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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1930)
CHEMAWAf AMERICAN Printed at Chemawa, Oregon, and Devoted to the Interests of Indian Education fitinim liiiun iiii nii uiriiuitiii iiii.iiii iiii liiiiiiiKiiiriiiiiiiiiuHi iitLiiiiiiiirmi'itiiiitiif WHiii.iiiHiMWiiiHMHMm.iiiiuiiiiniMiiHiiHiiiiiiimniiiiiiiuiiriiiiiiiiwiiHiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiniimiiitniiiiiiii^ Vol. XXXI Wednesday, Mar. 19, 1930 A NEW EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM No. 27 siderable portion of his time to employment work and will devote himself to this activity in Nevada and portions of California. George Le Mieux, of Phoenix, Arizona, an Indian by birth and education, ranks as Placement Agent in that area, giving much of his time to such tasks as obtaining employment for Apache and Navajo reser vation Indians as section hands on railroads. He super vises also the employment of young Indians in such work as that provided during vacation in the beet fields of Colorado and Kansas. At Rice, Arizona, headquar ters of the »San Carlos Apaches, employment for adult Indians in such activities as construction work is highly developed, they often being caiTi^l in groups of 20 to »30 for a hundred miles on truck$ This activ ity will be continued. ' * ” > George P. LaVatta, a full-blood Indiap|W%o, after That the young Indian who does not want to live on the reservation may find his way to employment in the activities of the White man, the Indian Service is this spring putting on a drive to find work through vacation for the students in Indian schools who are old enough for it, permanent positions for those who are leaving school, and work for those who have re turned to the reservation but have not found oppor tunities there. Calls will go forth to all superintendents of schools to begin in advance of the termination of the spring sessions to investigate possibilities of employment for their students. All superintendents of reservations have been impressed with the importance of helping find places for these young Indians as well as for the older Indians under their charge. Several special rep resentatives in these areas are being assigned exclusive 10 years work as a skilled machinist in railroad shops, has become a Placement Agent for the Government, ly to employment work during the spring season. Peyton Carter, District Superintendent for the Indian is located at Salt Lake City, Utah, and works through Service for Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, out the northwest, securing employment for young has been pvt in charge of this work for those States. Indians in the schools and for return students of the He is now listing all students in that area who are old reservations. He has established a depot in Salt Lake enough to go to work and recording the training and City and will undertake the task of finding permanent qualifications of each of them. At the same time he employment for any young Indian who will report is getting in touch with the various opportunities for there. All of these individuals who are being instructed to work that will this spring present themselves. It is expected that an employment center which will be in devote themselves to employment are to cooperate charge of a competent placement agent and which will with the superintendents of schools and the superin tendents of reservations in the districts where they make possible a continuing effort and a foLow-up operate. The police of the department of finding system, will be opened in Minneapolis. employment for Indians away from the reservations James H. McGregor, District Superintendent for the is being impressed upon the entire Service as one of Dakotas and Nebraska, has been instructed to proceed its dominant purposes and all of its representatives similarly in that area. It is hoped that eventually are being asked to concentrate upon the accomplish ment of this end. Temporary work for those still in there will be justification for the establishment of an school, permanent employment for those who are employment center in Omaha. finishing school, and opportunity for money earning O. H. Lipps, District Superintendent for Idaho, off the reservation for the older Indians who do not Oregon, and Washington, will have charge of employ have adequate opportunity on it, all are held to point ment for the young Indians in those States. He will toward that ultimate solution of the Indian problem which is the Department policy.—I ndian O ffice establish a headquarters in Portland which will function N ews S ervice . as a concentration and distributing point. escorts R. L. Spalsbury, District Superintendent for Okla homa and Kansas, will be in charge of the same sort Sun., Mar. 23—McBride ----- Mr. Lobdell Mrs. Lobdell of work in that section. He will establish centers in Winona ------ Mr. Mason Oklahoma City and Kansas City. Mrs. Mason John S. R. Hammitt, Day School Representative in Hawley...............................Miss Judd the State of Nevada, has been instructed to give a con Mr. D. S. Turner
