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CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Senior Issue
Volume 79
May 1986
Issue 6
CHEMAW A INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL, SALEM, OREGON 97305 <
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CLASS
VALEDICTORIAN
CHALLENGES
SENIORS
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b o th in and o u ts id e o f \
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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
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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.
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and a tte n d in g ' c o lle g e
t h i s y e a r he was named
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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
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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
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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