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¿ /¿ y CHEMAWA AMERICAN Senior Issue Volume 79 May 1986 Issue 6 CHEMAW A INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL, SALEM, OREGON 97305 < SEMOR CLASS VALEDICTORIAN CHALLENGES SENIORS sefise o f d i s c i p l i n e b o th in and o u ts id e o f \ In c o n tin u in g h is p re p program ^ m a in ta in s Wayne B ird T a i l , a i n t e r e s t s in ru n n in g , th e c la ssro o m . 19 y e a r - o lc i Gros V en tre/; a 3 .8 6 GPA, i s a member B ird T a il w i l l p a r t i A f te r Hong•Kong, Wayne o,f N a tio n a l Honor S o c ie ty , A ssin o b o in e Sioux from c i p a t e in th e i n t e r n a t i o n - w ill b e g in fo u r y e a r s in ” and h as e a rn e d v a r s i t y H arlem , M ontana, i s th e a l s p o r t s ex ch an g g u p ro - ‘ th e A ir F o rce w orking in l e t t e r s f o r th r e e y e a r s 1986 v a l e d i c t o r i a n ; th e i n t e l l i g i e n c e b ra n c h i n c to s s c o u n tr y , b a s k e t- gram com peting in th e f o r Chemawa. - s i x m ile r a c e in Hong o f th e m i l i t a r y p o lic e b e l l , and t r a c k . E a r l i e r B ird T a i l ’ s /.th r e e Kong, C h in a. and a tte n d in g ' c o lle g e t h i s y e a r he was named y e a rs a t CIS have been p a r t tim e . ,As p a r t o f h i s o v e r busy b u t e x c i t i n g . Be- c a p ta in and m ost v a lu a b le p la y e r f o r th e c r o s s a l l p h ilo s p h y , B ird T a i l f ' s id e s b e in g CIS s tu d e n t H is o v e r a l l g o a l i s to e a r c o u n try team . b e lie v e s in s e t t i n g g o a ls/ a m a s te r ’ s d e g re e in b u s i body p r e s id e n t and a l l and m a in ta in in g a s tr o n g n e ss a d m in is tr a tio n . th e d u t i e s t h a t such a p o s i t i o n dem ands, he c a r r i e s a fu l'l< c o l l gge TO DREAM In le a v in g C IS, Wayne rem inds s tu d e n ts t h a t " C r e a to r h a s d e te rm in e d a s p e c i a l p u rp o se in l i f e f o r each o f u s . Otir f u tu r e s a r e shaped by our dream s and v i s i o n s , and by o u r se n se o f p u r t^ p o se . We make a d i f f e r e n c e , we CAN change th e w o rld !" Wayne i s th e son o f Henry B ird T a il and C a ro l MeChance b o th o f H arlem , M ontana. Baccalaureate Services Welcome Onizuka Feather Home The b a c c a la u r e a te and g r a d u a tio n e x e r c is e s for p u b lic a b o u t I n d i r th e c l a s s o f 1986 w i l l an i s s u e s , b u t pul?r h o n o r n o t o n ly t h e 's e n i o r s ,T i$ h es a w ide a s s o r t ■and t h e i r f a m i l i e s , b u t ment o f m a t e r i a l s w i l l com p lete th e j o u r n r e l a t e d to I n d ia n ey o f an e a g le f e a th e r y o u th in th e f i e l d s , t h a t came from Chemawa o f s c ie n c g and went on to c ir c le ? / Chemawa i s hon th e e a r th 48 tim e s . o red to welcome I t was th e f e a t h e r *“ N o rb e rt H i l l back t h a t was p r e s e n te d t o , and to e x te n d a < I t . C o l, E lis o h O ni p u b lic th a n k you zuka in December 1984 f o r c a r r y in g on d u rin g th e C a re e r Day . th e t r a d i t i o n o f program . p r id e and f o r b r in g in g th e T h ^ /e a th e r w i l l "be e & c b u rtg d ^ y ''“’*.^ « re a th e 'f'flo ra e ' f o r " a sh o rt v i s i t , ■ N orbertH i l l , , d i r e c t o r ', o f th e Arne c i can I n d ia n S c ie n c e and E n g in e e rin g ,5 ' Ja c o b B ig h o rn , a S o c ie ty b ased in B o u ld er fdfm erC hem aw a I n d ia n »In 1984 H i l l b e s t u d i e s and h i s t o r y f came th e e x e c u tiv e te a c h e r p r e s e n te d d i r e c t o r o f AISES th e f e a t h e r on b e h a l f 6,f a l l th e CIS w hich w orks to en Qoinmunity and th e c o u rag e In d ia n y o u th In d ia n p e o p le who to p u rsu e jo b s in th e would lo o k "'to ’■ s c ie n c e and e n g in e e r O nizuka a s a ' c a r - in g f i e l d s . AISES r i e r o f a p e o p le s ’ n o t o n ly a c ts as a dream . 8 n o n - p o l i t i c a l forum f o r e d u c a tin g th e As p ro m ise d , tn e f e a t h e r was ta k e n ip to sp ace and th e n r e tu r n e d to be housed in B oul d e r , as a symbol f o r a l l I n d ia n p e o p le t h a t th e f u tu r e b e lo n g s to th o se who d a re to dream . G ra d u a tio n sp e a k e r D r.. H e n r ie tta W h ite - m an/' th e new ly a p p o in te d d i r e c t o r o f a l l BIA.? E d u c ù a tiô n P ro g ra m s-- O f f ic e o f I n d ia n E d u ca- The b a c c a l a u r e a t e , .«paid B ig h o rn , i s a g a th e r in g o f t r a d i tio n a l, p ro fe s s io n a l and p e r s o n a l I n d ia n i n t e r e s t s to honor th e 1986 g r a d u a tin g CIS s e n io r s on,.be h a lf " o f a l l th e p e o p le ., D ebbie L a C ro ix , a -CIS E n g lis h te a c h e r ■«? and one o f th e S e n io r a d v is o r s ex p la in e d t h a t t h i s ceremony was p lan n ed n o t o n ly to com plete the< c i r c l e o f th e f e a t h e r b u t to ho n o r ' th e le g a c y t h a t O nizuka l e f t b e h in d f o r CIS» s t u d e n ts to c a r r y . fo rw a rd . W A YN E B IR D T A IL 1 9 8 6 V A L E D IC T O R IA N ■ ■ Dr. H e n rie tta W hitem an tio r i,; w i l l r e t u r n on h e r second v i s i t to s h a re some o f h e r r e f l e c t i o n s o f 19 y e a rs as an I n d ia n e d u c a to r an and h e r b e l i e f t h a t e d u c a tio n i s th e way to s e c u r in g a s tr o n g f u tu r e f o r a l l I n d ia n I p e o p le L o r i B ig h o rn , MSW, an fo rm e r CIS c o u n s e lo r and h e r husband Jacob Bighoun w i l l co n d u c t a» p e c i a l ceremony h o n o rin g th e f e a t h e r home. "T h is i s t r u l y an honor to have so many p e o p le come o u t of" th e r e s p e c t th e y f e e l f o r O n iz u k a 's l i f e . I am honbred to be a sk e d to such a p r e s e n t a t i o n .* Senior class activity May 6 : Day I Announcement May 8 : J r / S r . Prom May 14: S r . S kip Day a t c o a s t flay 2 2 : P i z z a / I c e Cream Feed a t Ed J o h n ’ s house lay 23: S r . R e tr e a t a t L o yola R e tr e a t -House 27-28: F in a ls ASTRONAUT LT. COL* ELISON ONIZUKA was th e s p e c i a l g u e s t s p e a k e r d u r i ng th e 1984 C a re e r Day h e ld h e re a t Cheamwa I n d ia n High S chool . He' wss p r e s e n te d w ith a s p e c i a l e a g le ?:f e a th e r on b e h a lf o f a l l In d ia n peo p le as a re m in d e r o f the; s p i r i t u a l pow er. D u rin g g r a u d a tio n o f / 1986 thè« fe a ; t h e r wi 11 b e b ro u g h t back to Chemawa as a f i n a l h o n o r f o r th e g r a d u a tin g s e n i o r s . E lis o n i s p ic tu r e d h e r e w ith Jacob B ighorn ( i n th e b a c k g ro u n d ), R ojean U eSoto, L a V é lla W alker , / S h e i l a Smokey and O n izuka. O nizuka asked f o r a n o th e r f e a t h e r f o r h is;’ second m is s io n , b u t th e f e a t h e r was n o t com pleted in tim e . He gave h i s l i f e t h i s , y e a r f o r a dream and a v i s i o n . He was one o f th e s e v e n a s t r o n a u t s k i l l e d in th e C h a lle n g e r d i s a s t e r in . J a n u a ry o f t h i s y e a r . iay 28 : — Cap and gown day — S e n io r B anquet a t 6 :3 0 pm in E c a fe te ria . — S e n io r S lid e Show/ V ideo show 8pm in a u d ito r iu m , — Cake and c o f f e e s e rv e d i n c a f e te r ia , fo llo w in g program . May 29 : - — C la ss p ic tu r e , 8am. —D ress R e h e rs â l in a u d ito riu m a f t e r , p ic tu re s » — B a c c a la u re a te a t 7pm i n a u d ito riu m . — S e n io r Awards and Program 8 :3 0 in aud. — G ra d u a tio n Dance and P a r ty ga t S t r e e t s 9 : 3 0 -m id n ig h t. — M id n ig h t B re a k f a s t in 'id in in g h a l l . May 30: GRADUATION! S e n io rs i i n e up a t 9 :3 0 , i n gym. — lu n cheon f o r f a m ilie s ? g u e s t s , end s t a f f a t noon in d in in g h a l l . — lpm check Out o f dorms — E vening a c t i v i t i e s w il be f o r alum ni and r e u n io n f o r c l a s s o f i