The Tomahawk., 1921-04-28
The government, however,

The government, however, is
bound to protect the Indian in bis
land rights, and will see that every
full blood Chippewa on the reser.
walton RECEIVERS his original pro.
perty and retains it against unlaw.
ful conveyance in the future. ~ (
While the above is all right sd
far as it goes, and is the result of
earnest work on the part of the
Enrolment Commission which
established che blood Status
Rolp' of White Earth allottees,
and which was confirmed by Judge
Page Morris last fall, and there
fore is final. we are of the opinion
that wnen Assistant Attorney Gen:
eral Laidrum gets further along
in the matter of fling suits he
will find that out of the 1873 so
called full bloods'' there will be
many missing, for large number,
perhaps one-third or possibly one
half of those that we're living when
the enrolment commission COM
menced it's work have since died.
We have always contended that
there were no full blood Indians on
the White Earth reservation, or in
the State of Minnesota for that
matter, but if the enrolment COM
mission has found 38s of that
status we are not going, to con-
rradict, however, we venture the
prediction that not more than one
half of this number can be found
at present. = -.
Mr.. Landrum states. that it is be-
cause of these few so.called full
bloods that it is necessary to main
tain. an Indian Land Office in
Minneapolis, and incidently, we
presume, it is also the reason Why
the Agency at White Earth must
be maintained. We have our
doubts in regard to this, IS II does
not look like good business meth.
DDS to maintain an Indian Land
Office at Minneapolis and an In
dian Agency at White Earth with
a large force of employees merely
for the purpose Of looking after
the Interests of 1888 full blood H.
dams, even if that number could
be found. 1t WOULD be case Of
nearly as many employees as there
are Indians to Look after. =: p
Mr.. Landrum also states that
the Indians are not thrifty, and
depend altogether on their annuity
payments for,suppert, Well, all
We have to say is, this; that though.
the Indian may be lacking in thrift
as defined BY Mr.. Landrum, he lis
thrifty enough to make his living
in some manner, for if The depended
solely on the annual annuity pay
ment (which amounts. to about
$500 per head) as a means Of
Subsistence, there would have been
40 need of q :'blood statute rolf,
nor would there be any land cases
for Mr., Landrum to prosecute, for
the Minnesota Chippewas would
all have starved to, death long ago.
Mr.. Landrum's statement, given
to some inquisitive, reporter, is the
same old hack" and bears every
earmark Of propaganda ia re taliIn
himself in ofice ios another in-
definite term: He speaks OF many
law suits to recover full blood In.
dian lands. Why should this he,
when any person who now holds a
conysyanes given by an Indian
now on the approved blood roll as
full blood, would immediately
quit-claim back the land to any
person WAe Mr. Landrpm desires
without sgitl There are at least
tive cases lately instituted Ay Mr.,
4.ndrum to recover land sold by q
full blood Indian pending in U. s.
District court, which were unneces
sary to be brought, as the person
holding the deeds would have quit
oIo;nod tho nronortv, hack - ~