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| Title | Gila River Reservation charter school honored |
| Body | From: Denny Hurtado [mailto:DHurtado@ospi.wednet.edu] http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1201local people01.html The Herberger College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University has awarded its 2003 Community Partnership Award to the Ira H. Hayes Memorial Applied Learning Center, a charter school on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Pinal County. The annual award recognizes a local organization for achievement in community-oriented programming that blends the arts and education. The program, "Place: Vision and Voice," is dedicated to creating discussions between young people and adults through the performing arts, including the use of digital media. The program is now in its second year. As part of the program, Gila River teenagers at the Hayes center enroll in an elective course in which they create a collaborative multimedia performance. In its first year, the program resulted in a documentary video, The River People, which was screened this fall at the CinemaTexas International Short Film Festival in Austin; and at the Atlatl Native Voices Film Festival at Arizona State University. Herberger College theater Professor Stephanie Etheridge Woodson, together with graduate student Megan Alrutz, oversaw the program at the Hayes center. "The project's goal was to focus on identity issues," Woodson said. "This resulted in the realization that the teens learn about Indian traditions almost entirely by oral customs passed through their families. Some of the teens had never been taught the Pima culture and really hungered for information about what it means to be Akimel O'otham." If you know a person who has done something interesting or has been honored in some way, we want to know about it. Send a note to The Arizona Republic, Local People Section, 200 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ 85004. Or send e-mail to localpeople@arizonarepublic.com. |
| Source | The Herberger College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University |
| Inputdate | 2003-12-05 13:29:00 |
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