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Sacaton Kickoff

Storytellers Video

NEW Executive Board

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Children’s Lit Links

Press Coverage

Spotlight on K-Read

 

 

Our Mission:
To assist the Indian community in increasing literacy skills, while preserving Native American identity through a transferable model for a school-year-long family literacy program.


Sacaton Kickoff!
Prior to attending the REFORMA conference in Tucson, Dr. Loriene Roy and Heather Ball traveled to the Gila Indian reservation to help out at the Sacaton Elementry School Kickoff.  Stories were read to over 400 Sacaton kids!  They especially liked the TRUE ghost stories that Loriene told them. 
The Chandler Public Library sponsored the kickoff with "If I Can Read", providing book bags full of incentives
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Storytellers Video
This summer we started putting together a video called Storytellers for schools participating in the “If I Can Read” program. So far, Storytellers features all kinds of stories, told by Christine McNew, Tim Tingle and Dr. Loriene Roy. Ultimately, the video will be comprised of 8-10 stories.

Christine McNew was the first storyteller to be filmed for the video. She is the Youth Services Consultant for the Texas State Library and a professional storyteller for eight years. Her story is called “The Dancing Ghost” and was written by John Allwright and Christine McNew. It was featured on “Texas Ghosts”, an annual program aired by Channel 26 in Houston around Halloween time.

Tim Tingle is a professional storyteller and is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Tingle travels around the country bringing his stories to children and adults alike. continued, p.2...

NEW Executive Board!
WELCOME! to our Executive Board Members:
John D. Berry, Naomi Caldwell, Karen Drake, Susie Husted, Marti Lindsey, Victor Schill, Narda Tafuri, and Elayne Walstedter.