The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-08
ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD DOES NOT WANT SEGREGATION FROM
 THE WHITE PEOPLE

Editors Note-The Alaska Native Brotherhood is an organization com posed wholly of Alaska Native In dians, and Louis F. Paul, the writer of this article is it's secretary. The organization holds annual conventions at which the welfare and future of the Indians of Alaska are thoroughly iscussed-Editor)
 SITKA, Jan. 5.-To the Editor The right of way to gain freedom and citizenship for the Indians is clear. From most independent man. to what is known as civilization, the In dian has played his part. A race that survives after losing fight of 300 years for his birthright, there is something in that race worth consid- ering The fight in this Territory has not been so long but it has made up the time by intensive fighting for progress and assimilation.
 The Indian has been considered a mystery. No one understood him. The country being his, he receded while the coming people advanced westward He was living good enough. His Efe was perfect content ment He was man that lived with nature and as nature provided for him. he was in a splendid condition to take on to the ways of civilization. He was like a child that had no schooling. With him you were either an enemy or friend. Such was the Indian man Later when deceived, he as a man, used simple means to defend himself The powder and the pale face became his enemy. He, Nike, the deer. roamed the prairies and forests. Not understanding the English language. he lived to himself and was shy of the strange people. Settlement of the west by the invad- CTS of that part of the country was slow on account of the Indians. There was fear on both sides. When they sighted each other, there were exchanges of firearms and bow and arrows. Fear spread more and more. SO that the whites tagged the Indian as "a savage" and said that "the only good Indian was a dead Indian" Time came that the Indian was subdued by the point of the bayonets, and forced on reservations, there to live and die. Today he is there yet. Segregating 8 race that owned America is some. thing for one to think about
 The Indian was not considered q man. If he were, he. would be free and enjoying himself as citizen to day. For 50 years his home has been on a reservation as ward and not as a free man. The Indian of Alaska is coming to the same situa- tion relative to reservations and In dian public schools.
 The country is woefully ignorant of this man Indian. The people have an idea since the government has charge of him, he is better cared for than he could care for himself. This idea shows that they do not know anything about. the Indian people. We want the people of the country to know that the Indians are not count ed as men: they are not free; they have not the rights of citizenship as accorded to socalled Americans
 What has hindered the Indian from becoming a citizen? The Indian Blu reau has the Indian body and soul. Racial segregation has shorn the In dian of his strength even as Delilah with honey words took from Sampson his strength. Those who advance the idea of racial segregation are using the Indian as commodity. A commodity has no rights: it is made for use. This using human being as a commodity is all wrong. Just as long as the United States Govern ment keeps the Indians as prisoners as commodities and as wards. Ameri- can history will be blackened and