Show I r 4 li v vi a. a i I 1 I L r rf k r i f h k a y y r Cr Cry 4 t o J d v Jid Ji d' d i e f a S Sv f y v it ti s I INDIAN STUDENTS ABSORBS WHITE MAN EDUCATION II Indian students presently attending school at Viewmont High include front I to r Fannie Begay Navajo Lois Dupris Sioux Bonnie Whiteclay Crow Leo Cummings Gros Ventre back Gerald Howard Hopi Hop and Don All of the Indians are not on television QUITE A FEW are now in inthe inthe inthe the south Davis area Do they ride unshod Indian ponies bareback chasing poor unsuspecting wagon trains or fighting the US U.S. cavalry NO NONE of that They go I peacefully to school and learn white mans man's ways These Indians are foster students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents here to get a good education education education edu edu- cation learning to fit into a moving fast-moving world OBJECT OF the program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Jesus Jesus Jes Jes- us Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints is to make possible educational education education- al spiritual social and cultural opportunities for Indian youth This is done by giving them the opportunity to participate in the non Indian community I Object is to train them to help themselves and their own peo peo- TO ENTER this program a ayoung ayoung ayoung young Indian must be eight years of age physically capable capable capable ca ca- pable of taking active part in inthe inthe inthe the program and normal school activities The students must be baptized members of the Church free from emotional emotional emotional emo emo- disturbances have command command command com com- I mand of sufficient English and show adequate past educational capabilities When approved the students are brought to this area by the Church and placed in foster foster foster fos fos- fos- fos ter homes of approved families To be approved the families must also be active members of the Church THE FOSTER family is ex ex- ex- ex to provide the student with food and clothing ordinary ordinary nary school expenses minor medical bills along with full status as one of the members of the family In the Bountiful area this year there are arc 50 Indian students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents taking part in the pro pro- gram THEY ARE watched over encouraged helped by the caseworker for this area Lee Barclay Mr Barclay a also 1 s o 0 helps them with socials counsel counsel coun coun- sel and whatever is needed to help them adjust visiting them at school and with their foster families as needed Natural parents are encouraged encouraged encouraged aged to keep close contact with their children And when the school year is over the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents return home for the sum sum- mer THE PROGRAM recognizes that immediate conditions of poverty and emotional deprivation tion could be relieved by various various var var- various ious welfare means But long range improvement of the Indians Indian's Indians Indian's Indians Indian's In In- dian's status would not be al al- It is hoped that education and assoc association with others will turn the tide In August of this year over students from 14 states and three provinces in Canada were placed in over foster homes through the Indian Placement Placement Placement Place Place- ment Service These students represented more than 3 7 tribes This was an increase from the year before when there were students in the program GERALD Howard from the Hopi tribe has been living with the Ira Young family of Centerville Centerville Centerville Cen- Cen terville since he came into the program three years ago He is isnow isnow isnow now a junior at Viewmont High He is a priest m in his ward in Centerville lle Ray Louis a Navajo from Sanders Ariz is in his third year in the program and lives Jives with the Joel C. C Naylor family of Bountiful This is his freshman freshman freshman fresh fresh- man year in high school LEO CUMMINGS is an Indian Indian Indian In In- dian boy from Newtown N. N D. D from the Gros Ventre tribe He Heis Heis Heis is experiencing his f first year in the program He lives with Yannie Vannie and Ray Louis Navajo Frank Jensen left front is high councilman working with the Indian Student Placement Program while LeRoi Barclay right front is caseworker for this area I lived lived ved with the Paul PaulO 0 Huberthe Huberthe Huber the IB Edward Field family of Bountiful Fannie Begay a Navajo has family amily for six years now and andas has as been in the placement program pro pro- gram ram since 1956 She is a freshman freshman freshman fresh fresh- man at Viewmont BONNIE White Clay is from the le Crow Indian tribe of the Crow Agency Montana She is isn in n the program for the first time and lives with the Walter WaIter Elsbey family of West ful She is a freshman at View View- mont Lois Dupris comes from Cherry Creek S S. S D D. and is a Cheyenne River Sioux She is in the program for the first time and is a freshman at al Viewmont She lives Jives with the Leonard Williams family ol of South Bountiful |