The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-12-09
LufkinS and His |nd0|ent Gang
Of Warehouses; Seek to Re-
inState Warehouses and
Boarding Schools.
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and the executive departments of
the United States Government,
that should this pass as is now pro-
posed a great loss and injury to
the Chippewa Indians of Minneso
ia will be the result.
Therefore, Be it resolved, by
the Minnesota Chippewas of White
Earth Reservation in convention
assembled in the house of Chief
Wah yay quah geshig, in Section
27, Township 143, Range 40,
County of Mahnomen, State of
Minnesota on this this third day of
December, A. D., 1920, that Will
lam Lufkins, be, and he is hereby
endorsed and so elected as special
delegated for the White Earth
Minnesota Chippewa indians and
to proceed at once to the City Of
Washington, d. c., to there ap'
pear before the proper Completes
Of Congress and the various de-
partments of the United States
Government as representative of
this conference.
Be it further resolved, that
the compensation of said special
delegate, William Lufkins of
White Earth, Minnesota, be com
pensated for his services at rate
of FIVE dollars per diem, rail road
fare to and from the City OF Wash
ington, D. c., and actual expenses
incurred, not to exceed four dollars
per day, and that the same be paid
to him from any money available
now held or standing to the credit
of the Chippewa Indians of Mime
sofa in the United States Treas
ury."
1t will be noted that the above
resolutions we're never acknowl
edged as having been passed upon
by any council, be it "Bush" or
otherwise, as they bear no certif
cate of Standardization. and we
would venture that if need be,
Lufkins would not hesitate to per-
sonall!y authenticate same as Chief,
presiden. or vice president of the
bush Council'' which might
afterwards be purported to have
passed upon same. 1t has been the
custom of Lufkins and his gang to
hold secret councils, consisting OF
no more than eight or ten old In
dams, who can neither read or
write, and publish such rot as is
contained in said resolutions.
We call attention to the state
ment in said resolutions of the in'
sufficency of school building on the
reservation and that only white
children are given room to attend
At White Earth, which has the
largest common school in the
Chippewa country, there are ten
Indian children to one white child
10 attendance, and in the White
Earth District. wes know of no In
dian child who is unable to attend
public school on account of INSULT
| cency of food or clothing. Right
in the neighborhood of where these
resolutions are purported to have
been passed upon. namely Wah-
Lyay quah geshis's place, there is
Il a public school, which has been
closed on account of not having
sufficient pupils to justify the
maintenance of teacher. We
believe that part of the resolutions
to be absolutely false.
AS to sickness starvation and
death at an alarming rate among
the ppewaspeoply, we have not
seen or heard OF any such thing on
the the White Earth Reservation,
that may be true at Red La Ike or
Leech Lake, where the Govern
ment maintains hospitals. schools
and warehouses. but to US this
statement sounds rather tishy just
now owing to the fact that the
payment Of ann,iitles to the White
Earth allottees just endeI few