1982-08-01 Char-Koosta News

              Salish-Xootenai Community College box. 1020 ^unege
Roñan, MT 59864
PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592
NEWSPAPER OF THE SALISH, PEND cTOREILLE AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, WESTERN MONTANA
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 6 FULL MOON OF THE HUCKLEBERRY AUGUST I, 1982
Successful Elmo pow wow featured many local winners
Local Indian dancers fared a little better in Elmo last month than they did earlier in Arlee, as they danced away with about a third of the $5,000 prize money.
In Elmo, though, the biggest money is earned over at the stickgame pavilion. Fifteen hundred dollars was the prize won by first placers George and Bernice Hewankorn, Georgian Hewankorn Moomaw, Hazel Hewankorn, Laurence Kenmille, and Lydia Hewankorn.
The dancing and gaming took place July 15-18 during Elmo's 4th annual Standing Arrow Pow Wow. People from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Canada met at the north end of the Flathead Reservation to dance, drum, gamble and visit - the usual enjoyments of any pow wow.
Special added attractions were a rodeo (which drew contestants from Australia), a canoe race, and a softball tournament
Selection of 1982's Miss Kootenai rounded out the sum-
Salish cultural leader dies
Mitch Smallsalmon, chief war dancer and keeper of the culture, died July 7 in a Ronan hospital, a week before his 82nd birthday.
A lifelong resident of the Flathead Reservation, Mitch was well known in Indian Country as a practitioner of traditional Indian ways. He was widely respected for this devotion to the old ways, and for his quiet manner.
A self-employed trapper and woodsman in his earlier
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mer's second big Indian celebration. Delores Alexander, from Cranbrook, British Columbia (Canada), will represent the Kootenai people at various regional pow wows for the next twelve months. First runner-up was Georgina Big Beaver, Elmo.
Winning dancers' names and photos begin on page 14. Winners of the various sporting events are listed on page 9.
Winners of a different sort - who earn personal satisfaction for a job well done -- are the members of the Standing Arrow Pow Wow Committee: Chairman, Francis Auld; Vice-chairman, Pat Hewankorn; Secretary, Bernice Hewankorn; Announcer, Vernon Finley; Concessions, Lucy Caye; Camping, Marvin Saloway and Laurence Kenmille; Drums, Alex Lefthand; War Dance, George Hewankorn; Advertising and posters, Kootenai Culture Committee; Stickgames, Tony Mathias and Cheryl Mathias; Hunting (for the dinner), Willie Caye and Doug Caye; Dinner, Pat Hewankorn and Sadie Saloway (and many other volunteers); Sanitation, Orsino Walker; Miss Kootenai Pageant, Geo Kenmille, Nancy Joseph, Sarah Button and Sophie Matt; Canoe Races, Laurence Kenmille; General volunteers, Helen Charlo, Mary Eneas and Tony Charlo; Host Drum, Chief Cliff
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INSIDE:
Wilderness explained........................Page 4
Letters to the Editor.........................Page 8
Summer Recreation winds down...............Page 10
Council meeting minutes......................Page 18