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Famous and
Friendly Native '
actor Gary Farmer,
the star of movies like
Pow-wow Highway
and Smoke Signals,
held court at this
year's conference in
his own unique style
of warmth and
friendship.
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Something to Say Eulynda Toledo Benalli of the Society
of Environmental Journalists and the University of New
Mexico interviews "Big" John Sanchez of Penn State Uni
versity for a radio news broadcast. Sanchez is a professor
of journalism and news media ethics.
The Future of NAJA Grand Ronde Tribal member Willie
Mercier worked on the student-produced NAJA web page.
High school and college students are a major part of the
annual NAJA gathering.
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LaCourse Remembered for his
Strength, Compassion and Pursuit of Truth
Journalists gather to celebrate, mourn the loss of a leader.
By Brent Merrill
Buffalo, NY The first Native American Journalists As
sociation Conference without the dean of Native'jo'urnalists
the late Richard LaCourse was a celebration.' We, as
journalists and as a unique family of our own, celebrated
his life. Together, we mourned his loss.
LaCourse was born in Nespalem, Washington in 1932
and studied philosophy and American Literature at colleges
in California and Washington. LaCourse went on to found
the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Journal, the ShoBan
News and the Yakama Nation Review and was the associ
ate editor of the Review at the time of his death.
LaCourse covered Congress in Washington, D.C. in the
early 1970s and started his career as a copy editor at the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the late 1960s.
Although unspoken, we as a group shared a mutual un
derstanding that this organization and its gatherings would
never be the same. Now as we symbolically snuff out a
cigarette (Richard's brand was Pall Mall) and return to work,
we will remember what he taught us to have honor, to
seek truth, to build integrity and most importantly, to laugh at
ourselves from time to time.
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