Zhe Ckcmawa American
Published every third Friday during the school year by
the Cheinawa Indian School. Address all communications
to the CHEMAWA AMERICAN, Chemawa, Oregon.
Published in accordance with the Interior Department
appropriation Act, 1940, approved May 10, 1939.
Subscription 50 cents a year.
Superintendent
Printer and Manager
Journalism Instructor
PAUL T. JACKSON
RO BAIR THOMAS
ROSALIND E. CRUISE
REPORTERS—Ben Bearchum, Harold Joseph, Floyd Tyler, Alex
Stensger, Stanley Williams, Sybil Wood, Carolyn Davis, Katherine
Jones, June Ford, Anna Miles, Margie Reynolds, June Simmons
Editorial
Do we, as citizens of the United States, really know
what freedom is and do we sincerely appreciate free
dom of speech, press, and action? Many people don’t
really know what freedom is until occasions arise that
make them feel the absence of liberty. After visiting
foreign countries, you may wonder why foreigners
are so attracted to the United States. Can it be our
wine, women, and song? Hardly. Whom do we have
to place against Italy’s Juliet, France’s Joan of Ark,
Austria’s Marie Antoinette, and Egypt’s Cleopatra?
Certainly not Scarlet O’Hara! Then is our wine
superior to Germany’s or France’s, or Spain’s? What
songs do we have better than Verdi’s Talstafl’ (Italy),
Wagner’s "Das Rheingold” (Germany), and "Blue
Danube” and "Tales from the Vienna Woods”?
Freedom is the great attraction. Our freedom is
composed of many smaller things such as: Privacy in
the home; a voice in our government; the power to
go anywhere we please; chose of our own vocation;
freedom of religion and of press. These things we
should deeply appreciate.
To show our greatest appreciation for our liberty,
•we must make ourselves better citizens, honor our
Country, and even fight for the freedom we know is
bhrs. — S tanley W illiams
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sible for the model farm they are building which
will probably be entered in the exhibit along with
other articles. Discussions are under way on what
to do for the pageant. Each one is figuring on mak
ing fishing equipment.
Completion of maps, and the writing of essays has
been the main concern of the Rocky Boy and Fort
Belknap home room.
They are waiting the arrival of articles from home
which will be used for exhibition. They haven’t
definitely decided on what to enter for the pageant.
The Fort Hall group are working on projects for
exhibit during the celebration.
Most of the students in the Warm Springs group
have been putting finishing touches on their essays.
They plan on giving a play for the pageant with the
Yakima group.
The Northern Idaho group is waiting the arrival
of things from home to be used for the exhibit.
They have been looking up customs and treaties to
see if something may be learned from that for use
in the pageant. For class work they have been mak
ing maps and finishing the designs on their booklets.
Things such as baskets, handbags, etc., which
will be used for the exhibit by the Yakima home
room have arrived.
Home Rooms Planning Pageant
The pageant to be held here this spring will be
presented by two groups of home rooms, the coast
Indians and the plains Indians.
In the pageant, demonstrations of Indian customs
and different phases of living will be presented. The
coast Indians will show the use of fish dams and
other ways of catching fish in the rivers. A colorful
scene of the annual Salmon feast will be presented
after the demonstration of catching fish. The plains
Indians will act out an Indian legend and a cere
monial dance in full costumes. They will also pre
sent many types of Indian games.
The exhibits presented by both groups are being
prepared. The coast Indians plan on showing the
process by which Indian foods are prepared.
from the Home Rooms
f T aholah : Fishing equipment such as a spear, fish
Dramatic Class Sees Show
.pet needles, and a bone presser will be shown for
.exhibit by the Taholah group. Some of the students
»have started on essays. They plan on having some
thing concerning how they used to dry berries and
cook fish.
■^‘tv’eiryone of the Tulalip group number 2 have
^¿ed concerned with making as many things as pos
"Citizen Kane” was seen by the students of the
Dramatic Class on March 14, at the Hollywood the
ater, as they were the guests of Mrs. Weigel. The
class presented her with a corsage of gardnias. They
wish to express their thanks for an enjoyable after
noon. They derived much benefit from the per
formance of the characters in the play.