NATIVE AMERICAN 
AWARENESS WEEK

March 9 - 13, 2009
“Honoring the Past Empowering the Future”

All Activities open to the Public.  Free Admission (except Comedy Night) For more information: 208.792.2812

Monday, March 9
7:00 – 8:30pm	A Special Reading by Native American Actors Silverthorne Theatre
Tuesday, March 10
10:00-11:15am	Mini Pow Wow --- LCSC Activity Center (Area 4th grade classes are invited to participate)
9:00-12:00pm	“Workshop on Nez Perce Protestant Christian Hymnody” (WCC), Dr. Loran Olsen
1:30-4:30pm	“Workshop on Nez Perce Catholic Hymnody” (WCC)
7:00-8:30pm	Comedy Night --- Silverthorne Theatre Featuring: Lux Devereaux, Vaughn Eagle Bear & Fred Hill LCSC Students Free with ID --- $3 General Admission
Wednesday, March 11 (WCC)
9:00-10:15am	“Nez Perce Music” Dr. Loran Olson, retired Music Professor, Washington State University
10:30-11:45am	“Education in a Multicultural Society” Howard Rainer, Native American Educational Outreach Programs, Brigham Young University
1:30-2:45pm	“Native American Craft Tradition in a Contemporary World” Marcus Amerman (Choctaw), Artist - Santa Fe, NM Jenny Williams (Nez Perce), and Gary Greene (Nez Perce)
1:30-4:30pm	Workshop on Elder Berry Flute Making (location TBA)
7:00-9:00pm	Friendship Banquet NAAW Lifetime Achievement Award, the Isaac “Ike” Wilson Memorial Scholarship and other scholarships will be presented at this time.
Thursday, March 12 (WCC)
9:00-10:15am	“Landscape Architecture and Native American Culture” Brian McCormack (invited)
10:30-11:45am	“Stories and Peoples of the Columbia River” Ed Edmo (Shoshone-Bannock), Storyteller and Historian - Portland, OR, Loretta Halfmoon (Nez Perce), Senior Citizens Program Director
12:00-1:15pm	“Nez Perce Music Archive at WSU” Cheryl Gunselman, Manuscripts Librarian, Washington State University
1:30-2:45pm	“Power of Vision” Howard Rainer, Native American Educational Outreach Programs, Brigham Young University
6:30 -11:00pm	LCSC Pow Wow --- LCSC Activity Center