| Summary: | Page 4, March 22,1996 the CONCORDIAN NEWS Native American awareness weeks focus on "Embracing Tribal Traditions" Meghan Lulf News editor "Embracing Tribal Traditions" is the declared theme of Native American awareness weeks 1996. Although events celebrating the unique culture and history of Native American culture began March 18, Concordia College will officially kick off their campus Native American Week on Monday. The celebration of Native American Week has traditionally been a tri-college event. Moorhead State and NDSU have both hosted events to commemo-rate the event Concordia's first event will be a pipe ceremony held Monday in the Knutson Center Centrum. The pipe ceremony will feature Larry Aitken. Aitken, a Leech Lake Chippewa, serves as presi-dent of the Leech Lake Community College in Cass Lake, Minn. One of Aitken's listed goals in life is "to assist Indian people in getting permission to be an Indian in our contemporary society." In addition, the Red River Singers will present an opening drum song, and Moorhead mayor Morris Lanning will present welcoming remarks. At 2:45 p.m. on Monday, a Native American dance exhibi-tion will be held in the Grant Center Oak Room. The exhibition will feature Damon Brady, a mem-ber of the Three Affiliated tribes and a graduate of Minot State University. Brady has participated in competitive dancing for 24 years and has been a 13- time United Tribes International Champion. Music for the dance will be provided by the Red River Singers. The next events held on Concordia's campus to celebrate Native American Week will be Wednesday. The first presentation will be given by Mike Swan. Swan, a reservation biologist, received the U.S. Forestry Service Honor Award for a cooperative effort in developing the American Indian Natural Resource Career Programs. The lecture will be held at 10:30 ajn. in Old Main 131. At 11:50 a.m. in Old Main 332, Diane Werner will host a discus-sion on stereotypes. Werner, a senior at St. Cloud State University and president of the American Indian Student Association, co-hosts Native Women's Voices, the only weekly Native Women's radio show in Minnesota. Werner's presentation is entitled "Stereotypes - an open discussion." "Who and What is an Indian" is a lecture that will be presented at 1:30 p.m. in the Centrum. Dr. Ben Ramirez-shkwegnabbi, a Saginaw Chippewa who serves as an adjunct faculty member in the St. Cloud State University depart-ment of foreign languages, will present the lecture, which will seek to define modern Native American roles. At 7 p.m. in the Centrum, Werner and Bill Bradley will pre-sent "Through the Eyes of Story," a musical concert. Bradley, of Me'tis heritage, is a singer, song-writer and recording artist from Minneapolis. Werner is Bradley's sister. On Thursday, Concordia will host "Ojibwe Storytelling" at 3 p.m. in the Centrum. The event will be hosted by Anne M. Dunne, an Ojibwe grandmother and story-teller who edits her own newslet-ter, The Beavertail Times. At 11:50 a.m. on Friday in Old Main 331, "Walking in Two Worlds" will be presented by Calvin Walks Over Ice. Walks Over Ice, a 1993 graduate of Concordia College, hails from the Crow Nation of Lodge Grass, Mont He also participates in tra-ditional and competitive pow wows throughout the United States and Canada. The week will culminate in an energetic program. The First Nations of the Woodlands and High Plains pow wow will be held in the Memorial Auditorium. This year's head dancers will be Concordia senior Paula Small and NDSU sophomore Justin Deegan. The Red River Singers will serve as host drum, and the White Earth dancers will serve as the honor guard. Dancer and singer registration opens Saturday at 11 am. and closes at 3 p.m. A meal will be served from 4 to 6 p.m., and crafts will be on display from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. the day of the pow wow. The pow wow will be a non-com-petitive event, meaning the emphasis will be on the spirit of celebration. Inter-tribal dances, honor songs and special dances are scheduled. Young mock trial team makes a good showing Blake Haggerty Staff writer One of Concordia College's mock trial teams competed against schools from all over the nation in die National Silverflght champi-onships this past weekend in St. Paul. The team, consisting primarily of first-year students and sopho-mores, is Concordia's younger team and consequently has had less experience. The team competed against thirty-five other schools and will not know exactly how they placed until sometime next week. However, coach and adviser Dr. Stuart Ringham, political science, predicted they will place some-where in the middle of the group. "We held our own pretty well against the other schools," said Ben Bohnsack, first-year student and team captain. This year, the team argued a case dealing with police brutality toward a minority teenager. They were assigned the case in December and had been working with it since then. One way they prepared for the competition was to scrimmage against the mock trial team made up of upperclassmen, which will be competing in the national championships later this month. The competition consisted of four rounds and was decided by two judges. During the competi-tion, two teams took turns arguing the position of both the defense and prosecution. The Concordia team tied in the first round, won "For a young team, I should say they competed well." —Dr. Stuart Ringham mock trial adviser the second round, tied the third round and lost the fourth round. "For a young team, I should say they competed well," said Ringham, who has coached mock trial teams for ten years. According to the team, a major-ity of the members had either very little or no prior mock trial experi-ence. A couple of-the members had some experience from high school, but for the most part, they learned as they went along. "We had plenty of time to work things out. I felt confident when the trial came around. We worked really well as a group," said Bohnsack, who brought the most experience from high school to the team. "It's fun. It teaches about the justice system, laws, and how to think on your feet," said Bohnsack. New club offers help to all computer users Michelle Grumley Staff writer A new group has emerged at Concordia. Calling themselves the Technology Organization, the group offers several computer ser-vices to students, faculty and staff. John Opgrande and Scott Hansen, both seniors at Concordia, describe the purpose of this club as a resource and learning environ-ment for both club members and the Concordia community. Hansen, who is president of the new organization, has been involved in teaching several class-es on the Internet, the World Wide Web and E-mail to those who have expressed interest. In addition to helping people gain valuable skills in these areas, the organization offers an information-based ser-vice called TechDesk. "[TechDesk] is basically a help desk like a computer store may have," said Hansen. "Many facul-ty members have utilized it." The group will also install new computer programs and modems in personal computers, bought and owned by students, free of charge. According to Hansen, new com-puter additions can cost up to $50. Approximately 20 students belong to the Technology Organization, combining their variety of skills to offer help with problems that may crop up on IBM, Macintosh, E-mail and other related computer programs avail-able on campus. Members of the organization are also working on allocating funding for another E-mail account like the current pro-gram, Gloria, at Concordia. photo by Razvan Carcoana Students, faculty and staff who have questions have a new avenue to direct them. The Technology Organization is designed to help people set up and install their computers and modems, saving them money. For more information contact Scott Hanson through his Gloria E-mail account or through TechDesk.
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