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18-June-1997 
GA97070 
 
      Storytelling Awards Highlight Native American Celebration 
 
                        by Midge Mack 
 
SYRACUSE--John Calvin wasn't there, but Calvin John was. A member of the 
Allegheny nation, John seems to  know everything about the role Native 
Americans play in the history, government, and community of upstate New 
York. 
 
    While dinner guests of the Native American Consulting Committee ate, 
Calvin traced aspects of this history and later introduced various members 
of the Six Nations in the area. 
 
    Receiving elegant quilted satin blankets in gratitude for their 
contributions to the Native American caucus were Sallie Cuaresma, its first 
moderator;  Jean Cutler, associate for Mission Participation,  Women's 
Ministries, National Mission Division;  Jovelino Ramos, associate for 
Social Justice, also Racial Ethnic Ministries, in the National Missions 
Division, and Martha Ashley, executive administrative assistant for the 
Synod of the Southwest. Other guests received one of more than a dozen 
gifts. 
 
    Perry Ground, an Iroquois storyteller from the Syracuse area, was the 
final speaker.  The program was attended by more than 100 persons.   

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