Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-09
WHERE THE INDIANS ARE.

That nfty-scvon thousand ont Of a
total OF 1i7.000 American Indians are
living IN New Mexico and Arizona Is
an interesting fact stated among
many others IN the twenty-nlnth an
nual report OF the Indian Rights assoc
citation which has just been issued re-.
Gently. There are IN all 7i.00O be-
tween the Rocky mountains ana the
Sierra Nevadas one-thlrd Of the grand
total live IN Oklahoma and the war
like Sioux Of the northwest number
$4,000. Crows. Blackfeet. Cheyennes
and Flatheads In Minnesota number
10000 and there are $4,000 Indians
on the Pacific coast. II Is stili more
interesting to know that the largest
individual tribe on one reservation Is
the Navajo. with 10000. in New Mex
leo and Arizona. The profound diff
ference between the nomadic tribes
and the pueblo dwellers Of the SOUTH
west Is pointed out as follows by the
Denver Republican;
Two generations have wrought
wondrous changes for all the Indians
except the pueblo dwollors OF the
southwest The nomadic tribes have
been huddled on reservations. out OF
the beaten paths OF the white mans
travel. In the state Of Colorado.
where an the plains tribes and the
mountaineering utes travelled with
the utmost freedom fifty years ago.
there are only the southern Utes to-
day. These. numbering only few
hundred. are on a reservation la the
southwestern part OF the state, which
adjolns the Navajo reservation and
which may well be counted part OF
that great Indian stronghold. The
uncompahgre Utes. who made their
home IN the western part Of Colorado
80 many years. have been removed
20 Utah, and return TO their former
hunting ground only on ponching ex-
petitions.
There are stlil further changes IN
store for the nomadic tribes Their
reservations are being opened. one by
one. The Indians are being assigned
90 individual allotments. and white
noighbors are taking up adjoining
claims. The next ten years viii see
the Disappearance OF many of the
reservations under this general plan
OF settlement. which IL recognized as
for the benefit OF the Indians them
selves.
An these changes, however. mean
little or nothing 60 the puebla-dwell- |
ing Indians Of the southwest. The
Pueblos. whose villages are scattered |
along the Rio Grande valley for miles.
are living the same agricultural life
they were living when Coronado and .
his Spanish Adventures first looked /
upon them The iandiess Indians OF
the great plains. who wandered Wher-
ever they pleased. living upon the
buffalo and other Wild game, prob
ably looked down upon these peace
ful agriculturalists IN early days The
nomad had an the best OF It then.
All the pleasures Of an idle outdoor !
existence were his. But today il i'll
his kind that faces the real troubles
OF existence. The nomad must learn
the agricultural secrets the pueblo
dwellers learned hundreds OF years
ago. He must build himself a habi-
taiion. and he must anchor himself
there even az the pueblo dwoller an
chorod himself TO his primeval tene-
raent-house, long before the white
man came. The last laugh as always,
seems 20 belong to the tiiler OF the
soil. The roamer. whether he be red
or white. has 60 learn bitter lesson |
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