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STUDENTS ATTEND
NORTHWEST YOUTH
CONFERENCE
SUMMER MATH CAMP
Smoke Signals May 1989
On April 5, 6, and 7th two Johnson O' Malley students,
Trever Aaron and Tom McKnight, attended the 14th
Annual Northwest Indian Youth Conference . The
Conference was held at Lewis-Clark College in Lewis
ton, Idaho. The week was filled with workshops, sports
activities and recreational activities which included
skating, a teen dance and Pow-Wow. The workshop
topics ranged from learning to make flutes for Indian
music to leadership skills to awareness of adolescent
suicides.
Want more information on JOM activities?
Call Camille VanVleet at 879-5211.
Oregon State University will be hosting a Summer Math
Camp.
Goals of the math camp are to encourage interest in
math and science; to help students realize their potential
skills in the areas of math and science; to provide
information on career planning and to help integrate
mainstream values and traditional Indian values.
The camp is being offered at no expense to students in
7th, 8th and 9th grades who are interested in attending a
two -week math camp at OSU. Those interested can
contact Camille VanVleet at 879-5211 or Kathleen
Shelley at 876-2545. The deadline for applications is
May 10, 1989.
Angie Leno
WILLAMINA TITLE IV STUDENTS LEARN
CHINOOK JARGON
OUR YOUTH
ANGIE LENO
By Michael Childers
Angie Lencv a junior at Willamina High school is our '
honor youth Tribal member this month.
Angie is an Honor Roll Student and is proud to be a
part of the Student Body at Willamina High. She enjoys
all of her subjects in school but when asked her favorite
subject she cannot decide between History and Math.
Those are her two most interesting classes because she
likes challenge and to work hard on the topics.
Angie believes the biggest problem youth face today is
growing up so fast and realizing you have to make the
hard decision of what you want out of life, knowing that
its only up to you, and only you, what you make of
yourself...that's real scary, she says.
If Angie could give advice to other students to help them
become better role models and better students, she'd
tell them to listen to the advice that their family and
friends try to offer them, and if they really believe in
something and they know it's right, to try their hardest
for it and never give up - no matter what.
Angie enjoys helping Tribal children, whether it be
baby-sitting, playing , or just talking with them when
they need a friend. In the near future, she would like to
learn more about the Tribes' traditional background, so
that when she's talking with children, she can explain it
to them and help them learn more about the Tribe.
After High School Angie, plans to attend a college in
Oregon and work in the field of Law.
"Well, since everybody knows so much about me now, I
will have to keep in touch from college and let everyone
know how I'm doing," said Angie, and that's a promise.
Willamina Title IV elementary school students Nick
Bailey, Ronaele Loomis, Mickey Jones and Manning
Mercier completed ten weeks of Chinook Jargon classes
on April 20th, 1989.
The students completed the classes with presentations to
other elementary students and a special presentation to
Grand Ronde Tribal elders. The class was taught by
Eula Petite.
Ronaele recited Ten Little Indians" in Chinook, while
Nick presented animal names and the foods they eat in
the Northwest Indian trade language. Mickey told the
This is the House Jack Built" story in Chinook, and
Manning drummed to a song recording of his great
great grandfather, John B. Hudson.
Following the presentation to Tribal elders, the students
were able to enjoy fry bread, lugameen ( a fish chowder
of sorts) and some Indian tea, prepared by Eula,
gathered from wild plants in the local area.
At one time, the Tribes making up the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde each had their own unique
language, but as the various Tribes were relocated to
Grand Ronde, they used the Chinook Jargon to commu
nicate. Eula plans to hold more Chinook Jargon classes
in the near future.
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