Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004

School candidates to meet at NMB forum
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL,USA
... Peace prayers from eight religions, including Native American, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish ... The Expressive Arts Building, which is shared by Charles R. Drew ...

Racine County Bulletin Board
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... Grades K-5 can enjoy Native American games and crafts. ... JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB OF RACINE: Now accepting exhibitor applications for its Holiday Fair arts and crafts ...

Diversity key at Northampton High
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
... 21 percent students of color, including African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American. ... higher than nonwhite students in English language arts and math. ...

ART CALENDAR
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AT GLEN ALLEN (2880 Mountain Road; 261-6200): "Continuum: A Look at Native American Life Past and Present" (mixture of historical ...

Read 'Get Out' on Thursdays for full listings
Gainesville Times - Gainesville,GA,USA
... Gainesville Theatre Alliance's repertory company performs Native American folk tale. ... 3 pm today, UGA Performing Arts Center, 230 River Road, Athens. $17-$22. ...

Travel Briefs
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
... Ohio -- Nearly two centuries after British, American and Native American forces waged ... designed for families, couples, shoppers, sports fans, arts and culture ...

COMMUNITY DATEBOOK
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
... traditions including Alaska Native, African-American ... Hispanic, Korean, Hawaiian, Filipino, American Indian, Chinese ... of Alaska Anchorage Arts Building, Mainstage ...
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Winter & Christmas 2004 - Request for Donations

If you wish to make a difference and help children and elders through the harsh winter months in Montana, please take the time to read our request. On behalf of reliable Northern Cheyenne contacts from Lame Deer, we are once again collecting donations for those in need on the Northern Cheyenne reservation.
There is a large need especially for new and good quality used warm items, as well as toys.
The toys will be distributed during the Christmas give away but the warm clothes and blankets will be distributed right away. During Montana winters, the temperature can drop to 30 or 40 degrees below zero so warm winter clothing and blankets can be lifesaving.
Our goal is to help the children, the elders, the single parent families, or families unable to make ends meet due to the high unemployment rate, the difficult conditions and the extreme poverty on the reservation.The children need all the help and encouragement they can get!
List of useful donations :
- warm clothing such as knitted items for children of all ages from babies to teenagers, and for elders - jeans and T-shirts, all sizes - socks, gloves, boots, hats and scarves - blankets - toys for Christmas
Other items that would also be appreciated: grooming supplies like toothpaste, tooth brushes,soaps and shampoos, combs, hair brushes, hair barrettes, rubber bands or other types of hair or pony tail holders. Last but not least : pampers diapers or pull-ups.
Our collecting point is in Great Falls, where we can keep track of everything that is sent and thank everyone who participates in the drive. The boxes are then forwarded to our contacts on the reservation.
If you can, please help us with the shipment expenses which have been very hard to meet last year, due to the large amount of boxes. HYS is a group of volunteers and we have no other help than yours.
Even small amount of money are greatly appreciated, as well as books of stamps.
Please contact us if you are interested in arranging for a store gift certificate instead of mailing a package.
Donations should be sent to the following address:
Honor Your Spirit - Protect the Children % Sue Buck PO Box 901 Great Falls, MT 59403-0901 (USA)
Please contact suemontana@mcn.net for mailing information other than regular US Mail service. (Also please include your name and address if you would like for us to acknowledge/confirm receipt of your donations.)
If you cannot send items due to the shipping cost, you can still help by sending a money donation. Please be assured that it will be used only for the children and elders this winter and/or for their Christmas; even small amounts can help them. The address for money donations is the same as above. A receipt will be sent upon request.
Please contact us before you send money (email addresses listed below).
The last boxes should be received in Great Falls by 12/12/04 so please contact us as soon as possible.
The priority of our group, "Honor your Spirit - Protect the Children" is to make sure all donations get to where they are supposed to and recognized. It is very important to us to make sure that everything is distributed fairly and to those in the greatest need.
Contact Info:
Sue Buck suemontana@mcn.net
& Brigitte Thimiakis thimiakischool@the.forthnet.gr
"Your help makes a huge difference for those who have never received help. Your donations provide hope and encouragement to those who have never known these qualities.
Your concern and solidarity can improve the lives of many children, elders, families, on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. There is still a lot to do but all together you can help us make these dreams come true.
Thank you for being a part of this project and supporting it."
Respectfully, Manuel Redwoman, Northern Cheyenne/Lakota/Arapaho
To learn more about the HYS projects, please read our Shipment and Group Project Status: http://www.geocities.com/honoryourspirit/shipment1.html Our heartfelt thanks to everyone for your support !

Cherokee Story of Creation
At first there was darkness and cold, vast and endless, stretching out in all directions. Beneath the great stone arch of the sky there was a dizzying drop. One by one tiny creatures began to awake and one by one they realized that they were cold, thirsty and very crowded. The first creature to awake said, "I smell water, I am a water beetle," and with that it jumped from the great stone arch of the sky. Much later there was a splash. The next creature to awake, said, "I can spin silk, I am a spider." And so it went as each creature awoke and realized what he or she was. Not long after, a voice was heard from far beneath the great stone arch of the sky. It was the water beetle, who said, "Underneath the water there is something soft, yet strong enough to hold us, with room enough for everyone." "Throw down some rope, so that we might fetch it," another creature on the great stone arch of the sky said, so the spider began to make some very strong ropes. The ropes were thrown down and the water beetle took them and swam beneath the waters. She then fastened them to the four corners of the great slab of mud that rested beneath the waters. When she surfaced, she told the other creatures who had remained on the great stone arch of the sky what she had done. They began to pull and haul at the ropes until the great slab of mud rose from beneath the waters. When they had finished, all the creatures began to scramble down the ropes to get to this new place which had room for everyone. When they reached the bottom, they drank their fill. Some creatures, realizing that they were fish, swam away, others flew away, and still others, realizing that they were frogs sank happily into the mud. There the land hung and there it hangs to this very day, until the day that will come when the ropes will break and the land will sink once more beneath the waters. From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories.