Arts & Culture

Light on the Devils, Coming of Age on the Klamath

Of course, this makes the books I really had trouble putting down something special and that includes the book Light on the Devils, Coming of Age on the Klamath. It’s a book about the last years of the timber boom in Happy Camp and a story well told by Louise Wagenknecht, who has written it down from the perspective of her high school years there. Read More →

Using Martial Arts to Fight Diabetes

Perry Lincoln stood in front of his students in the Neighborhood Facilities (NF) gymnasium and demonstrated the slow and graceful movements from the ancient Chinese martial art T’ai chi ch’uan (太極拳). Read More →

Seeding the Future

The Hoopa Community Garden hosted three kindergarten classes and one high school class for a planting day on Wednesday, May 22. All classes grew from seed the vegetable starts that were planted. Ms Arwoods, Mrs. D. Marshall, and Mrs. Folgers, kindergarterers planted pumpkins. Mr. Boeing’s agriculture class planted tomatoes and Jalenpenos. The Warrior Instittue, TCCC/Americorp, [...] Read More →

German Exchange Students Visit Hoopa

Wilhelm Plitt, a high school English teacher from Germany, said, “We’re teaching about Indians as part of our senior year curriculum, and they’re very excited to get to know about Indian traditions.” Read More →

With Helping and Healing Hands

Rebecca ‘Becky’ Dean Ferris always had a way about her. Her laugh is catchy. This bright- eyed Indian woman is old school; always helping people not for who they are or what she would get in return, but simply because they needed help. Read More →

Award Winning Film Premiere Comes to Hoopa

Dancing Salmon Home tells the story of the Winnemem Wintu – or middle river people – from their legendary beginnings, through their struggles against European-American invaders in the 1800s and 1900s, to their ongoing efforts to return salmon to the upper reaches of the Winnemem/McCloud River. Read More →

Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

K'ima:w Medical Center in Hoopa held their first annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk last weekend on May 4, 2013. The walk was dedicated to Ruthie McCovey-McCurdy and Jodi Moon. Read More →

Warriors Harlem Shake it on YouTube

The Hoopa Valley  High School Warriors recently posted their own Harlem Shake video--a viral YouTube craze. The short video was filmed and produced by local film maker Byron Nelson III. You can find the video online by searching Warrior Harlem Shake or visiting the following URL: http://youtu.be/fNr3UE0YZwo Read More →