Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-15
LIFE NOT
REPRESENTED IN
TRUE MANNER
Moving Pictures Give People
Entirely False Motion Of
Character Of Red Men; Ro-
manoes Impossible.

Carlisle, Pa, Jan. Character
izlng the brand 81 moving pictures
showing indian life and romance as
untrue and faxed. NJ. Friedman, SUI
perinteudent OF the government IN
dian school here. In AN interview to-
day declared that some organized eff
fort should be made by the Indians
ana by tho government 10 have these
pictures censored. He says the pic
lures are nm injustice 10 the red man
ana are doing much harm.
I'VE have boon hearing much re-
Gently In criticism OF the untrue ana
libelous brand of moving pictures OF
lndiOn life ana romance which are
shown throughout the country" he
said, "and are supposed by the un-
initiated public TO be true TO life.
Some Of the objection has come from
the Indians themselves. The major
ity OF these pictures are not only
without foundation IN fact. bug do NO,
even have Indians 10 pose FOR them.
To anyone who knows the Indian and
his environment at first hand this Is
Immediately manifest.
White men or Mexicans usually
pose as Indians, with blackened faces
wigs ara indian ebstulne. their ace
tions and gestures ARE absurdly gro-
teslue and exaggerated. These make.
believes do not run. talk or walk like
Indians, ana their whole makeup
brands them as fakirs.
fThe stories consist OF some ro-
nance impossible 20 Indian nature. a
hold-up or a battle OF some kind.
Quite often the indlaps are made TO
do acts OF seemingly heartless cruelty.
No possible good can come from this
misrepresentation and am con
WINGED that much harm ana prejudice
win result.
Nov the time is here when the
Indian must live In peace ana amity
alta The White man. MAuy So these
pictures will tend 90 arrest and ham
| per this mutual understanding of the
races which Is 81 Vital 10 the Indian 5
welfare. The old days OF strife and
warfare are permanently gone. The
new Indian hes supplanted him az
worker who IL an integral part OF the
life OF the country.
mot many months ago there was
shown In the east a series OF pictures
showing an Indian child forcibly taker
away from its parents Ia California
and sent to large government school
| nearby. other pictures We're shown
Of the life OF the school. the beauty of
| the campus. the marching OF the stu
dents. and so on Later the same lad
was shown as q drunkard who had
| INDUCED In crime. The ai-tO0-eyl-
dent purpose OF the pictures was 90
show that the education OF tho In
dian was a failure. The whole thing
was a lie made out Of whoiecloth, and
the records of tina. school IN the west,
and OF every other properly conduct
ed government school in the country
would prove 10.
| some organized effort should be
made by the Indians and by the goy-
ernmont to have these pictures CEN
sorcd. Many of lnem will tend Ca
create hostility agiinst tho Indian
among many of his friends. and 10
lalicnate many white people. VINO can
not separate the slanderous Ia those
moving pictures nom ~the true and
accurate.
The Indian is rapidly taking h..
| place In America as a good citizen,
! and nothing should stand in the way
ut his worthy ambition 10 break away
from the old nle There is nope
ia the awakening ot the Indian him-
SELF, and the dteust with which lac
views such interpretation. he ia
sure 20 make himsc'; heard"