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jq*371*975*SALEM INDIAN SCHOOL, CHEMAWA, OHE. v .6 5 Chemawa A m e ric an . OREGON STATE LIBRARY JAN 2 8 1969 CHEM A W A VOLUME 6 5 . CHEMAWA, OREGON, JANUARY 1969 NUMBER 3 D ° F CHEMAWA INCLUDED IN INDIAN STUDKgf CH Ewt N T ERWN DERLAN Sunday evening, December 29, Chemawa received an unwelcome s u r p r i se i n th e fo rm o f stormy weather. Early in the e v e n in g a ‘ la z y snow began f a l l i n g and f a l l i n g , w h ile the temperature kept dropping , The n e x t m o rn in g ' s tu d e n ts gazed out upon an e ig h t inch blanket Of w h ite w ith a tem perature o f 9 above zero. Not much o f a s t o r m , i n some p e o p le 's books, but q u ite a storm f o r Chemawa. C lasses went on as usual w ith most stu d e n ts in a ttenda nce, but w ith about ten teachers th a t cou1 d n ' t bra ve the elemen t s . Tuesday saw a •c o n tin u a ti on o f the same w?th a few frozen pipes to plague the m ainten ance crews. However,. .1 i ke a l l s torms i n th is area, i t was warm again by New Year's Day and back to a d r iz z ly rainy w ith no snow on the ground. This happens every fo u r Or ^ i ve years. Any how, i t was fun w hile j t la s te d . Tom Livingston CAROLERS IN PORTLAND A N ational study o f American In d ia n E d u c a tio n , w hich is being conducted around the ■country t h is y e a r, is going to inciude;Chemawa as one o f th e s c h o o ls where s tu d e n ts and s t a f f members, wi 1 1 be contacted fo r th e ir views on educatio n. Three people w i l l be on campus du rin g the hex! few weeks to ta lk to va rio u s students about t h e ir e xp e ri ences Ln s ch o o ls th a t they have attended, and any ideas EDGECOMBE STUDENTS V IS IT they may have about schools Four s tu d e n ts came to Che in g e n e ra l. The three people mawa on December 19. They a re Ray B a r n h a r d t, C a ro l were a tte n d jn g F t. W ingate Barnhardt, and John Connelly, High School in New Mexico fo r who is d ir e c to r o f the Study fo u r months. fo r the Northwest and Alaska The g i r 1s , Ef f i e Vent and re g io n . L a te r on, they w i l l Margaret PrbKopeoff are both be going to Alaska to ta lk to s e n io rs . some o f the p a re n ts a b out The boy s , H arry Mandregan th e ir ideas on education. and Jimmy S hanigin are both One o f the purposes o f the ju n io r s . T h e ir f 1 i gh t was cancel 1ed Study is to fih d ; out what the and they l e f t Chemawa Dec. 24. students in the schools would lik e to get out o f education, We hope they enjoyed th e ir stay here a t Chemawa as much an d ho w th ey th i n k th ey can best get i t . E v e n tu a lly , the as we enjoyed having thOm. in fo rm a tio n w i l l be summar Madelyn Reft iz e d and made a v a ila b le to agencies in v o lv e d in In d ia n e d u c a tio n to h e lp them de c id e what kinds o f programs can best ser.ve the needs, o f the Indian people. A ll o f the in te r v ie w s and q u e s ti onna i res w i l l be com- p le te 1y con f 1 pent i a 1, so th a t p eop 1 e can exp re s s t h e i r viewpo in ts and ideas wi thou t w o rry in g ,a b o u t what someone else might think about i t . I f ahyone has question s o r sug g e s t io n s r e l a t e d to th e Study, they are urged to con ta c t the th re e people named a t aqy tim e . Friday December 20, The Hap py v a l 1ey s in g e r s went to Bonnevi1le Power and Bureau of Indian A ffa ir s in P ortland to sing Christmas C a ro ls. We sang a t the B o n n e v ille Power in the morning then had lunch a t the Sheraton H o te l. A fte r lunch we went to the B .j.A . B u ild in g to sin g . We a l l en joyed s in g in g th a t day . M artina Redfox Susan Grandson, Nick K ru - k o f f , C la u d ia L in d , L a rry Lewis, and L ily Crank were the fin e rep resen tatives who a tte n d e d th e N avajo Youth C o n fe ren c e a t Many Farms Boarding School.
