October 2003, Volume 3, Issue 10

2004 CHALLENGE COST SHARE GRANTS

The Challenge Cost Share (CCS) program for the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (NHT) will be renewed for fiscal year 2004. The program makes available matching funds to non-federal organizations for projects that provide new or enhanced opportunities for protection, interpretation, or recreation at sites or segments on the Lewis and Clark NHT. CCS guidelines require NPS dollars to be matched on a one-for-one basis with non-federal monies, and/or donated time and in-kind service. Normally, the maximum amount awarded for each project is $250,000 of NPS funds and the minimum amount is $2,000.

You will find the application form available at the NPS web site www.nps.gov/lecl. For 2004, you must complete the form on the web site and submit directly on-line, only. Prior to web submission print a copy of your completed application. Please sign and send NPS an original application plus nine hard copies. NPS requires at least one original ink signature per set of applications. No grant proposals submitted purely via e-mail or hard copy will be allowed in 2004.

A down-loadable Microsoft Word version of the application to facilitate the drafting of proposals can be located on at www.nps.gov/lecl - follow the CCS link. The deadline for web submission is no later than January 15, 2004. The 10 hard copies must be postmarked on or before January 15, 2004.

NPS may hold a few regional-based workshops this fall.

To discuss a project, call Challenge Cost Share Program Coordinator Midori Raymore or Trail Manager Richard Williams at 888-237-3252.

LEWIS & CLARK BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE PENDLETON BLANKET

The Lewis and Clark Expedition has long been recognized as a pivotal event in the nation's history. Nevertheless, it has only been during the current bicentennial era that modern scholarship has revealed the true importance of the Washington segment of the trail.

Accordingly, it is only appropriate that the Washington State History Museum produce this Lewis and Clark Pendleton Blanket, surely to become one of the most prized bicentennial collectibles. This is especially true of the limited, numbered "members edition" of 200, made available solely to the members of the Washington State Historical Society.

For $299 (plus tax and shipping, if applicable) you will be able to secure this exclusive blanket. Deluxe packages that include the premium numbers 1-9 and 200 within the registered set, and a bonus pack of bicentennial collectibles are also available. To reserve your blanket or to request more information, call the membership assistant at 253-798-5902.

NATIONAL BICENTENNIAL BROCHURE AVAILABLE

The National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial has released its long-awaited brochure on bicentennial signature events. All 15 national signature events--are highlighted, as is additional information about the National Council and its advisory groups. If people are interested in single copies, or a few copies of the brochure, feel free to contact Mark Vessey, 360/586-0219, fax 360/586-8322, email, mvessey@wshs.wa.gov. If you are interested in large quantities for distribution, please contact the National Council at P.O. Box 11940, St. Louis, MO 63112-0040, 888-999-1803.

LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL INTERPRETIVE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM

The Washington State capital budget for the current biennium includes a $1 million appropriation for a Lewis and Clark Grant (LCG). The guidelines and application for the LCG is modeled on the Heritage Capital Projects Fund (CPF) administered by the Washington State Historical Society.

LCG funds may be used for construction of new facilities or improvements to existing ones; purchase, restoration, and/or preservation of such fixed assets as historic buildings and structures; acquisition of unimproved property for the purpose of construction of a new facility that will have a heritage mission; acquisition, protection, stabilization, and/or development of historic or archaeological sites; physical improvement of interior facility spaces for exhibitions, programs, and/or preservation activities; construction-related design, architectural, and engineering expenses; purchase of equipment when necessary to accomplish the project; bridge loans or financing, but only if the loan is obtained after the application is approved for funding.

In addition to using the funds in an appropriate way, an applicant should meet the fundamental test of interpreting the Lewis and Clark story; meet a 1 to 1 matching requirement, be "ready to go" with match largely in hand or already in the project within the past four years; fall within a $12,000 to $200,000 range for the amount of their requested LC funds; and demonstrate an ability to expend the funds by June 30, 2005.

Preference will be given to those areas along the trail, but applicants anywhere in the state are eligible.

Workshops will be held in late October (including one in conjunction with the Washington Heritage Conference in the Tri-Cities). Applications are due back to the HRC on November 21 with review and ranking in December. The announcement of awards will take place in February. Contracts will then be signed with successful applicants.

For more information or to request an application packet, contact Mark Vessey at 360-586-0219. or mvessey@wshs.wa.gov.

LEWIS AND CLARK SOILS PLANNER

The 2004 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Soils Planner will be ready for distribution late November 2003. The soils planner will highlight the Lewis and Clark expedition and the expedition journals which had many descriptions of soils and their relationship to the landscape. In addition the planner will include soil paintings of the Lewis and Clark expedition and a classroom exercise on how to paint with soil. There is a web site with NRCS: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/lewisandclark/ where you may review some of the materials that are highlighted in the planner. The Resource Conservation and Development Division is compiling a list for distribution to the public and RC&D offices.

Please send your requests by September 29, 2003 for the number of planners that you could use in your office or state association to:
William McIntyre
William.McIntyre@USDA.gov
202-720-2241

'OCIAN IN VIEW'

November 7-10, 2003
Long Beach Peninsula, Washington

'Ocian in View' provides an enriching opportunity to partake in lectures and tours that offer insight into the Lewis and Clark Expedition, where the Corps of Discovery, at long last, reached the Pacific Ocean.

Friday, November 7, Ilwaco Heritage Museum, 7PM, $10
Dr. David Peck leads off the 'Ocian In View' weekend with a fascinating look at wilderness medicine. Peck, a practicing physician from San Diego, is the author of Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine and the Lewis & Clark Expedition. For each illness, Peck has compiled evidence from the journals to make a comparison between the Corps' medical treatments and how the illness would be diagnosed in the 21st century. Peck will be presenting a slide show and signing books that evening, as well.

Saturday, November 8, Hilltop Middle School, 7PM, $10
Two speakers will be offering their insights into the story of York, Clark's slave. Hasan Davis will present a living history performance of "York, Black Explorer of the Lewis & Clark Expedition." A drama graduate who holds a Doctorate in Law, Davis was selected in 2001 as a Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellow.

Adding understanding will be Ron Craig, a filmmaker and author from Portland. Executive Producer of Filmworks Northwest, he is currently creating a one-hour documentary entitled "Who Was York? A New Look at the Lewis & Clark Expedition." He has co-authored a children's book of the same title, to be published by the National Geographic Society in 2004. Craig was a featured speaker at the opening of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration at Monticello in January.

Sunday, November 9, Fort Columbia State Park Theater, 2:30PM
Gary Lentz will present a unique program entitled, "Means of Subsistence." He will demonstrate types of food, methods of cooking, and culinary details used throughout the Expedition. Lentz is currently a Washington State Park Ranger at the Lewis & Clark Trail State Park.

Bus Tours, November 8, 9 and 10, 9AM to 1PM, $25
Compelling narrated bus tours will take passengers to significant campsites and other spots along the Columbia River, Cape Disappointment, Discovery Trail and the Pacific Coast. Historian Rex Ziak, author of In Full View, will lead the Saturday and Sunday tours. Jim Sayce, local authority on Lewis and Clark, will narrate the Monday tour. Tours depart from the Ilwaco Heritage Museum at 9AM and return at 1PM.

Contact Information
'Ocian In View', presented by the Pacific County Friends of Lewis & Clark, is made possible by grants from Humanities Washington and the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. For more information on the program or Lewis & Clark information access the Friends website at www.lewisandclarkwa.org. or call 360-642-2805. For more information on bus tours or available lodging, call the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau at 1-800-451-2542 or access the Peninsula's website at www.funbeach.com.

SHARE YOUR HERITAGE

On November 9-11, 2003 the Long Beach Peninsula will host a training workshop about cultural heritage tourism that will include 40 invited participants from along the Washington portion of the Lewis and Clark Trail of Discovery. This workshop is one of only five to be held in the nation this year.

The Share Your Heritage workshop is scheduled so that participants can join the activities of the 'Ocian in View' festival on November 7-9 and use the festival as a case study for their learning. The focus of the learning will be how to make a one-time cultural or heritage event into lasting legacies in small communities. The Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau, the Shelburne Inn, the China Beach Retreat, Pacific Transit, Fort Columbia and Fort Canby State Parks, the 'Ocian in View' festival organizers, and the Ilwaco Heritage Museum are local businesses providing services to support this workshop. As the project develops we anticipate that more local contributions will be made.

On November 9 in the Theater at Fort Columbia State Park, the workshop will present a dance from 7-9 p.m. which is open to the public. The event will feature live music and dance instruction from Sandy Bradley and friends. She will teach dances that were popular in about 1805 during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. These 'contra danses' had recently been imported from France and are mentioned in the Journals in several locations. Contradances continue to be popular today. The dance highlights how history and culture can interact to draw tourists to a community.

The Share Your Heritage Workshop is a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Heritage Tourism Program. Partners sponsoring the Workshop include the Washington State Arts Commission; Washington State Department of Transportation; Washington State Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development, Business and Tourism Department; Washington State Historical Society; Washington State Parks; and Washington National Guard.

Should you have questions about this please contact:
Bitsy Bidwell
Washington State Arts Commission
P.O. Box 42675
Olympia, Wa. 98504
360-586-2421

WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AWARDS PROGRAM

Call for Nominations

The Washington State Historical Society announces a call for nominations for awards to be presented at the Society's annual meeting on June 12, 2004. Up to nine awards are presented each year to recognize excellence in advancing the field of history in the state of Washington through writing, teaching, historic projects, understanding cultural diversity and for volunteerism at the Washington State History Museum and the State Capital Museum. We encourage you to help us honor the work that advances the Society's mission "to make the study of history in Washington illuminating and inspiring" by nominating candidates for the following awards: David Douglas Award, Governor's Awards for Teaching History in Washington State, Peace and Friendship Awards, and the Robert Gray Medal.

For a description of the awards and information on the nomination process, please visit the WSHS web site at WWW.WSHS.ORG or for a copy of the Call for Nominations, contact:
Marie DeLong
Administrative Officer
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402-3109
Phone 253-798-5901
Fax 253-272-9518
Email: mdelong@wshs.wa.gov

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK BICENTENNIAL
SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 UPDATE

Falls of the Ohio National Council Meeting

The National Council will meet on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at the Fairfield Inn Louisville North at 619 North Shore Drive in conjunction with the Falls of the Ohio Signature Event.

Please see www.lewisandclark1803.com for a complete listing. Some events require reservations or tickets for admission. With the exception of lunch during the board meeting on Saturday, you will be responsible for your own meals and any event tickets.

New Council Members and Officers Elected at Philadelphia Meeting

Five new board members were elected at the Philadelphia meeting: Chris Howell of the Pawnee Nation, Kansas Arts Commission; Daphne Richards-Cook of the Lower Brule Sioux, coordinator of the Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates (ATTA); Brenda Hall Dvorak of the Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Nation; Rebecca Wodder, president of American Rivers; and Mike Nedd, State Director, Eastern States Office, Bureau of Land Management. The new members were unanimously confirmed. We are pleased to welcome these individuals to the Council.

Officers elected for 2003-2004 include:
Robert Archibald, President
Bobbie Conner, Vice President
Phyllis Yeager, Secretary
Patti Thompson, Treasurer

Ad Council Update

The Ad Council Public Service Announcement campaign is currently scheduled to be launched the third week of October. This means that ads will start appearing in mid-November. The ads are currently undergoing final review, fine-tuning and a final fact check.

TV spots: 5 total
          3 Legacy (60, 30,15 second versions of the spot)
          2 American Indian (30, 15 second spots)

Radio spots:
          Lost Trail
          Sacagawea
          York

Print Ads
          Discovery
          Imagine
          York
          Map

The new National Council website will launch in mid October prior to the Ad Council PSA launch. A committee has been working with designer Matt Schulte from the Metropolitan Group to coordinate the new site design. The committee will review a beta test site early next week. As soon as the calendar entry concept is complete, we will distribute the link to organization so that information can be downloaded. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to assist with comments and suggestions. We are working with a number of Council members and partners as we begin to fill the content matrix.

Staff Announcements

Amy Mossett is now the American Indian Involvement Coordinator for the National Council. She has been working with a number of Indian Tribes along the lower Missouri and is helping to coordinate Indian involvement in signature events, Corps II and other bicentennial activities. This position is primarily being supported by a Challenge Cost Share grant from the National Park Service.

While she needs no introduction to the Council, Amy previously was the Tourism Officer for the Three Affiliated Tribes as well as a council member and original chair of COTA. She will be working for the Council from her home base in New Town, North Dakota. Katie Hunn joined the Council as COTA assistant and is based in the St. Louis office. She is a recent graduate of the Museum Studies graduate certificate program from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Sammye Meadows continues as Cultural Awareness Coordinator and operates out of Gunnison, Colorado. Sammye's position is underwritten by the Hewlett Foundation. Karen Goering is continuing to work as executive director on a volunteer basis.

First Round of Indian Involvement Grants Awarded

Projects being supported include :

• A Chinook Tribal resource guide (they have been overwhelmed by the requests relating to the bicentennial)
• Creation of a historical trail with historical markers by the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council
• Support of a living culture village by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla which will include storytelling, basket and tulle mat weaving, hide tanning and smoking and the construction of a sweat lodge
• A language resource project by the Cowitz tribe
• A film documentary of the Assiniboine encounter with Lewis and Clark
• Support of the International Traditional Games Society in preparation for hosting the Explore the Big Sky signature event in 2005
• Support of the Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa in gathering information for language preservation and traditional activities at encampments
• Support of the Lower Brule Sioux on environmental cleanup and interpretation of the Narrows
• The creation of Nez Perce Tribal directory
• Support of the Omaha Tribe in researching and creating historical marker honoring Chief Blackbird and his encounter with Lewis and Clark expedition
• The production of a booklet by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe addressing tribal efforts and outlining protocol relating to Tribal lands and historic sites.

We believe that many of these projects are potentially national models.

The 2004 project cycle includes a deadline of October 20th for applications of support.

US Mint Project-Traditional Pouches

Three way contracts have been signed with all of the Indian Tribes, the National Council and the U.S. Mint for the traditional pouches being created for the commemorative coin. The first sets of pouches have been boxed and shipped to the U.S. Mint.

COCA activities

Under the leadership of Rebecca Wodder, the Circle of Conservation Advisors is taking an active role in organizing a number of programs at the Falls of the Ohio Signature Event. New programs include a half-day town meeting on "Caring for the Lewis and Clark Trail: Louisville's Part in the Legacy," from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 24, in the Rauch Planetarium auditorium on the University of Louisville campus. This program will include panel discussions, a showing of the Sierra Club film, "Wild America: Protecting the Lands Explored by Lewis and Clark," and a complimentary continental breakfast for the audience served at 8 a.m.

A reception will be held at the Planetarium from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, cosponsored by the National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial and the University of Louisville. The American Rivers museum exhibit, "Discovering the Rivers of Lewis & Clark," will be on display. In addition, a conservation field trip on Saturday, Oct. 25, to Blackacre Farm, organized by Louisville-area members of the Cumberland Chapter of the Sierra Club. The National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial will present a one time $1000 award at the reception to recognize outstanding local efforts to promote Lewis and Clark trail stewardship and/or public awareness of conservation during the bicentennial. COCA is accepting nominations--all award nominees must have 501(c)(3) IRS tax-deductible status, be sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization or a tribal government as fiscal agent.

A transition committee was appointed at the Philadelphia meeting to begin to plan for a smooth transition between the activities of the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial back to the Heritage Trails Foundation when the National Council sunsets as an organization. Ron Laycock will chair the committee.

On October 16th, a dedication ceremony will be held for the Sakakawea statue in the Rotunda of the Capital Building. Our North Dakota delegation tells us that North Dakota will be the only state with three individuals honored in the building. States are limited to two statues but the new statue portrays Sakakawea carrying young Pomp (Jean Baptiste Charbonneau).

OREGON MUSEUMS RECEIVE CAP FUNDING PREFERENCE

Heritage Preservation has announced that it plans to mail applications for the Conservation Assessment Program grants on October 10. The CAP provides funds for small to mid-sized museums to hire conservators to examine the museum collections, environmental conditions, and sites. Larger museums may contact the Institute for Museum and Library Services for information on Conservation Project Support grants.

Museums located in the 18 Lewis and Clark trail states (including Oregon, Washington and Idaho) will receive preference for CAP funding. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until postmark deadline of December 1. More information and a sample application are available on the Heritage Preservation website at www.heritagepreservation.org/programs/capover.htm, or by phoning (202) 634-1422.

WEBSITE OF THE MONTH

DAVID RUMSEY MAP COLLECTION

This month's featured website, the David Rumsey Map Collection (http://www.davidrumsey.com/), contains a collection of more than 8,800 online historic maps from the 18th and 19th century. Among these beautiful, intricate maps are more than a dozen from the Lewis and Clark Expedition, as well as pre-expedition maps, and Government Land Office surveys of the late 1800s. Although the Rumsey site is somewhat more difficult to use than most websites, the rewards are phenomenal.

The first hurdle to be surmounted is to select the proper "browser" with which to view the maps from a list of four - the Insight TM Browser, the Insight TM Java Client, the GIS browser, and the Collections Ticker. The Insight TM Browser and the GIS Browser are probably the easiest to use, as they require no additional software download.

The most straightforward way to access the Lewis and Clark collection is to simply click on the GIS Browser link, then select Lewis and Clark Expedition from the map on the next page. Select between the GIS Basic Browser, the GIS Professional Browser, or the Insight Browser. This reviewer found the Insight Browser to be the most useful, as it provided thumbnail views of the collection along with a collection search tool, so did not thoroughly explore the possibilities of the GIS browsers.

Using the Insight Browser, a new window will open and once the thumbnails are in view, click on the thumbnails to view expandable versions of the 35 featured maps that will allow you to zoom in on the smallest details. Although this site will test the user's patience, the technology used to present these high resolution images is absolutely amazing, and will not disappoint in spite of the effort required!

EVENTS LISTING

We are now listing bicentennial events and promotions in a large, searchable database, with several different search criteria, freeing up space in the electronic newsletter for more news-related items. If you would like to have an event or promotion listed in this new database, please direct all information to Mark Vessey at mvessey@wshs.wa.gov and he will post the listing.

To access this new feature, visit our website at www.washingtonhistory.org/lewisandclark and click the Bicentennial Events Calendar Database at the top of the page - or click on the link below.

The Washington State Historical Society, lead agency of the state's Agency Assistance Team (AAT) for bicentennial planning, will send this newsletter via e-mail on a monthly basis to provide updates on events, projects, and activities going on around the state in preparation for the commemoration.

Your email address is in the state's Lewis and Clark Trail database as someone who has expressed interest in the bicentennial and/or who has attended public meetings during the past three years. If you do not want to continue to receive this newsletter and/or other bicentennial communications, reply to this e-mail or contact Mark Vessey at the Heritage Resource Center 360-586-0219.