CHINA & VANCOUVER OLYMPIC HOPEFULS! (so far) OLYMPIC TRIBAL SPONSOR INVITATION & EMERGENCY FUNDING REQUEST  Princess Caroline Murat leads Native Olympic Inclusion with Jean-Marie Fournier atop his Veysonnaz (Switz Alps) Resort during her "2005 Ski & Music Festival" with Stew Young (Left side) and SuzyChaffee (right side)  NVF Euro leader, French Princess Caroline Murat (center) with Young and Chaffee at Veysonnaz reception, where the Princess rallied Jean-Marie Fournier and Princess Alexandre de Belgique to stand up for tribal youth in their bid for Olympic inclusion. "I support this bid with all my heart," said Princess Alexandre. Oct 22, 2006 Vermont Ski Hall of Fame Inducts Billy Kidd and Warren Witherell Two Native Americans Honored as MVP's of Skiing  Warren Witherell (L- Apache) and Olympic skier Billy Kidd (R- Abenaki) at induction into the Vermont Ski Hall of Fame. Koasek Abenaki Chief Nancy Lyons (L) presented Billy with an eagle feather and Olympian Suzy Chaffee a hawk fan for doing wonders for Indian youth. Read the Story. The Article Torino Advances Native American Olympic Bid  Photo Caption: Opening doors to Olympic Tribal dreams at Visa's Olympic Alumni Center in Torino. (L-R) Humanitarian Sport leader, Dr. Marc Gutekunst with Native American Ski Team's Stew Young, representing Indian Country, Steve Allen, Olympic painter, and Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee, Olympic Bid co-organizer, gifting Geronimo T-shirts.The Oregonian: " NATIVE AMERICANS SEEK RECOGNITION " Suzy Chaffee's World Internet Radio Interview: Re: Torino Olympics, Snow Ceremonies & Hopi H2O Run See www.NATIVEVOICES.org for More Press Stories with SUZY CHAFFEE - Olympian & NVF Co-Founder Page WINTER & SUMMER NATIVE OLYMPIC SPORTS RESOURCES - US & Canada US Ski & Snowboard Team - snow-riders.org 2006 Arctic Winter Games 2006 North American Indigenous Games - July 2-9 #1 Resource for Native American Sports News First Nations (of Canada) Snowboard Team |
These breakthrough stories are graciously sent to all major US newspapers, ENewsChannels.com, mags, as well as the International Sports Press World (including permission to reprint), courtesy of Christopher Simmons and Laura Weldon at:   Native Voices Foundation Celebrates Olympic Progress on 10th Anniversary Edited by Chris Simmons SEDONA, Ariz. - On the 10th Anniversary of Native Voices Foundation, the board held an election and celebrated some "phenomenal" progress for Indian youth. As newly elected Co-Chairman, Gary Lake (Shasta Vice Chair) said, "A single tribe cannot get their youth to the Olympics, but together we can." "Thanks to key leaders of Indian Country uniting behind the Indian Olympic Bid, these dreams for their youth are within their grasp," according to re-elected Co-Chair, Suzy Chaffee, an Olympic skier. 
"Sovereign Indian Nations have a higher legal status than our four US Territories who have their own Olympic Teams," said Jack Thorpe (Sac & Fox), son of Jim Thorpe, whom King Gustav of Sweden said: "You sir, are the greatest athlete in the world." *(PHOTO Caption: Warlance Foster (Lakota-Navajo) Native American Olympic Basketball Team Hopeful for 2008 China. Fresh from Netherlands Astronauts Team where fans dressed Indian style, he is a lead scorer on "Gallop Outlaws" ABA Team.) credit: Suzy Chaffee "If our Indian Nations now join together with mainstream sponsors to win the Olympic bid and finish finding and developing our elite talent, we have a good chance of marching under our own flag as a Native American Olympic Team at the 2008 China and 2010 Vancouver Olympics," said Jack, Special Advisor to the Native American Olympic Steering Committee. "We are proud of our role model Olympic Hopefuls," said Woody Vaspra (Hawaiian) President of World Council of Elders, who is Chief Advisor to NVF and member of the Steering Committee. "Brandon Leslie, dubbed 'The next Billy Mills,' and Alvina Begay, a dietician, with assistance by their Navajo Nation, just qualified for the US Olympic Marathon Qualifications. NVF assisted Warlance Foster (Lakota-Navajo) in paving the way for a 'greased lightening' Native American Olympic Basketball Team for Beijing. Fresh from playing 1st string for the 'Netherlands Astronauts' (where his fans dress Indian style), Warlance is a leading scorer on the 'Gallop Outlaws' ABA Team," he added. "We have some amazing talent on the Native American Olympic Ski and Snowboard Team, vying for the 2010 Vancouver Games," said Captain Billy Kidd (Olympic Abenaki). "Ross Anderson (Cheyenne/Marketing director Ski Apache), bronzed in the World Speed Skiing Championships last year and was the 'Fastest American on Skis' last year, clocked at 154mph. While speed skiing is not yet an Olympic sport, he could switch to Alpine Racing for Vancouver." Lake assisted Naomi Lang (Karuk), America's five time National Ice Dancing Champion, who got a standing ovation at the 2002 Utah Olympics, with press recognition. "She is the only American Indian to make an Olympic Team in this Millennium," he points out. That is why Lake is spearheading his Shasta Nation's development of a Native American Olympic Training Center near their Mt. Shasta in Northern California. "We support this Olympic quest, whether or not we win the bid, because it also gives our youth more opportunities to make US Olympic Teams, which has done the most to lift Blacks, Women and Aborigines. The Olympics teaches life skills that are a traditional to our culture predating Atlantis," said Joe Garcia (San Juan Pueblo runner), President of the National Congress of American Indians. NVF is a Colorado non-profit 501(c)3 partnership of US Tribal leaders, Elders and Olympians, whose mission is "o create joyful unity thru sports, education and health to help heal Mother Earth for all our children." Please contact NVF for any Olympic caliber talent in Winter or Summer Olympic Sports at: (928) 282-5663, or suzynativevoices @ aol.com. More info on: www.SNOW-RIDERS.org and www.nativevoices.org. Colorado Indian Games Become ' Feeder to China Olympics ' Sustainable Pioneers Sponsor Bid and Teams  *(Photo Caption: Legends supporting Native American Olympic Bid
for China 2008: L-R Carole Anne Franklin (Sauk & Fox who
saved bid), Tex Hall (former NCAI Prez), Steve Allen (Olympic Artist)
Suzy Chaffee (Olympic skier), Ernie Stevens (NIGA Prez), and Florian Halazon of International Bio-fuels Assoc.)Sports Features Communications DENVER, CO, July 22, 2006, "Colorado's North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) ended with a strong magical feeling of being ‘a feeder to the 2008 China Olympics.’ That was the hope of Joe Garcia, President of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI and San Juan Pueblo Governor/runner), whose Team New Mexico brought home the (ultimate) John Fletcher Spirit Award," said Olympic Skier Suzy Chaffee, co-chair of Native Voices Foundation (NVF). "Out of the 7,000 American Indian participants in 16 sports, many stood out as Olympic caliber talent .... * READ the rest of the article and view photos..... "Helping To Create a Generation of Olympic Skiers and Snowboarders!" OUR AMERICAN INDIAN NATION SPONSORS 60 SKI COMMUNITIES SPONSORS PIONEERS OF NATIVE SKIING |
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