To tell the story of Perris Indian School, Sherman Institute and Sherman Indian High school past, present and future through the voices of those who were there.
Music
Recordings done by Charles F. Lummis at Sherman in 1904 - Bird Songs sung by Faustino Lugo, Ignacio Costo and Thomas Largo. Music by Jazz Musician Chief Russell Moore. Robert Levi singing Cahuilla Bird Songs recorded at Sherman by Bobby D' in the Fine Arts Department. Recordings of our students by music teacher Bobby D'. All Sherman Songs sung by Alumni at reunions.
Movies
1915 Black and white silent film by Keystone Films of Sherman Institute. SIM archives silent movies of Sherman Institute from 1930's, 1940's and 1950's. Sherman History Documentary by California's Gold 1995. 2001 Centennial Documentary "100 years of Education and Native Pride", Where the Spirit Lives", Our Spirits Don't Speak English", "In the Image of the White Man"-PBS Documentary, "Beyond the Mesa's",
Television
California's Gold #604 - IMPORTANT PLACES
Huell travels to two significant but little-known places in California. First he gets a tour of the fields of Camp Pendelton, near San Diego, where for a period in the mid-1970s thousands of Vietnamese refugees lived in a large tent city-their first stop after fleeing their war torn homeland. Next, Huell visits the Sherman Institute High School, an off-reservation boarding school for Native Americans that has educated students for almost a century.
Books
Climbing Sun-the Story of a Hopi Indian Boy by Elizabeth And Majorie Thayer Emanuel, Viola Martinez - California Paiute Living in Two Worlds By Diana Meyers Bahr, Empty Beds - Indian Student Health at Sherman Institute, 1902- 1922 by Jean Keller, Boarding School Blues By Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller,and Lorene Sisquoc, Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Experiences by Margaret L. Archuleta, Brenda J. Child, and K. Tsianina Lomawaima, Mother Earth Clan Cookbooks
Heroes
The life story of Viola Martinez, an Owens Valley Paiute Indian of eastern California, extends over nine decades of the twentieth century. Viola experienced forced assimilation in an Indian boarding school, overcame racial
stereotypes to pursue a college degree, and spent several years working at a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Finding herself poised uncertainly
between Indian and white worlds, Viola was determined to turn her marginalized existence into an opportunity for personal empowerment. In Viola Martinez, California Paiute, Diana Meyers Bahr recounts Viola’s extraordinary life story and examines her strategies for dealing with acculturation......And many many others!!
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To preserve and interpret the history of Sherman Indian Museum, building, archival collections, Sherman Memorial Park and School Cemetery.
To perpetuate the history and cultural heritage of Sherman Indian High School (Perris Indian School-1892-1901, Sherman Institute-1901-1970) Alumni, faculty and student body.
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Past events
April 2008 Miss Sherman Pageant candidates
Who I'd like to meet: All those who have walked through our doors and left memories here.
Doepner said he does not anticipate further layoffs during the coming school year.
In February, Sherman Indian had about 360 students. Doepner said he
hopes to start the next school year with more than 500 students.
The school typically loses 35 to 40 percent of its enrollment over
the course of the year, he said. Some students simply decide they would
rather live at home. But Doepner said about half the students who left
did so because they were suspended or expelled for using or possessing
drugs and alcohol.
This year, the school will retain its zero-tolerance policy, but in
some cases will allow students to remain at the school if they agree to
undergo counseling and follow a behavior contract, he said.
Doepner said Sherman Indian and other off-reservation boarding
schools provide an essential opportunity. Students enroll for many
reasons, including the chance to escape harsh conditions on
reservations and the opportunity to learn about Indian culture and
languages.
"I hope that we'll be in a position to help students do well in school," Doepner said. "It's really that basic."
RIVERSIDE - Inland Rep. Ken Calvert
visited Sherman Indian High School on Monday and said he hopes the
federal government can alleviate the financial problems at the
federally run boarding school.
A funding shortfall led to the layoffs of 34 teachers, dorm staffers
and other employees at Sherman Indian during the past school year. The
school had 133 employees in late February after the layoffs.
Other federally funded schools for American Indian students also
went through cutbacks in the past school year, but those at Sherman
Indian were especially severe. The federal Bureau of Indian Education
runs three other off-reservation boarding schools, in Oklahoma, Oregon
and South Dakota, and also funds more than 100 other schools.
Calvert, R-Corona, met Monday with Sherman Indian's principal as well as Bureau of Indian Education officials.
Afterward, he said a proposed increase in funds to the Interior
Department could bring more money to Sherman Indian. Asked whether he
is attempting to direct additional federal funds to the Riverside
school, Calvert said he hadn't ruled it out but did not know if that
would be necessary.
"I got a much better, more specific understanding of what the challenges are here," Calvert said after the meeting.
The federal stimulus package approved earlier this year contained
$100 billion for education, some of which is available to Bureau of
Indian Education schools, but the funds come too late to save jobs at
Sherman Indian.
Principal Roland "Tripp" Doepner said he anticipates learning more
about the stimulus funds this week during a Bureau of Indian Education
conference in Phoenix.
Doepner said he does not anticipate further layoffs during the coming
Wellbriety Journey Travels to Sherman Indian High School:
The Wellbriety Journey for Forgiveness is coming to Sherman Indian School in Riverside on May 26. On May 16, White Bison began a 40-day, 6,800-mile cross-country journey to present and former Indian School sites. The goal is to promote awareness, dialogue and forgiveness among Native peoples for the historical trauma of the Indian Boarding School Era which began in 1879.
The Program Details at Sherman Indian School: When: Tuesday, May 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Where: 9010 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92503
9-9:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony, including Opening Prayer by Allen Saul CADC II (Quechan Fort Yuma) Golden State Gourd Society & Veteran's 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Overview, Richard Hanks, PhD, professor, California Indian History 10 a.m. Overview of Wellbriety Movement and Forgiveness Journey by Don Coyhis (Mohican Nation), President of White Bison, Inc. 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Sherman Indian School Slide Show Ernest H. Siva will read from the Dorothy Ramon Library 11 a.m. Richard Hanks introduces local panel to share history, memories, stories, trauma, and grief. The impact that Sherman Indian School has made at the community. noon Lunch 1 p.m. Speakers, memories continue. 2 p.m. Healing ceremony. Closing ceremonies, including closing prayer by Ernest H. Siva. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sherman Museum open For information contact Sue Frank 951.845.3606
Sherman Indian High School Clarke Culture Center Native Traditions Classroom and Museum
Located on the North East end of campus in the old shops building 5A. Clarke Center staff: Josie Montes and Lorene Sisquoc Activity schedule for May 05, - 16, 2009 • Tuesday, May 5, – Museum Open 1p-4:30p, IRG hour - Talking Circle at Clarke’s • Wednesday, May 6, - Museum Open 1pm-4:30p, IRG hour – Powwow workshop at Bennett Hall, Silkscreen workshop at Sisquoc’s classroom with Ray Esquerio. • Thursday, May 7, Museum Open 1p -7:00p Museum Open– Seri Indian Guests cultural exchange at the museum lawn area. • Friday, May 8, - 1-4:30pm Museum open, 6:30pm - Silkscreen workshop at Sisquoc’s classroom with Ray Esquerio. Sundown Boys sweat lodge ceremony. • Saturday, May 9, 1:00p – Sundown Girls sweat lodge ceremony • Tuesday, May 12, – Museum Open 1p-4:30p, IRG hour – Acorn earrings project @ Clarke’s • Wednesday, May 13, - Museum Open 1pm-4:30p, IRG hour – Powwow workshop at Bennett Hall • Thursday, May 14, - All Day fieldtrip to Women of Distinction Symposium (Clarke Center Closed) • Friday, May 15, - 1-4:30pm Museum open, 6:30pm – Storytelling and song at Clarke’s • Saturday, May 16, - 9am-4pm - Fieldtrip to Medicine Ways Conference at UC Riverside. Call Clarke Center: ext. 303, Native Traditions Classroom: ext. 309, Museum cell phone (951) 538-4801
Seri Indians from the Gulf of Mexico coming to visit Sherman Indian Museum. Cultural exchange and arts market..Thursday, May 07, 2009 from 12:30pm - 7:00pm. Free come and join us..
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