Evening star., 1924-01-20

In holy place with a God ] walk,
In holy place with a God / walk.
On Taisaadzini with God i walk.
On chief of mountains with God l wa
In old age wandering with God / Wals,
On trail Of beauty with God walk.
In the field OF poetry, that OF tuc
Indian will influence toward orig
inality and the reflection OF true
America.
Most charming of all is the field oc
Indian music. Here the same orig
inality appeals to US as in that o.
Indian literature. Not even the scale
is the same as ours. The melodies
have weird appeal all their owl
The Indian compositions suggest TO
the trained ear musical flights and
combinations which have never be
fore been known, and which already
delight thousands through the pioneer
work Of Cadman, Lieuerence, Fletcher
and others
Wrapped up with the subject OF Ia
dian music is that of the Indian
dance-enticing, unstudied and old a.
the race itself. 1t is the efforts o.
certain religious organizations u
prohibit these dances that will bring
many Indians to Washington this
winter. The Indians claim that the,
dances are religious in nature, and
that attempts to suppress them are
in direct violation of the Constitu-
tion, which permits freedom of wol
ship.
In this light the Indians have
found many stanch hackers, includ-
ing Mrs. Mary Austin. Irving Bach
eller. William Allen White, Frankli1
Price Knott. millionaire artist OF
Santa Barbara, Calf, and many or
ganizatiens, such as gthe America
Association for the Advancement Of
Science and the General Federation
of Women's Clubs.
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THE American Association for the
Advancement Of Science at a. re
cent meeting passed a resolution
reading as follows: -.sfs s.:
Resolved, That the American AS
sociation for the Advancement OF
Science, an organization consisting OF
1900 American scientists and friends
Of science and EDUCATION. unequivo-
cally favors the complete and full
protection of the" Pueblos in all their
fundamental land, irrigation and cu1-
tural rights. to the end that they may
continue to live their own lives in as
nearly their own manner as is pos
sible, and with as little restriction as
is consistent with the rights Of their
non-Indian neighbors"
During the past year various In
dian rights associations. have been.
engaged in accommodating evidence
about the Indians and their problems.
and these data will be placed before
Congress, with the idea of working
out safe and sane solution for the
enigma, a solution consistent witn
present-day needs.
Various ways have been suggested
for rectifying our Indian policy, but
SO far nothing has been advanced
which IS considered workable. Some .
thinkers advocate complete emanci-
patton of the Indians, while others
believe that such action would be de
structive. Shifting the bureau of In
dian affairs from the Department of
the Interior to the Department Is
Agriculture rs advocated by WaltcE
Woehlke, editor of Sunset magazine
Others think the Indians should be
isolated and laws passed to prevent
racial intermarriages. These contend
that there is sufficient dark strain in
the American race already. and that
the absorption of the Indian popula-
ton will, hiologically speaking, prove
harmful.
So the visit of the Osages Is ap-
parently but a ripple compared with
what is to come. During the winter
many red men will trek into the Capt
tai from the far-f1ung places of the
west.
If from this activity u new and
better policy is evolved, Commission
er Burke and the Indian office will be
pleased. At present the commits
sioner is following the example of his
predecessors, doing what he believes
best for the government wards.