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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
THOUGHTS ON THANKSGIVING
When I think of Thanksgiving,
I think of the Pilgrims, who were
very brave people. I wonder what
it would be like if they wouldn’t
have made it when they settled in
this land. They had a hard time at
the beginning» but the harder they
worked the more things they had.
I know that when their crops grew
they decided to have a feast.
They invited the Indians, for the
Indians were the ones who taught
them how to do many things like
planting corn and hunting animals.
Richard Vanderpool
I think 'Thanksgiving means it is
a time for prayer and to thank God
for everything we have received
in the past year. It is a great day
for all of us. When I was small, I
used to think Thanksgiving was
just another holiday, but as I am
growing up, it is finally meaning
more to me. I think it is a day of
thanks so we can be glad for all
the things we have ever received.
I hope I can receive the goodness
and the kindness I received in the
past year. Someday, maybe, I’ll
get to know even more what
Thanksgiving really means.
Moses Edwards
Thanksgiving is the day we give
thanks to God for all He has done
for us and for the things we have
done for ourselves which are good JUNIORS TO LIVE OFF CAMPUS
Winona Hall is now giving the
and helpful. We also celebrate the
day because of the peace that was Juniors a chance to live off cam
made between the Pilgrims and pus. The program began Novem
the Indians in the Colonial days. ber 3, and before the school year
Together they had a big feast to is up approximately 56 girls will
celebrate their friendship and that have stayed at the Young Women’s
is why we too have a huge meal Christian Association in downtown
Salem. They will go in groups of
on Thanksgiving.
Lorraine Snyder four and will stay for two-week
periods. The girls are selected
after being- interviewed by Miss
Bigger staff. The interviews will
continue until the 56 girls have
been chosen.
Indian Club members are all lined up waiting to march in the Parade
on Homecoming Day. From left to right, they are: Mike Napyaar,
Peggy Custom, Harry Benally, Thomas Lee Yazzie, Maggie Armboy,
Annie Amy Benally, Nelson Begay and Charles Nelson.
“ STICK GAME” FUN
Recently, a group of Northwest
kids got together to form two
teams to play an old Indian game
called “ Stick Game’’. Richard
Cayou made a set of bones and
sticks while he was in the Wood
Shop a few days earlier. The kids
set up a game between the boys
and girls.
Everybody had fun.
After awhile, a few Alaskans
s t a r ts to play, and they, too,
decided it was fun". Since the
game was new to the Alaskans,
it gathered a large crowd. A few
of them lost interest in the game
because they didn’t know what
was going on.
Here are a few basic rules for
people new to the game so they
can join in the next time. To
start off, you must have two dif
ferent teams, each with one set of
bones and five sticks. A kick
stick is placed in the middle of
the two teams. Each team must
have a leader to choose the plain
or the white bone. The leader
points for the plain one and if he
chooses it they get the kick stick.
Now one of the teams has two
sets of bones, and the other team
tries to choose the hands which
hold the white bone. If the guess
ing team doesn’t choose correctly,
they give a stick to the other team
but if they do choose the bones,
they get the set of bones and con
tinue to play until one of the
teams ends up with all the sticks.
This game has been played by
the Northwest tribes for many,
years and every tribe has its own
way of playing it, so these are
only a few basic rules which might
help you to better understand the
game.
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published by the joint efforts of
the Business Education Depart
ment and the Journalism class.
Editor:
Donna Lopez
Reporters:
Lou Moore,
Kathy
Olson, Allen Revey,
Oliver Kirk, Leah Revey, Lo
retta Olson, Angie Whistocken.
Jo Warbus, Wilfred Hoelscher,
Joe Aleck, Don Jones, Andrew
Tall, D. J .’ Taylor, Robert Mor
ris, Vincent Jameson, Sandra
Edenshaw, Gerald Gamble.
Typist:
William Hall
Staff Advisors:
Mr. Giedd
Mrs. Campbell
Acting Superintendent:
Mr. James Bearghost