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Pahrump
STAN GOLDSBY -- Asst.
Pastor -- "That God's wrath will
come down on mankind. There
will be so many lost souls out
there during the rapture and we
will be held accountable as
Christians for not reaching them."
Gazet00d00 on the street...
What do you fear the most?
Carson City
Las Vegas
Reno
Fallbrook, CA
KATHY CHRISTIAN -- Self
employedmanufacturing -- 'I guess
maybe not staying healthy. Getting
some terminal illness as a self
employed person with no insurance."
JAYSON SNEDER -- Loan
manager -- "I don't fear anything
except snakes. And I live in the
desert."
HUGHES AHERN -- Taxi SABRINA BELL--Student--
driver -- "Dying and going and "Heights and the diving board, I
going to hell, losing my soul and just can't dive."
that's the truth."
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then and now
Native American Lecture/Environmental art show opening
by PhiUip 1. Earl
Nevada Historical Society
n Thursday, October 16, the Nevada Historical Society will host the
second public lecture in our "Nevada's Native Americans" series this
fail. This program will feature Norman Harry• of the Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe who will be
speaking on "Contempo-
rary Native American Issues: Sacred
Sites, Land and Water Resources and
Economic Development." A former
tribal chairman, he has also served
on committees dealing with educa-
tion, water resources and the Pyra-
mid Lake Fisheries. In addition, he is
currently working in the construc-
tion industry and as an independent
consultant for economic development
with various tribes in the Southwest.
Mr. Harry will speak on questions
such as: What are sacred sites, and
why is the prevention of their des-
ecration so important to Native
Americans? He will discuss the laws
that now protect Native Americans'
graves and sacred objects. Mr. Harry
believes that it is essential for the
public to understand Native Ameri-
cans' feelings for these sacred sites.
He will also discuss the Native Ameri-
can view of the land and water and l¢ishing camp, Pyramid Lake Reservation, e.1900.
give a history of the Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe's involvement in land
and water issues. Federal trust re-
sponsibilities to native tribes an analysis of Native American economic devel-
opment and future goals will also be a partof the program. There will be a thirty-
minute period at the end of the lecture for questions from the audience.
On November 13, in celebration of "Native American History Month," the
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Nevada Historical Society will also be the venue for a program of traditional dance
and song and a lecture on the cultural significance of pow wows. Next year,
February 19 and March 19, 1998, the last two programs in the series will be held at
the Reno museum. All programs
begin at 7 p.m. and are free to the
public, call (702) 688-1191 for fur-
ther information.
On Friday, October 24, we will
open a new exhibition in the Chang-
ing Gallery of the Reno museum,
5:30 - 7:30 p.m., "Nature Draws
Development," featuring soil and
natural fiber constructions by Paul
F. Ford Jr. of Minden. An art
teacher at Carson City High School,
Mr. Ford is active in the arts com-
munity in western Nevada and has
recently been honored with a fel-
lowship in visual arts by the Ne-
vada State Arts Council• He has
also been a participant in the
Fulbright Exchange Teacher Pro-
gram, 1986-87, when he taught
painting and art history in
Edinburgh, Scotland,
The artist's wall-mounted works
explore the interaction between na-
ture and the expanding human-built
Nevada Historical Society Photo environment, visual impacts of de-
velopment, the history of change
due to human, occupation of the
land and the possible consequences of such industrial activities as the Yucca
Mountain nuclear waste storage facility in southern Nevada.
This exhibit will be up through the end of the year.
Join us!
