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CHEMAWA, OREGON, JANUARY 1968
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•UR GROUP REPORTS
■ *' 'hi<3nts who were f o r t unate e -
nough to have been se le c te d to go
on the A ll American Tour l a s t sum
mer were given an opportunity
to
share t h e i r w ith the r e s t of the
stu d en t body.
They presented two
assembly programs in the auditorium
where d iffe re n t members of the
group reported on t h e i r t r i p .
Dividing themselves up in to two
sectio n s th ey rep o rted on such in
te r e s tin g areas a s; N ational Parks
and N ational S h rin es, famous C itie s
and t h e i r famous bni1 dings,
Expo
67, and the Nations C a p ita l,
and
some chose to r e la te some of
the
more harrowing experiences of
39
days of bus tr a v e l.
The program was concluded w ith a
se rie s of s li d e s , many of which had
been taken by students
themselves
and depicted ty p ic a l s ig h ts th a t a
person sees on th is 39 s ta te jaunt
around America.
Students who made th e t r i p are ;
S h eila Aga, Jane Akootchook, Murphy
Cleveland,
Margaret G am er,
Don
Jackson, Ron N o rre ll, Ray Penetac,
W alter Sampson, John Sharkey Eve
Soplu, B illy T ic k e tt,
Dan Snyder,
C lara Van Winkle,
and E llan ey
Yazzie.
Mathew Waskey
iB raves Win Tourney
NEW ZEALAND'S
MAORIS DANCE
FOR
STUDENTS
One of the most interesting pro
gram groups that has visited the
Chemawa Campus this year has been
a troupe of 30 Maori Dancers from
Lew Zealand.
The Maoris who are the native
Polynesian people of the island are
closely
related to
Hawaiians.
They are on a good will mission
to The United States as a
part of
an organization interested in the
preservation of their native past.
Dressed in Polynesian
Cos
tumes, they presented a series of
songs and dances taken
from the
traditions and ceremonies of their
ancestors.
After the program they remained
on campus to visit with
the stu
dents and attend a Chemawa
ball
game in the afternoon.
Emma Beaver
Students Attended Youth Conference
Five
students
l e f t Chemawa,
December 4 , to atten d the annual
Navajo Youth Conference, which was
held a t Mary Farms Boarding School,
Chinlee, Arizona.
L i ll ie Crank, Anna Mann,
and
Damon Begay were the Navajo dele
g a te s. Two Alaskan students accom
panied them again t h is year as spe
c ia l g u e sts. They were Eva Wilson,
and Peter Nanok. Mr. Reginald Begay
accompanied them as the a d u lt fa c
u lty e s c o rt.
L i ll ie Crank was se le c te d to
rep resen t Chemawa in the o ra to ric a l
c o n te st. She spoke on the theme of
"Meeting The Challenge" and
ra te d
th ird in the o v e ra ll com petition.
The group drove to Arizona,
leaving Chemawa e a rly Monday morn
ing and spending the f i r s t night a t
Boise, Idaho, the second a t Spanish
Fork, Utah, and a rriv in g a t Many
Farms la te on the th ird evening.
The re tu rn t r i p was by a d i f f e r
en t ro u te , through C alifo rn ia and
up the freeway. This gave the s tu
dents a chance to see some d i f f e r
en t geographical a re a s.
Anna Benally
NUMBER 1
Chemawa*s V arsity
B asketball
Team won the n in th annual Holiday
Tournament which was played
at
MacLaren School December 7, 8, and
9, 1967.
F ir s t tournament play f o r Chem
awa saw every member of the squad
on the scoreboard as they took on
V alsetz. The Braves managed to p ile
up 102 p o in ts, while holding the
V alsetz qu in t to only 16.
F riday’s game found the Braves
going a g ain st Portland C h ristian
and with one of the In d ia n 's s t a r t
e r s , ( Wilbur Begay), out of the ac
tio n . Begay had suffered a bruised
fo o t Friday a t school. In s p ite of
th is handicap, Chemawa managed to
down the strong Portland fiv e w ith
a score of 50 to 44.
In the f in a ls Saturday evening
the Indians were a t f u l l stre n g th a
they took on l a s t seasons tourna
ment champs, Colton. The score was
deadlocked a t the end of reg u lar
play 75 - 75. However in a
three
minute overtime p eriod, Chemawa was
able to pick up 6 to Colton?s 2, to
come out on top 81 to 77.
The th re e h ig h est scorers on the
Braves team, Kee Wilson 68 p o in ts,
J immie C harlie 46, and Wilbur Begay
26 (in two games), were
named on
th e tournament a l l - s t a r s .
Richard
Koso was mentioned fo r h is fin e
defensive play.
Other members of the squad were
Frank Adams,
Calvin Fred,
Percy
F risby, Hubert Hopson, Tom Katony
Sam L e a v itt,
Nick Lekanoff,
and
Fred Tukrook.
_____ Larry Dashne
BARBERING STARTED
Chemawa’s Delegates to the Na
vajo Youth Conference Anna Ma
r ie Mann, P e te r Nanok, L il l ie
Ruth Crank, Damon Begay, and
Eva Wilson.
C a ro le rs Sing
Christmas caro lin g was g re a t fun
fo r Chemawa*s Choir and to prove
t h e i r point they accepted an in v i
ta tio n to c a ro l a t the Meier and
Frank Department Store in Salem.
Corrine Edenshaw
A student barber shop has been
s e t up a t M itchell H a ll. I t w ill
give tra in in g to some o f th e s tu
dents and w ill make i t e a s ie r fo r
others to get h a ir c u ts . The shop
w ill be open each
weekday a f te r
4:00 P.M.
Mr. John is the fa c u lty sponsor
and the boys who are a s s is tin g him
a re : Murphy Cleveland, Raymond Ti
tu s , and David Towksjhea. Each s tu
dent i s scheduled to work 10 hours
a week in the shop.
Barber c h a irs , nylon ja c k e ts ,
neck tis s u e , and talcum were
pur
chased by the boys department.
Other students are allowed to
use the barber shop during
non-
scheduled hours.
Evon Polty