Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-13
American Indian Day
To be Observed Today
Today Set Aside by Society Of
American Indians as Red
mans Day

Throughout the state of North Da.
kota today will be observed as Ameri-
can Indian Day. Sherman Coolidge,
president of the Society Of American
Indians, has circulated the following
in announcement Of the "Red Mans
Day:
The Society of American Indians,
Headquarters, Washington, D. c.
Know Ye All Men by These Pres
ents, That I, Sherman Coolidge, Pres
ident of The Society of American In
dians, by virtue of power in me vest
ed by the Executive Council of the
Society, Gle hereby declare the Second
Saturday in the Month of May each
year henceforth, American Indian
Day, and call upon every person OF
American Indian ancestry to specially
observe this day as one set apart as
memorial to the Red Race of Amer
lea and to wise consideration Of its
future.
In the Judgment of wise and impair
tial men, the heroic struggle OF our
fathers against forces which they had
no means Of measuring or appreciat-
ing, yet which they fought against for
homes, for family, for country and
the preservation Of native freedom,
has no parallel in all history. Yet
while we consider these things we
are not unmindful that they made
upon occasions the same mistakes
that have been common to all human
kind, of every race and age, and yet
were virtuous men. Now that the
glory and the shadows of the past
have become part Of historic record
that has been written, we are not to
forget the present and the future Of
our people, that we may henceforth
live in greater fullness. Let us now
move forward and acquire all those
things that make races and nations
more efficient and more noble; let us
reach out for larger life, through
brotherly love, purposeful action and
constructive service to our country,
not only for our own welfare, but in
order that the American people and
all humanity may be uplifted because
we have performed, and strive to per-
form, our full duty as men. Let these
things, and the means BY which they
may be accomplished, be considered
upon American Indian Day.
Likewise, do we invite every Amer
lean who loves his country and would
uphold; it's honor and dignity, to cele-
brate this day and to consider our
early philosophy, our love OF freedom,
our. social institutions and our history
in the full light OF truth and in the
balances Of Justice, in honest COM
parison with the annals of other
races, and to draw therefrom those
noble things that we believe are Wor7
thy of emulation But. We. call upon
our country not only to consider the
past, but to earnestly consider our
present and our future as part Of
the American people. To them we
declare our needs now and tomorrow
as those primarily Of Americans strug-
Cling for enlightenment and that COM
potency that is consistent with Amer
lean citizenship. We do avow our
hopes and our destiny inseparably
united to that of the people of the
United States of America and that
our hearts and minds are now and
forever loyal to our country, which
we would serve in our fullest capacity
as men and Americans.
Unto this declaration | do set my
hand and seal this 2Sth day of Sep
TENDER in the Year of our Lord Nine
teen Hundred and Fifteen. Done at
Lawrence, Kansas. a5
SHERMAN COOLIDGE,
President Of the Society of Amer-
can Indians.
Attest:
ARTHUR G.. PARKER,