerald Vizenor (University of
California, Berkeley), Daniel David Moses (Association
for Native Development in the Performing and Visual
Arts, Toronto), Louis Owens (University of California,
Santa Cruz), and A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff (University
of Illinois, Chicago. The panel will also bdude this
year's prizewinner, Diane Glancy.
Glancy, a Cherokee, teaches Native American
literature and creative writing at Macal aster College b
St Paul, Minnesota. Her Claiming Breath, a collection
of autobiographical and critical essays, will be published
by the University of Nebraska Press and Fifth House
Publishers next year. Glancy is also the author of the
recently published Iron Woman and Lone Dog's Winter
Coat (poetry) and Trigger Dance (short stories).
The North American Indian Prose Award is
given on the basis of literary merit, originality, and
familiarity with North American Indian life. The
competition bvites biography, autobiography, history,
literary criticism, and essays. It excludes poetry, drama,
and work previously published b book form.
The deadline for submissions this year is July 1.
Finalists will be chosen by November 1, and the author
of the award-winning manuscript will be notified b
January 1992.
For rules, please write to:
North American Indian Prose Award
University of Nebraska Press
327 Nebraska Hall
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Lakota Club Hosts Dinner
By Scott Dusty Gray Chief
At 5:00 p.m. on Friday evening, April 5, 1991,
the Lakota Oyate-Ki Indian Culture Club of Salem,
Oregon, and the United Indian Women of Portland,
Oregon, hosted a buffalo and salmon feed at the United
Methodist Church b Portland.
"BRING A HOMELESS PERSON TO
DINNER" was its guiding theme and its purpose was to
bring society's help and collective consciousness to the
plight of Portland's homeless citizens, families and
financially disadvantaged.
Much hard work, planning and effort went bto
this occasion for which we owe an immense debt of
gratitude to all who made this gathering the tremendous
success it was! Special thank-you's must go to our
project coordinators, Dorothy N. Ackerman and Landis
M. McClellan, without whom this endeavor would not
have been possible.
We wish to contbue hostbg this type of event
on a monthly or, even, a weekly basis for the benefit
of Portland's homeless citizens and, with your help and
Grandfather's blessing, we shall be able. If you would
like to contribute your time, energy or food-stuffs 'to the
cause', please contact Ms. Dorothy Ackerman at (503)
274-2320 for further bformation. Please job our Circle--everyone
is welcome everyone is important.
Once agab, many thanks to all those wonderful
and caring people who participated b and who made
this Indian feed-out' a reality. May your hearts ever
know Grandfather's guiding light of love and blessbgs.
Confederated Tribes Sign
Agreement With OSU
CORVALLIS.Oregon (AP) - The Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs and Oregon State Univer
sity signed an agreement Thursday expanding their
relationship and outlining three new long-range projects
on the reservation.
"We've worked together for a long time and I'm
really pleased we have something b writing to assure
that it continues," said Ken Smith, chief executive officer
of the Tribes.
Oregon State University has worked with the
Confederated Tribes sbce the 1950s, when the Warm
Springs office of the Oregon State University Extension
Service was established.
The new jobt projects are a long-range natural
resource management plan for the reservation, a natural
resource education plan for Tribal members and the
development of an economic bput-output model for the
reservation.
Projects still b the planning stage bclude a
prescribed fire program for huckleberry enhancement
and projects related to bcreased efficiency on the
reservation b the production and processing of wood
products.
Contbubg programs bclude an education
program b rangeland and natural resource manage
ment, a juniper management and control demonstration
project, and a science and mathematics program for
Tribal youth.
The Confederated Tribes and the university
conducted the first comprehensive bventory of human
and natural resources on the reservation b the 1960s.
Such work helped lead to economic enterprises like
Kah-Nee-Ta resort and Warm Springs Forest Product
Industries.
Courtesy of Sho-Ban News
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PBS Indian Video Collection
in Distribution
LOS ANGELES - PBS Home Video has released its
"American Indians" Collection with five separate titles
which explore the culture, heritage and struggles of the
Sioux, Navajo and Apache Nations.
The announcement was made recently by George
Steele, president of Pacific Arts Video, exclusive
distributor of the PBS Home Video label
"The blockbuster success of 'Dances With
Wolves' has focused attention on American frontier
history," said Steele. "These five titles highlight the
richness of that history and the contributions made by
Native Americans."
The American Indians Collection, packaged as
a 5 pack boxed set, is priced at $99.95. The pre-book
date is March 27 and the street date is April 18.
Retailers who purchase two American Indian
Collection gift packs, or 10 bdividual titles, will receive
one free PBS Home Video program of their choice.
Individual titles, priced at $19.95 each, are:
"The Spirit of Crazy Horse? (PBS 274, color, 54
mb.): The legendary Sioux of South Dakota, heroically
portrayed b "Dances With Wolves" and revered b the
best seller "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" are
depicted b "The Spirit of Crazy Horse." These fasci
nating men and women lived together at the center of
American history and they are still struggling to main
tab and preserve their heritage today.
"Seasons of the Navajo" (PBS 275, color, 60
mb.): A sensitive portrait of a traditional Navajo family
living a life far removed from the stress of the 20th
century. The Navajo prayer 'Today I Live Well" means
working hard and mabtabing a kinship with the earth,
their animals, their crafts and their traditions. A
beautiful and touching look into a very special world.
"Geronimo and the Apache ResistancetPBS
273, color, 60 mb.): In 1886, the U.S. government
mobilized 5,000 men to capture one man, the legendary
Apache Geronimo. In this moving testament to the
human spirit, the tape follows Geronimo and his 39
followers through decades of bjustices. This is a
missing piece of American history that tells the truth
about the settlbg of the frontier and the Southwest.
"Myths and Moundbuilders" (PBS 263, color,
58 mb.): As far back as 300 B.C., huge mounds were
engineered and built across the American heartland. In
this archaeological detective story, clues left by past
civilizations are followed to uncover the mysteries
associated with these phenomena. The tape allows the
discovery of the hidden history of Native American
cultures through the findings of "Myths and
Moundbuilders."
"Winds of Change:' A Matter of Promises"
(PBS 262, color, 60 mb.): Pulitzer-Prize winning author
N. Scott Momaday, a Kiowa, explores the situation 'of
the Native American b today's American society. The
tape visits the Onondaga people of New York, the
Navajo Nation b the Southwest, and the Lummi Nation
b Washington state, as they struggle to preserve the
traditions and heritage of cultures that are centuries-old.
Dealers who need more bformation on the
American Indians Collection can call Pacific Arts Video
at 1(800) 538-5856.
Consumers who want to order PBS Home
- Video titles, or to locate the retail store nearby which
carries the lbe, should call 1(800) 776-8300.
Pacific Arts Video is a multifaceted company
with interests in home video distribution, film produc
tion and video publishing.
Courtesy of The Yakima Nation Review