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The American Indian Education Program in the Austin School District, is holding their Annual AIEP Awards Ceremony on Sunday, April 1, 2001, beginning at 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. The event will be held at the McKinney Falls State Park. A pot luck dinner begins at 1:00 p.m. The Awards Ceremony follows the dinner.

Activities include, the AIEP Awards Ceremony, a pot luck dinner, storytelling around the campfire, hiking, biking, fishing, and wildlife observation, and a special presentation on the culture and history of the Cherokee.

The guest speaker for the special presentation is Hastings Shade, Deputy Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. Deputy Chief Shade will be doing the special presentation on Cherokee Culture and History

The Annual AIEP Awards Ceremony is sponsored by the Native American Parent's Committee, Austin School District,. Come join us and take this opportunity to acknowledge and honor the accomplishments of our young people. In case of rain the event will be moved inside.

The park is located 13 miles southeast of the State Capitol in Austin off US Highway 183. Take McKinney Falls Parkway south, off US Highway 183, straight to the park entrance. Stop at the park headquarters for directions to the Group site for the NAPC gathering. Entrance fee will be paid by NAPC for all AIEP students and families. McKinney Falls State Park 5808 McKinney Falls Parkway Austin, Texas 78744, phone: 512-243-1643.

For further information concerning the event call, Glenda Kolarik, phone: 512-462-3893 or John Waukechon, phone: 512-206-5604.

For questions concerning AIEP, please call the Indian Education Program in the Austin School District Office. The program is administered by Patti Hamrick, 512-414-0159 or 512 288-1208, send email to: rosarugosa@juno.com.

The Austin Independent School District Native American Parents Committee is a group of students, parents and educators working to help American Indian students in the Austin area. The group is officially recognized by the Austin Independent School District and works closely with a support group of community volunteers to design programs that help young people by providing a mentor program, a Native American library, an annual Powwow and cultural classes to learn more about their Indian heritage. Foremost of these programs is the annual Pow-Wow and Heritage Festival.