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Chemawa Indian School / tʃ ɪ ˈ m ɑː w ə / is a Native American boarding school in Salem, Oregon, United States.Named after the Chemawa band of the Kalapuya people of the Willamette Valley, it opened on February 25, 1880 [5] as an elementary school.
Captain Melville Cary Wilkinson (November 14, 1835 – October 5, 1898) is best known as the founder and superintendent of the Forest Grove Indian School (later changed to Chemawa Indian School), at Salem, Oregon.
Chemawa was an unincorporated community north of Salem, Oregon, in Marion County in the United States. Chemawa was also the name of a station on the Southern Pacific railroad, originally the Oregon Electric Railway. Chemawa Indian School was named after the Chemawa post office at this locale. [1]
Chemawa Indian School, Salem, Oregon [4] Cherokee Female Seminary , Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory , open 1851–1910; this was established by the Cherokee Nation [ 21 ] Cherokee Male Seminary , Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory , open 1851–1910. [ 21 ]
Chemawa Indian School Site. December 16, 1992 : 3700 Chemawa Road, NE Chemawa: 26: Chemeketa Lodge No. 1 Odd Fellows Buildings ... Salem: 82: Oregon State Forester's ...
Students at the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, selected the name from submissions from local residents. [7] The 25-foot (7.6 m) tall statue was Toth's 56th in his series of Native American heads. [8] Toth donated the statue to the state as he did with each in the series. [8] [10] A plaque on the base was later added.
Chemawa may refer to one of these United States subjects: The Chemawa band of the Kalapuya tribe of Native Americans; Chemawa, Oregon, a former community now part of Salem, Oregon Chemawa Indian School, a Native American boarding school in Oregon; Chemawa Middle School, a school in the Riverside Unified School District in California
Chemawa Indian School; Crane Union High School , a public (state supported) school with boarding students due to the school district's vastness; The Delphian School ; Harper School; Huntington School; Mitchell School; Mount Bachelor Academy ; New Leaf Academy ; Oregon Episcopal School (Raleigh Hills) Oregon School for the Deaf