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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1970)
3 THE SAD IN D IA N T h a t's O liv e r K irk 'T h e Sad In d ia n ' Oliver Kirk, who draws “ The Sad Indian” every month for the CHEMA- WA AMERICAN, is an 18 year old Senior from Warm Springs, Oregon,' This is his second year at Chemawa. He also attended David Douglas High School in Portland. In addition to his cartooning duties for the paper, Oliver has found time this year to design the new Chemawa flag, which was presented at the 1970 Homecoming celebration; design the cover for the official program for the 1970 Capital Conference Basketball Jamboree; do the art work for the Thanksgiving menu that went out in the November home letters; and final ly, complete an engraving to be used on the 1971 Chemawa calendar. After graduation, Oliver plans to go to college, eithef at Eastern Oregon or somewhere in California. M ore H ardw are For The Trophy Case — 5»m ■ . ■■ ■ ■■■■ ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ i ■ "■ ■ ■ ■ ■ $ Dimitri Johnson (left), Leonard Huntington and Mr. Louis hold the trophies won by the cross-country team this year. The big one is the second-place award in the state championships. This is the fourth straight year that Che mawa has taken the runner-up spot in the big meet. Leonard And Dimitri Run, Coach C. C. Team To S tate M eet The Chemawa cross country team ended its season by winning second place in the State AA championships. The Braves ran up 129 points to fin ish behind Madras with 91. Tim Ko- chutin, Arthur Ambrose, Del Okboak, Dale Simpson, Harold Huntington, Harold Fairbanks and Terry Marchand, along with alternate Joe Peters made up the final varsity squad. But two other Chemawa runners who worked hard all season long to bring victory to the Braves will receive no credit in the standings because they were not “ official” runners. These two runners are Leonard Huntington and Dimitri Johnson. Both were members of last year’s N .I.C .E . W o rk in g On O rg a n iza tio n P ro g ram The N.I.C.E. (Native and Indian Culture Explorers) Club is trying to get materials for their performance costumes. When they get the materials, they will begin making outfits for each in dividual to use. They plan to use them on trips where they will give performances or programs in neighbor ing towns and schools. The club is holding practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Practices consist of teaching new members the songs and dances that will be per formed. The members chose Mrs. Grape and Mr. Azure for advisors. The president of the group is Harry Benally. Gary Abrahamson is vice-president; Char lene Bearcub is secretary and Steve Kaleak serves as treasurer. Member ship in the club is open to any student who wishes to join. team, which also took second in the state. But both were too old to run this year; so they served as assistant coaches for Mr. Louis and worked with the team every day. The result of their help is easy to see. It is prob ably the first time in the state that a team so young (only freshmen and sophomores—Arthur Ambrose the only 1969 letterman) has finished so high. Leonard and Dimitri ran in several Chemawa races as unattached runners and also competed against college and university runners. This is the fifth year of cross-country running for each of them. Both have run four years for Chemawa and one year for Wrangell Institute in Alaska. Dimitri, who is from Koliganek, Al aska, says, “ I enjoy running. I re present Chemawa. It’s a part of my life now.” Leonard, from Koyukuk, Alaska, agrees. “ I started off running just to pass time. Competitive run ning is fun. You try to see just how much you can do.” Both boys want to continue running, and both hope to compete in some in door meets this winter. To get ready for these meets they usually run at least one hundred miles a week, and they have run as high as two hundred a week a few times, “ It feels good to be able to run,” they both say.
