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Hard Ride Ryan Schmiezer of Redmond, Oregon, slips off of "Holy Smoke" in the bareback riding competition at the Spirit Mountain Rodeo held at the Tribal .
Rodeo arena in Grand Ronde on June 26 & 27. More photos on page 6.
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Renewal National Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens,
Jr. addressed those gathered at this year's mid-year session of the National
Congress of American Indians in Uncasville, Connecticut on Monday, June
2 1 . The theme for this year's conference was "Renewing Connections,
Strengthening Self Determination." More photos on page 7.
OSU Opening To Tribal
Communities
Native American Collaborative Institute "brings to
gether appropriate groups in a very focused way."
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By Ron Karten
In academic communities, there
has long been a discussion about
whether the appropriate way to col
lect information about a community
is to remain distant and impartial
or become part of the community.
Kurt Peters (Blackfeet and
Powhatan), Director of the Native
American Collaborative Institute
(NACI) at Oregon State University
(OSU), considers himself a member
of the second camp. Peters landed
at OSU in 1996, where he is now
also an Associate Professor of Eth
nic Studies, intrigued because OSU,
as a land-grant university, has an
obligation to serve all Oregon com
munities including, of course, Tribal
communities. Peters liked that, and
the possibilities it suggested for of
fering students the opportunity to
do likewise.
As an example, Danielle Fournier,
a bachelor's student in Ethnic Stud
ies, served as a Smoke Signals in
tern for three months this spring.
She also is actively involved in the
Institute, where she does grant
writing and serves as a liaison.
The placement provided a num
ber of benefits, both to Fournier and
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Kurt Peters
to the office here. First, her great
skills helped us design a process for
the difficult and time-consuming
job of keeping track of the many
photographs the staff here pro
duces. "I got so much out of it actually,"
she said. "I got to witness first hand
what goes on in a Tribal newspa
per, which is a little different than
my experience with mainstream
media in that there's a real feeling
of responsibility for the readership.
It's really journalism with a higher
OSU continued
on page 5
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