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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
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Lane Community College
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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.
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“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