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Native Americans Make Their Mark At
1995 Special Olympics World Games
by Will Dvrwmckik mul Jtkm
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Native American athletes helped
make history in July as they took part
in the 1995 Special Olympics World
Games, the largest sporting event in
the world this year.
With more than 7.200 athletes
competing from all 50 states and 143
counties, the World Games saved as
an arena for athletes with mental
retardation from around the world to
display their skill, courage and toy on
.an international stage. Native
Americans were connected with many
vital aspects of the event, including
volunteerism and sponsorship. Indeed,
without the support of Native
Americans, these World Games may
have never taken place.
Immediately after the 1995 Special
Olympics World Games were awarded
to New Haven. Connecticut, the
Mashantuckett Pequot Band stepped
forward to become one of the premier
backers of the World Games with a $2
million contribution. The Pequot Band
became the first Native American tribe
to be a premier sponsor of an
international sports competition
With the help of that donation, the
1995 Special Olympics World Games
were able to offer participants high
quality venues and activities that were
an integral part of the year's largest
sports event Many Native American
athletes look advantage of the
opportunity to display their skills and
had great success at the World Games
Some of the highlights from Native
American athletes competing at the
?Vorld Games include
Navajo Basketball Team Wins
Bronze for New Mexico
r A basketball team made up
completely of athletes from the Navajo
) reservation in Shiprock. New Mexico,
became the first all Native American
i team to ever paitieipate in Speeial
?Olympics (and possibly any
'international competition).
Team New Mexico was placed in a
competitive division and reed some
tough opponents In the preliminary
: rounds it lost twice to the Dominican
Republic 83-39 and 95-48 and twice to
'Panama 62-61 and 46-41.
New Mexico was paired up against
Panama in the medal round where it
once again narrowly fell 74-65 and
had to settle for the bronze medal.
Alton Leslie came out as one of the
stars of the team scoring 19 and 24
points in the last two games,
respectively
Despite their setbacks. Team New
Mexico proved to be vmy popular and
was featured in articles on the sports
panes of the New York Times and
USA Today, and was also the subject
of a feature that appeared on the July
16th edition of ABCs Wide World of
Sports.
Choctaws Bring Home the Gold
for Team Mississippi
Thn? rtwvlw, IfiHiaiw Camanlha
Alex, Samaniha Isaacs and Jennifer
Mingo, from Philadelphia. Mississippi.
were all part of the Mississippi softball
team that won the gold medal in
Division 1 of the softball competition.
After losing us first game 7-4, Team
Mississippi bounced back quickly
thanks to the two Samanthas. tt beat
Wisconsin 21-6 on a 4-for-4
performance by Samantha Isaacs and
a 2-for-4 performance by Samaniha
Alex. Jennifer Mingo was the star of
the next game as she pitched for the
win and hit a grand slam to beat
Massachusetts 20-11 in the final
preliminary game. With the help of
these three players. Team Mississippi
cruised through the medal round,
beating Wisconsin 23-5 and New York
1S-7 to capture the gold.
Three Native Americans from
South Dakota Win Medals
Sioux from South Dakota, compered
in a full slate of events at the Aquatics.
venue. In the individual events.
Chapman took eighth place in the 30
meter freestyle with a time of 30.11
and later finished nxth in the 23-meter
breaststroke with a 26 80 Later,
Chapman made a trip to the medal
stand in the relay events with the help
of his laasamascs His 4x100-meter
freestyle relay team finished fourth
with a time of S: 13.32 and his 4x25
iiilrn?dfei relay nam?natha broom
morel in a time of 1:40.3. J
His teammaie. Steve Crassrope from
the Lower Brule Tribe, joined mm on
the 4x100 freestyle and 4x23 medley
relay teams and also eryoyed success
on his own. He came in sixth place in
the 30-me*erbackstrokr and then cmnc
bock to win a gold medal in the 30
meter freestyle.
George Jenson. a Pine Ridge Ogaia
Sioux ftom RedfiekL was a member of
the South Dakota Unifiad Softball
Team. The team went 3-1 in their
preliminary games and after losing to
Connecticut in the semi-finals, bounced
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Underwood andNelson Grab Wins
in Bowtum Competition
Linda Underwood an Arapaho
Indian from Wyoming, won two
medals in the Bowling competition
indi\ iduallv. Underwood bowled a
scries score of 555 to capture the broom
medal in Division 24 of the Singlm
competition. Ahmg with teammate
Graoe Nelson, Underwood moved upa
mot and took the nlver medal in
Division 4 of the Doubles competition
with a pin total of 1,250.
TwoMontana Athletes Qualify for
World Gaines
Bryan Chapel, a Northern
Chevenne, and Derla Ware, from the
Assigmbonetiiba, traveled with Them
Montana to New Haven. Watt was <
part of the Montana baAstball team I
that finished sixth in Women's
Division 1 The team fell short in 1
Swith Greece. Massachusetts and <
the United Kingdom in the <
round for sixth plaoe. Ware had <
slightly better luck on her own as she !
finished in fifth place in the Individual <
Skills Competition Chapel, who <
computed in Bow ling, had a good week, !
finishing in seventh piece in the SingiM <
a>mpeu iion snd fourth inTeam Muted <
Doubles His 101 sverspi was the i
highest for Team Montane. '
Native American athlete* competed 1
in a multitude of different sports at the
1995 Special Olympics World Geosas i
and were involved in individual, team, <
and unified competition. These i
competiiora have shown whet cam be I
accomplished when athletes with 1
mental retardation sic given the chance 1
lo excel
Special Olympics is the world's i
largest sports oryanuation for children
sM sth^ witS provj^^eeitHmmM
opportunities to develop fitness, 1
demonstrate oouraps, ewpariemoe toy, !
and participate m the shwtamef gun, I
skills, and friendship wuh their |
families For more Information on I
Special Otympfca programs, contact I
your local Special Olympics office or I
call (202) 62S-3630. I
For information on this story,
coniaa Michael Janes or fohaduomiy. I
Special Olympics International, at I
(202) 62S-3630. \
Excels In
Title IV
Programs
Ginn Romudi Fnffm graduated
from Robeson Community College
(RCC), Lumbenon, NC on June V
1993 with honors in Accounting and
Computer Programming. Her
auaulative grade point auarage(QP A)
naa 3 32 in both programs While
mending RCC she participated in the
Student Government Association
[SOA) as a represeatative for
Accounting in 1992-93, President of
SGAial993-1994. participant in the
Milage work study program in the
Continuing Department,
md a participant in the
sr-""0??
Gtna is a single parent with ene
ton, Laurence lamacl Jnchaon. She is
i member of Salem Missionary Baptist
Church located in Maxton. NC She
Payettville Sute Uni vanity,
Fayettville, NC with a major in
Accounting and a minor in Computer
Science
While attending Red Springs High
was a schooTbus driver her senior year
KuiiM, ipvuapui in im upwira
Bound Program, a contestant la the
Mies Teen Pageant, and a member of
LRJDA Arts and Crafts. After
naduatiou torn Mgh school, dnjesnad
he Air Force andbeenme a Computer
Systems Operator ftir 4.1 years She
sceived her HononMsDiacWni from
he military in Deoember, 19vT
She is the daughter of Christine
4uatWorkman ofRad Springs and the
iranddaughter of the late James
riop aland flunt and Mary Jacobs Hunt
| MayberryVideo, Where
the Stars Shine in
Pembroke Now Open
Shown above is Bruce Grantham, manager ofthe the newest business in
town, Mayherry Video*, where the start thine in Pembroke. The video rental
store is located in the old Pmrtiry oa Normal Street, across from Pembroke
State University, Grantham is shown aeth a customer. The newetore is open
on Monday-Thursday from 11 e.M. until 10p.m.; Friday and Saturday from
11 a.m. until 11p.m. and Sunday afternoons from 12:30 p.m. until 10 p.m.
SB A opens centers to
serve Native American
communities
&BA Opens Business Information
Centers To Serve Native American
Communities
Washington-The U.S. Small
Business Administration's (SBA)
Deputy Administrator. Cassandra
Pulley, will be in Portland. Oregon
today to participate in the grand opening
of three new business information
centers (BIC's) which will provide
business development resources,
training and counseling to Native
Americans living on or near
reservations.
"The Business Information Center
Program has been a valuable tool in our
efforts to provide small-business people
with convenient access to the
information needed to become
successful. " said Pulley "These new
locations will help the SBA serve Native
American communities more
effectively and efficiently, and support
the creation of thriving reservation
based, private-sector economies."
The new BIC's, located on the Grand
Ronde, Warm Springs and Klamath
reservations in Oregon, will provide
state-of-the-art business development
resources, financial and technical
assistance,
training, and one-oo-ooe counseling .
The centers' services will also be
available to the surrounding
The centers will contain the latest
computer technology, an extensive
business reference library, and current
management videos designed to help
entrepreneurs plan or expand then
companies
The BIC's will also have access U
SBA OaLine, the agency's populai
electronic information service, whict
provides comprehensive busin&s
related information and a large library
of business-focused shareware
applications
The centers will be staffed by
counselors from the Oregon Native
American Business & Entrepreneui
Network (ONABEN). A participant in
SBA's 7(j) Management and Technical
Assistance Program. ONABEN
provides counseling and training on
small business management to all nine
Native American tribes in Oregon
Recently, the SBA announced a new
partnership with the U.S. Department
ofthe Imenor'sBureauoflndian Affairs
to establish tribal business information
centers (TBIC's) in Montana. North
Dakota. South Dakota. Wyoming, and
the Navajo Nation. This demonstration
program, scheduled to be fully
implemented by the spring of 1996.
will serve 17 tribes in the region.
Started in 1992, the SBA's Business
Information Center Program currently
included 18 locations around the
country. The centers provide services
to the small-business community free
of-charge
To find the B1C location nearest
you, contact your local SBA district
office or call the SBA Answer Desk at
1 -800-8-ASK-SBA.
AIO announces opening of
DC operations
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WmtkimgUm, AC-Americans for
Indian Opportunity (A10) announces
the opening of their DC Operations
Office. Judi Kane was appointed
director of DC Operations and
Indiannet Information Systems Under
an Interagency Personnel Agreement.
Ms Kane is on detail to AIO from the
Environmental Protection Agency
where she was the Indian Programs
Manager in the Office of Solid waste
i for five years.
The AIO DC Operations will be the
headquarters for all Indiannrt activity
Indiannet Information Systems is a
special project of Americans for Indian
Opportunity. This initiative helps to
insure that tribes are oo the cutting
edge of one of the nxnt vital innovations
of our time. Indiannet is the first Indian
owned and operated national
telecommunications network.
Connected to the Internet. Indiannet is
available to anyone with a computer,
modem, tefocommumcntions soft ware,
and a telephone. When fotfr' developed.
?'Indmn Tribes of the United States
most act now to maid getting 'rand
kill' on the inforamttonl^way."
said LaDaaaa Harns. President of
Department's National Council on the
Information Infrastructure Ms. Harrii
added. "Tribes must seek out and
determine for ourselves bow technology
will be used by Native peoples and hov
we will be affected by the infonnatior
age. For the first time, Indians have the
opportunity, through computei
technology and electronic information
to create and share information abou
themselves." Ms. Harris said,'
Through Indiannet tribal government!
and communities can tap into tbt
begin to build their own networks "
To access Indiannet dial (603) 394
6030 with your computer modem a
through the Internet telnet ti
indiannet.sderv.org. Access t<
Indiannet Information Systems is fine
Connections to the Internet is offerei
through Indiannet for a nominal fee
Currently. on lndiaimet. one can fini
conferences, job opportunities, am
fcdaTii resources Amtfto fa Indue
nmrs so paiiicipuiefoSyby sharing am
providing information to the system
The DC Operations Office is located a
1000 Thomas kffcrson Street NW
Suns 306, Washington, DC20007. Fo
. more iartnmnHrn about Indiannc
contact Ms Kane at (202) 342-3046
fax (202) 963-3117 or througl
Indiannet e-mail
Local artist, Karen /
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Coronado has exhibition fi
at PSU art gallery I
Karen Coronado will have an
exhibition of her art work on dis
play in the PSD An Depanment
An Gallery in Locklear Hall
The An Exhibition will be on
view August 11st through Septem
ber 15th
Corondado is a Native Amcri
? cananist living in Robeson County
She has studied an at Pembroke
State University and at Eastern
Carolina University
Her work is inspired by Native
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Americans and hat a strong Native
American sensibility
There will be an opening recep
tion for the artist on Wednesday.
September 6. from 10 a m until
1130 a m in the An Department
Art Gallery in Locklear Hall
Coronado will distress her art and
will answer questions concerning
her wort Refreshments will be
served. All (acuity, students and
community members arc invied to
attend
i Tradition of Excellence
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I News from remoroKe Business i
and Professional Women L
by Yvonne Ihw Mai
The Pembroke BPW attended the
National BPW Conference on July IS
IS. 1993 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
The opening celebration was
highlighted by the featured ipeakcr.
Cherokee Chief. WilmaMankillcr. She
addressed the members and gav e an
interesting background of her life and
straggle to become the first female
leader of the United States of tome
163.000 Cherokee* She stressed that
people iiymid focus on the positions
and not the negatives of other
individuals or Jhtfgs
The luncheon which was held on
txpcn. Richard Simmons who really
excited the
The amor of
amending bylaws, adopting legislative
platform*, adopting resotuuan. voting
for oAoan, giving out awards, and
hearing reports.
Tha North Chrolina, along with the
Sooth Carolina Federal ions, co
sponsored for the first time a
Breakfast with the Carotmas"ia
which Faye Locklsar, co-chaired the
The National Legislative platform
wee adopted with the following
resolution wppott the ratification of
Alice Paul Equal Rights Amendment.
Pair Pay Act of 1995. equity ia
retirement saving*. small 6unoca
administration. federal budget welfare
reform, domestic violence and
insurance, violence in the workplace,
Viclsarr Agatnet Women Act, sexual .
harassment affirmative action, and I
support the United Nations Pladbna I
of Action at the 4th World Conference
?n<nnacwtoaaaaded included Mans |
Moore. Dorothy Bine. Jeasie Hunt,
Flora Wanaoni, sad Oaralihiss Maynor.
Monday, August 7. the dub held its
monthly meeting with guest speaker, pi
Dane ' of Greensboro, who M
sssssssss^s
some**informative information *
rnsrinting the topic. She addressed*
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