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Chemawa Indian School (CIS)
Acting School Supervisor, Louis
King, announced (hat classes for the
19971998 School year will begin
September 2, 1 997. Students who arc
enrolled, will travel August 30- Sep
tember 3, 1997 or soon as possible
thereafter by bus, train, or air as ar
ranged by CIS.
CIS is an off-rcscrvation board
ing (residential) high school accrcd-
ted by Northwest Association of
Schools and Colleges and the State
of Oregon, and offers a wide variety
programs lor Indian youth. The
s beautitul campus includes
acres near Salem, and is SO miles
south of Portland. It is situated be
tween the majestic Cascade Mountain
range and (he scenic Pacific Coast.
Course offerings for this year in
clude general, vocational, computer,
art personal relationships, special
education, Chapter 1 gifted and tal
ented, Spanish, career development,
and a personalized education pro
gram where in students are provided
additional academic and remedial
help evenings and weekends. Ac
cording to the King, the school is
noted for and emphasizes alcohol
and drug educationtreatment, coun
seling, and guidance, nutritional food
service, modern dormitories with an
enhanced home living environment,
varied cultural and Native American
activities, student government, di
verse athletic programs, a new Ag
Club program, and a broad range of
interesting recreational opportunities.
Chemawa graduated 56 seniors
last school year with many of those
students eagerly waiting to attend
college or vocational training this
fall reported Martha Park, Acting
Academic Department Mead. The
Honor Roll for spring term had 31
students.
We are busy finalizing plans for
the fall semester, "Hopefully, all arc
having a great summer and I am
looking forward to seeing and re
turning students as well as meeting
all the new students this fall," stated
Park.
Chemawa School's Drug and Al
cohol Program is recognized as one
of the outstanding programs in the
Bureau of Indian Affair's school
system. The program was determined
to have made a positive difference in
the academic, cultural, social, and
personal lives of the American In-
Children race to wash the sin off of their teachers from their backs.
Vacation bible school fun and enjoyable
Film Festival set for Nov. 6-16
in mcir ninin year icacning Dime
school in Warm Springs Michelle
Sanders and members of their church
came to teach at the Presbyterian
Church. This year's theme was
"Carnival Theme Park." held July 7
II. These youth are from Smith
Memorial Presbyterian Church in
Fairview, Oregon. They do all their
own fundraising and recruit people
to come and help out. A total of 20
people came this year. They were
divided into three compartments,
each kid was assigned to one of these
members and stayed with them all
week. They were the ride guides and
took these kids to different attractions
in the theme park to learn different
things from the bible.
Each day a different lesson was
taught. They were taught in the form
of crafts, games, video and story time,
acting, singing and a follow up at the
end of the day to wrap everything up.
Sanders says, "The kids really
enjoy it. I don't think anyone can see
how deeply these kids smiles affect
our lives. I hese kids minister to us as
much as we hope that we minister to
them."
The youth who are chosen tocome
here start preparing for it from Easter
until the summer to do intensive
training of, "what is Jesus, who is
Jesus, and what can Jesus be in the
lives of these kids?" Also in their
own lives. If their own spirituality
isn't solid then they're not going to
be worth anything to these kids. They
are also required to do a two-hour
community service project and write
about that in their application for the
program.
This year they came early to be in
the Pi-Ume-Sha parade to advertise
and hand out flyers. They also did the
Extreme Ice Cream night to reach
out the teenagers in the community.
They fed ice cream to people for two
hours and played games of water
balloon baseball, bucketball and
basketball on the campus area.
The 22nd Annual American Indian
Film Festival is scheduled for
November 6-16, 1997 at the Palace
of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
The American Indian Film
Institute, is currently seeking entries
for its 22nd annual American Indian
Film Festival, the oldest and most
prestigious festival of its kind in the
world. Film or Video to be entered
for competition should be by or about
Native Americans that were produced
in 1996-97. The entry deadline is
September 5, 1997. The major
categories for competition are:
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short
Commercial Feature
Live Short Subject
Animated Short Subject
Public Service
Music Video
Industrial
Cash entry must include: 1.
Completed entry form; 2. Signed
regulations agreement form; 3.
Screening cassette; 4. $50 entry fee
payable to American Indian Film
Institute.
Entry forms may be obtained by
writing: American Indian Film
Festival, 333 Valencia Street, Suite
322, San Francisco, CA 94103,
ATTN: Michael Smith, Director;
phone number 415-554-0525FAX
number 415-554-0542;
AIFISFAOL.COM.
Promotional materials including
production credits, black and white
publicity stills, and a typewritten
narrative description of each entry
not exceeding 300 words should be
included with application. Entrant is
responsible for shipment costs to and
from San Francisco. A film jury
designated by the American Indian
Film Institute will screen entries and
issue recommendations to the final
program and awards nomination. On
or about September 22, 1997,entrants
will be notified as to entrant selection
into the 1997 American Indian Film
Festival & Video Exposition. The
1997 American Indian Motion
Picture Awards Ceremony is slated
for November 8, 1997 at the Palace
of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Walk the Art Beat
Deschutes River permit system will be common pool aJ'$&&
Redmond Downtowners Association
If a permit system is needed to
limit use on the lower Deschutes
River in the coming years, the man
aging agencies for river recreation
area have agreed that it will be a
common pool system.
The agreement, in the making
since 1988, means that commercial
guides and outfitters and their clients
will compete equally with all other
boaters for limited river access op
portunities. The earliest the common pool
permit system could take effect would
be the 1998 boating season. A deci
sion on whether the permit system is
necessary in 1998 will be made this
October and will be based on the
success of non-permit measures in
reduces use levels on peak days dur
ing the 1997 boating season. Start
up of the system could be deferred
indefinitely should non-permit mea
sures such as launch check-in, boat
ing and camping fee increases, and
increased drug and alcohol enforce
ment succeed in reducing boating
use on the lower 100 miles of the
river.
The managing agencies for the
lower Deschutes River include the
Bureau if Land Management, Bu
reau of Indian Affairs, Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon
Parks and Recreation Department,
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Oregon Marine Board, Or
egon State Police, and the local
governments of Sherman, Jefferson
and Wasco counties and the City of
Maupin.
Once placed in effect, the com
mon pool system will be phased in
over a minimum three-year period.
The phase-in will allow commercial
guides and outfitters to have a guar
anteed amount of access for at least
the first two years before they would
have to compete fully in the common
pool with other boasters. More phase
in time will be allowed if annual
performance reviews indicate the
need.
The decision finalized by the
managing agencies calls for permits
to be required only on Fridays, Sat
urdays and Sundays from July 1 to
Labor Day on the portion of river
between Warm Springs and Sherars
Falls. Additional days and segments
of river will be included in the permit
system if boating use continues to
exceed daily and seasonal target lev
els set by the managing agencies in
the Lower Deschutes Management
Plan.
Once implemented, permits will
be available up to one year in ad
vanced on a first-come, first-served
basis. The release of permits will be
scheduled throughout the year to ac
commodate long-range, mid-range
and short-term planners. Oneormore
trip members must be identified at
the time the permit is obtained. At
least one of the originally identified
members must be present at the time
of launch or the permit is invalid.
The permit fee has not been deter
mined but is expected to be about
$10 per transaction. The fee will be
designed to cover only the cost of
administering the permit system.
Initially, the state boater pass fee and
the federal use authorization fee cur
rently in effect will remain un
changed. These fees help pay for
basic visitor services.
The lower Deschutes River was
designated an Oregon state scenic
waterway in 1970 and a federal wild
and scenic river in 1988. Levels of
boating traffic have been a problem
on the lower Deschutes since the
1980s. The Lower Deschutes River
Management Plan, adopted in Janu
ary 1993, set both seasonal and daily
boater use target levels. Having de
clined for a time following the plan's
adoption, seasonal use levels rose
again, reaching or exceeding the
plan's seasonal use target levels. Peak
use on summer weekend days con
tinues to exceed the plan's daily use
target levels.
Copies of the decision document
may be obtained from the Oregon
Parks and Recreation Department,
115 Commercial St. NE., Salem,
Oregon, 97310, or by calling (503)
378-6378, Ext. 293.
and the Redmond Chamber of Com
merce. The Walk the Art Beat centers in
the downtown Redmond area where
local merchants and businesses host
local and regional artists and per
formers for and evening of the Arts.
One of the goals of this event is to
increase public awareness of the arts
in Central Oregon. The artists are
encouraged to demonstrate their art
form through hands-on demonstra
tions, displays, performances and
audience participation. The Walk
the Art Beat will take place from 6-9
p.m. on Friday, July 1 8th. Join us for
an evening of the Arts in Downtown
Redmond.
For more information contact the
Redmond Chamber of Commerce
office, 548-5191.
For Sale
A TV cover for $40, Universal fit;
still in box. Call "Vesta at 553-7027
for more information.
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dian students attending Chemawa.
"Many students have been helped to
overcome their chemical dependency
and abuse problems through
Chcmawa's Drug and Alcohol Pro
gram plus counseling efforts," stated
King.
An instructional education televi
sion news network program (Chan
nel One) is used for the students. A
computerized instructional program
is available for the students. Fully
equipped computer laboratories were
established for students' use.
Recreational and leisure activi
ties include skiing, river rafting,
swimming, mountain hiking, camp
ing attendance at NBA and many
college basketball games, excursions
to the Pacific coast, and participation
in many clubs, social events, student
banquets, school barbecues and pic
nics. Pow Wows are planned during
the coming School Year. Noteworthy
outside speakers are also planned to
visit the school and students.
Students, parent, andor guardians
are urged to submit enrollment ap
plications to Chemawa Indian
School, 3700 Chemawa Road NE,
Salem, Oregon 97305-5870.
Totus-Walsey
powwow set
Miller graduates
Luke Miller, son of Doris Miller,
was among the 56 seniors to gradu
ate from Chemawa Indian School
recently.
August 22-24 the Totus-Walsey
Memorial Powwow is set to be held
at Satus Washington in Memory of
Anita Totus-Walsey, "Wil-Umt" and
Virgilena Jcri Walsey, "Nanci."
There are contests scheduled in
memory of Anita and Virgilena. In
memory of Anita is for 35 and older
Women'i fancy and "Old Style"
Traditional. In memory of Virgilena
is for 20 and older Women's fancy
and jingle. Dancers must not switch
categories and must enter only one
contest in your own dance style.
Judged on point system.
Cash money and prizes will be
awarded in all categories: Women's,
Teens & Jr. Girls Traditional, Fancy
and Jingle, Men's Teens and Jr. Boys
Traditional, Grass & Fancy
(combined), and Senior men and
women. Tiny tots will be paid daily.
Drums welcome, bring own chairs.
Grand entries are: Friday 7:00
p.m., Saturday 1:00 p.m. and 7:00
p.m., and Sunday 1:00 p.m.
All contests are judged on point
system. Registration closes on
Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Registration
fee is $2.00.
For vendor information call (54 1 )
296-8816.
For Powwow information call
(541) 296-8816, (509) 530-1571,
(509) 854-1116.
Powwow committee is not
responsible for any accidents, injury,
theft, divorces or short funded
travelers.
No drugs, alcohol or weapons
allowed.
Ft. Sill Indian School reunion set
look forward to working together
with everyone to get the "Reunion
The Ft. Sill Indian School Alumni
Association has set the date for their
1997 Reunion to be held at the Ft. Sill
Indian School on September 1 2 & 1 3,
1997. Volunteers arc needed to help
prepare for the Reunion. If you wish
to volunteer, please call: Lorene
Kerchee at 405-492-3776 or John
Aunko at 405-795-9080 or Richard
Beard at 405-631-6740.
Ball" rolling"! Former students in
Arizona and New Mexico are anx
ious to get the news!
So list to KRPT, "Indians for In
dians" and read your local paper for
the above announcement for those
who do not receive a flyer or maybe
you can be a good volunteer by just
We have received many inquiries getting the word out. Thanks to all of
about the reunion and we are happy to you wno will be a part ot tins special
announce the date and location. We occasion!
Friendship Feast and Powwow
scheduled for July 18-20
Bob Eagles taff Memorial: Warriors Round Bustle Special
Boys 6-13 Fast & Fancy Special Sponsored by John Conner
Raffle Drawings Every Session .
Friday. July 18
9:00 a.m.
7:25 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
12:00 a.m.
Saturday. July 19
1:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
12:00 a.m.
Sunday. July 20
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Contest Categories
Open for Memorials
WhipmanWhipwoman Traditional Entry
GRAND ENTRY
CeremonialContest Dancing
Retire Colors
GRAND ENTRY
CeremonialContest Dancing
Retire Colors
GRAND ENTRY
CeremonialContest Dancing
Retire Colors
Open for Religious Service
Friendship Feast
GRAND ENTRY
CeremonialChampionship Contests
Retire Colors
Traditional Girls & Boys 7-11
Traditional Girls & Boys 12-17
Fancy Shawl - All ages
Fast & Fancy - All ages
Jungle Dress - All ages
Grass Dance - All ages
Traditional Women & Men 1 8-49
Traditional Women & Men 50
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NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS CONCESSIONS WELCOME!
Contact: Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 366, Wallowa, OR 97885
1-800-585-4121 or (541) 426-4622
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Youth shout their message as people drive by. They shout 'donl drink
and drive.
A few words of praise go a
long ways
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Excellent! Great! Good! Neat! Well done! Remarkable! I
knew you could do it! I'm proud of you! Fantastic! Super
star! Nice work! Looking good! You're on top of it!
Beautiful! Now you're flying! You're catching on! Now
you've got it! You're incredible! Bravo! You're fantastic!
Hooray for you! You're on target! You're on your way!
How nice! How smart! Good job! That's incredible! Hot
dog! Dynamite! You're beautiful! You're unique! Nothing
can stop you now! Good for you! I like you! You're a
winner! Remarkable job! Beautiful work! Spectacular!
You're spectacular! You're darling! You're precious!
Great discovery! You've discovered the secret! You
figured it out! Fantastic job! Hip, hip hooray! Bingo!
Magnificent! Marvelous! Terrific! You're important!
Phenomenal! You're sensational! Super work! Creative
job! Super job! Fantastic job! Exceptional performance!
You're a real trooper! You're responsible! You're
exciting! You learned it right! What an imagination! What
a good listener! You're fun! You're growing up! You tried
hard! You care! Beautiful sharing! Outstanding
performance! You make me happy! You belong! You've
got a friend! You make me laugh! You brighten my day! I
respect you! You mean the world to me! That's correct!
You're a job! You're a treasure! You're wonderful! You're
perfect! Awesome! A job! You're my A-OK buddy! You
made my day! That's the best! A big hug! A big kiss!
I love you!
PS: A smile is worth a thousand words!