Arlee Indian Club honors Native American graduates
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ARLEE — For more than 20 years, the Arlee Indian Club has honored Native American graduates at its annual dinner. On May 21, the long list of Warrior and Scarlet graduates grew by 18.
Native American students in the class of 2012 include: Dustin Baker, Nelson Big Sam, Camas McClure, Maranda Frost, William Frost, Anna Marie Greenwood, Logan Lefler, Charles Lytle, Aspen Meidinger, Desirae Nault, Cody North, Jenna Pablo, Dakota Paul, Raini Phelps, Rochelle Salois, Marcus Brown, Harvey Sansavere and Rachelle Meidinger.
The Arlee Indian Club fundraises throughout the school year to honor the graduates and provide a community Indian taco dinner.
Club officers are president Mahalia Hendren, vice president Cameron Dominick, secretary Sydney Haworth, council representative Pancho Torres and advisors Willie Wright and Jeff Padge. Indian Club members include Ma’ii Pete, Nichole Rang, Amber Steele, Shania Parker, Logan Boushie, Vance HomeGun, Louis Bunce, Al Plant, Michael Brown, Courtney Perry, Peyton Peasley, Tayla Desjarlais, Kristyn Adams and Jenna Pablo.
“They are having one of their first senior moments,” said guest speaker superintendent George Linthicum. “The second one is when you hit 65 when you get your Medicare card.”
“It really is a cool program. Every year it gets better and better,” said physical education teacher Sue Carney, who received a special recognition award. “The whole thing honors the seniors and helps them to their next journey … the kids have a lot of fun making the frybread.
Pablo and Plant were crowned the Frybread queen and king after the graduates were named and the Arlee Singers sang an honor song.
“I’m ready to leave and start making a living,” said graduating senior William Frost. He said he plans to work in Colorado this summer doing landscaping.
“This school is very small and you get a lot of memories. I will miss making some of those memories,” Frost said.
“It’s nerve wrecking and I’m going to miss (high school),” said senior Camas McClure. He plans to attend the University of Montana College of Technology to study athletic training or journalism.
“There are so many memories,” Camas said.
Editors note: Please see next week’s Valley Journal for Arlee High School graduation coverage.
