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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1962)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN the Far North I wonder if my parents remem ber wnen mose people/ campea across from tne vniage on tne is- ianu. in e story says some Minto people told Mr. Holland somebody was camped across the river, so Mr. and Mrs. Holland and tneir uog went in their ooat to look for tnem. inèy came upon tne couple jusl when they were going to go down the renana slough. Mr. and Mrs. Holland had a long talk with tne Helmencks. They took them to a oiue berry patch. 1 wonder if my folks remember when tne Hollands came back to tne village. j Reading this book makes me feel like: i am traveling down the Tenana myself: If Daddy could read the book it would probably bring back inany memories about old Mr. and Mrs. Holland. Orrin John Many people have wrong ideàs of the Navajo reservation and of Alaska. Maybe this goes way back to tneir schooling when they were taùght what these places look like, how the people live, and the kind of food they eat. They do not real ize that placfes change. This is what people say: “Oh, I’ll never go to Alaska!” “Why wouldn’t you?” someone asks. “Because it’s always all covered with7 ice and snow. All thè people up there use dog teams,- and eat raw meat and fish,” they will prob ably reply. This isn’t the fact of Alaska. All Alaska is not covered with snow, and people aren’t living in igloos. The Eskimos here at Chemawa have never seen one.- Even many of the people eat just like we do. The Navajo reservation isn’t all dry desert. Some of it is, but not all. There are places to go swim ming and fishing, and recreation areas. There are forests and high mountains and cahyons. Changes are taking place both on the reservation and in Alaska. More schools are being built, more industries are being built that give jobs to the people. These places will be better places to live for the young people who get used to living as we do here. The older, people sometimes try to hold back changes, but it'^is no use; the changes are taking place. Rita Rose ?Joe n JOB PLACEMENT IS THE G O A L .(Continued from page something, and ?if someone asks you a question, don’t be afraid to answer. Thomas Brown A good citizen obeys the. rules. He does what his teacher and the attendants tell him to do. He does not talk back. He does not get into trouble. A good citizen is honest. He nev er tells lies to anyone. He does not take thinks that do not belong to him. A good citizen has good manners. He is kind, and helps other people when they need help. George Jim it so as to succeed and be able to facelife. Norman Snare When the time comes for a per son to make up hi© mind to go on to higher training, it takes courage. For one thing, a boy or girl might think of the f amily back home. But our families are not going to give us further training. We ¡must real ize that job training will make our futures easier, and our living beb ter. Lawrence Lake On January 3, Eli Commack, Fred die Tapaiha, and I went to Seattle with Mr. Duncan to^take a test to see if we could take, advanced training at E d i s o n 'Technical I think Chemawa is a good place • School. to be trained. I have been learning It was rainy and windy all way much since I came here. to Seattle, but we enjoyed the trip. I hope to be graduated and help We goit there in the evening. There my people in Alaska. I hope to be was a traffic jam when we entered one with enough training and Seattle, and it took us a while to learning to get a good job when I get to the hotel. That evening after dinner we go to work, but the only way I will make it is to work hard at my studied for our test. In the .moaning we went to the school work. school for the test. We have learn John Lincoln ed that all of us passed it and will Mr. Duncan, head of placement, he accepted for training there. Victor Joe showed us pictures about A. V. T. and Relocation. These pictures help We were told that there was us think ahead of time of what kind of training we want. There enough money to send some stu were pictures of many different dents from Chemawa to attend Edi kinds of jobs, and pictures of plac son Technical School in Seattle, es where people in A; V. T. and Re Washington. May Barr, Helen Tsosie, and I go there to take a location live. course and get a high school We learned that to earn a good typing diploma in two years. living and have modern homes, the Loretta Dundas key word is education: Mr. Duncan told us to get all the education we PLANT CHANGES MEET possibly can. The more, we learn, the better our opportunity is for CHEMAWA'S NEEDS The old laundry building has getting and holding jobs. Trying hard is all we can do to help our been remodeled to provide a shop in which broken furniture and selves while we are in school. equipment can be repaired. Rooms Rita Rose Joe in the south end of the building are being used as plant manage-, Some students can’t get to take ment and placement offices. A. V. T. because they haven’t made A vocational department office progress or don’t have much met tle. It depends on how they are do has been temporarily set up in the ing on their problems. Some can’t small white building formerly hous go because they cause trouble by ing the placement and plant man not following rules, fighting, and agement offices. It is planned to use this building later as à sales drinking liquor. room for crlaftwork made in shops, How can we get to go on A.V.T.? classes, and clubs. The answer is: be on time;, make The old concrete oil tank which good progress, and have courage. stood back of the paint shop has If we get to go, we must try not been removed and the ground lev to waste government money by giv eled. This will be the location of ing up easily on A. V. T. Stick with a paint shop later on.
