Spokane Chiefs

shouldn 't come as a shock to anyone given Bill Peters outstanding performances behind the bench for other teams. Spokane Chiefs Bill Peters’ first major coaching job came in Major Junior as an assistant coach for the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL. The Three Hills native would serve there as an assistant under then head coach, and current Toronto head coach Mike Babcock from 1996-2000, helping Spokane reach a 100 point season and playoff final appearance in Babcock

The first time I’ve ever visited Cheney and laid eyes on EWU, I was about 15 years old. I was on a field trip from Jenkins High School, located in Chewelah, WA. I remembered being floored by EWU’s theatre arts program, the vastness of the campus, and diversity of the student body. I craved to be apart of it. However, I felt that it was all beyond my ability at that point in my life. During high school, I struggled to maintain my grades and focus. I was in a small town, and every ounce of opportunity

While we have been focusing on the whole Pacific Northwest region as a whole this class, we have finally delved into a subregion that is close to all of us: the Inland Empire. This area in the Pacific Northwest came into being during the late 19th Century and encompassed much of Eastern Washington, the Idaho Panhandle and parts of Eastern Oregon. The people of this region were very proud of their land and some even held more pride for the Inland Empire than their own state. This fierce loyalty to

located in the city of Spokane, Washington in the western region of the United States. Spokane means “children of the sun” and it comes from the Spokane tribe. This scenic city is the gateway to the great outdoors. It holds 76 lakes, 5 national parks, and 33 golf courses. You can also hike the famous Centennial Trail, a path stretching from Idaho to Nine Mile Falls, Washington. One of the largest urban waterfalls in the United States is located in the center of Spokane. Spokane has the reputation as

said, “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter” (“George”). The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a fourteen-year old Indian on the Spokane Reservation in Washington, and his struggles with health, poverty, and bullying. Junior was born with

crucial to the basis of all life. Washington has many rivers that run through the state, the most famous being the Columbia River that runs from Canada through Washington, emptying into the Pacific Ocean. One major tributary of the Columbia is the Spokane River. This river is one hundred and eleven miles long and is fed by Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho. When a water source gets contaminated it can cause shifts in an ecosystem. Recently, there have been advocates trying to improve the quality of water

attention of the reader when he focuses on moments of racism and discrimination of Indian characters, these situations can be applicable to modern day American society. In the collection, Alexie depicts the life of several Indian’s lives, living on the Spokane Indian reservation many of whom face discrimination on a daily basis. The ideas behind the bigotry in the assortment of stories are backed by Alexie’s personal experiences of being discriminated against as well as the experience of many other Indians

Alexie Sherman is a Native American novelist born on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. In his short story, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”, Sherman Alexie uses a character born in the same Reservation in Washington. This makes Alexie an authority figure and gives him more credibility for the arguments he makes in this short story. The main argument being way Native Americans are or have been negatively portrayed in our country, by our government, and its people

incorrectly shows self destruction, the lack of family life and the inability of natives to blame anyone but themselves for their situation on the reservation. Sherman Alexie’s interconnected stories describes the life of Native Americans living on the spokane indian reservation. He attempts to display the natives relationships,history and desires but does otherwise.Instead many can conclude that his contemporary stories portray self deprivation,isolation from society and no

acceptance, poverty, education, stereotypes, and race. This novel is initially set on a Spokane Reservation located in Wellpinit Washington. The Spokane tribe used to span over three million acres of land along the Spokane river and retained a rich culture (“United States History”). The tribe was separated into three bands: The upper, middle, and lower Spokane, which are now joined in one single tribal group (“About Spokane Tribe”). It was not until 1881 that President Rutherford B. Hays allocated a smaller