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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
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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
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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
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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!"