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Native Arts & Cultures Fund awards NWIC event

Weavers Teaching Weavers receives $14,000 grant

Northwest Indian College’s (NWIC) Weavers Teaching Weavers annual event was recently awarded $14,000 by the Native Arts & Cultures Funds.

Grant funds will help cover some event costs, including hosting master weaver teachers, event supplies and food.

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) awarded grants to 28 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian artists and organizations in 15 states, including three in Washington. This year’s grant sizes ranged from $10,000 to $40,000, with a total allocation of $510,000 which is up from $394,319 in 2010.

Are you sure you should eat that?

Free, two-day class will teach students and community which foods are right for them

Not all foods are good for all of us, but figuring out what is good for us can be tricky. That’s especially true when people don’t realize that some of the suffering they deal with every day is a result of food their bodies don’t like.

“Some people don’t know the foods they put in their bodies affects their moods and their digestive systems,” said Lora Boome-Heaton, NWIC Women’s Wellness Project coordinator. “They don’t know why they are fatigued, and most likely it’s their diet.”

Dr. Mystique Grobe, a Naturopathic Physician with more than 17 years experience, will try to eliminate some of these diet mysteries from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 24 and 31 in the Log Building on Northwest Indian College’s (NWIC) Lummi campus.

Open mic tonight at NWIC Tulalip

Northwest Indian College’s Tulalip site will host an open mic tonight, Friday the 13th, for students and community members to showcase their talents.

The event will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in room 162 of the Tulalip Tribal Administration Building, 6406 Marine Drive in Tulalip, and is free and open to everyone and any type of talent.  Performers can sign up as they arrive. 

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