The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-16
Which Met at Madison, Wis.
last Week is
CREDIT TO INDIAN NATION
Which All American Indians
Should Enlist
Banner Under

The Fourth Annual Convention of the
Society of American Indians met at Madi-
son, Wisconsin last week and was largely
attended by delegates from practically every
tribe in America. 1t is well known fact
that in the past many societies OF this
character have been started. only TO
fall by the wayside and the only one to
weather the gale is the society above men
toned and today it stands as the guiding
star of the Indian nation as the Star of Beth
eham was the guiding star of old.
This Society has the true ring OF sincerity
in it and is the medium through which the
many wrongs of the Indian is to be righted.
For banded together under its banner are to
be found most prominent men today in the
Indian nation and, indeed, they are men OF
quality. 1t has been recognized throughout
the country as representing the only true
Indian Society and it has gained that repu-
tation through the careful management its
president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, of Fair
bault, Mimi, one of the most prominent
| Indians of today Heis a man of broad
! ideas and associated with him are other
prominent Indians, among whom Is w.
Kershaw, of Milwaukee, Wis, as vice
president and without doubt one of the ableSt
LAWYERS in the profession and of the Indian
nation
The Society stands for all that is noble,
grand and elevat;ng and for the uplift of the
Indian nation today and placing it on a
plane the equal of any nation in the world.
The Indian is bound to assert his qualities
and he is bound, through the aid of this
Society, to again predominate over the land
that has been wrested from him by the
clever manipulation of the whiteman and
through his own ignorance. 7 hat day is not
far distant for has not the key note been
struck by this society? Education and ad-
vancemcnt so that they may be ready when
| the time arrives.
The Indian today has comeNto realize the
fact, and, as said by Hiram Chase, the
Bryan of the Indian race, of Nebraska, and
only too true, that they are hated and
despised by the American and as long as
this feeling exists the Indian will have t.
fight for his rights and education. This
is true as the white race has seen the hand
writing on the wall and it has spelled the
supremacy of the Indian race and they ii
their selfish way have attempted to raise .
! barrier unsurmountable but the Indian, is not
20 be denied his success and in his onward
rush to civilization has surmounted all.
81 am convinced that the only way to
solve the Indian problem is to pile them al
on board ship at San Francisco, take then
around the world and land them at New
York as foreigners, declared DR.. Carlo:
Montezuma, an Apache and one of three
leading specialists in the world today. Dr.
Montezuma was one of snany- Indian speak
ers to address the audiences on Indian ques
tons.
s'The Indian bureau" declared DR.
Montezuma, will never solve the Indiar
problem, nor will the appropriation of mil
lion of dollars to educate the red man assis
in his civilization. The difficulty lies in ths
fact that the Indians ale placed on reserva
tions. isolated from all other civilization
and the only habits and customs which the.
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