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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1909)
NOTICE! Indian Parents and Indian Young men and Women desiring an Industrial Education at the Chemawa Indian School please read. Chemawa Indian School Chemawa Indian school lis looated ,r the main line- of the Southern Pacific railroad ftve miles north of the City of Halem, the capital of Oregon, It is the only Indian industrial school in the northwest coyner of the United States where you can get an industrial educa tiou, Muny Indian young men, who were f.m duated from Chemawa, have good positions as hlaoksrniths, mill men, tail- ms, engineers, electricians, farmers, apd in many other businesses earning a good jiving for themselves. The Literary in. tsrut'tion covers the branches taught in j:i;iinmar sohools of the country. Thu KiqqrjIBI5MBiNT-Y0U must be, AT liEAST, (tnerfourth Indian; healthy and not un der twelve or"over eighteen years, CHe Girls The Girls, first of all are taught to be Dt (I house.keepers, to whiob is added fecial Instruction in Pressmaking, Tail. .Ming and Nursing, The School has a ponipstic Science Department - CN Boys The Boys are also taught Farming!, Pairying, hardening, Carpentering, Wag en waking, Blacksmithing, Shoe and Harness Making, Tailoring, uaKing, rtea tri and Electrical Engineering, I lumbing If you want this chance write to the Superintendent. Special notice New regulations have been made con cerning the transfer of Indian pupil? to non-reservation schools such as Chema wa, Instead of Superintendents sending out kachers and other representatives to eolleot pupils the Indian parents and pupils themselves must apply to the agent or Superintendent of the reserva. tion and under the rules the agent or Superintendent will arrange to send the pupils to the non-reservation school. If you wish to corhe to Che mawa, or have children you desire to send, write to Supt. Edwin L. Chalcraft, Chemawa, Oregon, and tell your agent or cuperintendent that you want him to arrange for you to come and he will arrange. Those who do not live on reservations will come to Chemawa as before by writing to the Superentendentof the School. Any letter written to Chemawa will receive a prompt reply.