Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
REDSKINS SHOW
PEACEFUL ARTS
INDIAN VILLAGE" EXHIBITION
OPENS TOMORROW
Fifteen Acres Of Ground Near EastlaI<e
Park Donated by Mr.. Hunting
ton for the Enter
prise

The Indian arts and crafts exhibit,
founded at Eastlake park by Antonio
Apache, will open its gates to the pub
lie tomorrow and what will be the most
unique organization of its kind in all
America will lie just within the city
limits and probably prove one of the
most attractive of resorts for the thous.
ands Of visitors, as we'll as for the peo-
pie of Los Angeles
The Arts and Crafts exhibit covers
fifteen acres OF ground lying at the
east end of the city, just beyond East
lake, and may be reached by any street
car line In Los Angeles.
Mr.. Apache, who came here some
four years ago, and who has become
we'll and popularly known In this city,
marked out for himself when a boy u
life's work for the uplifting and ad-
vancement of his people, and the pres
ent organization is made possible by
the indefatigable effort of the founder,
assisted financially in his work by H.
E. Huntington, who furnished the land
for the project.
There are thirty-eight Indian men
and women at present, representing
several tribes, housed in this unique
colony with tents and houses repre-
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are all expert craftsmen and will apply
their respective talents to fashioning
the things which their hands know
how to do best. There are basket max
ers, blanket weavers and cunning
adopts in the art of building bark
canoes.
Park Is Simple and Artistic
The park is laid out in a very simple
and artistic way, the idea being to pre-
sent as near as possible the home at
mosphere of the different Indian tribes.
There are no steps leading to or from
any place, but genuine Indian trails
instead, that wind in and out among
the trees and around the lake, which
forms horseshoe in the center of the
park. Along the north side are several
low, comfortable buildings with i'm
proved sanitary equipment, which will
be used as sleeping rooms, dining
rooms, kitchens and store rooms. At
the end nearest the entrance is Mr..
Apache's quarters, with his office,
which just at present you may find
full of law books, some of the newest
and oldest novels, books on practical
farming, civil engineering and other
sciences, for Mr.. Apache does not con-
fine himself to one thing. Most of the
furniture used in the buildings and all
of the pretty settees and the tea houses
are made from the wood of the euca-
lyptus tree cut from the park grounds.
Largest Totem Pole Erected
On the southern side two canvas
tents rear themselvese as representing
the Sioux, while just across the way
the Alaskan Indian is represented by
a building brought all the way from
Alaska and which is said to be one of
the Oldest in existence. In the front
is totem pole-the largest ever made.
Not far from this are the mud adobes
of another tribe and further on some
little houses very much resembling bee
hives, and which are made of reeds.
On the grass laws in front of the
primeval abodes the Indian men and
women will practice their peculiar vo-
cations so that the visitor may see
just how the thing he buys is manu-
featured.
Enterprise viii Support Itself
At the entrance to the park is the
exhibit where all kinds of Indian goods
and curious looking wares will be sold
This, together with an admission fee
of % cents, will tend to make the enter
prise self supporting and furnish hon
est employment for a number of In
dian families.
The founder of this very unique viii
lage, Antonio Apache, is a notable ex-
ception to the'general run of his coun-
trymen in that he has fully improved
his opportunities for an education and
is making the most of his great nat
ural talents. Mr. Apache is not only
the hero of his own race in real life, but
is also the hero of the only drama ever
written with an educated Indian as its
chief character, for it is around the life
of Mr.. Apache that "Strongheart," 4"
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here next week, is written, play which
champions the Indian as the equal of
the white man when given the chance
of opportunity and education