| Chemawa Indian School | |
|---|---|
 Hawley Hall porch | |
| Address | |
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3700 Chemawa Road NE , , 97305 | |
| Coordinates | 45°00′00″N 122°59′05″W / 45.00004°N 122.984712°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1880 |
| Authority | Bureau of Indian Affairs[2] |
| Superintendent | Don Tomlin[2] |
| Principal | Amanda Ward[2] |
| Grades | 9-12[1][3] |
| Number of students | 425[1] |
| Color(s) | Red, white, and black [2] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA PacWest Conference 3A-3 |
| Mascot | Brave[2] |
| Accreditation | NAAS[1] |
| Website | https://chemawa.bie.edu/ |
Chemawa Indian School Site | |
| Area | 86 acres (35 ha) |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001333[4] |
| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1992 |
Chemawa Indian School /tʃɪˈmɑːwə/ 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. Grades were added and dropped, and it became a fully accredited high school in 1927, when lower grades were dropped.
The second Indian boarding school to be established, Chemawa Indian School is the oldest continuously operating Native American boarding school in the United States. Its graduates number in the thousands. At its peak of enrollment in 1926, it had 1,000 students. New buildings were constructed in the 1970s on a campus near the original one, where at one time 70 buildings stood, including barns and other buildings related to the agricultural programs.
During the 2023-24 academic year, it continued to serve students in the ninth through twelfth grades. It has primarily served students of tribes from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
- ^ a b c http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/Oregon.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e "OSAA.org :: Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28.
- ^ "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Lawney L. Reyes, White Grizzly Bear's Legacy: Learning to be Indian. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2002; p. 118.