Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-08


~ me memofnl 81 race fan van.
uhinH from this continent and des.
lined soon - become eAtlnct. Tho
/ fact H. however. ~ one observer re-
Maths chat for many generation 10
come survivors 81 me eborlgsnai
ssibo VIII engof the privilege ~ vlrli-
ink ina statue and o. modlsatina with
emured uondcfmeut on the assump-
zion q their white brethrcn that the
rea man, under present condiilons
Ieovid b. ~ sasiiy nnd swiftly wiped
out"
Haylne survived the nrsl tremen-
dons shock and ordeal o. civilization.
the Indlan "a sodsy u becoming more
and happily adjusted % an environ
snaaA shAt ~roaght havoc wfh Mt
forbcars. When the New World was
being conquered and transformed by
white explorers he nauve pcople
naturally fcii By thousands; and the
earlier westward press Of civiilElns
Influences wiiiod thousands more
FOR many deeades. indeed. pntll times
eomrarativels recent. the Indian vas
dealt with either uniusis or unin-
ltenlarnsly Hu, today the aoeernment
j. discovering his needs and uses and
what s. even more important he h.
nndlnx himself ana Is realizinx his
new destiny.
There are nov some three hundred
thousand indians on the reservations
Of the United states. Among these
q considerable numbcr are turning to
pursuits that are seif-sus,ainins aud
productive 70 me community Many
% them are proving. apt students 81
scientific agriculture: Others are sue
ceedins admirably az professional FOR
csters or engineers; some are shriv-
ms ~ merchants Or manufacturers
and not inerequentiy they are makins
their mark In medicine or the law or
a. teachers
The old idea that the federal gov
eminent should stand a. permanent
and absolute guardian TO the Indian.
suppressins his individuality and
holding him sloof from the ordinary
drif, o. life. r. happily glvlns way to
the wiser plan y developing IN him
senrs Of peruoaai responsibility and
opportunity. "In the governments
policy 81 individuallzing the Indian
for civic usefulness" says Frederic
o. Haskin zone OF the most potent
Influences IL the distribution OF tribal
properties among the individuals who
constitute the tribe. This distrIbu-
ton has resulted In the saving ~
millions of dollars 60 the indian ~
obvlatine thc litikation OF ,r'uarsd-
up claims for fees by alleged i.pre-
sentatives ane specializing alto. ..rys. -
The Usage Indians. whose property
Is nov being given them as ind.,i1-
uals. are said TO have more per capita
wealth than any other people On
earth The two thousand odd -oin-
0ers OF this tribe owned collect. cly
some two million acres OF farm Ian
and ready fund amoun'
ing 20 nearly nine million dollars
Under the law" says Mr. Haskip,
each Indian has been permitted e
take TO- hundred and eighty acres
OF hand aud has been given nearly
four thousand dollars in cash. As
soon AZ each OF them becomes capa-
Bile OF managing his own affairs he
Will be given certain privileges aud
~ the end of twenty-five yeats viii
come into Zee simple ownership ~
all his property"
II Is thus evident that the lot 81 tta
twentieth century North American IN
dian. far from being pathetic, il in
cfeasingly prosperous That his race
viii persist a. distinctive one II
doubtful. there are now In the United
States proper fewer than thirty thou
snnd pure biooded Indians Who cling
10 their primitive ancestral manner 81
life, But taken az whole this pea-
pie IL adapting Itself 10 modern con
ditlons and gives promise Of playing
worthy part In the civilization that
has suppinnted t. primal domain