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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 2016)
S moke S ignals OCTOBER 1, 2016 19 EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES College Placement Testing offered College Placement Testing is offered on-site at the Adult Education Building for Chemeketa Community College, Linn-Benton Community College and Mount Hood Community College. The Placement Test is one of the first steps to beginning college classes. Call 503-879-2282 to sign up for your placement test. Attention full- time students All full-time students must submit verification that they have applied to a scholarship outside the Tribe before funding will be released for the term/semester. Verification can include a scholarship award or denial letter, e-mail verification that an application was submitted, a copy of the applica- tion or the financial aid award letter that lists an outside scholarship. Please contact Education at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, if you have any questions. LIBRARY HOURS: Monday – Friday: 9 a . m . – 6 p . m . (closed Monday - Friday: noon – 1 p . m .) Saturday: 10 a . m . – 2 p . m . Study Chinuk WaWa Fall Term 2016 4 Credit Hour6 Lane Community College M/W 4:00 - 5:50 P.M. R!!! the LCC r FFE L O Donor to e to Cove for A I us EC 03 inu SP 2 s ymo ill Cont ean d CW non An A ation W 103 an ! This M sses d s la t W n Fou st of C Studen Two C e’s a Co On for the Waw ou Pay e Third k u h Y in t h , n e C awa t Wh ! Tha hinuk W Free of C CW 101: Chinuk Wawa (4 credits) CRN 22692 BLDG 31, RM 101 [LONGHOUSE] CW 201: Chinuk Wawa (4 credits) CRN 22693 BLDG 31, RM 114 [LONGHOUSE] Students will learn the fundamentals of this important language that has linked Native people of the Northwest for centuries. This course will also introduce students to many cultures of the Northwest. Completion of first- year Chinuk Wawa courses fulfills the Oregon University System’s requirements for admission to state universities. Students will learn more Chinuk Wawa words and structure as well as improve their communicative ability through daily reading, writing, speaking and listening. Content will focus on the culture and history of Grand Ronde peoples in addition to personal conversation and storytelling. Completion of second-year Chinuk Wawa courses fulfills the Oregon University System’s language requirement for graduation. Instructors: TBA. Past instructors include Dr. Janne Underriner, Director of the Northwest Indian Language Institute, Kathy Cole, Culture Department Manager for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, Dr. Henry Zenk, Jerome Viles, Heidi Helms and others. For more information, call the Language, Literature, and Communication Divi6ion, 541.463.5419 or vi6it our web6ite: lanecc.edu/llc/language/chinuk-wawa. And look for u6 on Facebook! “Back to School” Library Resource Extraordinaire: Learning Express is an online-learning platform that provides practice tests, tutorials and eBooks to help school-age students (elementary, middle and high school levels) and adult learners with basic skills mastery, GED, college preparation, occupational certification tests, computer basics and popular software video tutorials. 2016-17 Oregon Battle of the Books: Titles will be available in the Tribal Library beginning the first week of October. Thirty-three new titles will be added to the collection and ready for check out. Movie Time at Noon: Held on the first Saturday of the month: • Oct. 1: “The Jungle Book” • Nov. 5: “Hotel Transylvania” • Dec. 3: “Finding Dory” Family Game Night: Held from 5 to 7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month – Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 30 and Dec. 28. Game Night features board games, card games, Xbox games and refreshments. Donations: Our thanks to Herb Stephens, Leroy and Mary Ellen Good, Ron Exeter/Bureau of Land Management and Jenny VanAtta for their contributions to the Tribal Library collection. We appreciate the generosity of our friends of the library. Reminder: Donated items must be clean and in good condition. Inter-Library Loan services: The Tribal Library partners with Oregon State Library to offer “library to library” inter-library loan ser- vices. By completing the inter-library loan form, library patrons may request items from the Oregon State Library collection. Items will be couriered to and from the Tribal Library. OSL lending policies apply for return of items. Join us for a college visit at Oregon Coast Community College Who: All 6-12 Grade Native Youth When: October 28, 2016. We will leave Grand Ronde @ 9:00am and return at 4:00pm What: We will be visiting OCCC for an inside look at their Aquarium Science Program. Afterwards, we’ll visit OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center for a fun hands on activity with marine wildlife. Lunch will be provided. Permission slips can be picked up at Adult Education and returned to Deborah Bachman or Mercedes Reeves. Please sign up at Adult Education. For more information contact Mercedes Reeves @ 503-879-2282 Space is limited
