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• Chemawa Indian School

  Chemawa Indian School, located in the mid-Willamette Valley north of Salem, is one of four remaining off-reservation boarding schools funded and operated by the federal Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). It is an accredited high school, with grades nine through twelve. The school provides academic classes, athletics, support services, …

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• Pacific University

  Pacific University, one of the oldest universities in the American West, was founded in 1849 in present-day Forest Grove, about twenty-five miles west of Portland. The institution began as Tualatin Academy and was a school for the children of early resettlers in the area. The academy created Pacific …

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