Smoke Signals 5
MARCH 1.2009
Tribal youth wins award
for gun safety video
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member BraydenLangley, 10,
won the DaisyRocky Mountain Elk
Foundation's Youth Video Contest.
His gun safety video features quick
cuts and bright photos interspersed
with his commentary on the impor
tance of gun safety.
The 90-second video is posted on
the Internet at www.youtube.com
watch?vCFRUy4seN8Q.
As a home-schooled student,
Brayden used a video camera and
some high-powered software the
Adobe Masters Suite with video edit
ing and animation capabilities.
"It was part of home school and the
learning process," says his father,
Tribal member Bryan Langley, who
is Higher Education Program man
ager in the Tribe's Education Divi
sion, "and part of the entrepreneurial
vision so he can earn some money
in the future, but he already earned
some in this contest."
Brayden's prize is a paid trip to at
tend this year's Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation Elk Camp & Hunting,
Fishing and Outdoor Expo in Fort
Worth, Texas.
He also will receive a Daisy Ryder
BB gun and gift card from Cabela, a
retailer of hunting, fishing and camp
ing merchandise.
Brayden says that he was "kind of
surprised. Yes and no. Dad got new
software, and I was able to use some
animation and I thought that might
have given me a better chance. But
I was kind of surprised."
"He had been thinking about it
for a long time," Bryan says. "When
we went on our trip this summer to
Montana to visit my sister, we made
sure that he did some videoing, and
took some pictures and he included
those in the video."
"I got some really good scenery
there," says Brayden.
Brayden started the project in Au
gust or September and finished close
to the end of December.
"I wrote a script first, and then
I took just the parts I wanted (to
video)," Brayden says. "And then I
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read the rules over to make sure I
had the right time and stuff."
Two years ago, Brayden placed fifth
in the youth division at the World Elk
Calling Championships in Reno, Nev.
His sister, Tribal member Bryanna,
then 12, placed third in the Daisy
Outdoor essay contest with her essay,
"Take Aim At Safety."
This year, the essay contest was
expanded into the video project that
included the essay.
Brayden also took first place in
the Youth Division in the Calling
the Cascades elk calling contest
sponsored by the Elk Foundation
and Sportsman's. Warehouse last
July. Also in 2008, Brayden was
named the Oregon State Youth Elk
Calling Champion. Later, he called
in a prize elk that was then shot by
his father.
The youth video prize also pays for
one adult to accompany Brayden.
"My dad (Tribal Elder Dale Lang
ley) tried to convince April (Camp
bell, Education Division manager)
that I shouldn't have the time off,"
says Bryan, "so he could go, but that
didn't work."
So, Bryan will accompany Brayden
to the expo, where both will partici
pate in the World Elk Calling cham
pionship held during the event.
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Concert set at Tribal gym
An All Christian Concert is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, March 14,
in the Tribal gymnasium.
The concert will feature Russ Hosley, Russ Neal, Rex Haller, Cindy Larson,
PO Soul Entertainment, Mark Anthony Jones, Ben Bauman and more.
Margo Mercier will make taco soup that will be served. Suggested dona
tion is $5 for the concert and $2 for taco soup.
Donations will go toward Lighthouse building and ministries.
Also, attendees are asked for bring canned food to help the Grand Ronde
Food Bank. For more information, call Larson at 503-876-2999. B
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
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"An Afternoon of Northwest Native American Storytelling" will be held
from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Brighton Creek Conference Center,
25 miles east of Olympin, Wash.
The event is hosted by the Advisory Council of the Northwest Indian
Storytellers Association.
A lunch with the storytellers will start at 1 p.m. followed by a storytell
ing session from 2 to 4 p.m. A silent auction featuring Native American
arts and crafts will start at 4 p.m. and the event will end at 6 p.m. with
a friendship dance.
Brighton Creek is between Roy and McKenna, Wash., located on 21
forested acres in rural southwestern Washington.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com. Write
"Northwest Storytellers" in the Search Events column at the top of the
Web site. Tickets are $30 each and available on a first-come, first-served
basis. Only 75 seats are available.
For more information, call Debbie Russell at 503-282-2910 or e-mail
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