Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-11-01


you stopped to think ABOUT why you
spending good part of your early life in school? From six
to eight hours day. five days week. eight months of the
year your father and mother guardian you
school get education They sent you learn about the
world what outside of it and inside. They
learn the language of the white people, that
derstand what the white person is talking about instead of
just standing there with mouth open not knowing
what say Today of families proud of
We go home them Withour open and mind open
and ready to speak when they need help do the
talking for them in English while they just stand by and
listen After that tell them what has been said be-
tween the white and the Navajo
In our modern world we have the advantages OF all the
help He needs coopeaton parents teachers
and all others who have learned before him. Imagine child
who has been separated from else How can he
learn things that Some of them hard
world if helped him?
Our education begins birth and is continued by study
ing and by association with other people Our OoOrtuni-
ties to learn endless wherever CO. may
hear see something which is to U.S. Everyday we
learn things that are neWto Some of them are hard
understand and some may be easy tor u.s. Stop and ask
yourself "Why am in SCHOOL," Some may answer to
y part of the very small We to school for
many PERHAPS no two persons could agree entirely
why 60 school.
Education enriches lives We go TO school to develop
appreciation for the good and beautiful things around
When learn to and appreciate the best things in fe
lives will be much richer and happier.
Here school everything is available to u.s. We get
pencils, writing paper notebooks and other things And in
those books write down what have learned in class
and learning right before eyes Some of may
1t and some of may just stem =" '""'o OF us may
ga IS a+n for learn, bur too late, fol
your learA4r o~@ while you're still living in this
world Let's don't sit there and watch the world 60 by
let's get up and do something about it, Let's say, m 60
ing face if have problem you and will solve that
problem" Let's say that to the world
We got our education from white neighbours They
door and knocked They told people there
like the hot desert We began school and finally
see they wanted breathe the fresh air and know
which way the wind blowing And finally there was
the door learning and behind that door our ed
cation opened and that everything there was Of
ferent everything waiting and most of all beloved
teachers with white skin white snow and skin
lie the hot desert We began school and finally
ended UP Our teachers had tried their best
to pound things into hearts and into brans just
like pounding dcOr but it won't open. Our teach
worked that They wanted to the things IN
FUTURE the things had learned from them to use
them everyday the day and the rest OF our lives
Don't Just think you can't make because you're
Indian you're just good anyone else IN the world
proud that you Indian and getting the
education you dreamed of so long.
So girls let's make people proud OF us Lets
look back and thank them for sending us to school, we
got what they didn't get Let's don't fail them and be ash
amed lets be the people 10 be top OF the world not De-
low Let's ALWAYS breathe the fresh air of education and
face the world. .
Speech festival prize winning speech written by Margaret
Jean Byoe Glass of go.
Chenewa Indian School
CheneWa, Oregon