CHEMAWA AMERICAN
FALL HOLIDAY ISSUE 1983
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Murals Reinforce Price in our Culture and Heritage
Indian Murals
By
LaVelle
Walker
Corrine ChiefStick
and
In an effort to improve the
school environment and reinforce
Indian pride Mr. Don Bailey’s art
classes have undertaken the awe
some task of painting Indian
murals along the north wall with
scenes depicting traditional life
style and designs,
The mural will help bring pride
and awareness about our Indian
ancestors and past religions, ex
plained one of the student
artists.
tive hours of painting uiesc
scenes in acrylics has begun.
It schedules for completion be
fore the holidays.
of the Blackfeet Tribe is paint
ing a scene depicting various
race of people.
Emerson Stiffarm, who is
another junior from Ft. Belknap,
Montana, and a Gros-Ventre
Indian, is working on a painting
of eagles soaring in the sky, tee-
Sharing the talents for this
year’s students and future
classes to enjoy and marvel at
are:
Emmy Bitt, a senior from Ft.
Hall, Idaho, is a Shosone-Ban-
nock and Paiute. Her painting is
Before the project could offici
ally begin, some striping of the
oversized elementery designs
had to be done'and the wall
whitewashed. These ’’graphics"
initially came with the building
and have been a sore spot with
many students and staff mem
bers since the building was
opened three and a half years
ago.
Students first drew sketches
on the wall according to the
uniting them which they had de
cided upon. The entire scene has
been sketched out the long crea
a picture ot a traditional scenery
based on the Paiute culture
mixed with Shoshone. It incor
porates various other designs
borrowed from other tribes.
LeLoni Colegrove, a junior, is
an enrolled member of the
Karok-Hoopa Tribes in Orleans,
California. Her contribution de
picts a Karock Spirit woman
making medicine over the water
at Kati. Complimentry her paint
ing is a sunset scene with moun
tains in the back ground sur-
rouhded by Yorok, Hoopa, Karok
designs of Northern California.
ees on the plains and water-
ird designs.
Senior Ezra Goggles, an Ara-
poe from Wyoming, is displaying
his taleTfor detail by painting
symbols from tribes around the
country. They include a wild
horse, a peaceful teepee scene, a
buffalo, an older warrior, and
feathers hanging from a sacred
pipe.
Junior, Marcus LongKnife, a
Blackfeet from Montana, and
Randy Tom, Lummi from Wash
ington, Maxine Naranjo, juniof,
Tewa and Thelma Bergman,
junior, Alaskan, are also working
on a scene.
Students who haven’t seen this
creative sharing should wander
down to Mr. Bailey’s north wall.
Lane Named Homecoming Queen
By Kim Hendrix
Selected as the 19£!3-84
Homecoming Queen is senior
JoAnne M. Lane. She is a
member of the Lummi Nation
from Bellingham, Washington,
and is 17 years old.
“ I was very surprised and'
honored to be chosen as
I
Homecoming
Princess
and
shocked that I was chosen as
the Queen,” said JoAnne.
During this final year here,
JoAnne said that she hopes to
participate in as many sports as
possible, stick with Student
Homecoming Princesses
Council vice president, is an ac
tive member of Storytellers,
and is a member of Photo Club.
Her future goals are to
graduate from college, get a de
gree in business administration
and also to become a P.E.
Council, and graduate with the teacher.
JoAnne ruled over the
class of 1984. She currently
Dance,
the
holds the office of Student . Homecoming
Homecoming game, and the
1 1983 Spirit Week.
Lena Ike
Princess
Lena Ike, a Warm Springs
Indian from Warm Springs,
Oregon, was chosen one of the
Homecoming princesses for the
Senior class.
Lena is 19 years old, and this
is her fourth year here at
Chemawa.
She enjoys being dbrm pre
sident, being a member of the
Indian Club, and improving her
skills as a second year varsity
cheerleader.
TERESA JACOBSSON
Queen JoAnne Lane and King Ben JoJola smile for visiting Alumni during
the Homecoming Dance.
Teresa Jacobsson was chosen
Junior class princess -for the
Homcoming Court. Teresa is a
sixteen-year-old
Athabascan
from Bethel, Alaska. Bom in
Anchorage, Alaska; Teresa is
the is the oldest of six in her
family.
Her reaction to being chosen
for the court was, “ ME? I was
really surprised, especially since
I handed out the ballots. No
one told me anything! I really
started to sweat up there!”
Teresa’s goals for this year
are to raise the spirit of the
1983 Homecoming Court
Lto R) Queen JoAnne Lane and King Ben JoJola, Paul Ballew and senior princess Lena Ike, Junior princess Tere
sa Jacobsson and Dudly Smith, Junior princess Maria Quincy and Terry Martin, sophomore princess Robin
, Caufield and Jimmy Fryberg, sophomore princess Mary Bob and Chester Mowitch, freshman princess Teresa
|f Mowitch and Lonnie James, freshman princess JoJo Irving and D.L. Ferguson.
school and receive straight A ’s.
After high school she plans on
attending University of Wash
ington and going on to Law
School. .
Mowitch
Also representing the fresh
man class as one of the
Homecoming princesses was
Teresa Mowitch. Teresa is a
Quinault Indian from Copalis
Crossing, Washington. She is in
the ninth grade, 14 years-old,
and was bom in Aberdeen,
Washington.
Her reaction when she was
chosen freshman class princess
was “ I really was surprised and
shocked! I really didn’t know
what to think. It was the last
thing I expected.”
Teresa’s goals for this year
are to get involved with the
most activities and' get an
education. Her future goals are
to finish high school and then
attend college to become a cos-
motologist.
Mowitch’s hobbies includes
sports such as basketball, soft-
ball, volleyball and going to
dances. She is in drama club
and s also secretary for the
freshman class.
Teresa is team captain for the
varsity rally squad and was
chosen September Student of
the Month. She enjoys Eskimo
dancing, singing and picking QU
LisaMahle.
Spirit Week Captures True Chemawa Pride
By Patty LittleW olf
Showing what Senior Power
really means the class of 1984
captured the coveted title of
Most Spirited Class by earning
650 points during Spirit Week
held October 17-23.
T r ailing close behind was the
class of 1985, with 490 points.
The Staff captured the most
spirit points for each Dress Up
Day.
Sophomores and Freshmen
came in fourth and fifth respec
tively in overall points.
Each D ay was a different ex
perience for Chemawa students
and staff. Categories for dress
up day were posted for each day
at lunchtime, Ms. LaCroix
coordinated
special
class
competitionevents such as the
water relay, tug-of-war, jello
eating contest, balloon popping
contest and the enfamous toilet
paper mummy wrap.
The week began with Juniors
taking 1st place in the Hat and
Button Day with 190 points,
Seniors came in second nut only
for Hat and Button but for
lunch time activities.
Seniors captured 1st place
during Tuesday’s Dress up Day
and tied with Juniors during
lunch activities.
Wednesday; Crazy Day, let
the staff shine again in achiev
ing the highest percent of par
ticipants.
Some
students
thought teachers should have
earned it on behavior alone.
Rowdy juniors captured the
most lunchtime points with
their balloon stamping energies.
Rock ‘n’ Roll dress up was
won by those wild and crazy
guys from our own Chemawa
staff again. Juniors came in
second and seniors took third
place.
During the jello eating con
test, Juniors took the lead until
the final match off where five
Seniors inhaled slightly more
whipped cream and jello. A fteï
such a race there was no room
for even jello.
Fridav. we saw school colors
Red and White Day was the
largest participation of under
classmen. Till the staff cap
tured first place; Seniors took
second; and Juniors came in
third.
uuring a special pep assem
bly held Oct. 21 before the big
Homecoming Game students
and staff who »showed the most
spirit were honored. Football
players were introduced along
with visiting alumni.
Overseeing the Week were
members of the 1983 court who
were escorted out onto the gym
floor timelight. Queen Joanne
Lane, a senior from Lummi was
crowned at the assembly.
Other members of the court
were Lena Ike, senior; Theresa
Jacobson and Maria Quincy,
juniors; sophomores
Robin
Caufield and Mary Bob; and
freshmen Teresa Mowitch and
JoJo Irving.
Prior to the wet Homecoming
game the traditional bonfire
was held along with a reception
for the alumni.
The week culminated on
Sunday with Dress Up Day and
a special breakfast cooked not
only by Mr. Demerit and the
Kitchen staff, but also by Mr.
John and Mr. Jackson.
Visiting alumni sang the
traditional
school
song,
thanked students and staff for a
warm visit, and shared some of
their experiences while they
were students.
Mr. Gray, principal, com
plimented alumni, students and
staff for their display of school
spirit and continued support, of
the Chemawa community.
JOJO IRVING
JoJo Irving, a Makah Indian
from Neah Bay, Washinton,
was
chosen
Homecoming
princess for the freshman class.
She is 15 years-old, and was
bom in Seattle, Washington,
but now lives at Neah Bay,
Washington.
immy Fryberg can’t keep his eyes off of
Sophomore Princess Robin Caufield.
Robin Caufield
by Polly Peasley
Robin Caufield, a Crow In
dian from Pryror, Montana,
was chosen a princess repre
senting the sophomore class.
Her reactions when chosen as
Robin is 15 years-old and
the freshman representative,
comes from a family of seven.
was “total surprise!”
T his is- her second year here at
Chemawa, and she plans on go
frying’s goals for this year are ing to college after she
tn get a good education and not
graduates. Shd enjoys playing
%
write-ups. Her future
basketball and being Vice Pre
goal is to go to college.
sident of the sophomore class. .
joJo’s hobbies are “ cruising • “Happy, excited, nervous,
around” She played vol-. and feeling proud,” are the feel
leybakll for the school team in ings Robin said she had when
she was named for this honor.
MARIA QUINCY
Our second Junior class
princess is Maria Quincy. Maria
is a seventeen-year-old Chip-
pewa-Cree from Hays, Montan-
a. This is her third year here at
Chemawa.
“ I got real nervous and my
hands were sweaty!” was Mar
ia’s reaction when told she had
been chosen for Court.
Goals for Maria this year are
to do better when making lay
ups in basketball. Future goals
for her are to attend a four year
college and then on to law
school to study to be a lawyer.
Maria has one brother and
four sisters. She is presently
holding the office of Junior
class president and is also a
member of the Photo Club.