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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.