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r : : ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT More Native American Programming on Public TV Grants for 15 public television programs have been awarded by the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium as part of their mission to support public television programming by and about Native Americans for all audiences. The 15 grants, totalling $305,662 were selected from a field of 139 proposals by the NAPBC Advisory Panel. The consortium's Program Development Fund is underwritten by the Corp. for Public Broadcasting. "The program grants are the fist in our new long-range effort to bring accurate stories of Native Americans to public television," said William Pearce, general manager of WXXI-TV, Rochester, NY, and a member of the NAPBC board and project committee. Eleven of the 15 funded projects will be produced or co-produced by Native Americans. So, stay tuned for documentaries like: Surviving Columbus - An exploration of the Pueblo Indians' 450 years of contact with Europeans. Pointing Here and Tliere A documentary exploring the Plains Indian sign language. Indian Givers Series - A five hour-long programs describing Native Americans contributions to Western Hemisphere. Usual and Accustomed Places - A one-hour docu mentary profiling traditional Native fishing areas in the Northwest. Multi-cultural Center Coming to Downtown Salem When: January or February 1992 Where: Entrance on the alley between court St. and Chemeketa St., behind Other Lands, 234 Liberty St. Why: To meet the need for: . Programs for Salem and surrounding areas disaffected youth. Space for socially-conscious, multi-cultural artists and performers who can't afford expensive halls and galleries. Meeting facilities for youth, minority and low-budget community and social action groups. Earth Cafe will be a free drop-in "coffeehouse" aimed at young people in the downtown area. Its purpose will be to offer a space for youth to just hang out, to work on socially responsible projects, to expose themselves to a multi-cultural setting, or to escape from the pressures of everyday life. Earth Cafe will sponsor musical performances, films, poetry readings, multi-cultural exhibits, contests, and special events to involve young people and other disaffected groups in community issues. Our plans include a performance stage, designated open mike times, an espressosoda bar, chess, check ers and other games, and a reading library. Earth Cafe has only two steadfast rules: 1. No drugs or alcohol (or dealing) on premises. 2. The Nonviolence Rule (no fighting, threats, harassment, or sexist, racist, or homophobic behavior). The Salem Multi-cultural Center will be a space for those of us who need a place to meet, to perform, to hold workshops, but can't afford the rising cost of commercial meeting places or "public" facilities in Salem. It will be an alternative space for those of us who want to change the way our society works; a haven from consumerism, sexism, racism and other evils and pressures in our everyday life. A space where there will be freedom to collect ourselves, organize ourselves and build for a better world. The Salem Multi-cultural Center will be guided by the energy of volunteers and funded by conscientious members of the community. For more information or a tour, give us a call or write: Salem Multi-cultural Center, CASA Verde Fund P.O. Box 465, Salem, OR. 97308 Contact: Duane Poncy, 581-8012. Classifieds Native American Artwork Indian Gaming magazine wants to help promote Native American artists from the very young to the elders in an effort to keep symbols of Indian culture in the public eye and to help Indian Gaming be more representative of the diverse tribal members who are our readers. If you or someone you know has an artistic flair and would like to see your Native artwork published in Indian Gaming magazine, send your name, address and phone number along with a copy of the artwork to: Indian Gaming Magazine Art 15825 Shady Grove Road, Suite 130 Rockvillc, MD 20850 Also send along a brief description of the artist. Contest: Chance For Authors To Publish Manuscripts The Returning Gift Project announces the first North American Native Authors First Book awards. Winners of these awards in drama, short fiction, creative non fiction and poetry will each receive $500 and publication of their manuscript by a participating press. For further information, contact The Greenfield Review Literary Center, PO box 308, Two Middle Grove Road, Greenfield Center, NY 12833. Manuscripts must be sent by April 1. Students Want Native Recipes Native American youth in Phoeniz, Ariz, are asking for recipes to include in a cookbook they are concocting. The students are using the cookbook project to learn how to run a business, said Sara Williams (Tohono O'Ohdam), a high school student and president of United American Indian Enterprise, which is affiliated with the Phoenix Indian Center Inc.'s Economic Devel opment Department. The students want Native American recipes for the cookbook. Recipes should be sent to: Youth Entrepre neurial Program, Indian Center, 99 E. Virginia St. 160, Phoenix AZ 85004. Include your name, address, tribal affiliation and history of recipe. ATTENTION ARTISTS We are looking for talented artists to submit Native American drawings for the 1992 Pow-Wow Logo. The contest will run from this date until January 31, 1992. At that time the contest will be closed and a selection made at the following Pow-Wow meeting. The winner will receive $50.00 and a satin jacket. Send your entries to: ATTN: JanellHaller Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 9615 Grand Ronde Rd. Grand Ronde, OR. 97347 GOOD LUCK!!! NAJA Accepting Entries For 1992 Writing Contest Native American Journalist Association (NAJA) is invit ing Native American high school students to submit their writing in the Third Annual Project Phoenix Writing Com petition. The contest is part of NAJA's Project Phoenix, which is designed to encourage American IndianAlaskan Native high school students to explore journalism as a potential and rewarding career. The project is named after the first Native newspaper, Tlie Cherokee Phoenix, pub lished in 1828 in New Echota, Georgia. The writing contest is divided into the following categories: news writing, columneditorial writing, feature writing. First place winners in each category will receive $100 and a plaque. Second and third place winners will receive plaques. The competition is open to any Native American or Alaska Native high school student. Deadline for submission is March 27, 1992. winners will be an nounced in May. Articles must be submitted on 8 12" by 11" white paper and must have been published in either a school or community newspaper or newsletter in 1991 or 1992. Students may enter all five categories, but only once in each category. Articles will not be returned. Send entries to: Phoenix Competition, NAJA, Campus Box 287, Boulder CO 80309.
