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This is a summary, to read the articles in their entirety visit us at: Canku Ota (Many Paths) http://www.turtletrack.org An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America October 19, 2002 - Issue 72 ************************************************************************ *** ** We Salute Julie Cajune "I have been extremely privileged and fortunate to be working in my home community and following the footsteps and labor of so many extraordinary people. The award should really be given to communities, as none of us do our work in isolation. So many people have labored with love for generations to make schools more just and humane for Indian students." ************************************************************************ ****** ** "Native Heroes" Essay Contest Announced! Winners to be announced in the January 4 issue ************************************************************************ ****** ** Artist: Erwin Osuna (Yellow Sky) MESA GRANDE,CA – Yellow Sky is carrying on a tradition of the Northern Diegueño tribe that he learned from his grandmother. "I was just a little kid then, running around. I was standing there watching her. I just told myself, 'One of these days, I'm going to make one of those.' " ************************************************************************ ****** ** The Warning by ShyHawk(FM) A long summer slowly yields to the quickening changes of fall. The blistering heat and endless days of drought now soften into cooler days and crisp nights. The dusty stale air of endless sun now carries a sweet smell of damp earth and a promise of new life once again. The barren burnt fields of brown have been revived by fall rains into a vision of soft green hair flowing on the winds of change. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Thunderhawk - Cowrate - Ancient Art of the Bovine's - Part 2 by Geoff Hampton Writer Geoff Hampton shares this story that should delight both young and old. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Native Thunder Pictures from their successful run at the Twin Cities Marathon ************************************************************************ ****** ** After-school Project Teaches Lakota Language, Culture RAPID CITY, SD - School is out for the day, but Anthony Spotted Wolf isn't watching TV or playing video games. Instead, the seventh-grader sits focused on another task. Carefully, he stitches shiny pink and green beads onto a piece of leather, winding the design into an ever-expanding circle. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Ford Foundation Chooses Tohono O'odham Community Activist and a Co-director of Tribal Group for "Changing World" Award SELLS.AZ - A Tohono O'odham community activist and the co-director of a tribal community action group are among those receiving 20 Ford Foundation Leadership for a Changing World awards. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Coke Isn't for Health Conscious Tribal School NEOPIT, WI - If you're thirsty at the Menominee Tribal School, you have plenty of choices — juices, water and milk. But don't bother looking for a soda. In a calculated plan to improve health and combat diabetes, the school has gotten rid of all of its pop machines. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Red Lake, Ponemah Elementary Students to be Showcased on Public Television RED LAKE, MN - The students from the two Red Lake Nation schools will be featured on the National Public Television program "Zoom," a show by and for children. The dates for airing the segments have not yet been set, but Red Lake and Ponemah children demonstrated last week the projects they will showcase. ************************************************************************ ****** ** OU School to Honor Indian Ballerinas NORMAN, OK - The University of Oklahoma School of Dance, in partnership with the American Indian Cultural Society, is hosting a series of events to honor the five American Indian ballerinas -- Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, Moscelyne Larkin, Maria Tallchief, and Marjorie Tallchief. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Prince Philip to honour 14 Iqalungmiut NUNAVUT - Oct. 4, 2002 - Seven Inuksuk High School students will have an up-close and personal experience with Prince Philip this week when he presents them with bronze Duke of Edinburgh awards during a two-and-a-half-hour royal visit in Iqaluit. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Blackfeet Youths Learn Banking Skills BROWNING, MT - The sixth-grader was drawn to the group of students lining up outside a school room. "I was thinking to myself, 'What is that?' and I went over and I got nosy," remembers Jay DustyBull, now 18. "They said, 'It's a bank.' I said, 'What do we need a bank for?' ************************************************************************ ****** ** " Teen Author Finds New Life in Books TUBA CITY, AZ - You might say books saved his life. This year, at age 18, Christopher Bighorse found a love for reading and has read about 60 novels, he thinks. He lost count. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Iroquois Nations Cup 2002 ONONDAGA NATION, N.Y. -- Lacrosse has been played in some form for generations in Indian country and the game’s originators, the Haudenosaunee, remain passionate about the sport. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Playing Without Reservation COEUR d'ALENE, ID - Even if you aren't going to the Yap-Keehn-Um Powwow at North Idaho College for the dancing or the drumbeat today or Saturday, go for the food. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Tribal School Students Learn to Combat Diabetes with Daily Exercise NEOPIT, ID - A typical third-grader, Trevor Thunder goes over or through every obstacle he encounters on his morning mountain bike ride on the trail behind the Menominee Tribal School in Neopit. Why bother going around boulders when bumps make you smile? ************************************************************************ ****** ** Lakota and Arapaho Carry Sovereignty Message Through Heartland PINE RIDGE, S.D. – Stretching to join the Sovereignty Run across America, Lakotas Shawn Yankton and Douglas Pourier, both 24, say running to carry an urgent message is nothing new for Lakota. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Fort Peck Tribe Honors Newspaper Editor FORT PECK, MT - The first few times Bonnie Red Elk wrote about Fort Peck tribal council doings for the Wotanin Wowapi in the early 1970s, council members summoned her for a scolding. "You're printing negative news," they protested. "What's going on?" ************************************************************************ ****** ** Oneidas Pay Respect by Husking White Corn ONEIDA, WI — There's plenty of modern machinery that might ease the burdens of harvesting corn, but to the Oneida Tribe, respect for the earth and tradition comes before convenience. With that in mind, the tribe is welcoming area residents to help snap, husk and braid-dry six acres of corn on its Tsyunhehkwa center land this week. The center, whose name means "life sustenance," opened its annual husking bee last Saturday. ************************************************************************ ****** ** INDIAN WAY An e-Book Resource by Mark Thiel For the first time, a major resource about American Indian culture offered on CD-ROM in Acrobat PDF format for both Mac's and PC's. ************************************************************************ ****** ** Caltech Astronomers Discover Quaoar, a Planet-Sized Object in the Solar System ************************************************************************ ****** ** This Date In History Recipe: Chicken Dishes for Diabetics Story: The Legend of the Snowbirds What is this: Dark-eyed Junco This Issue's Web sites Opportunities "OPPORTUNITIES" is gathered from sources distributed nationally and includes scholarships, grants, internships, fellowships, and career opportunities as well as announcements for conferences, workshops and symposia. 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