New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
A,,er;ca's Red Men Feel That
National Leader Is Sorely
Needed Just Now.
n, William Athertou Du Puy.

- Oo.ober the Indians OF America are
% have the greatest pow-wow in the
s,s+orv Of the race. The American
-.s,sn Association is to hold its first ma
Ihui''' Inference in Columbus, Ohio, Octo-
20 70 Is. This association admits 10
Ve - membership only people Of the blood
.,e original American. Yet this blood
.ound its way into all walks of life,
today the Indian claims every profess
o.. followed by the white man. and has
s.,ossfsl representatives in them all.
80 members OF the Indian race are
- together IN this conference to dis
- race needs and point The way to race
Srogress President Taft has promised to
9rssent and lend his influence 10 the sd-
,.a,cernent Of the movement
-r.oss educated and successful Indians are
o++v generally agreed that the present
- is the most critical in the history OF
- race The Indian. following his subiu-
ION DIV the white man. became q ward
che government. isolated on the reserva-
..,- vi-h every need Of personal action re-
,,cvsd The Indian schools came later, and
.,.,r .ba education of the yOunc people the
.-rsrrr,e~t conceived the idea of convert
49, ,-s wards into citizens. Just now the
,.,r,- indian is as we'll educated on the
srsrsce as is the young white. But the
ress~va-r does not offer the opportunity
s,r the rse If that education that is 10 be
found ry the white man.
Whether this young Indian Will return 10
che iract!or Of the reservation or make
himself q place beside the white man in
many activities is now the burning Ques-
non Now is the psychological moment
t-s leaders say. when the Indian race may
rs taken r hand and moulded into men OF
,bo best SORT Yet unGirected. the same
GOOD material may degenerate indefinitely.
These educated Indians may become drones
upon the reservauons. and their awakened
irterEserces may lead them into trouble
so the leaders of the race are looking
for a Moses Tor the Indians The race is
crvin- aloud for a Booker r. Washington
70 direct rs desun.es. Il IS calling together
rs great men in one central society in the
exuectator that the organization or some
Of its members may supply the right lead
ersnip 70 this critical time
There are scores Of men and women Of
Indian blood who have shaken off the mac
ion OF the reservation and whose blood is
no different from that Of the warriors who
have fought the encroachmeots Of the pale
face through generations that have passed.
There is Dr. Carlos Montezuma. the full
blood Apache. who is instructor in the col
leee Of Physicians and Surgeons in Chi
caeo. there is Charles r. DaEenett. who is
IN charge Of Indian employment for the
government, there is DIT Charles A. East
man. physician and author. there IS Mrs.
Angel Dec1ra Dietz. artist and instructor
in arr az Carlisle; there IS Henry Roe
Cloud winner OF honors In various col
leges. there is Miss Laura VI. Cornelius,
scholar and social worker, there are four
members Of Congress with large percent
ages Of Indian blood. and many men in all
sections Of the country who show the traits
a the aboriginal strain.
These are The men who are 20 get to-
getrer In Columbus and point the way 20