THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
SPOKEN AT CHEMAWA
. It is interesting to hear differ
ent kinds of languages spoken at
Chemawa. Some of the Alaskan
students can nut" understand each
ether. Why? Toe many »students
come from different villages in
Alaska.
The Navaj o students can under-
stand each other.
Ella Weyapuk
FUN IN OUR ROOM
In our room we have lots of fun.
There are three of us girls who live
together. There are two Navajos
and one Alaskan. She looks like a
Navajo because she is Athabascan.
She talks like us. We have fun talk
ing to her in Navajo. She under
stands us. She talks to us in Atha
bascan and we understand her, too.
There are just a few words that are
different in the languages.
She moved into our room in Oc
tober when we had that storm. Her
room was damaged. She is still
staying in our room until her room
is all fixed. Your know what? She
doesn’t want to go back to her room
because we have so much fun.
Nancy Yazzie
CHURCH IN SALEM
I went to the church in Salem
two weeks ago. There were few
boys and girls that are in Russian
Orthodox who went to a church
service in Salem. After we had
church services we played games,
and after we played games we had
refreshments. We ate cookies and
drank juice.
Glela Olick
AUTO SHOP
This is our second year in the
auto shop and we like it fine. Our
first year in auto shop was hard
for us. It was hard to get the right
tools or to work on a car. Most of
us students were> new in the shop
and we had to learn all the differ
ent kinds of tools and the different
parts of a car. We had to learn how
to change tires and how to patch
them. We learned how to balance
wheels.
Sometimes we have a customer’s
car to wash, lubricate, change plugs
or do some repair work on. We are
glad that we have learned about
cars and have had a chance to work
on them.
Harrison Zohnnie,
Bert Foxglove,
Charles Alexie.
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FORMER STUDENTS WRITE
SATURDAY JOBS ENJOYED
We here at Chemawa, are always
happy to< hear from former stu
dents. We were happy to hear from
Johnny Davis and to get his nice
Christmas card. Johnny is a senior
at Anadarko, Oklahoma.
We are happy to learn that Lu
cille Brown, Class 1961, is doing
well at the Health Center where
she is recuperating from surgery.
Former students who visited dur
ing the Christmas Holiday, include
Paul Benally, Leroy Isaac, Tom
Horse, Aloysius Crane, Alex Koze-
nekoff, Lee Hosteen, Daniel Bur
bank, John Tony Lee, Albert Vent
and Esther John and Francis Chi-
koyak.
Saturday I went to work for Mr.
Hays. He lives in West Salem. He
let me clean the hog house and
barn.
When I first went inside the hog
house it was the kind of work that
I do not like but after about an
hour I got used to it. After I finish
ed cleaning the hog house I started
to clean the barn. I swept it and
moved the machinery out of the
way. That was the work that I did
on my Saturday job.
Collins Sheldon
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SUNDAY EVENING ACTIVITY
Every Sunday evening the girls
go to the auditorium for programs
and sometimes the staff speaks.
Each unit takes a turn in giving a
little skit or display. We also see
some films and sing.
Marie Jensen
WORK WITH FUN
A couple of weeks ago my buddy
Melvin and I worked for my teach
er, Miss Feldkerschner. Eventually
we all had a little fun. There was
another teacher with us named
Miss Kringlee.
We used Miss Kringlee’s car to
move Miss Feldkerschner’s stuff to
a new place. After we got there,
we are starting getting the things
inside. It surely is a nice apart
ment. When we got the things in
side we started to put up the bed.
We all helped but the bed didn’t
seem strong enough. It squeaked or
something. My teacher said, “I’ll
have to report it, for it might fall
down sometime about midnight.”
When we got the mattress on, the
bed was quiet. It seemed all right
then. We put everything away. We
started to get ready to go back to
Chemawa. My teacher and Miss
Kringlee were trying to lock the
door but it wouldn’t lock. The back
door was different than the front
door for it had no key hole and no
one knew how to lock that door.
We all tried and tried. We were
about to give up, then -Miss' Kring
lee had an idea, she pulled the
knob out and turned it a little and
the door locked. So we said, “It’s
a new way of locking a door, what
magic!”
My buddy and I were so happy
to be out of the dormitory for
awhile and have a little fun with
grown up folks, instead of our own
little friends in the dormitory.
Jerry Scott
SATURDAY JOB
Six wpeks ago, Mrs. Hauser gave
me a Saturday job. My employer’s
name is Mrs. Anderson. That first
day I tried to do my best at my
work. The following Saturday she
wanted me back. That day she in
troduced me t o . her friend, Mrs.
Lau Horn, and now I have two em
ployers to work for every other
Saturday. That’s if I keep my job
with good work.
Lila Foxglove
MY SATURDAY JOB
Last Friday, after school, when
we went to the dorm we saw our
names on the Saturday job list. Cy-
ruse Savetilik, Leslie Sagonna,
Clarence Savetilik and Frankie
Johnson were the names On the
list.
We worked for Sheriff Young
in Salem. Leslie and Clarence rak
ed the leaves. Cyrus and Frankie
helped Mr. Young cut trees. We
worked for seven hours and we
made six dollars each. It was good
to have money again.
Frankie Johnson
Clarence Savetilik
NUT PICKING
Most of Winona Hall girls went
nut picking on Saturday. We all
put on our warm clothes so that we
would not get cold. It reminded
me of Alaska, when we got dressed
up.
It was the first time that I have
even gone nut picking. There were
lots of nuts. We all enjoyed pick
ing them. I hope that we get to go
again.
Marion Ames
One Saturday
man named Mr.
helping him cut
with a saw. The
them down.
I worked for a
Anderson. I was
down some trees
wind had blown
Peter Kippi