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Canku Ota |
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(Many Paths) |
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An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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August 9, 2003 - Issue 93 |
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"Auka" |
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The Kumeyaay Greeting |
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"Hello-This New Day!" |
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"TSENEAGA" |
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Dog Days |
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Yuchi |
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"Do not look
outside yourself for the leadership you have been waiting for." |
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Salute When Montana State University nursing student Martha Garcia describes how Native American nurses are in demand on reservations, she tells this story: Last summer, when Garcia was volunteering at an emergency room on the Crow Reservation in southeastern Montana, she witnessed something that made her realize she was needed. A Native American woman was brought into the emergency room, disoriented and distressed, and medical staff members were unable to calm her down. The patient saw Garcia, another Native American, and things began to change. |
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Our Featured Artist: |
Living Traditions |
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David Boxley David Boxley is a Tsimshian carver from Metlakatla, Alaska. Born in 1952, he was raised by his grandparents. From them he learned many Tsimshian traditions including the language. After high school he attended Seattle Pacific University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974. He became a teacher and basketball coach to Junior and Senior high students in Alaska and Washington. While teaching in Metlakatla in 1979 he began devoting considerable time to the study of traditional Tsimshian carving. Through researching ethnographic material and carvings from museum collections, Boxley has learned the traditional carving methods of his grandfather's people. |
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Hope: At midnight, the sun is burning in my face. Insomnia sets in. When the sun rose May 25 it will not set until July 20 here in Point Hope. On this second day/night of the whaling feast or Qagruk, the wind has shifted and blows mildly from the south. This is summer, 150 miles above the Arctic Circle. In the middle of the bright night, children ride their bikes in shorts and t-shirts on the roads. Curiously they stop and ask, "What's your name?" tagging along for a short while before running into friends and taking off again. |
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Thunderhawk - Our Featured Story: |
Northwestern Wisconsin First Person History: |
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Thunderhawk
- The Impact of the Legend of the Robin Redbeast
Writer Geoff Hampton shares this story that should delight both young and old. |
Interesting
Sidelights on the History of the Early Fur Trade Industry (part 11)
NOTE: This article continues the selections from the McLeod diary. Only so much of the diary account pertains to the trip up into the Red River Country has been or will be quoted, as other parts would probably be of little interest to the general reader. It would be difficult to find recorded the details of a trip more entailing hardships and dangers that Mr. McLeod has penned. A disappointing feature of the account is the lack of any definite statement by McLeod as to what became of General Dickson and what was the result of his hair brained venture. |
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The information here will include items of interest for and about Native American schools. If you have news to share, please let us know! I can be reached by emailing: Vlockard@aol.com |
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Student News |
Student News |
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Chief Manuelito Scholarship Awards Announced The Navajo Nation's Crownpoint Finance and Scholarship Office has announced the 2003 Chief Manuelito Scholarship awards for Navajo students. The Chief Manuelito Scholarship was established in 1980. Awards are based on high school grade averages and the ACT/SAT test scores. Students must have also completed Navajo language and Navajo government courses. |
5 Mescalero Students Get NMSU Experience Five high school students from the Mescalero Apache School lived in dorms and ate in the cafeteria at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, attending a summer enrichment program on health careers this summer. Most of the students were members of the Health Careers Opportunity Program at the school and had attended a two-day conference in Farmington in May. The summer enrichment session was six weeks, from June 1 through July 11. |
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Sports |
Sports |
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Piestewa Games Going Strong and Looking to Grow There was hardly a dry eye in Sinagua High School’s gymnasium recently as Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano presented a dozen roses to the family of war hero Lori Piestewa. Then, the emotions were ratcheted up yet another notch when Piestewa’s son, 5-year-old Brandon Whiterock, hoisted the ceremonial torch above his head signifying the opening of the Lori Piestewa National Native American Games. |
Tribe Takes Pride in its Waters With a moss-filled bucket cooling a couple of dozen nightcrawlers and an insulated container chilling a pound of leeches, Lyle Chapman is well-prepared to tackle the famed Lac du Flambeau chain of lakes on any given summer day. But even more important than bait to the 42-year-old fishing guide is his well-earned knowledge of the underwater haunts favored by finicky walleyes and broad-shouldered bass.
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Living Traditions |
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WHC Creates Tribal History Program When Francine Bear Don't Walk was an elementary school student in Lame Deer, she looked forward to learning more about the history of her Northern Cheyenne tribe in social-studies class. She was disappointed to find only a few paragraphs about American Indians in her textbook. Fortunately, she had traditional grandparents, Jennie Limber Hand Spang and Wilfred Spang, to tell her about her heritage. |
Tribal History Permeates Air in the Valley The Jones Valley area, with creeks and rivers thick with fish and oak trees loaded with acorns, was an important place for American Indians. It was an area rich in food and spirituality. There were — and still are — sacred American Indian places in Jones Valley. Before the Europeans began to arrive in the 1850s, many Wintu and Yana lived along the Pit River, said archaeologist Elaine Sundahl, who has done work in the area for the U.S. Forest Service. |
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Unity Ride Completes Prairie Leg As mile after mile grinds on, the novelty of a Unity Ride begins to dissipate when the scenery changes ever so slowly. The initial euphoria dwindles once days merge into weeks and this cross-country trek becomes a test of patience and endurance. But for all of the physical aches of continuous horseback riding along with the mental strains of teamwork and camp uniformity, organizers and participants swear the cause is greater than any individual's minor suffering. Especially when it's the youth who can witness Native pride in motion, that's why the end justifies the means. |
Return of the Canoe Building Tradition In the early 1960s, Jim Hanks Sr. was the last member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe with the expertise and knowledge to build an authentic birchbark canoe. Earl Mitchell plans to change that. Over the last several weeks, Mitchell and several other local people built a birchbark canoe with guidance from expert builder John Lindman at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum. Mitchell, 68, said that in his youth, he built several birchbark canoes, but they weren't authentic — or very seaworthy. "We had fun. We built them just to get across the river," he said. |
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Thanks Wrapped in Tradition When it comes down to it, it's all about family and tradition and culture. Passing on lessons learned by the elders to the youngsters, and bringing them up to live those lessons. The Tulalip Tribes honored their ancestors and their family traditions Saturday by hosting a potlatch, a ceremony in which the tribe gives gifts to others as a way of sharing their accomplishments, said Ray Fryberg, head of the Tulalips' Canoe Family. |
Horse Club Retraces Flight of Nez Perce One of the most noted captures of American Indians by the U.S. Army in Western history has been almost completely retraced for a third time by club members of Idaho's Appaloosa Horse Club. This year's annual trail ride will complete the entire route taken by the Nez Perce Indians while fleeing the U.S. Army in 1877. The Nez Perce flight started in Wallowa Lake, Ore, and stretched to the Bear Paw Mountains in north-central Montana. |
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Youth Activities |
Youth Activities |
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MIT Students Bring .com Pizzazz to Rez Combine the talents of about 20 Hardrock Chapter youths with two soon-to-be sophomores from MIT, and the Web site creation possibilities are wondrous. Anna Bershteyn and Kaia Dekker came to the Navajo Nation this summer straight from the famed engineering school's hallowed grounds in Cambridge, Mass., to help Carol Halberstadt, a fellow easterner from Newton, Mass., improve her Churro wool-buying coop's Web site, www. migrations.com. The successful wool buy was held June 20-21 with 3,500 pounds of wool bought. |
Inuit Explore the World of Geology An exploration team that includes young Inuit is searching for minerals and soapstone on Inuit-owned lands this summer. Wayne Johnson, the Senior Advisor on Minerals, Oil and Gas for Nunavut Tunngavik, says it's an opportunity for the Inuit organization to understand the mineral potential on it's own land and provide a career path for young Inuit. He says 10 people, including two young Whale Cove Inuit, are helping to map and sample ore bodies on four land parcels where Inuit own the subsurface rights. |
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Health and Wellness |
Youth Activities |
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The Fight Against Diabetes Sakakawea is on a new journey, to help fight the war against diabetes on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Proceeds from the sales of limited edition Sakakawea Pendleton Blankets designed by renown holistic health practitioner Marilyn Youngbird will go to the diabetes initiative. The diabetes "war" was declared several months ago by Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall. The tribe has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the nation, national statistics report. |
Salina Bookshelf's Books As promised, here are some of the books offered by Salina Bookshelf, Inc. To see the complete list of books, and to order, visit their site. Little Prankster Girl by Martha Blue Father's Boots: Azhé'é Bikénidoots'osii by Baje Whitethorne Sr. Bidii by Marjorie Thomas |
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Discussion |
Youth Activities |
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Ribbon Shirts I had posted a question a while back asking, "What is a Ribbon Shirt?" Or, as some people who responded to my post, "What is the origin of the Ribbon Shirt?" The main reason I asked this question was because I was asked this very question and when I stumbled for the "proper" response, two people gave two different answers. That got me to thinking...I wonder how many other versions and/or stories are out there concerning this subject. What follows are the responses that were sent to me. |
Educate, and be Educated Every morning Nathan Amarudjuaq
of Arviat and Simon Hiqiniq of Gjoa Haven attend to their morning chores
of collecting eggs and feeding horses, chickens and turkeys.
Before joining the Nunavut Youth Abroad Program (NYAP), neither boy thought he would visit a farm. This summer, however, the pair are not only visiting, they're living and working on a sheep farm in Kempville, Ontario. |
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About This Issue's Greeting - "Auka" |
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The Kumeyaay Nation extends from San Diego and Imperial Counties in California to 60 miles south of the Mexican border. The Kumeyaay are members of the Yuman language branch of the Hokan group. Included with the Kumeyaay in the Yuman branch are the PaiPai, Kiliwa, Cocopa, Mohave, Maricopa, Quechan, Yavapai, Havasupai, Hualapai. The Hokan language group is wide ranging, covering most of the coastal lands of southern California. It includes tribes as far north as the Kurok of Northern California. |
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This Date In History |
Recipe: Summer Veggies |
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Story: How Roadrunner Became the Leader of the Birds |
What is this: Greater Roadrunner |
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Craft Project: Gourd Rattles |
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Opportunities |
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"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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| Canku Ota is a free Newsletter celebrating Native America, its traditions and accomplishments . We do not provide subscriber or visitor names to anyone. Some articles presented in Canku Ota may contain copyright material. We have received appropriate permissions for republishing any articles. Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monetary gain to those who have expressed an interest. This is in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. | ||
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Canku Ota is a copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 of Vicki Lockard and Paul Barry. |
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The "Canku Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America" web site and its design is the |
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