AUGUST 15, 2004
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UNITY 2004s A Powerful! AMiaumce
A Force For Change
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Leader Of The Free World United States President George Bush ad
dressed the members attending this year's UNITY" conference in Washington D.C. on
Friday, August 6. Bush appeared confused over the question posed to him by Mark
Trahant of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about Tribal sovereignty, but won praise
from those in attendance for taking the time to address the largest gathering of
journalists of color in the nation's history.
Presidential Candidate Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry,
Senator from Massachusettes, addressed the UNITY gathering of journalists on Thurs
day, August 5 at the new Washington D.C. Convention Center and said that if he is
elected president he would open the doors of the White House to the First Ameri
cans. Although Kerry appeared educated on Indian issues, he failed to address the
issue of misuse of Native trust funds.
President Bush stumbles over question on Tribal sovereignty.
Smoke Signals receives 15 NAJA awards from peers, most ever.
By Ron Karten
President George W. Bush said
that the country was on
track. Democratic Presiden
tial Candidate, Senator John
Kerry, said that the country had
lost its way.
Secretary of State Colin Powell
put a brave face on recent U.S. dip
lomatic initiatives. And the Rever
end Jessie Jackson called a news
conference to critique the current
situation in America.
Everybody said they valued di
versity and expressed how impor
tant a part the free press plays in
this democracy.
It was big time politics in the big
gest political city in the world.
Every year, Native American
Journalists Association (NAJA)
members meet. Every five years,
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Paying Respect To
An Indian Hero
The American Indian Film
Institute hosted a tribute
dinner for legendary
Native actor Will
Sampson in Los Angeles,
California at the Gene
Autry Museum on
Saturday, August 7. A
group of Grand Ronde
Tribal members, led by
Tribal Elder Kathryn
Harrison, attended the
dinner to pay respect
to an Indian hero -Will
Sampson. The
dinner was a show
case for Sampson's
work and legacy.
Story and photos
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