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TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Jim Warne, a former National Football League (NFL) player, will travel to Tahlequah, Okla. to conduct a football and life skills camp for Native American youth June 30 - July 2, 2005. The camp will be held at the Sequoyah High School (SHS) campus.

"Kids will not only get football instruction, but also life skills education and cultural exposure," said Brent Scott, SHS football coach. "They’ll get a chance to meet former NFL players. You can’t get that anywhere else in Oklahoma."

The camp is open to individuals who will be entering the fifth through twelfth grades. Cost to attend the camp is $40 for students who wish to reside in the dormitories during camp and $30 for those who wish to commute. All campers will receive a T-shirt and certificate of accomplishment upon completion.

Warne travels to locations throughout the United States to conduct tribally based football and life skills camps for Native American Youth. His camps are designed to help youth develop athletic and mental skills and apply tribal world view and philosophy to the training and learning experience. Warne uses Native American coaches and athletes as examples of success in athletics and academics.

"It has been my honor to work with tribal youth throughout the country representing hundreds of tribal nations," Warne said. "I have shared my perspectives of attaining education and applying our tribal culture to my daily activities."

For more information on the football and life skills camp at SHS, contact Brent Scott, phone: 918-456-0631. Registration is limited to the first 360 registered participants.

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" P.O. Box 520, Tahlequah, OK 74465             Sequoyah High School Alumni P.O. Box 187, Park Hill, OK 74451-0187 Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.