Photos of 2007

By Kim Swaney

PABLO — Every year at this time Char-Koosta News does a year-in-review narrative. This year in addition to the narrative, we wanted to recognize some of our guest photographers who helped liven up our paper with their photographs and some of the staff's photos as well.

Our favorite wildlife photo belongs to Jordan Albert, our intrepid photographer from Polson. Jordan provided us with pictures of wildlife while on the back roads across the reservation. This photo taken of a bear, features the bear doing what he does best - sitting in the woods.

Lasca Rettalick captured the colors from the Chippy Creek fire's smoke near Lonepine in August.

It was a long haul for firefighters this past summer as extremely hot and arid temperatures plagued the reservation and beyond, as Joanne Bigcrane's photo taken in Hellgate's Canyon shows the Blackcat Fire crew walking near one flank of the extinguished fire.

Pat Matt photographed and featured Ray Nichols, Terra and their son Raydell in an article and subsequent advertisements for the Fatherhood program we felt captured family ties.

A tribal newspaper would not be complete without a favorite staff powwow picture; Amber Rose Cleveland, women's fancy dancer, is caught on film by Marianne Addison at the Denver March Powwow last spring.

Our editor/publisher, Kim Swaney, photographed our favorite staff wildlife photo of this mama red fox who took up residency northeast of Ronan with her kits late last spring/early summer.

Sam Sandoval, our assistant editor, provided a winter wonder photo at Ronan City Park during its first real dousing of snow in late November for our favorite staff scenery photo.

Joanie and Lewellyn had a hay day late last winter in February during the coyote sleepover, where they learned the art of storytelling and each made a mask for their story and skit.

Alyssa Kelly's photo of UM's Mascot Monte with these apprehensive girls on either side with their expressions was a Kodak moment.