The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
INDIAN P0WWOW
ON CITIZENSHIP
Greatest Meeting of State
Wards Held in the
Century.
MANY CHIEFS PRESENT
Remnants of the Powerful
Inoquois Confederation of
Indian Tribes.

one ~ tho greatest. 10 not the rr,nt-
'"l. hIl as VOL tho most lmuurIuui
assembly ~ Indians which has hrou
h''d Ia this state within the last 100
ears. Every tribe ana rcscryafiuu
Of eastern Ctund1 ana ~ tho CAM
hhWhEa ana AhoIki rcvorvgtloua of
"ttt'rr Canada and Oshwcgnu r,r.
"rVttou uotr lfuutfurd, ont. win
De represented
These Indians are tho rcur,pia. pr
IN" great tribe Of tho frouoig. tho
most powerful confederation of ib.
hborig!ncs In America within h,
kuoWlrdKo Of history who dominated
the vast territory from tho st Law
renee 10 the 'hc-apcako and piacti.
oa"y IRON the Hudson To the Father
OF waters. on all the rcsorvntInuq
dwell In various stages Of civilization
thc descendants Of tho fierce Mo-
hawS, whose warlike deeds form tho
most thrilling chHptcrH ur the histury
or New York and who with tho al
led triboH, had advanced far in ava
temattc government before thcv cv-
cr came IN contact with the civil
Hatlon OF the whites.
what gives special Importance to
thls gathering Of trll usmcu Is the
tact that the great ana sccrilncly
lihal step In the national history OF
tho tribes the question ~ admission
INTO citizenship ou IA footing with
their white brothers, ana tho as-
sumption with them of an the re-
spousibilltics Of tho individual In OK
change for wardship and practical
national dependence through the
reservation systcm--has been pro-
posed to them and viii be discussed
ana perhaps decided by thcm at this
powwow. There is wide difference
ot opinion among the Indians upon
thls grave question, nud n strong
feeling of hostility bred Of tho re-
membranes Of former wrongs auf-
Tered IN the past In dealings with tho
whites, with more than a suspicion
mat Greeks are bearing them gifts.
Great Men Attend
lho conference VIII bp held under
the auspices uf the New York state
indian welfare society. Among the
leaders OF the Indians who arc cx-
p"ctcd to take part are the follow
lng chiefs; NiCpdCmus Hilly of tho
Tonawnnda- -Souccas. DavId Il. nm.
OF the Onondagas, william Rockwell
or the buoidaa, William Johnson of
the Tuscaroras. Elon Eel OF the Cay
ugas, Peter Doctor of the Tonuwan-
da-Scncoas. William Iloag OF the Al
lesany Scnecas, Arthur e. DoXtader
OF the Cattaragus- -Scnccas Horton
Elm OF the Oneidas, william Rolling
Despite their names these chicfs
and others who VIII he present arc
direct descendants of famous Indians
and some Of them claim descent
irom traditional heroes OF the red
men as, for instance. chief David X, !
fill. who IL credited with direct de-
scent from fIiawatha, whom Long
fellow Immortalized In verse. chief
i,oxtadcr Is n direct descendant OF
the celebrated Red Jacket Another
~ IA descendant Of tho great Indian
chief, Shenandoah. Somo OF these |
chiefs are highly educated and have |
won prizes In the arts of their white |
brothers. Among others OF less note |
perhaps who are expected here aro |
Shlefs Yankee Spring, Tommy Tea |
Kettle, Alex Burning Log, Tommy |
SUTTON, Joseph llalf-Town, George !
Whecfharrow. Lost Kettle. and chief |
David Sky. who will represent tho |
Canadian six nations.
With the Indians will come n
large delegations Of white friends of ,
the tribes who, as members OF the !,
association, have been actively en- |
gagged In the study of the Indian |
problem. Among them will he Dr. |
Il. y. Bates OF Cornell university; |
Howard Gansworth. pr, adcnt nf the |
association; George l.. Decker OF |
Rochester, an authority ON Indian |
law; pr W. NJ. Boauchamp, an au- |
thority on history of the six nations !
Citizenship Discussed
Tho conference ~ to opcn next |
friday evening and last three DAYS. !
fresident J. a. Flanagan of the Ma !
zone chamber OF commerce Is at the !
head of a large committee of prom |
lhent citizens, men and women, who /
are making elaborate prcparatlons. |
in connection with Chief Moses
White, Michael solomon and the
Rev Louis Bruce, of the 81. Regis
reservation, near Malone, for the re-
ceptiou and entertainment Of the Wis
ltors. Tho meetings viii be held In
tho hrmury Of tho local state guard
which, as Company * ur the lO7th,
hetptd 10 break the lliudcnburs line.
FRIDAY evening the ceremonies win
consist OF welcoming tprcchcs hy
iresidcut Flanagan, Mayor Mason
and thlrf solomon, with rrsponscs
Dy visiting chiefs, music hy the II.
Regis- Mohawk quartet and the rcp-
erEatiuu orchestra. and an address
on The Indians OF tho North Cuun- |
Try n.y. Arthur .. Parker, state arch
aeolugist.
The question OF citizenship viii |
come up ON Saturday whom Roprr-
sentative T.. A. Everett OF putsdam
mead OF tho state commission which /
recently made ana exhaustive invcs-
tIgatIon OF the subject Iu couuc, tiuu
with "a federal commission. win |
mako report ON chat work. In the
afternoon tho question "NosuIV,d /
That the Indians should hr admitted |.
20 citizenship. viii uc discussed by |
Chief Nicodomus BILLY of the Tona-
wanda -Svucrig ia the affirmative
and chief William Rockwell uf tho
Oniedas In the negative. George L. !
Decker VIII speak uu 'Vny Ipgul {