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Chemawa American
April 1984
EDITORIAL
By LaVelle Walker
The year of 1983-84 is almost over,
just a short time to go. Many stu
dents have gone home or transfered
from Chemawa. But some of us
have made it through the year. We
should all be proud of ourselves. I
hope that all of you w ill return to
Chemawa next year.
A lot of us have many memories
here, and next year we w ill have
more.
We all need to help the school stay
> open so other students can come and
enjoy the opportunities here and not
be forced into schools and places
where they are not happy.
Congratulations to the Class of
1984!
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S tu d e n ts
C o n g r e s s m a n D e n n y S m it h
C h e m a w a I m p r e s s e d W it h
Letters to the Editor
LaVelle Walker
Editor
Chemawa American
Chemawa High School
Salem, Oregon
Dear Editor:
Dear Ms. Walker,
I received a copy of the Fall Holiday
Issue of your paper for 1983.1 would
like to commend you and your staff
on the high quality of the newspaper.
Every feature of the paper was at
tractive, informative, and well-writ-
ten. I am sure that you and your
staff spent many hours working on
the preparation of such a fine news
paper. I was particularly glad to see
such a wide range of coverage of
students and faculty, women and
men, academics and extra-curricu-
lars.
I hope you can continue to keep up
this fine level of quality. Your paper
indicates that you might be interest
ed in a career in communications or
journalism.
Your family, teachers, advisor, and
friends can be very proud of your
work. Congratulations!
As spring rolls around and visions
of proms and graduation activities
and parties come into view, it is an
important time to think about the
consequences of alcohol and drug
use. We as professional educators
need to evaluate what we are doing
or should be doing to impart to the
students we serve, the facts, myths,
and consequences about this sub
ject. It is a time to capitalize on the
various resources in your communi
ties to address a focal issue which
has a very significant impact on the
lives of each child in our school sys
tem as well as the comm unities
where these children reside. I per
sonally encourage each of you to
work in cooperation w ith your
school boards, staff, and community
resource agencies to formulate and
implement appropriate activities
addressing the issues associated
with alcohol and drug abuse with the
limited time between now and the
dismissal of school for the summer.
-H arvey J. Jacob, -
Acting Director, Office of Indian
Education Programs
David J. Leigh, S.J.
Director
Assoc. Prof. English
Dear Editor:
Letter to the Editor
Dear Mr. Gray,
On January 27th, we were p riv i-
ledged to have ten young people
from your school visit our facility.
We spent a wonderful evening, get
ting acquainted, sharing goodies,
playing games and “ adopting” each
other. The staff, and especially our
residentswe we very pleased and ap
preciated this special gift of time
and concern. The joy that it brought
to many of these folks, plus the obvi
ous rewards of giving, that the stu
dents were feeling, made this 'ex
periment a great success.
I spent time with the students to ori
ent them to the fa cility and explain
some of the needs of the patients.
They were so attentive and seemed
sad to leave at the close of the visit.
We thank you for this service of love
and hope that it might develop into a
regular program. I believe this w ill
prove to be a beneficial and reward
ing experience for both our resi
dents and the students of the
• C.A.E.C. program. If I can help in
any way coordinate this a c tiv ity
with you please give me a call.
Sincerely,
Jo Ellen Jandera
Social Coordinator
Thank You
This was brought to my attention
in an old issue of the CHEMAWA
AM ER IC A N from 1933. I guess
some things do not change.
We need articles, especially from
seniors for this next and final issue
of the school year.
Clubs are urged to see Ms. La
Croix or LaVelle Walker with any
news or year’s highlights immedi
ately.
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By Rosie Black Weasel
Preserve those special memories
of this year by purchasing a copy of
the 1984 Chemawa Chief yearbook.
The cost of this valuable treasure is
only $20! While some students may
consider this a little on the expen
sive side, it is slightly under the av
erage cost of a high school annual.
Increased national printing and
photo costs were the major reasons
cited by adviser MS. Debbie La
Croix for the cost of the book.
For the past few years the book
has been printed by staff members
here at Chemawa which kept the
costs down, but limited the type of
book available. It also prevented the
idea of color pictures. This year a
color shot of the entire senior class
w ill be printed. Plans were made to
have each senior’s picture in color,
W lB S lk l pf(fWw
this year.
As time goes on it becomes in
Major setbacks complicated the
creasingly difficult to obtain enough yearbook staff all year. Permission
news for an issue of the AMERI for legally soliciting advertisers like
CAN, especially when work is a bit the public schools have took many
crowded in the shop and our report months. Obtaining permission for
er is not able to scramble around ' Josten’s Yearbook Company to print
and drag it by force from the cus the book, determining the size and
tomers. Secretaries and reporters pages fo r the lim ite d budget re
of the several organizations are duced the lead time for fund raisers.
asked to please cooperate and keep But despite the many complications
sending in items. Class notes have the book is coming together.
been scarce lately, shop notes have
“ The Longest Walk” is the theme
fallen off and the only news we have of the book. Art work is being com
had from the many religious organi pleted by Marvin Devereaux that
zations we obtained by brow-beating traces a character through the four
them from secretaries. In this situa years of Chemawa to that fateful
tion the sponsors can help. Now is day of graduation.
the time for all good Chemawaites
The cover of the books w ill be a
to come to the aid of their paper. If, gold Indian head medallion inlayed
about press time of the next issue, under a rich red leather cover
you should see ye editor, ye reporter, carved with black inlayed designs.
ye typesetters and ye devils walking
Students are urged to purchase
about the campus with bewildered their books before the end of the
expressions on their faces, you’ll school year. Only a limited number
know that some one paid heed to this are being ordered. Students who
plea
purchase books and do not return
w ill have the books mailed to them
at no extra cost in August. Return
ing students w ill receive their copies
when they return in the fall. An au
tograph party, is being planned for
those students who purchase the
book prior to their arrival. Special
EDITOR’S NOTE:
The Chemawa Am erican staff
would like to extend its appreciation
to the following people who support
ed and assisted us in producing this
issue of the paper:
--Mr. Gerald Gray and ED JOHN
who allocated the monies and ack
nowledged the need fo r a school
newspaper as a m ajor source of in
formation;
-M r. Pigsley for coordinating all
the paperwork that such a publica
tion takes while staying within the
guidelines;
--Mrs. Donna Napier and her pho
tographers all the long hours that
they put in after school and on the
weekends to make sure that the pic
tures you see could be shared;
-M r. Hanson and Mr. Lamb for
th e ir work in graphics and h a lf
tones on the pictures;
-Kitchen staff for assistance with
food for late>night sessions;
-Matron staff for allowing stu
dents to stay up late and work;
-Marv in Deveraux and Don Bai
ley for their artistic help and graph
ics that adds so much to any publi
cation;
-Faculty members who allowed
students out of class to work on this
issue;
- and to the Statesman Journal
sta ff members who typeset and
printed the paper adding supplies
and many hours of technical help.
THANK YOU ALL!
-E d ito r ..
¥
autograph books for this year are
available from Mr. Hanson.
Students who would like th e ir
names printed in gold foil w ill be
charged $2 extra because it is an
extra charge to the staff.
Several of the major changes that
the staff is trying this year is raising
monies by advertising, contacting
tribes for their support by either
running ads or purchasing books for
students that they have attending
school.
The largest ad placed so far is
from IBM who took out a $210 full
page ad. Other ad costs range from
$100 for a half page to $10 for a Pa
tron ad which lists the names of
groups, dorms, etc. that supported
the book.
“ What we are trying to do is make
w here stu
dents do
writing, layout, picture
• selection, pasteup and complete pro
cess. Such a graphics background is
highly marketable. Many tribes are
looking for trained Indian people on
their own reservations who can help
with putting out the tribal paper,
quarterly reports, and publications
for the tribe. We are trying to teach
studentsnot only these skills, but the
responsibilities involved in putting
out a student publication,” said Ms.
La Croix.
Yearbook editor Hope Running
Wolf is optimistic about the book
and is excited about the theme.
“ We’re working hard, but time is
running out. We need student help
with several sections. We need stu
dents to purchase the books before
the end of the school year. Anyone
who would like to donate time and
energy to the yearbook can come in
each afternoon and evening after
school and during the weekends
starting at 1 pm.”
Photographs are being supplied
by Mrs. Napier and her photo stu
dents.
Students who would like to pur
chase this treasure of memories
should see Hope Running Wolf or
Ms. La Croix before the end of the
year.
T o m a s k in C a l l s f o r L o c a l
T r i b a l S u p p o r t o f C h e m a w a 's
P re s e n t a n d F u tu re
“ If we don’t have a concerted ef
fort by the school board members
and local tribal councils I think that
Chemawa’s future is short,” said
form er school board chairm an
Leonard Tomaskin during a special
presentation he made at the 1984
Pow Wow.
During the late 1960’s, Tomaskin
explained, m ajor outside forces
wanted the school closed instead of
investing new monies into keeping
the school open. Some bureauocrats
were ready to let the school close
and turn over the job of educating
th e ir students to the individual
tribes, even those tribes without any
major funds.
In 1968 Chemawa was turned over
to the Northwest tribes instead of
belonging solely to the Bureau of In
dian Affairs. While funding and staff
still came under the BIA, tribes had
input for the first time in the history
of the school. Northwest tribes
began to take an active hand in the
events that were happening to the
students here.
Another problem Tomaskin hopes
w ill improve is the need for more
staff and parental support of stu-
dents. “ This is a school that is
operated 24 hours a day. Students
need to feel that this is their home
and that staff members are their
family. When adults get behind stu
dents and students feel that they are
important then they do a good job.”
Tomaskin encourages parents
and tribal leaders to take preventa
tive measures with their young chil
dren early in the stages of life so
that alchohol and drugs are reduced
and self confidence is increased.
“ What we need are preventative
programs that begin at home that
are supported by the tribal councils,
and that are then imputed here at
Chemawa. We can’t spend time at
Chemawa trying to cure the prob
lem. I t ’s up to the parents to select
board members that carry out their
wishes for their children, support
the school and their children, and
get behind the school along with the
tribal councils. Without parental,
tribal council and school board in
volvement the school w ill not sur
vive the current climate of negative
politics toward Indian people,” con-,
eluded Tomaskin.
This involvement was to pay off.
When backroom plans were being
discussed to close the school To
maskin and other trib a l leaders
pointed out to local and national con
gressmen that Chemawa was not
only important to Indian students,
but had a major financial impact on
the Salem and Keizer communities.
Millions of federal dollars were gen
erated from Chemawa which went
directly into the local merchants
tills. The buying power of tl]e c0™'
munity was strongly affected by the
school then and now.
“ With so few northwest tribes ac
tively supporting and being involved
in the school now, the school could
close like Intermountam is this year
and Mt Edgecume did last year.
Those schools would have never
closed if tribes, parents, school
board members and interested peo
ple got behind the students. We can
not survive alone.
Tomaskin » id tha' ?IS mess? 8e
for tribal and Parental support is
important again because the present
administration nnd tone of the coun
try is negativetowards ■"«tan pen-
W e Ic
NIGHT DANGER
responsibility for students who place
themselves in such danger. This in
“ We want to see you alive the next cludes stu de nts who p a rty a t
day!” said law enforcement direc friends’ houses, stay overnight when
tor Howard Doore.
not properly checked out, and who
This is not an idle scare tactic nor simply do not return to campus for
is it an ad for “ Halloween III .” It is days and must have the law enforce
the terrifying reality of fear that has ment officers coax them back to
residents of Salem concerned due to campus.
the recent murders of two local fe
D uring the tim e of year when
male residents. Law enforcement summer vacation, graduation and
officers and local authorities cau end of the year parties seem to be on
tion all female students to always the minds of many students, law en
travel in pairs, avoid parties and so forcement officers caution students
cial gatherings off campus.
to think twice about such activities.
Recently a young 18-year old Wil Review boards, suspensions, and
lamette University coed was found even some expulsions await.those
strangled. She was on her way home students who throw warnings to the
from a dorm party, but never made wind.
it. An intensive search was made by
With two Salem women murdered
the police and other students from
in the last few months, common
Willamette, but she was found too sense dictates that caution be used.
late. This young lady who had said When Salem officers are not sure
goodnight to her friends and had that the man in ja il is really the k ill
promised to see them the next day er, it could be a matter of life and
never saw daylight again.
death if caution is not taken, espe
Students who go AWOL create the cially by the female students.
greatest concern and put them
Don’t take unnecessary chances
selves in unnecessary danger. What and risks. When leaving campus,
may seem like a friendly walk up •have perm ission, sign out, make
town could end up to be the last walk sure that another friend is along,
anywhere.
and both return before curfew .
This is why any student who goes During the time away stay within
AWOL more than three hours w ill the school rules so that we w ill in
im m ediately be sent home. The deed see you alive the next day!
staff simply cannot be forced to take
CHEMAWA AMERICAN
S œ U o u m l î k i c S WCAN “ P“bÜShed by
Chemawa todian Hi«h
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF...................................................... ..............LaVelle Walker
[ REPORTERS............................... .......LaVelle Walker,
Hope RunningWolf,
LEO NARD
M IK E
Lacy Luton, Jeanine Wright,
REDCLOUD,
J O H N S O N , E R L e ' n A B L A C K W E A S E
JO JO
R O S IE
IR V IN G .A N D
ANNE
BLACK W EASEL
J U D IE
BULLCALF
AND
W ARBUS
ADVISOR/TEACHER..................................................... Ms. Debbie LaCroix
PHOTO * EDITOR....................................... ......................Mrs. Donna Napier
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