Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-19
PROTEST FILED
AGAINST BURSUM
!. INDIAN MEASURE
"Great Wrong" viii Be
Perpetrated if the Bill Is
Passed by the House,
Manifesto Declares.

Santa Fe. Nov. 18.-Protesting
against an imminent great wrong
which they say will be perpetrated
aqainst the Pueblo Indians of New
Mexico If the Bursum Indian pm
passed by the United State senate
becomes a law, two score artlsts
and writer's, most of Whom nave
lived among these Indians for eX-
tended periods have issued an ap-
peal to the American public TO
enter it's solemn protest against the
Alleged grave injustice which may
threaten the community existence
of the Pueblos and deprive Amer
ica of one of the most picturesque
primitive peoples in the world. De-
elaring the question is test OF
Irrational honor" the manifesto
says:
"To the American Public:
when legislation affecting the
Pueblo Indians of New Mexico has
been introduced in congress by a
senator from that state. with the
alleged support of the Indians and
apparent approval of the indian
office: when it has been briefly
Questioned by Senator Borah and
then accepted by the senate unan-
imously, the American public
might suppose the legislation
known as the Bursum Indian bill
to be an act dealing justly with the
Indians and bringing credit to the
state and the nation responsibly
concerned. .....
"As it happens the American
public would be deceived. The bill
which has passed a misinformed
senate and is now before the house,
Is grossly unjust to the Indians,
violates every official protestation
that the government is their pro-
tector. and is, moreover. in such
imminence of becoming law that
only that vaguely accessible power,
the public, can prevent a great
wrong.
THE Indians, helpless political
ly, have issued, with one voice,
from all the pueblos. a dignified
but moving manifesto, asking fair
play.
\ adding our voice to theirs in
this emergency, we. the under
signed, who have had an oppor-
tunity to study conditions among
the villages and to understand the
faithless provisions of the project
ed law, and who intend doing our
Best to expose the facts, call upon
the American people to protest i'm
mediately against the impending
Bursum Indian bill, whether in its
present form or with disingenuous
amendments. We ask this for the
sake of the Pueblos who, though
probably the most Industrious and
deserving of all our Indian wards
are now threatened with the loss
Of their lands and Of their commu-
nity existence. We ask it even
more for the sake of Americans
themselves as a test of national
Honor. (Signed)
II. G. Applegate Mary Austin,
Josef Bakus, Ruth Laughlin Bar
ker, Gustave Bauman, Il. Blumen-
shine, Walter Bynner, Gerald Cas-
sdy, Ina Sizer Cassidy, John Col
Her Alice Corbin, Randall Davey,
Fremont Ellis. Charles K. Field,
Econ Gaspard, Stephen Graham,
Zane Grey, William Penhallow
Henderson, Robert Henri. Victor
Higgins e. Dana Johnson, C. Grant
LaFarge, ID, II. Lawrence. Ralph
Meyers. Harriet Monroe, Willard
Nash. b. j. o. Nordfeldt, Elsie
Glews Parsons. Sheldon Parsons, B.
q. Phillips, Oliver Rush Carl San
burg, Lew Sarett, Elizabeth Shep-
ley Sergeant, j. II. Sharp, viii
Shuster, John Sloan, Mabel Sterne,
Waiter Ufer, Carlos Vierra Har-
Het Welles. Stewart Edward White,
William Allen White. Charles Err
skine Scott Wood