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The Evergreen State College
HAPPENINGS FROM THE THIRD WORLD COALITION - APRIL 1980
See, Brothers: Spring is here.
The Earth has taken the embrace of the Sun ,
and soon we shall see the children of that
love.
All seeds are awake, and all animals.
From this great power we too have our lives.
And therefore, we concede to our fellow
creatures ,
even our animal fellows, the same rights as
ourselves, to 1i ve on this earth.
SITTING BULL , 1877
WELCOME:
I welcome back all returning students to
Spring quarter and all new students. I
would encourage all of you to stop by and
check out what's available to you. We are
located near the student groups and
Personnel, in the Library building on the
third floor (Library 3233).
The Third World Coalition strives to ensure all of you have equal access to the
services available to you here. We also
offer limited academic and social counseling, information and referral, a lounge
with a small library and a study room. We
provide workshops, films, a variety of
other activities based upon your interests,
as well as this monthly newsletter. Give
us a call at 866-6034. We meet weekly,
Tuesdays at noon - come join us!
WHO

t~E

ARE:

There are currently four funded Third World
student groups, which still welcome further input from new faces. They generally
meet on a weekly basis for an hour over
lunch. In this time, they plan activities,
(dances, guest speakers, attendance at
cultural events, conferences) and discuss

any other items of interest to the body.
The student groups are as follows:
The Asian/Pacific Isle Coalition meets
at noon in Library 3205, Steve
Bader, Coordinator; Ujamaa, Swahili
for cooperative economics, have been
meeting Hednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in
Library 3205, Brian Johnson and Victor
Jackson are the contact people; MEChA,
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de
Aztlan, has changed their meeting time
to Thursdays at noon in Library 3205,
Sue Ybarra is the coordinator; NASA,
Native American Student Association, has
yet to set regular meetings, LeRoi Mills
is the Coordinator.

~1ondays

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS VISIT
This is a reminder that the research corporation contracted by the Office of Civil
Rights, will be here April 2-5. They
will be looking for people in the protected classes (women, handicapped, Black,
Asian, Latino, Native) to interview.
They need eight from each group.
This is for a national survey "to assess
the extent and nature of discrimination
perceived by protected group members."
All information \'Jill be kept confidential.
We are seeking individuals willing to be
~nterviewed.
I can't stress enough, the
1mportance of your participation. Please
call 866-6034 if you are at all interested.
GRANTWRITING
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WORKSHOP

~

The grantwriting workshop finally got off
the ground, but has faltered somewhat in
mid-flight. Therefore, the series will
begin again; for those who wanted it, but

didn't take it, here's your opportunity.
I will be waiting to hear from you regarding what day and time will be best.
Please call and let me know the beginning
of April, 866-6034.

unnerved and with a self appointed
knowledge of all Native American customs,
she shouted at the Native audience,
quote- "Indians, do not interrupt." Th
audience began to laugh.

We will also be offering two other workshops this month : Parl imentary Procedure,
a necessary evil if you wish to run
meetings efficiently or impact meetings.
It is important to know how to manipulate
the rules governing decision making and
recommendation passing. Thelma Jackson
(Black ~~omen's Caucus) will be here to
facilitate the workshop on April 16th
at 1:00 p.m. in Library 3205.

The Indian people were assured that Mrs.
Hill would allow time for questions afterwards. When time came, only two questions were addressed. The questions were
not directed at Mrs. Ruth Hi 11 , but at
Mr. George Smith, a Native American man
who helped her in the alledged authenticity of her book. She, at one time,
told people he was a Medicine Man - she
does not title him as so now. Mrs. Hill
also, would not let him speak for himself. When one of Mr. Smith's relatives
confronted him in the audience, Mrs. Hi 11
again seized the microphone and recognizing the man, shouted at him, "You don't
know anything- your father is white."
This was an odd statement coming from
someone with no Indian blood. When the
audience asked her to allow the question
to be answered by Mr. George Smith, she
left with Mr. Smith~ ending the question
time.

Self Defense for Women will be our other
workshop. Student, Debbie Leung, a self
defense instructor in Olympia, will be
facilitating the development of this
needed skill. If you have ever wondered
how to protect yourself, this is the
time to find out. Debbie will go over
basics and give specific examples to
common situations. This will be April 18,
at 4:00p.m., 3rd floor lobby. Please
dress appropriately.
All workshops are FREE; for further
information, call 866-6034.
WHO INVITED US?
Who In vi ted Us?'' is a film exp 1ori ng FBI
involvement from an ex-agent's point of
view. An exciting film, April 7th at
noon and 7:30p.m. in Lecture Hall 1.
FREE.

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HANTA YO:

HOAX

Mrs. Ruth Beebe Hill, author of Hanta Yo,
spoke to a crowd of over two hundred
recently at T.C.C. She was met with
staunch opposition by the Native American
community who numbered half of her
audience. While Mrs. Hill spoke of her
interpretation, the Native American
audience became enraged by her mis-pronunciation and mis-interpretation of
Native American women's practice of birth
and homosexuality. The crowd heckled
her. Her professional posture became

Ruth Beebe Hill has contracted with ABC
and Warner Brothers to release the book
as a television mini-series. The Minnesota Dakota Sioux Tribes have condemned
the book and have ordered all production
on the film to stop. If ABC is desperate
for material about Indian people, there
are many fine books written about Indian
life, legends and history by Native
American scholars. Hanta Yo is supposed
to be the Indian version ~OfRoots. In
many eyes, it's just a money rip-off by
Hi 11 , who couldn't even get her white
history right at the lecture. It's time
people got the story straight from the
horses mouth and not another fictional
white interpretation. Write to keep
Han to Yo off T.V. ; send a 11 1etters to
Brandon-stoddard, V.P. of Programming,
ABC TV, 2040 Avenue of the Stars,
Century City, CA.
90067
~JANNA

BOOGIE?

The Thurston County Urban League will be
holding a disco, April 5 - Happy Hour is

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from 8:00- 10:00 pm, at the Salmon House
on East Bay Drive by Priest Point Park.
There is a $2.50 cover charge. Liquor
and food will be available.

Center at 7 :30 pm. For more information,
contact Josephine Tamayo, 3232 Beacon
Avenue South, #304, Seattle, WA.
98144.
WCLA SCHOLARSHIP

STORIES TO SHARE
There will be a one-day conference on
Asian/Pacific literature for children on
April 4 at University of Washington 1 s
Waterfront Activity Center. Authors
Yoshiko Uchida, Laurence Yep and Jose
Aruego will be providing the workshops.
The topics will be: writing for the
young, writing for the upper grades,
writing and illustrating for children
and using literature in the classroom.
The conference is free, but pre-registration is necessary. For further
information, call (206) 325-6329 or
522-3490.

The Washington Center for Learning
Alternatives has partial scholarships
for Third World students who want to do
internships in Washington, DC during
Fall quarter.
WCLA serves as a "broker" in locating
and arranging placements according to
students academic interests and qualification. Students will also participate
in weekly seminars on topics of related
interest. Housing with other WCLA interns
is available for a reasonable cost.
1

All applications must be in by April 15.
For more information, contact Carbara
Cooley at the Co-Op Education office,
as soon as possible.

ASIAN/PACIFIC HERITAGE WEEK
LOOKING FOR A JOB?

Asian Pacific American Heritage Week will
be observed here at Evergreen on April
21-26. A wide array of activities will
be held, and your support will be needed
in order for the observance to be a
success.
The week 1 s activities will include
lectures , workshops , the showing of the
"Executive Order 9066", photo exhibit,
and the Heritage Week celebration itself,
which will feature food, drink, and a
Hawaiian-Polynesian show.
The first meeting of the Spring quarter
will be held on Thursday, April 13.
Additional meetings will be held on
Monday, April 7 , and Thursday, April 9.
Please try to attend these meetings.
FILIPINO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
University of Washington 1 S Filipino
alums will be holding their annual banquet
honoring 1980 Filipino graduates. All
high school and college 1980 graduates
in Washington state are invited. It will
be May 31st at the Filipino Community

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The Third World Coalition has a workstudy position open for Spring quarter.
It pays $3.24 an hour, 15 hours a week.
This person will work on the development
of the Third World Graduation banquet,
maintenance of the Coalition library and
assist program planning for 1980-81.
For more information, call 866-6034.
The Information Center is also looking
for a workstudy student, $3.07 an hour,
15 hours a week. It requires gathering/
disseminating information about TESC on
and off campus, maintaining the records,
answer phones and provide over the
counter information correctly and courteously. If you are interested, contact
Judy McNickle, 866-6128, as soon as
possible.

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APRIL CALENDAR
2-5

Office of Civil Rights research
team will be here.

4

Conference on Literature for
Asian/Pacific children.

5

Thurston County Urban League
Disco.

7

FILM: Who Invited Us? Lecture
Hall 1, noon and 7:30p.m. ·

16

Parlimentary Procedure workshop,
1:00 p.m., Library 3205

18

Self Defense for ~~omen. 4:00p.m.,
Third Floor lobby.

21-26

Asian/Pacific Heritage Week

HAPPY EASTER!