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A SEPARATE REALITY
Native American Studies
STA'IE SUPER.INl.'ENIUU OF PtELIC INSI'RI.JCI'IOO
'ID ·SPEAK 'ID OLYMPIA crASS 00 INDIAN
EilJCATICN I JmE 5.
FINAL
the final day of the Olynpia M:lnday
norning class, "Buster" Broollet, State
Superintendent of Public Instructien will
care to talk to the class arrl answer qlESticns about Irrlian Education in the State
of Washingt.cn. Please try to attend.
Encourage a:ey ccmnunity :resirents interested in issl.Es related to Indian Educatien
to attend. The session will be fran
10-12 a.m., M:nday, Jtme 5 in Library 1505.
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EVALUATIONS
DUE! · .
'!be last formal class sessien in Olynpia
will be on l-tnday, June 5 and in Tacata
en Friday, June 2. At the latest, selfeva!~ tiens for A Separate ~ali :tY nrust
be in by Friday 1 Jt.me 12. 'Ihese evaluaticns are the basis for your credit in
'-he program. · Don't jeopardize your
unding by getting an inoarplete. 'Ibis
~valuatien becares a pennanent part of
JCAlr college record. Renenber to type
it, single spaced. You can use up to
three Self-Evaluation fcmns to talk
about your year's work. Ask yourself
the follaring questicns as you .do
your evaluation:
What did I do?
HCM did I do it?
What did I learn?
What differenoo does it make?
D:n 't forget to inclu1e any workshops
or training sessions you may have attended; books you have ~ad; or cc:mrunity
work that has added to your umerstanding.
If you have any questicns or are going
to be delayed and :reooive an inoarplete;
get in touch with your faculty netber:
OFFICE
MAIL
~illaire
Lib 1402
Diffendal " 1403
Minms
King
Whitener
" 1408
" 1405
" 1401
Ll414
Ll414
Ll414
L1414
Ll414
TEIEPHCNE
866-6334
866-6335
866-6481
866-6087
866-6605
GRADUATES
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Ccngra&llatiens to the follc:Ming June
graduates in the ~ Sepa£ate Reality class.
Graduating ooremcnies will be held at The
Evergreen State College en Sunday, Jtme
4th at 2:00 p.m.. Everyc:.re is welcare to
atterxi.
E"vEt '(M il oP..~ II} s
l="toNA ~ 1-1'\~Aa.D
Guy Baker
Jerry Beck
Ella Brooks
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Ree Hutchine
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Keith Keyser
carey lewis, Jr.
Maria Medina
caroline Mills
Jim Olupa
Ridlard Pearl
Janet Cleveland
Susan Shennan
Stephanie Cluff
Edmond Shippentower
Margaret Greene
Benjamim Stiffann
Barbara Hannala
Mario Tejada
Delores Vaughn /·It u ~~ ~1:. ~ 1. L
BrCMn
wayne Cantrell
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Evergreen graduating senior /
Margaret Greene, Samish/llmmi '
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will be speaking at the '!ESC
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graduation en J\.Dle 4th about
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her views of education as a
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Native 1-\m:!rican. She exerrpli- '.fi ~~
fies the inportanre that Native
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1-\m:!ricans plare en education and
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the ccmnitmant that they feel
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about leaving a legacy for
their dlildren.
Margaret Greene and ryrcmO:laughter Shelly louise
Vail ("Quabashtrl" =-= f'.ain.bav1)
It was the Judge Boldt <Ecision
that helped Margaret decide to
attend TESC. She says that she
realized that she would have to
develop her academic background
to be able to carmunicate with
governmental agencies and present her ideas in a ItDre understandable ITDde. She started
Evergreen in 1975 and has been
attending cx:nstantly sinoe then.
She has taken extra credits into
other areas besi<Es Native J.\m:!rican Studies because she wants to
increase her general background.
She plans to go on directly to
graduate school to stu:ly Jrodem
coordinated managerrent that can
be applied to an Indian way so
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that control can go back within
the Indian Ccrmuni ties.
Mar<Jr:rret was bo.1..n 56 years ar:y) in Lurtmi territory near Bellingham, Washington. Of
royal blood on both sides, her father 1 s ancestry goes back to European and her roother
to the Hillai.re chiefs. The four th dlild of thirteen, she attended day sdlool on the
reservation except for two ye ars spe_nt in Indian boarding sd1ools <:May fran her family.
In the tradition of her people, her husband was chosen by her family evaluating his
equiv.::tknt hlocxl lines of hie rarchial ancestrJ. '.t:'hey have been married alnost 40 years,
hn.ve seven children anrt have cared for 25 foster children. She has also carried on
the Samish tradition o f best..owing Samish narres on all her dlild.ren and grandchildren
in cererra1ies held at the Lunuti. longhouse.
!Jurin<J World War II •!/hen t1.'tr gn.ret 1 s husband was in the servire, she went to work as
n welder in the Drr:m2rtcn NiJ.vy Yard '<'hile her roother watched the children. t~en the
war. cnr.bcl, she helped her husband in ccnnercial fishing and also in a local cannery.
She tlltm bec-a~re acti ""~ in the wcav ing indust.ry on the reservation and helped design
a Wt)aving shop as t-he rapy for elderly citizens in Bellingham.
In 1964 she bccc:ure a LicHlsed Pr;.Jctk.al Nurse on call in Whatcan County. She worked
in this c apacity for 1~ years rerfonn.ing ffi:;"lJlY duties including supervising, intensive
care unit, and- her favorite, oonte trics. Although she worked with all kinds of people,
l_., she was ofum called 0srec.:i..alJy as a f::tcilitutor for Indian care. She attended Skagit
Valley Ccr.Tnuni cy Colles e and was rertified to teach nurse 1 s ai<E classes in vocational
education.
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Margaret Greene (cx:nt.)
Margaret has always been active in
0 A Native Atrerican cx:ncerns fran dem:n• stratiens to tribal govemrrent. She
was an evaluator on the Indian Manpower
Program: en the State Indian Mvisory
boa.rd that culminated in the publication of ~ ~ak, You Listen I PastChairperson of the Sarnish Tribe: Secretary and board rrarber of the Small Tribes
of Western Washingtcn, helping to fonnulate their consti b.ltion and by-laws and
is still a rrerrber of ~ir Health Ccmnisien: part of the Ccmnittee for i.rrplenentatien of ~ Judge Boldt decision: part
of ~ delegation that went to Washingten
D.C. en EM 701 1 the Eccnani.c Develcprent
request. She is presently on the Planning · Board Ccmnission of the Lumni tribe,
dealing with the many eoonani.c, social,
educaticnal and health ccnsideraticns
of future tribal develc.prent.
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Margaret feels good about her experience
at Evergreen. "I wou.ldn 't have given it
up for anything", she states. "I'm very
proOO. that I have been here. I was used
to traditional classes and oouldn' t believe it was possible to have the involVerrent and relevance that we have at Evergreen. I just wish that I oould do my
graduate work here and I certainly plan
to suwort Evergreen in any way that I
can in the future. "
When Margaret graduates on Surxiay, J\ine 4th
she will have a good sized rooting section
in the audience. Besides her children and
their spouses will be her brothers and
sisters and their spouses and her eleve!l
granddlildren. Next year a sen and possibly a daughter will be carrying en the
family educational pursuits at Evergreen.
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SUM-mR QUARI'ER
~istration
for S1.m'!Er Quarter will occur
fran June 19 - 26 during regular office
hours, 8a30 - 12 noon and 1 - 4:30 prn.
Individual c:X:ntract faculty who will be
\..___, available this s1.m'!Er inclu:E, MaJ:y Ellen
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Hillaire - 866-6334 and Joyce Peskin 866-6119. If you are interested in an
individual ccntract or are going to be
working on an internship this S'l.lllller,
try to get in touch with faculty to
arrange for a contract before June 19 •
On-canpus programs this s1.m1er whidl will
require dayt.i.ne attendance, will include
the following programs which may also be
of interest:
Institute of Western Black Culture II
Martin - 866-6102
-or Le ~i Smith 866-6729
call
RUdY
Native Anerican Literature and Art
call Mary Nelsen - 866-6316
or Don Jordan
866-6603
NEXT YEAR'S
!'!ATIVE Al-ERICAN STUDIES f_R.X;RAM
'!he nane of next year's Native Anerican
Studies program will be SYMBOLIZATIOO:
!h~~ Individual. The sane five
facultY
Worked together this year
will be teaming next year's program.
Beginning in the Fall, we will be doing
nuch of our teaching activity in the
oamuni ty rather than cn-canpus.
IeJistration for Fall Quarter will be
possible fran Sept. 25 - Oct. 9. The
first day of class in the Fall will be
en Oct~ 3. By enrolling in SYMBOLIZATICN you may find it ccnvenient to partic.fpa~ in ~e or nore of the follCMing
locaticns/kmds of program offerings:
On:£anpls Option
In order to participate here you nust
have a full-t.i.ne ( 30 hour/week) internship in sate area of httnan services.
'Ihird or fourth year sttilents preferred.
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Students will be required to neet onre
a week, on l-b'lday afternoons, for a
seminar in which they will share their
internship experienres with each other
and with faculty. '!he mul.ti-racial
faculty team will disruss the various
areas of hllllai1 servires delivery fran
the point of view of their ability to
acc::arcrlate cultural differences, values
and attitudes.
N,orthern And Eastern Washing:t:Qn Native.. _, ~
.An'erican Stt.rlies q>tian
'!hose Native AnErican students who are
working an independent study projects
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in their c:x:mn.mities in the Northern
W
or Eastern parts of the state may enroll
in this portion of the program.
For infonnation call - Mary Ellen Hillaire
{Lummi)
866-6334.
For info:rmation ccntact - Betsy Diffendal
866-6335.
EVE~
PARI'ICIPATE IN NASA
IEM:NSI'RATICN
'lhird-World Student M:!dia cption
Third-world students interested in learning about the use of media -video-tape,
photography, oc::mtl.mication skills may
want to enroll in the Media Option. It
is anticipated that st'l.l&:mts working
with Lovern King, (Olerokee/Creek) will
learn basic video techniques arrl will
tmdertake projects in local ccmnunities.
For infonnation CCiltact - Lovern King
866-6087.
Ta~
Group_
Students residing in and arotmd the
Tacana area may find it convenient to
attend Friday afternoon class sessions
in Tacana. '!be focus of these sessions
will be develcped as the stl.JcEnt needs
and interests are identified.
For infonnation contact -Maxine Mimns
866-6418.
Olynpia-Area Off=Canpus Native AnErican
Studies Option
Plans are being develcped for the fonnation of a group of Native AnErican
students residing arotmd the Olynpia
area who would like to neet together,
J;erllaps in the evening or an weekends
for classes.
For info:rmation call- David Whitener
\.._.., 866-6605.
In a historic m:ment for Native AnEricans,
satellite telecamunications have enabled
live contact beb.'een grotmd stations
spread out between the East and West
<nasts, carmecting Indian pecple and
fereral agencies. The denonstration
held April 10, 12, 14 was the culmination
of a year's planning and work by the
National Aeronautic and Spare Administration (NASA) and nenbers of the C:row and
Pueblo nations, according to Evergreen
Faculty M::nber Lovern King.
King, a Creek/Olerokee, and Evergreen
student Pila Lal:onal, native Hawaiian,
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served as floor director · and prcxiurer/
W
director, respectively, for those three
days of progranming. '!bey conducted
their tedmical roles fran a ground station in southeast ~ntana.
'ihe four-way hook-up made possible the
camumication beboleen participants at
the CrCM ~ency in ~ntana; the All Indian
Pueblo Cbtmcil in Albu:pEJ:qlE, New Mexico;
governnent offices in Washington, D.C.;
and bolo california colleges, Humboldt
State in Arcata and california State
University at Long Beach.
The dem::nstration, according to CrCM
spokesman Sam Windy Boy, Jr. , was ained
at shCMing the telecamunicatian system's
ability to facilitate camrunication
wi th.in and annng tribes, between tribes
and federal govenment, and between
tribes and fonnal educational programs
at colleges and other educational institutions.
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