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Page 7 Chemawa American MAY 24, 1983 Student A rtw o rk Displayed for Public ART SHOW by LaVeJ/e Walker Chemawa art students are currently displaying pieces of art work at the Art Gallery on 1201 Court St. The building is a state building and is open 8 am to 5 pm, Monday thru Friday. The art show started March 30 and will go on until May 20,1983. The projects that are in the art show consist of drawings, paintings done with oils and water colors, acrylics, pottery and sculptures. The projects are being sold from $10.00 to $250.00. The most expensive painting is being sold for $250.00, a work done by art teacher, Mr. Don Bailey. When asked why the exhibit is being held, Mr. Bailey said, "the art students had the art show to giVe positive thinking Art to Emmy is self-expres sion, how people view the world throughout our cre ativeness and abilities. Emmy said, "Art's something that I grew up with, something I've always known." Emmy has sold a few of her paintings and drawings at home, a few for as high as $75.00. She explained most of her work is based on Indian people, our cultures, and on the past when all things had meanings. When asked about his talent, Gabe said, "I enjoy stu dying about any kind of art. I don't do anything with my projects, I haven't sold any of my projects, so this is my first time ever maybe selling any of my things." Senior Gabe Wells is also one of the participants in the art display. While he has never sold any of his art work, he enjoys painting and making pottery. Gabe is proud of his efforts and his projects and hopes to Continue to extend his knowledge by becoming an art major in college, practice developing his skills so someday he can donate pieces of his work to an organization. Charles said, "I think art is a subject that people have to en joy and be able to use their Charles Matte, a senior here at CIS, is also a participant in the art show. His main pro jects are sculptures, a medium he enjoys best. Matte said he hopes to be active in art in the future but not as an artist, more as a hobby. He wants to major in something else while in college, but would like to have more opportunities to about their work and talent and to give positive attitudes about their own self-wQrth through their work. Some top art students of CIS are: Emmy Bitt, Dwayne CreeMedicine, Gabe Wells, M ichele R adcliff, Leoda Yallup, Celeste Albert, Tim Soucie, Maxine N aranjo, Yvonne Naranjo, Michelle Lenaugh, and Charles Matte. The Chemawa American interview ed a couple of students (top) of CIS and what they thought of art and future goals for their talent. hands and create beauty out of paper, clay, or canvas. Art can help people out of their feelings and express themselves. I love art and will never give it up. I'd encourage anyone who thinks they like art to get into it and create something, and maybe get some good compliments from other people who see their work." MAXINE NARANJO Sophomore, Maxine Naran jo has a painting in the art show and is proud of her work that she has done. Maxine en joys art yery much and hopes to do it in the future and hopes to go to an art school. Asked what art is to her Maxine said, "Art is a very im portant subject to take, it helps me accomplish more of what art is to the people and to the Indian people all over as ¿well. YVONNE NARANJO I Yvonne Naranjo, a junior, |is not a participant in the art ' show, but is a top art student £ here at CIS. She enjoys it very much and hopes to become an artist in the. future and to go to school for more skills to im- fprove her art work. Yvonne's drawings are mostly of Indian formations. | When asked about her future Yvonne said, '1 think that if I try my best to draw as good as other people I could someday become an artist and I hope to accomplish more someday. EMMY BITT Emmy had entered art shows before in the Salem- Portland area, and Southeast Idaho. Emmy showed an in terest in art at a very young age and considers herself a self-taught artist. She uses her special talent to improve each image or design she creates. Emmy hopes to continue her work in the future and hopes to enter more art shows. "The best and biggest award I ever received was when I got tribal recognition and praise from my own people, especial ly our new tribal chairman," said Sunny Dooney, the cur rent reigning Miss Navajo Na- tion. . I Sunny spent the week of May 2-14 as an assistant to the Chemawa Pageant and Pow Wow, a guest of Wes Thomp son and the school. The greeness of the grass and diverse colors, the types of plants and soft wind were cited by Sunny as the most dramatic changes from her semi-arid home in New Mex ico. "The grass was so green it looked artificial! When I saw people walking oh it I was so surprised!" she added. Sunny, 2 1 / was bom in Zuni, New Mexico, but was raised in Vanderwagon,, New Mexico. During her year-long reign as Miss navajo, she is re quired to live in Window Rock which is the seat of the tribal government. Competition for her posi tion was very difficult because it required four long days of work and all the time being judged by people who were important. Emphasis was on speaking the language, know ing and practicing the tradi tional ways and ceremonies, and being an effective com municator. Sunny has traveled to Cana da, France, Italy, Spain, many other countries boardering the Mediterranean, as part of her reigning year. When she is in vited she said, arrangements are made and she is off to rep resent the Navajo people and share the culture. Sunny stated that she feels the main problems facing young people today is a general lack of self esteem. "If you do not value and honor yourself then . alcohol and drugs can indeed come and destroy you. TO SONG Unit 1 Breezey Paul Ballew Apes L.B.S.O. Harold Allen Basil Tanner Baby Jane Melody Crawford Kevin Longtree Randy Tom Louis WeaselBoy We Are Family One of Us Man-Eater Bugg-z, Willa, Ruth Miss You KillRoy Roseanna KillRoy Love's Got A Hold On Me Secret Admirer Hungry Like The Wolf KillRoy I've Been Watching You Chemawa Girls Billy Jean" Bugg-z I've Been Watching You Secret Admirer Freeze Frame Roxy Let's Have A Good Time A Bud Only The Good Die C. Chief Stick Young I'll Fall In Love Again Me Flash Gordon Shawnie My Kinda Lover J.J.M. Big Boys Don't Cry I.A. Bad To The Bone The Girls I Want You To Want Me Genia My Kinda Lover Rhonda Geboe Beast of Burden Your Wonderful Frieni i Celebration Snoogie Turn Me Loose Snoogy, Pauletta Something Special Dream Girl Do You Really Want To Hurt Me Richard James I Love A Rainy Night Chemawees Tough Guys Ralph You Dropped A Bomb On Me Romen 11 Thriller Romen 11 Why Can't We Be D.P. 4 L-M- Friends? Three Times A Lady Tom Edwards Shake It Up A Friend Man-Eater M.R. You Are My Sunshine Carla Stray Cat Strut Your Bud Do You Really Want To A Friend Hurt Me? Your Love's In Jeopordy Karla B. Roxy Gloria Another One Bites The Dust D.S. Always On My Mind T.J. Tickle My Fancy April C. Let The Good Times Roll James Harrison Waiting For A Girl Like Flash You Whip It Me Corrine • Love Is Like A Rock Being With You ??? Your Mama The Mat Rats ' Eye Of The Tiger Not Me Tell It Like It Is A.F. Your Mama Corrine & Alvira He's So Shy ??7 77? / Turn Me Loose Song Lies Laura Lee Love Hurts . Friends My Eyes Adore You . A friend It's A Small World Secret Admirer You Dropped The Bomb On Me ??? April C. Your Mama I Was Mad For Loving Jackie Geboe Gordon Allen Robin Ridley 4 Parker Colliflower Leon, Loren, Pat Jimmy Fryberg Monty Cagey Jesse Wall Witashie Shelly BigKnife Barry Bighorn W. Wells Chemawa Les Costel Raphaella Johnnie Pheobe Tindall Rose Wall Shirlee, Paula & Vickie Miller Brothers Tami & Doris Isaac Mona C. Guy F. Georgia Gloria Quiver Rosie J.H. Myron Jim Paula Bighorn Rose C.F.H. Tpot Sherry M. Monte Bill Bowers Chemawa American Flash & BigNose Jeff Ernst Harry B. Brenda Kipp Karla Bow Carrie & Killer Brian Bill Maria Julie McDonald Lisa E Mickey Mouse "You are Special" Miss Navajo Reminds Students By LaVelle Walker and Ms. La Croix By Teresa Jacobsson & Jackie Geboe e CHARLES MATTE GABE WELLS DEDICATIONS "Life that was given to you is precious. You are special. Take pride in your specialness and don't harm your body with foreign substances. If you want to be a happy person then respect and belief must first- come from inside. The better image that you have of yourself the better yóu can ap preciate the education you aré receiving and the more good you can do for others and yourself, she added. Miss Navajo explained thé spiritual meaning of her costume and shared some of the sacred places of her res ervation. She maintained that almost everything in "her Navajo culture has a deep spiritual meaning that is tied to the land and respect for the land and for „life. After her tour is Over. Sünny hopes to continue her educa tion at the University of New' “TODAY I AM . . .* Today I .am Indian, Today I am alive. Today the bullet of your father, lies cold in my hand, images of yesterday, shadows of the past. Today I am Indian, Today I am alive. Today the bullet of your father lies cold in my hand. . . distant voices, unseen eyes. I can feel them, they speak through me. "REMEMBER THE OLD WAYS, HOW WE USED TO BE. KEEP THESE TEACHINGS CLOSE TO YOUR HEART, PASS THEM DOWN. . g . the people of the dream visioned unto me. . . Today I am Indian, Today I am alive. Today I am Indian Today I have survived . . . -E m m y Bitt ’83 Mexico where she is currently majoring in- communications. She hopes to some day work in the area of the television broadcasting on her reserva tion. / Chemawa students and staff would like to thank her for sharing so much of her charm, laughter, culture and dreams with us. Judging Ourselves in Life’s Pageant EDITOR'S NOTE: During the Miss Chema wa Pageant, Mrs. Edmo gave a speech' that we would like to share with you. We thought this was a special message, not only for the candidates, but for all our students. It occurred to me while preparing these remarks, that life can be com pared to a pageant. We all are compet ing as we go through life. We are judged at various times bp bur par ents, elders, teachers, friends, and our peers. The most important judge, however, is ourself. We must score ourselves on how we use our talents, our creativity, our intelligence, and our cultural heritage. In a pageant there are certain re sponsibilities the contestants must meet. We, too, have responsibilities to ourselves, our families, our tribes and I think, our future. In our pageant of life we must always put our best foot forward in order to achieve success. Of'course, there are risks in always trying to be the best. These young ladies tonight knew they all count be the winner. They also knew that they might make mistakes, embarrass themselves and end up looking foolish to you, their friends and peers. But nevertheless, they overcame their fears and participated before you. . This is how it should be for all o f us. • We probably will hot achieve every thing we set out to do, we won't win all the time. We will make mistakes and look foolish, but these fears and risks should never stop you from try ing. One of the ways to meet your re sponsibilities to the future is through your education, Webster defines Educate, "to develop mentally and morally, esp. by instruction. " You are the future for your people. You must learn all that you can in order to be the ■ kind o f leaders, educators, helpers and citizens that will maintain and im prove life for Indian people. 0 ¡Some o f you will be graduating in a ‘ fejo weeks,, and ending your required schooling. It is important that you not see this as an end to learning. You must continue to learn to seek ana achieve knowledge. Some of you w ill, continue with a formal education, some will not. Whatever you choose, you must express your opinions, volunteer your services, become in volved arid you will, by virtue o f this involvement, continue to learn. Those of, you who have time left in high school must make the best of these years. You should not sit back and waste your talents and creativity.. Subjects like math, history, English, etc., may seem meaningless to you, but they are not. They are tools, tools for you to build on. You will need these skills in order to be a productive human being iti whatever area you choose to pursue. During your school years do not be afraid to question and challenge your teachers. Do not be afraid to do extra reading, to experi ment with your knowledge. You can make or break your education. You must use your knowledge to help your people. These are trying times. There are very pressing i^ueS facing us today. Issues that could br ing the dissolution o f tribal govern ments, lands and treaties. You will be asked by your children and grand- children to provide the answer to these problems. DO not be afraid to get in volved. If your elders had been afraid, where would we be today? You owe them the responsibility o f learning and using what you have learned to main tain what they fought and gave their lives for. r l Education cannot provide all of the ‘answers, but it is a tremendous comer- ' stone. Use your education, build on it, grow with it, believe in it. If you do, you can do no less than SUCCEED, FROM You Eva Sandoval Romaine Leland B.C.O. Patty Kevin & Joker Alice Minthom , Johnnie RoundFace Lonnie Darrel Piapot Leon Celeste Ben Harlow Harold Allen BigE Janel & Shine Louis WeaselBoy Kevin Longtree — .... ...------------- ------- Barker N. Calif. An Admirer Take Me To The Top A Buddy Ladies Night Turn Me Loose Secret Admirer Bottles Rock & Roll Heart Couple of friends Love Is In The Air Thank You For Being A Your Room Mate Friend Randy Eastman Johnnie Nellie Love Hurts Someone you know Miss You Sharron Shake Your Pants White Swan Angel You're My Best Friend J.G. Bad Boy Boogie YourX Everybody Wants You Chained To Your Memory A friend in unit 9 Sharon & Jackie Neighbors Apes & KillRoy Shadows of the Night M.E. So Excited , Pow Wow (Continued from page 3) time, and that makes me very happy." . Another alumnus said that "my hope is that Chemawa will stand for another 103 years. There have been a lot of rumors and a lot of efforts to shut the school down. All the different tribes must come to gether and fight for this school, for our young people, and our young people yet to come," he concluded. Sunday marked the drawing for the raffle of such goods as posters. Ben Lawver, Kla- 'm a th , and te a c h e r at Chemawa, won a Yurok wall hanging and a handmade shawl. Claudia Lenaugh, Leoda Yallup, and Lisa Escanlante, all students here, won shawls. Mr. Tom from the Siletz tribal office won the coveted Navajo blanket and "Eight Ball" him self won a lovely cradleboard which he was giving to his eight day granddaughter. Many special guests were recognized and honored, in cluding: Ms. Sunny Dooley, MISS NAVAJO NATION, from Vanderwagen, New Mexico; Mr. Lenora Starr, MISS WARM SPRINGS, FROM Warm Springs, Oregon; Mr. Stan Speaks, Portland Area Director, Bureau of Indian Af fairs; and Mr. Harry P. Thorp, Councilman, City of Salem. Indian Royalties present in cluded: Blue Sky Jefferson. Junior Miss Delta Park, from Salem, Oregon; Margie Amounk, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, from Salem, Oregon; Robin Caufield, Crow Fair Princess, Chemawa Indian High School; Josephine C. Johnsofi, Lil Miss Warm Springs, Junior Division, from W arm Springs, Oregon; Melissa Johnson, Miss Pi-ume- sha, , from Warm Springs, Oregon; Lenora Starr, Miss Warm Springs 1983, . from Warm Swings, Oregon; Sun ny Dooley, Miss Navajo Na tion, from Vanderwagen, New Mexico; Chairmaine Watts, Little Miss Warm Springs 1983, from Warm Springs, Oregon; and Katrina Miller, Washington's Birthday Cele bration Princess, from Yakima Reservation, WA. Drum Groupos which parti cipated in the Pow Wow were: Salem Inter-Tribal Drum from Salem, Oregon; Totem Lodge, from Portland, Ore gon; All Nation Drum, from Satus, Washington; Young Nation Singers, from Port land, Oregon; Pine Grove Junior Singers, from Warm Springs, Oregoh; Black Lodge Singers, from White Swan, W ash in g to n ; W aw okya Drum, Warm Springs, Ore gon; Portland Inter-Tribal Drum, Portland, Oregon; Eagle Star Drum, Yakima Reservation, Washington; and All Tribe's Drum, Satus, Washington. Said Wesley Thompson, main coordinator of the Pow Wow, "I think it was a good POW WOW. If I had been here last year, I would be in a better position to evaluate the POW WOW this year, but since I have only received only positive feedback, we must have done something right!"
