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*371.975 v . 63 no. 1 SALEM INDIAN SCHOOL, CHEMAWA, ORE. Chemawa A m erican, 1966, D. JA, v — V -¿L I X K OREGON STATE LIBRARY MAY 11 W £ JL OREGON COLLECTION VOLUME 63 CHEMAWA, OREGON, DECEMBER, 1966 Number 1 Cherokee M ovie Star Visits Chemawa Campus Margaret Garner, Sheila Aga, Victor E. Lekanof, and Susan Buterin, talk things over with W ill Rogers Jr. while waiting for assembly. FIVE ATTEND CONFERENCE This year five students had an opportunity to attend the seventh annual Navajo Youth Conference, which was held at Tuba. City, Ariz ona. The Youth conference is held annually at one of the large board ing schools in Arizona or New Mex ico. As in the past several years, Chemawa had the distinction of be ing the school that had come the greatest distance to attend. Navajo representatives f r o m Chemawa were: Susan Grandson, Jeannette Joe, and John Shorkey. Alaskan guests who accompanied them were Sheila Aga and Walter Sampson. Mr. Joe Coburn, teacher guid ance, accompanied the quintet as sponsor chaperone. The group left Chemawa Campus by auto on November 28, and drove down by way of Boise, Idaho. On the return trip they came through Northern California and Klamath Falls, Oregon. This gave the group an opportunity to see a lot of new territory. They returned to campus about noon on December 6. One of the highlights of the trip was the opportunity to meet Sarah Johnson, Pinon, Arizona, who was elected “Miss Navajo of 1966.” Nancy Yazzie If you are going to be successful in the world today you need to get the best education possible. This was the message that Will Rogers Jr. left with the student body, when he visited Chemawa Campus De cember 6, 1966. In an address to the Student body, he reminded students that they are living in an age where they are a part of the modern cul ture. To survive in this culture, you have to have a good educational preparation. Indian people should not be too proud to ask for special help when they need it. Mr. Rogers, who is of , Cherokee descent, expressed the hope that the modern generation Indian would not lose touch with their cultural heritage. He reminded the students that, as the first Ameri cans, there is much that can be contributed to them to the total of American art, music, and folklore. While here he presented a safe ty award to Mr. Raymond McNabb, auto shop instructor, in recognition of five years of student shop ex perience without a disabling injury. Mr. Rogers, who is a movie star and and entertainer himself, and is the son of the world famous star, Will Rogers Sr., has for the past year been touring the facilities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a special volunteer consultant to the Bureau. SENIORS CHOOSE A PLAY Eight little Indians bit the dust, but it really doesn’t matter. The senior class is looking forward to presenting Agatha Christie’s de lightful play, “Ten Little Indians.” | Tryouts have been completed and the cast has been selected. Re hearsals are in progress and the date of presentation will be an nounced in the near future. Cast for the play include: Clif ford Davis, Sophie Gregory, Betty Hofseth, George Kudrin, Victor E. Lekanof, Terry Lind, Levi Lott, Eugene Makarin, Jim Shavings, Wassie Wassillie, and Thecla Wasuli.
