April 1984
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CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Chemawa Inducts Seven Into National Honor Society During Ceremony
HONOR SOCIETY
Seven of Chemawa’s top students
w ere inducted into the N ational
Honor Society on April 18. The stu
dents were Daniel Hotch, Janice
Gologergan, Carrie Whitford, Pau
line N apolean, Ja n e l Thompson,
Gloria Quiver, and Leah Thompson.
WHAT IS HONOR SOCIETY
Honor Society is a national organi
zation which recognizes high school
students for scholarships, leader
ship, service and character. At Che
mawa studen ts m ust have m ain
tained at least a 3.3 grade average
throughout 3l/2 years in order to be
inducted. Each school varies on the
basis of GPA requirements.
Besides maintaining solid grades,
students must have shown them
selves to be interested in maintain
ing a high GPA, displayed leader
ship skills, and have helped staff,
and other students, and people in the
community. No one may apply; it is
an honor for which one must be cho
sen, e x p la in e d a d v is e r P e n n y
Ueeck.
This is a special honor and cere
mony because it is one of the few
national organizations which recog
nizes young high schools students
for their scholarship, leadership and
service. It is the place, however,
where and brains and skills must be
tempered with character and re
spect.
CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY
During an all school assembly the
seven new members were inducted
into Honor Society during a candle
light ceremony used nationally for
all such inductions.
Mr. John, vice principal, began
the cerem ony by explaining the
overall event and congratulated the
seven students on their consistent
hard work.
Mr. Jack Bighorn videotaped the
event so that senior parents and
guests may view it as a pre-gradua
tion activity.
Four staff m em bers then ex
plained briefly the four areas that
candidates are evaluated on and
what each meant. After each expla
nation candles symbolically repre
senting the lamp of knowledge were
lit and passed on to the new mem
bers.
SERVICE
Cheryl Baily, business teacher,
summarized service as the giving of
one’s time and talents in ways that
benefit others. It is a willingness, she
explained, to work for others with
out expecting financial or personal
gain. It is rewarded, said Baily, in
many unmeasureable ways.
LEADERSHIP
Sally Ritchie, student enterprise
coordinator, defined leadership as a
quality that communicates self-con
fidence in leading others. Often it
demands much sacrifice.
DANIEL HOTCH
PAULINE NAPOLEON
Daniel Hotch, a junior completing
his first year at CIS, is the son of
Eveylyn and Joseph Hotch. Dan is a
member of the Tlinget Tribe from
Klukawan, Alaska.
Dan has received honors in bas
ketball and is listed on the national
honor roll.
After graduation from CIS, Dan
plans on attending college, probably
in Alaska.
Some of Hotch’s hobbies are run
ning, playing basketball, and listen
ing to music.
In his three years in both Mt. Ed-
gecumbe and Chemawa, Dan proud
ly maintains the he has never re
ceived any major write-ups.
Hotch’s future plans include going
on to college and “finding a decent
job.”
Pauline Napoleon is a senior com
pleting her fourth year at CIS. She
is an enrolled member of the Yaki
ma Nation and the daughter of Ro
seline and Paul Napoleon.
For two consecutive years Pau
line has been named most valuable
player and team captain for the
cross country team.
Traditional dancing at numerous
Pow Wows is what Napoleon enjoys
most. She is currently the 1983-84
White Eagle Princess and represen
ta tiv e for the Indian S p iritu a l
Grounds of Cortney, Colorado.
This fall Pauline will attend the
S.W. Indian Polytechnical Institute
for data processing.
CARRIE WHITFORD
JANICE GOLOGERGEN
“ I would like to thank my parents
Eddie and Pearl Whitford for all
their support,’ said senior Carrie
Whitford.
C arrie, a Chippewa Cree from
Montana, attended Rocky Boy H.S.
before comiing to Chemawa. She is
completing her second year here.
During her high school experi
ence, Carrie has been active in In
dian Club, student council, cheer
leading, basketball, track, and auto
mechanics.
Playing golf and basketball with
friends and eating pizza are some of
Whitford’s favorite past-times. This
year Carrie was named Senior Prom
Queen during the 1984 Junior-Senior
Prom.
After graduation Carrie would
like to take classes in vocational
areas such as auto mechanics. She
then hopes to go on to college.
Janice Gologergen has just re
turned from Washington, D.C., after
receiving one of the highest honors
that can be bestowed on a high
school student. She was a recipient
of the first Presidential Academic
Fitness Awards, handed to her by
President Reagan. She was the
leading scholar among Indian stu
dents in BIA schools nationwide.
Janice is an Eskimo from Sa
voonga, Alaska. Her father served a
term there as its mayor some years
ago.
Besides receiving the National
Academic Fitness Award from Pres
ident Reagan, she has also received
the national leadership and service
award, has been listed in the “ Who’s
Who Among American High School
Students,” and is a member of the
National Honor Society.
Janet is also the top scholar in the
senior class and was recently named
valedictorian for the class of 1984.
She will be giving the major student
speech for the graduation ceremo
nies to be held June 1.
Before coming to Chemawa, Go
logergen attended Mt. Edgecumbe
Indian School in Alaska,
In the fall Janice will attend the
University of Alaska at Fairbanks,
majoring in either law or medicine.
JANELLE THOMPSON
Junior, Janelle Thompson, is the
daughter of Erlene Young Bird. She
is a member of the Sioux and Tewa
tribes and is completing her second
year here.
When not studying, Janelle can
be found shopping and talking with
her friends.
Thompson’s future plans include
a college major in computers.
LEAH THOMPSON
Leah Thompson, an Eskimo from
Mt. Edgecumbe, is a junior com
pleting her first year at CIS.
Thompson enjoys being a cheer
leader, singing, listening to music,
and being on the track team. During
her three years at Mt. Edgecumbe
she was involved with student coun
cil.
Leah is the daughter of Ella and
Bill Thompson from Alaska.
SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship, explained Kainie St.
Paul from the attendance center, is
a commitment to learning. It is de
monstrating diligence and effort in
all studies.
CHARACTER
Don Baily, a rt teacher, explained
that this fourth quality distinguishes
itself from the other three because it
is the h ard est to define. It is a
building of self-control, reliability,
honestly, and sincerity; It is prac
ticed by a consistent commitment of
example, said Baily.
INDUCTION
After taking the pledge to uphold
and maintain by example the four
qualities of leadership, scholarship,
service and character, each student
was escorted by counselor Diane
Mohr to light the lamp of knowledge.
Mrs. Napier then took pictures of
each inductee with vice-principal
Ed John. Copies of these were sent
home to each parent.
Besides the public recognition
and life long membership, each stu
dent received a letter of commenda
tion which was placed in his or her
permanent folder. When job hunting
or applying to colleges, this letter
could serve as an overall character
reference.
The following highlights the seven
new members of the National Honor
Society:
GLORIA QUIVER
Gloria Quiver, Arapahoe from Wy
oming, is currently a junior com
pleting her second year at CIS.
Previous offices she had held in
clude junior class se c re ta ry this
year.
Gloria enjoys shopping, talking to
friends, and listening to music.
P rio r to Chem aw a, Q uiver a t
tended Wyoming Indian High School
and Lander High, both in Wyoming.
Attending college in Hawaii is one of
her goals a fte r g raduation next
Skybird
Joins
Science
Team
By Erlena Black Weasel
Working under the direction of
m aster teacher Mr. V. Briggs is stu
dent teacher Mrs. Skybird, a mem
ber of an eastern Indian tribe.
Skybird, a current student at Ore
gon State College, is working on her
MS degree in secondary education.
She decided to do her student teach
ing at Chemawa because “my inter
est is in Indian education. My long
range goal is to become certified
and to teach Indian young people
basic survival skills on our survi-
val/spiritual camp which my hus
band and I are working to establish.
I hope to be able to teach Indian
young people who come from the
cities and the reservations basic
survival skills of the land as well as
reading and writing on our self-con
tained land-based community.”
When not preparing her biology
and forestry classes, Skybird enjoys
working in her garden, beading,
canning, and making preparations
for her first baby due in August.
Skybird and her husband hope to
eventually live off the land com
pletely and become self-sufficent.
While Skybird has been at Che
mawa for only one quarter she has
enjoyed her classes and counts this
as one of her best experiences. She
hopes, to complete her teaching re
quirements and receive her degree
and certification by 1985.
When asked about problems she
has encountered using her one word
Indian name Skybird said that some
organizations and people have prob
lems accepting one word names be
cause they don’t fit on computer
forms, but despite the hassles and
long explanations she still prefers
her Indian name which is Skybird
Woman. .
Mrs. Skybird was born in New
York but has been living in Corvallii
for the last five years.
SEATTLE HONOR TRIP
As a way of rewarding the seven
new inductees over $1,000 was ap
propriated for a special trip to Seat
tle. Mrs. Ueeck took the students on
a three day vacation during the
week of May 2-4 as a merit trip to
show that studying does pay.
Activities and sights covered dur
ing the excursion included dinner at
the Space Needle, shopping trips, a
ferry ride to Bremerton, museum
tours, and spending time around the
piers of Seattle. On the return trip
they were taken to th e Trojan Nu
clear Power Plant.
Ueeck stated that she thought
Seattle offers a lot of “cultural op
portunities and a real different ex
perience. These kids don’t get to go
many places.”
MAKING THE GRADE
Students are encouraged to set
their goals high and take school and
studying seriously. Next year, more
CIS students will be honored and
asked to join the National Honor So
ciety. Will you be one of these stu
dents?
L e a h
N a p o 1e a n
H o tc h
D a n ie l
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C heryl
C a r r ie
Ed
John.
b a lle y .
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Bradley
Attendance
Clerk
By Erlena BackWeasel
Lori Bradley
Lori Bradley is now the a tte n
dance secretary. She is from here
in Salem and is part of both the
Turtleman and Chippewa Tribe.
She ¡ikes helping other people and
spending much time with her daugh
ter.
Lori’s goal for the future is to be
a counselor to help teenagers in the
community of Salem.
Her hobbies include listening to
music, singing, and cleaning.
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S a lly
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SONG DEDICATIONS
DEDICATED TO...
SONG
FROM
1. Monty Jo
‘‘You’re in My H eart”
????
2. Slick
“ Need A New Drug”
What’s her name
3. Lani Paul
“ Thank You For Being A Friend”
Maria
4. Raymond Cagey
“ Babe”
Pam C.
5. Pauline Napoleon
“Joanna”
Victoria Napoleon
6. Ronald Lawrence
“Good-byes Aren’t Forever”
me????
7. M.Q. (small thing)
“Everybody Wants To Be A Hero”
Jesus Senter
8. Paul Ballew
“ Every Breath You Take”
You-Know
9. Pam Crow
“ Thank You for Being A Friend”
Roxy Caldera
10. Mike Wesley
“Give It To Me Baby”
???
11. Kim King
“ Party Train”
XXX
12. Jesus S.
“Amazing Grace”
Your favorite cousin
13. Monte Packineau
“Time After Time”
Unit -frl (adm irer)???
» o o o o o o o o o o o o o e
Savelsburgh Named New
Special Ed Director
Mary C. Savelsburgh was recently
named the new director of the Spe
cial Education Department which
includes the Resource Room and
special services.
Jan
W h it f o r d
P a u li n e
Q u iv e r
G lo r ia
T h o m p so n
When asked about the changes
that she hopes to make in the depart
ment, Savelsburgh said th at she
wants to set up a vocational English
class and special tutoring classes for
resource room students.
Reflecting on her experiences as
director for the past two months,
Mrs. Savelsburgh stated that she has
learned much. “ I thoroughly enjoy
the challenges of being director of
Special Education!”
Prior to this position, she was a
full time teacher in the Resource
Room for the past three years here
at Chemawa. This is her eleventh
year as a full time teacher.
This past summer Mrs. Savels
burgh received her m aster’s degree
in special education from Western
Oregon State College. She earned
her BA in foreign languages from
Long Beach State College in Califor
nia some time ago.
14. Maria & Slick
“Boys”
Lani
15. Eagle Joe James
“ Cutie Pie”
Dope
16. Leah Thompson
“ Stairway To Heaven”
R.J.A.
17. Daniel H.
“ I Need You”
Me!!
18. Julie McDonald
“ Everybody Wants You”
An adm irer
20. Ann F.
“Celebration”
Your Bud
21. Blackfeet Girls
“ Let The Good Times Roll”
Matron
22. Rodeo Boys
“ M amas Don’t Let Your Babies
Grow Up To Be COWBOYS”
Daddy
23. Val
“ Hello”
???
24. Herb Allen
“ Don’t You Want Me?”
Juanita Blodgette
25. Webster
“Turn The Page”
Lonzo
26. Albert Perry
“Valley Girls”
Lisa & Patty
27. Ch-Ch-Pss (R.S)
“ Love Hurts”
Ya Know
28. Blackfeet Boys
“ Eye of the Tiger”
Blackfeet Girls
29. Maria Q.
“ I’ll Wait”
????
30. Herb Allen
“ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
A.L.
31. Carrie
“ Carrie Had a Little Lamb”
A Friend
32. Eagle Joe & Roxy
“Take Your Time Do It Right”
O’ You Know (Mope)
33. Charlie Longtree
“ Hello”
Me??
0O O O O O O O C X3O O O C H SW
B IO L O G Y
T R IP
Biology students from Mr. Brigg’s
classes attended a special all day
field trip at the Marine Science Cen
ter in Newport.
Students who enjoyed the sights
and the center were: Gordon Allen,
Vickie Atkins, Frank Baker, Aurellia
Billie, Johnny Buck, Lydia Hostler,
Fred Lane, Delores Megnok, Jerome
Whiteman, Brenda Doore, Christy
Eschief, Wendy Farm er, Patti Little
Wold, Becky Old Man, K arleen
Rides-at-the-Doore, Paul Valenzus-
Other members of the Special Ed la, Erick Webster, Shawn McCrai-
department are Arlene Isaacson, gie, Stephanie Albert, Sharan Andy,
diagnostician and part time teach Greg Bird, Wayne Windells, Gordon
er; La Vonne Hammagren, part- Comes Last, Stacy Hidalgo, Cheri
time secretary; Daphney Demmert, Huff, Teresa Jacobson, Herman Jo
full time teacher’s aide; and Dottie seph, Ann McKinny, Monte Munyan,
Seaby, recently hired as a part-time Hope Running Wolf, Doralee San-
language and hearing instructor.
chey, Tim Soucie, LaVelle Walker,
Students are encouraged to check Lisa Mabie, Steve F o u rstar, Joe
out the Resource Room and find out Agapith, Lelorn Colgrove, Tim Fry-
about the many services that they berge, David Hotch, Gerri La Mere,
Tammy Quincy, Linda Rossie, and
provide.
Loren Yellow Bird.
34. Rhonda Jo
“ Jealousy”
A Fren
35. Flash
“ Flash”
Friends .
36. Maria & Gerri
“Thank You For Being a Friend”
Lace
37. Lloyd Jones & Bill McLean
“ Every Which Way But Loose”
R.W.
38. Grandma & Grandpa
“We Are Family”
Grand-daughter
39. Leonard & Wanda
“ Let It Whip”
Friends
40. Leland Bearcomesout
“Thank You For Being A Friend’
Unit ☆ !
DORM NEWS
A special salute to the dorm ma
trons and dorm officers who have
worked so hard to make dorm life
more like a family experience.
We salute all dorm matrons, home
living specialists, and dorm officers
for a job well done.
Unit 3 dorm officers that havi
done a good job:
P r e s id e n t — B ill M cL ean
Lummi; Vice President — Duane
White Hawk, Sioux; Secretary —
David Hosie, Aril; Sergeant at Arms
— Jesse Wall, Blackfeet; Cory Yel
lowbird, Chippewa-Cree
The matrons that kept the boys in
line are:
Bill Sharp, Bill John, Mrs. Plumb
er, and Mr. Oglesby,
The officers of Unit 4 that stayed
up with the pressure are:
President — Cheryl Old Chief;
Vice President — Natalie Running
Wolf; Secretary — Laurie Racine:
Treasurer — Carol Running Rab
bitt; Sergeant a t Arms — Rose Paul
Carrie Whitford, and Representa
tive — Michelle Running Wolf.
M a tro n s th a t ta k e a ll the
pressures are:
Pat Lane, Greta Cisneros, Chery:
Blacksmith, and Christine Little
field.
Officers in U-5 that kept the dorm
:ogether are: President - Robert
Soolook; Vice President - Guy Ford;
Secretary - Scott Winsor; Treasurer
Jake Johnson; and Sergeant at
*\rms - Steve Ford.
The matrons that are proud of
their dorm are: Mr. WhiteHorse,
Mrs. Marion M orallis, and Mrs.
Marjore.
UNIT 6
The. officers for dorm 6 a re : Pres
ident - Sharon Evans; Vice Presi
dent - Leah Thompson; and Secre
tary-Treasurer - Dorcas Brown.
The matrons are Edith Widict,
Chris Decker, Julie Huff, and Stella
Yazzie.
UNIT 9
The officers for dorm 9 are: Pres-
dent - Lena Ike; Secretary - Pam
James; Treasurer - Thelma Jam es;
and Sergeant at Arms - Roxanne
Mike.
The matrons are: Charlette Mil
lard, Sharon Herrin, Loanne Carrie,
and Anne Butler.
Editor’s Note: At press time other
dorm new s su rv e y s w ere NOT
available.