PORTLAND/OBSERVER Jan. 28, 1971
In d ia n s in r e v o lt
F o u r - y e a r b u ild in g p ro g ra m
A four year rebuilding pro­
Sparked In part by Increasing ing resources" of the earth and gram in the Portland Public
mllltance among blacks, a mo­ an appreciation of the impor­ Schools to cost $88,932,220 and
dern-day Indian uprising Is now tance of tribal or group Identity be financed through a 25 year
in progress, challenging not are the two things Indians be­ bond issue was recommended to
only white racism , but the whole lieve they have to teach their the Board of Education Thurs­
day by the Board's building
spectrum of western European conquerors.
committee.
values on which the country Is
Our reporters examined in
R.W. DeWeese, building com­
founded.
detail a current assault against
Frye Galllard, says, "The the lifestyle of the ancient Co­ mittee chairman, said the build­
thrust of the Indian movement Is chiti Pueblo in Northern New ing program would be designed
toward an Increasingly militant Mexico. The Pueblo's culture is to accomplish four major objec­
assertion of traditional Indian one of the oldest in the western tives:
1. The repair and remodeling
values in a modern conflict-la- hemisphere, dating back thous­
of
the primary schools with the
den situation."
ands of years. But it is now in
A number of Indians, "believe jeopardy because a Colo ratio- most p r e s s i n g construction
that many of the ancient lessons based development firm known needs.
2. The conversion of two
of their people are applicable In as Great Western Cities is
20th century America, and some building a resort city of 50,000 schools into early childhood ed­
ucation centers.
even believe the survival of the people on Cochiti land.
3. The renovation of 20 build­
country is dependent upon non-
According to the report, the
Indians learning from the ex­ resort is being built after pow­ ings to serve as middle schools.
4. Modernization of several
ample of America's first inhab­ erful businessmen in nearby Al­
itants."
high
schools--with emphasis on
buquerque, New Mexico, com­
T h e Indian movement, con­ bined with the Bureau of Indian the extreme needs of Washing­
fronts white America with the Affairs (BIA), and the U.S. ton and Cleveland.
DeWeese said the remodeling
contentions that "the Anglo- Corps of Engineers to pressure
Saxon heritage may be suicide; the Indians into allowing a dam program in conjunction with the
that blind reliance on technology and reservoir to be built on Portland Schools for the Seven­
may be deadly; that the concept their lands. Cochiti leaders ties plan will provide "better
of radically improving on what were quoted as saying they program s, staffing and facilities
nature has provided may be granted an easement for the for upper elementary-age chil­
foolish; and that the arrogant c o n s t r u c t i o n of the dam only dren and the opportunity to
eliminate crowded elementary
assumption of a a manifest des­ after the BIA threatened them
tiny may yet catch up with the with a 1926 law allowing the facilities in many parts of the
city and reduce class sizes,
most powerful nation on earth." government to exercise eminent
p a r t i c u l a r l y at the primary
A
young
Navajo
named domain over Indian lands.
level."
Charles Cambridge, who main­
'As it was presented to u s,"
The Board member added that
tains; "The white man simply one Cochiti leader, "we could
has not developed the philosoph­ either lose our lands and get obsolete temporary and portable
ical and cultural sophistication paid for them, or lose lands and facilities also would be elimi­
nated.
to control the technology he has not get paid for them ."
"Five middle schools can be
created. Now that technology
B e c a u s e of such situations,
controls him, and if something armed Indian uprisings are still remodeled in each of the four
isn’t done, it may destroy ev­ possible, though unlikely, the years of the construction pro­
erybody."
report said, and even if Indians g r a m , '* DeWeese reported.
Many Indians, according to do not resort to the use of guns, "The building committee rec­
our r e p o r t e r , believe that they do not intend to lose their ommends that Portsmouth, Whi­
taker, Hosford, Fernwood and
American definitions of growth current struggle.
and progress are at the root of
"The Indian way of life ap­ Beaumont be the first five
environmental p o l l u t i o n , and parently will not die of its own middle schools to be opened in
that the ecological crisis is so accord," "It has been pre­ September, 1972."
He said the location and con­
acute the planet may become served through a very long and
uninhabitable
unless
white satisfying r e l a t i o n s h i p with struction of the remaining 15
people and institutions change. t r a n s p l a n t e d Europeans. But middle schools would be deter­
’The white man needs to learn whites may yet kill it, unless mined by the Board of Education
the simple things from Indians, the modern-day Indian uprising after public hearings and with
such as how to live In harmony succeeds." (To be continued) the counsel of the Area Adviso­
with what God has given him," Read the next issue. You can ry Committees.
A major change in school o r­
Buffalo Tiger of the Miccosukee order a 15 page special report
gan
i z a t io n was recommended
tribe said.
ready for release. Send name,
A respect for the "spiritual a d d r e s s and $1.00 to The for the middle schools. The
Board's original Schools for the
significance and limited lifegiv- Observer.
Seventies plan called for 24
«e
middle schools to house grades
five through eight, with enroll­
ments of about 1,200 students.
The building committee report
stated that further analysis of
"Waltz of the T oreadors", by D o c t o r , Tyler M arshall. This
attendance d a ta indicated that
Jean Anouilh, and translated by menage a trois is complicated
th e original proposal would
Lucienne Hill begins another by the arrival of a faded made­
"create an unwarranted excess
year of productions at the Fire­ moiselle of seventeen years
capacity In the larger neighbor­
house Theater for three consec­ d a l l i a n c e , protrayed by Pat
hood prim ary schools."
utive weekends, 8:30 p.m., Jan­ Gration.
uary 29-30, February 5-6, and
"F o r this reason the Building
12-13.
c o m m i t t e e recommended 20
Tickets may be obtained only
middle schools rather than 24,
Directed by Fiorine E. Weiss, from the Firehouse Theater,
this French farce brings Al 1436 S.W. Montgomery St. Res­
with attendance from grades six
through eight," DeWeese said.
Laue to the role of retired Gen­ ervations are urged, as seating
eral St. Pe. Lannie Hurst plays is limited. For reservations or
He added that each middle
his invalid wife, attended by the information call 222-3120.
school would house about 900
students.
The two early childhood edu­
cation centers would be located
at the present Boise and Irving­
to n elementary schools and
Students and teachers at Kelly treatment through the Veterans' would be Included in the building
Elementary School have suc­ Administration.
program for immediate renova­
c e e d e d in collecting 20,000
The coupons and some contri­ tion and construction.
B e tty Crocker coupons to be butions of money will be used
The committee recommended
contributed for a home kidney by the Kidney Association to the rebuilding program be fi­
machine for some Oregon kid­ provide a kidney machine for nanced through bonding. The
ney patient.
Portland District currently has
home use, according to an
The coupons will be presented agreement with the General no bonded indebtedness.
"The cost will thus be dls-
to the Kidney Association of Mills Company. The home ma­
Oregon at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, chine will save some Oregon t r ’buted over a longer period
January 28, in the auditorium at kidney patient the great expense and shared more equally by all
Kelly School (9030 S.E. Cooper and inconvenience of weekly who benefit from our schools
Street), on behalf of Robert visits to a hospital for tre a t­
now and in the future," DeWeese
Storm, former Kelly teacher ment.
said. The initial impact upon
and now coordinator of the
our
citizens will be minimized
The drive will continue for
Portland Public Schools’ train­ additional coupons at both Kelly and the district will be allowed
ing service station. Storm is a and
flexibility in meeting other fi­
Whitman
elementary
nancial needs."
kidney patient who receives his schools.
DeWeese said an $88,932,220
bond issue at 6 per cent interest
and with a 25-year maturity
would add $1.80 tax per $1,000
of true cash value of real prop­
erty.
DeWeese cautioned that he
wanted to make it clear "that
if all corrections necessary to
our school buildings were ac­
complished at the present time,
the financial needs would exceed
$150 million."
He said the "additional needs
will not go away, and it is the
strong belief of the building
committee that a second phase
in the total construction pro­
gram will be necessary in the
future."
The Board member noted that
a 1967 study of the d istrict’s
NOR I H POR I L A N D YM C A has chess club under the
s c h o o l buildings "disclosed
direction of Fred Bedell . . . shown is a tournm ent between
clearly the physical and educa­
N.E. < luh anil N o rth Portland club . . . for boys or girls
tional
Inadequacy of most of our
interested in jo ining the club, contact Fred at north Y
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buildings,
50 having been
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