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Socialites and Indian Baskets: Success of Harwood Hall at Sherman and Chemawa

David G. Lewis, PhD

I have always been confused as to why there is a Chemawa Jr. High in Riverside CA. The word Chemawa is from the Kalapuya tribes of the Willamette Valley and designates a village just north of Salem, Oregon. As well there is a Native boarding school, Chemawa Indian School, that began in 1880 located north of Salem that is still operating.  In recent research I found there was a pre-existing Chemawa Park in Riverside which predated Sherman Indian Industrial school by one year (1901), and Chemawa Jr. High, built within the former park, which is still operating as Chemawa Middle … Continue reading Socialites and Indian Baskets: Success of Harwood Hall at Sherman and Chemawa

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Tecumseh Playground Park, New York

David G. Lewis, PhD

Found an interesting park in the lower West side of New York, called Tecumseh Playground. The park is associated with an elementary school. The playground has the usual play equipment, and a building that looks like an old blockhouse/log cabin with a painting on the back adjoining wall of a scene from the Southwest.  Further information on the park fence states that it is named after William Tecumseh Sherman, a hero of the Civil War, and the person the Sherman tank is named after. Not a mention of the Great Chief Tecumseh that united the tribes against the Colonizers. In … Continue reading Tecumseh Playground Park, New York