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COMMUNITY
Lakota Language Project
Lakota? Want to help revitalize the language? If you do and plan to attend the upcoming Rosebud Casino’s 9th Annual Wacipi on July 4, 5, 6, 2008, please take part in the Lakota Bible Translation Project’s community checking effort taking place in the hotel conference room on all three days. Community checking is part of the tedious, but thorough, process the Project takes in translating scripture.
This process is just one of the many steps required before scripture translation can be published into print, audio or video. “Our language holds good instructions for being a good relative, being a good human being. While some Biblical concepts are challenging, Jesus’ teachings are a natural fit for the Lakota language.” said Rosalie Little Thunder, one of the three translators working with the Project. “The community checking step is to assure that the translations are understood by the most people. Come check it out,” Little Thunder added. During the event, translators; Deacon Ben Black Bear, Jr. and Little Thunder, both enrolled members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Jerry Yellowhawk, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal member, along with the Project’s linguist and scripture consultant, Jack Rushing, will be there to answer any questions, said Carla Rae Marshall, Project Coordiantor.
Marshall said they will set up in the Rosebud Casino’s conference room, located downstairs of the hotel on Friday, July 4th from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Saturday, July 5th, from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and again on Sunday, July 6th, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend and will receive two recently published audio/booklet CD sets called “Life In All Its Fullness” and “Gods Promises to You” for participating. Refreshments will be available. If you are interesting in participaing please either give them a call at 605-719-3012 or stop by while your at the Rosebud Casino’s Wacipi on July, 4th, 5th, and 6th.
If you can’t make this event, but are interested in helping the project, here are some ways that you can help: If you are a Lakota speaker, you can help with checking the translation drafts, working in a team, usually over a period of 2-3 days every few weeks. As a speaker, you can also check the translation drafts by mail and submit your suggestions for improvement. If you are not a speaker, you can still be a tremendous help by recruiting speakers and organizing translation checking sessions in your own community.
You can organize or help with fundraising activities to support the project, especially for community checking expenses. You can help distribute finished materials to Lakota speakers in your own community. The Project is always looking for ways that can enhance spiritual peace among relatives and for individuals and communities.
If you would like more information about the Lakota Bible Translation Project and/or would like to have some of their most recent translated scripture materials, please feel free to stop by their office at 615 Kansas City Street, Suite 1-B, Rapid City, SD 57701 or call them at 605-719-3012 or by email at lakotaiyapi@rushmore.com.
SCHOOL
Circle of Nations School
The Circle of Nations School (formerly the Wahpeton Indian School) is currently accepting student enrollment applications for students in grades four through eight for the 2008-2009 school year. The initial deadline for applications is Friday, August 15, 2008; applications received after that date will be processed but cannot be guaranteed acceptance and/or travel arrangements before school begins.
The Circle of Nations School recently celebrated its 100 Year Anniversary. During this event, a new dormitory was dedicated as “Keeble Dormitory” in honor of Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble who was a former student and former employee of the Wahpeton Indian School and a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. Master Sgt. Keeble posthumously received the Medal of Honor in March of 2008. The new dormitory will be ready for occupancy in September 2008. A new Administration Building was also constructed and the School Library was renovated and expanded.
Additional information can be found at www.cns.bia.edu. The Circle of Nations School is an off-reservation boarding school for Native American students. CNS is located in southeastern North Dakota in the city of Wahpeton. The purpose of the Circle of Nations residential educational program is to prepare students to learn and to foster healthy development of the whole child. The school’s mission and purpose are reflected in the vision statement: “Circle of Nations is the Spirit of Youth Empowered.” CNS seeks to equip students with the skills they need to meet life’s challenges and to be productive and socially responsible individuals with a healthy sense of self and community.
To be eligible to attend CNS, the student must be an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe (must provide certification of degree of Indian blood) OR be able to prove one-quarter Indian blood quantum with supporting documentation. Other information needed: social security number, current physical examination, up-to-date immunization record, copy of birth certificate, copy of current school records/IEP, and insurance/medical coverage information. If applicable, please include any custody orders, chemical dependency treatment information, and/or juvenile court history.
Please take care of any medical, dental, or vision needs for your child before school starts. School begins on Wednesday, September 3, 2008; the travel date has been set for Tuesday, September 2, 2008; students depart from CNS on Friday, December 19, 2008 for the holiday break and return to CNS on Sunday, January 04, 2009; classes will resume on Monday, January 5, 2009.
For more information or student enrollment applications, please contact your local BIA or Tribal Education Departments; BIA or Tribal Social Services Departments; or call 701-672-7222 for Admissions/Student Transportation; or e-mail your request to shavonne.wilkie@cns.bia.edu; or write to Admissions, Circle of Nations School, 832 8th Street North, Wahpeton, ND 58075.
Lakota Waldorf School
The Lakota Waldorf School is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 School year. The Early childhood program accepts children between the ages of 2.5 and 6 years of age.The program teaches real life skill and offers lots of social skill building opportunities.TRIBAL
OST Council special session
OST Council regular session
Tuesday-Friday, July 15-18 in the council chambers of the Red Cloud building in Pine Ridge
MEMORIALS
POWWOWS AND RODEOS
Interior Frontier Days
- July 4th & 5th, 2008 (4PM Daily, slack @ 10AM on July 5th). To Enter call: Midwest entries on June 30, 2008 between Noon-8PM @ (605)374-7754. Internet Entries: June 27,2008 (Friday @ Noon - Monday @8PM) www.SDRodeo.com Brought to you by: The Interior Roping Club & Wilson Rodeo Productions.SPORTS
REGULAR MEETINGS AND SUCH
Peer Support group
For persons with disabilities on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 7pm at the Pejuta Haka college center in Kyle, for information call 800 303-3975AA Meetings
Every Sunday at 6:30pm in Kateri Hall at the St. Agnes Church in Manderson, Everyone Welcome, call 867-2267 for information.
Grief Support Group
Meeting the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 5:30-7:30pm at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Kyle, for information call 455-2888Porcupine AA meeting
Every Tuesday from 5:30-6:30pm at the Pahin Sinte College Center in Porcupine, for info call Janice at 867-5404Co-dependency Support
Meets on Tuesday from 5-6pm in the basement of the old hospital coordinated by the OST Employee Assistance Program, for info call 867-1841