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Show ifl Mimr-i- r rarasss Eleven Ute women are back in the classroom this fall, training to become five mornings a week. Past accumulation of college credits will schools teachers. The teacher-trainee- s are participants in Career Ladder, a new program determine the length of the training period for each student. Most will receive teacher certification in five years, though some will finish the program in two to three years. e The program is patterned after a similar and very successful teacher-trainin- g plan on the Navajo Reservation in San Juan. The direction of Career Ladder is the joint responsibility of John Childs, coordinator of the Uintah Basin. Education Council, and Con Osborne of the BYU Indian Education Department. . In addition to studying with BYU professors and local instructors (including Gwen Mojado and Joan Heavy Runner of the Tribe's Adult- Education Program) during the school year, the trainees will spend eight weeks each summer on the Provo campus for further studies. Those participating in Career Ladder include Delilah Reyos, Mary Sue Serawop, Gloria Arrowgarp, Jennie Murdock, Beverly Mojado, Maxine Serawop, Lola Summers, Doreen Limey, Marion Serawop, Lillian Reed and Linda financed through the federal Indian Education Act, Title IV. It is by the Ute Tribe and Brigham long-rang- Young University in cooperation with local school districts. The goal of the project is to provide a balanced ration of certified Indian teachers to teach in the public schools, in an attempt to increase the educational development and participation of the Indian community in local education. During their course of study, the trainees attend university classes two afternoons a week at Todd Elementary and assist in the classrooms of area D.C. WASHINGTON, A Plot-nico- painted rawhide parfleche, or cone-shape- Ute stadmts and their parents BIA Commissioner Announces Student Bill of Rights A bill of rights for students attending Bureau of Indian Affairs schools has become a part of the Code of Federal Regulation, Commissioner of Indian' Affairs Morris Thompson announced Sept. 12. This new part of the Code, Commustont-- r Tkompton said, "it like our Constitutional Bill of Rights m that it is simple, brief and to the point It provides a sound base for local school - parents, students and communities to develop regulations and staff programs which accord withN the law, are respectful of individual rights and promote a spirit of responsibility. Included in the rights listed in the regulations are: Right to an education, freedom from unreasonable seareh, reasonable privacy, a safe and secure environment, freedom of religion and culture, freedom of speech and - . d One-of-a-ki- well-execute- mid-Augu- YEAR-A- re Vanderhoop. v, hats made of redwood fiber. items are not wanted. The exhibit is planned to show things being made in our day by craftsmen who d and produce well-don- e items to be used. If his work is chosen, each craftsman is expected to be ab5 to supply at least 10 of his entry --one to be exhibited, and nine more to be available for sale at the price set by the artist. Mrs. Plotnicov said it has not yet been established by by planners of the Renwick competition whether an entry fee would be asked or whether a commission on the sale of crafts items would be taken by the Renwick. Individual Indian craftsmen interested in entering this national competition may obtain entry forms by writing to The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. Purpose of the competition, according to the Renwick, is to give recognition to the working production craftsman, as opposed to the artist who produces art objects. The Renwick craft-wor- k stipulates, however, that selected must be made by hand rather than assembly line techniques. Between 50 and 100 works wifi be selected for a seven-mont- h premiere Renwick the at here Gallery showing from July 4, 1974, to Feb. 16, 1976, national tour followed by a three-yea- r art centers small in museums, planned and library exhibitions in areas of the nation where top quality crafts exhibitions are seldom seen. ANTICIPATING THE NEW SCHOOL - National Gallery Announces Indian Art Competition national competition for American Indian craftsmen and others has been announced here by the prestigious Renwick Gallery in Washington, the curatorial department for American crafts and design of the Smithsonian Institutions National Collection of Fine Arts. The competition will take place among works entered by craftsmen in the United States who produce multiple objects, which are defined by the Renwick Gallery as editions of at least 10 of the same design. There is no limit as to the materials which can be used, said Miriam exhibition curator for the Renwick Gallery to AIPA. Jewelry can be cast or forged. Articles of basketry,' costumes, ceramics, beadwork, leatherwork and weaving in contemporary or traditional designs are wanted from American Indian craftsmen." It is hoped that certain of less well known craftswork will appear, such as cornhusk bags, quillwaik, a beautiful . LOADING LUGGAGE-- In the chartered Traflweys bus were Ute ter lutenusuntaln Bcheel at Brigham City last suth. He 47 students 800 iater-tribstadeutbedy sttemHug the BIA fadUty far the first chest was established as a bearding achesL Hm Navajo students in the past. -- and disciplinary actions which could involve suspension or expulsion. The essential elements involved in due process are also spelled out in the Massachusetts Educator Selected To Head Boarding School Activities , A member of the. Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts was recently hired to be the Education Officer for the Ute Tribe. Cynthia Vanderhoop Akins of Gay Head assumed her new position Sept. 10. The new education official has a M.A. in education from the Arizona State University in Tempo, Ariz. Ms. Akins The regulations are applicable, in addition to the Bureau schools, to schools operated by Indian tribal groups which are funded under contract by the Bureau. In 1974 there were 13 such schools. The consideration of students' rights is a fairly recent phenomenon in the United States," Commissioner Thompson said. Years ago it was accepted that school officials excercised a rather . pre-Pea- autocratic authority. Our increased - Wamponoag Tribal Council of Gay Head. Ms. Akins was employed in the Office of American Indian Affairs, Office of Education in the Health, Education, and Welfare Department at Washington, D.C. m an assistant before accepting the meet. focal - TOUR ATTENTION, PLSABh Please notify the Bulletin If. you are opt reoeMng your paper or if you harm a change of address! W0aoonnd ce sented her tribal group at various eonferencM in the eastern states. She wu also appointed secretary to the consciousness of the rights of minority groups has changed this and I think it is for the better. We cannot effectively teach democracy in a dictatorial school setting. Maintaining needed discipline within a framework of freedom is a challenge, but one that we must and will mass-produc- ed specialized in Indian education at the Arizona university. She was graduated from Boston University Sargent College in Massachusetts where she Mined her B.S. degree in physical education in 1959. Ms. Akins participated in the Workshop on American Indian Affairs at the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1969. During this year, she was named runner-u- p to Miss Indian America. A 14 year veteran of the teaching profession, Ms. Akins has taught in public schools, Bureau of Indian Affairs schools at Phoenix, Ariz., Cherokee, N.C., and Ft. Wingate, N.M. and with the Project Peace Pipe in Puerto Rico and Escondido, Calif. The peace pipe Corps project was a special training program for selected native Americans who would be working with Indian groups in Columbia, South America. The Massachusetts native has repre, . regulations. one-of-a-ki- nd the the suly to luce al expression, the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the redress of grievances and the right to due process st Issvhc Cynthia Aldas position. The Bureau of Indian Affairs education position was contracted to the Ute Tribe Sept. 8. Ms. Akins' ana of responsibility is coordinating boarding school activites. |