Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-11

to held in tutelage is the fashion of
the moment. It's In the air for the
indian. There are several members
OF congress of Indian blood and leg
'slation making the Indian a citizen
Is likely to be kept before that body
till something is accomplished. One
or the leading proponents of equal
rights for the Indian, for instance,
Is one who has 8 trace Of the lineage
OF the red man himself, Robert Latham
Owen, senior senator from Oklahoma.
whose mother was "Narcissa Chisholm
OF the Cherokee Nation" AS Inc sec
rotary of the board Of education of the
Cherokee nation, United States Indian
agent for the Five Civilized Tribes
and owner and editor of the periodical.
the Cherokee Chieftaiu, the SENIOR
has done notable work for the 49use
of equal rights. The best service he
has rendered, however, is in being
what he is-for surely any one who
has made fortune as an up-to-date
farmer, is the organizer of bank and
has got himself elected to the United
States senate has furnished a demon
stration that he is well adapted for
taking care of himself.
William Writ Hastings is of Chero-
kee parentage. He was born In 1866
in the old Indian territory. On his
graduation from the Cherokee Male
seminary he went to Vanderbilt uni
verslty, which gave him the degree Of
LIB. He became In 1896 the at
torney for the Cherokee nation and
represented II in the winding up of
its tribal affairs in Washington. He
was a delegate at large to the national
Democratic convention at Baltimore in
1912. Besides serving as member
of the present congress Mr.. Hastings
is the regular attorney for the Chero-
kee tribe in all its public relations.
Charles Daugherty Carter was born
near Boggy Depot in an old fort of
the Choctaw nation. Indian territory.
He attended as a boy the Chiekasaw
labor academy near Tishimingo. +
4. He worked on a ranch as COW
hoy for a while and then became n
clerk in store. Mr.. Carter rose to
| high place In the councils of the Chick
asaws. serving as school superintend-
ent and mining trustee and occuny.
ing various other positions. He Is n
director of the Ardmore bank in his
home town of Ardmore Okla. and
he Is the member of congress respons-
ihle for the Indian acknowledgements
bill.
Probably the force most to be reck-
oned with among the Indians OF the
present day is the returned soldier.
The Indians sent 10000 young braves
into the army and 1900 into the navy.
/ They proved 10 be gorgeous fighters
/ and brought home decorations galore
But the main point is that the army
experience of the Young men has
proved, for most Of them, the most i'm.
pcrtant educational factor of their "a
| reers. Commissioner Sells refused IN
permit them to be grouped as Indians
In service units. They volunteered
or were drafted as individuals and
were allocated as such to commands
and regiments The result was that
for year or two they lived precisely
the life of the white soldiers. with
white men for companions, These men
will never be satisfied until they are
citizens.
Cato Sells, the United States Indian
/ commissioner, has faith ia the red
man. He says:
''The time has come for discontinu,ng
the guardianship of all competent In