ITCN Head Start Program Is Free, but You Must Qualify Under The Federal Income Guidelines
 
Locations:
Elko– 1543 Silver Eagle Drive
Fallon– 8951 Mission Road
Lovelock– 117 Etha Drive
Moapa- #5 Lincoln Street
Nixon– 191 W Pyramid Lake Road
Owyhee– New Town Sub Division St. Rt. 225
Schurz- #1 Toh Bah Pah
Wadsworth– 380 Pyramid Street
Wells– 518 Dover Street
Yerington– 626 Bovard Street
 
Enrollment Process:
Applications For Enrollment May Be Obtained At Your Local Itcn Head Start Center, Or by Contacting Janine Barlese @ 775.355.0600 Ext 104, P.O. Box 7440, Reno NV 89510. Applications Will Not Be Processed Without These Documents!
 
Please Include …

Abe, Taylor Iwtswy, Grade 9                                       3.5 to 4.0
Archuleta, Terynn Edward, Grade 12 3.0 to 3.49
Austin, Martee Briann, Grade 12 3.0 to 3.49
Bliss, Trenton Darin, Grade 10 3.0 to 3.49
Fairbanks, Samantha Jo, Grade 11 3.0 to 3.49
Henry, Christine Laio, Grade 9 3.0 to 3.49
Hicks, Shayna Kay, Grade 9 3.0 to 3.49
Holding, Lorraine Ashley, Grade 9 3.5 to 4.0
Lake, Tashina Marie, Grade 9 3.0 to 3.49
Marshall, Donovan Wayne, Grade 11 3.5 to 4.0
Meihack, Alyssa Ann, Grade 12 4.0 and above
Morgan, Andrew Michael, Grade 11 3.0 to 3.49
Ortega, Deidra Dawn, Grade 11 3.0 …

 
 
EASTER BREAKFAST
Tribal Senior Center
8:30 –9:30 a.m.
EASTER EGG HUNT
Education Outdoor Arbor
Start 10:00 Sharp
AGE CATEGORIES (Prizes 1st—3rd)
Group 1- Ages 0 - 3 Group 3 - Ages 9 - 13
Group 2- Ages 4 - 8 Group 4 - Ages 14 - 99
EASTER BONNET CONTEST
ADULT CATEGORY (Ages 15 & Up)
1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes
YOUTH CATEGORY (Ages 0-14)
1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes

UPDATE: The Spaghetti Feed, Bingo and Raffle raised the necessary funds to travel to Las Vegas.
Orianah Street won the Churchill County School District Spelling Bee, a district-wide competition with up to two participants from each elementary school’s 6th grade classroom, for a total of just over 20 spellers. Orianah qualified for the spelling bee after earning one of the top two scores on a 50 word qualification test given to her class taught by Ms. Kristina Murphy. According to Ms. Murphy, Orianah was a last minute addition to the program. …

 “For those convinced that Indian boarding schools were solely instruments of psychological and cultural oppression, Fortunate Eagle’s account will be both surprising and unsettling. Pipestone is artfully told, frequently humorous, and deeply moving.” David Wallace Adams, author of Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928.
 
Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers an unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. In this rare firsthand account, Fortunate …

Sand Mountain, also known as Singing Mountain, is located off Highway50, approximately twenty-five miles east of Fallon. Each year the popular site, which is under the management of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management, is visited by thirty-five thousand outdoor enthusiasts who come to the 4,795 acre recreational area to sand board, hike, drive their dune buggies and dirt bikes, camp and have fun.
 
Of those who come to the six-hundred foot high dune, many want to hear the eerie booming sounds emitted when the …

 Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada’s Head Start staff members, Beverly Hicks, Kim Conklin, Brenda Hicks and Natalie Pacheco have been selected to attend the 29th Annual Native American Child and Family Conference in Chandler, Arizona February 28 through March 4, 2010.
 
The goal of the NACFC is to provide Head Start Programs with training opportunities to build their capacity in providing quality services.
 
The staff members, along with Site Manager, Mitzi Reilley, Cheryl Arrington and Bobbi Bradley from the Wadsworth Head Start Center, were chosen as an incentive that including being in compliance …

Date: September 8, 2009 – May 20, 2010
Location: Tribal Education Center, 8955 Mission Road, Fallon, Nevada
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Transportation:
To Program: Take Bus #40 from Churchill County Schools to the Tribal Education Center
To Home: Tribal Vans will provide transportation to the Colony, Fox Peak and Reservation residents
Applications: Applications must be completed prior to student participation in the program. Applications are available at the Tribal Administration and Tribal Education buildings.
Program Capacity: Once program capacity is reached a waiting list will be established.

International architecture, planning, engineering, interior design and program management firm Leo A Daly <http://www.leoadaly.com/>  announces the establishment of the Leo A. Daly Scholarship Fund for the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
 
The scholarship will give preference to Native American students who wish to pursue careers in the hotel and gaming industry. It is designed to help develop the next generation of leaders in the Tribal gaming industry. The award will take place for the Fall semester of 2009.   
 
UNLV is …

Editors Note: The following email is reproduced verbatim and without editing per the Vice-Chairman’s request.
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This is heartfelt thank you to our wonderful community for the support during my recent battle with Microscopic Polyangiitis.  According to my doctors I will thankfully make a full recovery and did not suffer from any long term damage which I know would not be possible without the love, prayers and support of my family, friends and our amazing community. 
 
Words cannot begin to explain the overwhelming feeling that I have from the support I received.  Thank …