The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-09-16

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would be shocked, just as he him.
r self was shocked. He said when
the Indians wanted the right to
| go into courts of the United States
and for what was due them the
Indian bureau opposed this, not be-
cause the Indians were wrong, but
because if the Indians won their
suits it would cost the government
a lot of money and that would not
be in accordance with the economy
program of the administration.
Senator Wheeler introduced a
bill providing that the F~latheads,
Blackfeet and Assinniboine Indians
should have the right to go into
court and sue the government.
This bill passed the Senate but
not the House. He also frustrated
a plan to turn the Flathead water
over to private parties and put mon
ey received into the treasury of the
reclamation service. When the
secretary of the interior canvassed
the situation, he agreed that the
water belonged to the Indians.
Senator Wheeler urged the In
dams to organize to formulate their
plans and demands and present
them to their representatives in
Congress; to have courage to vote
for what was right and for their
own interests. He said the ma
jority of the senators and repre-
sentatives wanted to do what was
right by the Indians but that sell
fish interests often so confused the
issues that it was difficult to know
what was right.
Many Indians Speak
Senator Wheeler's address was
preceded by a number OF elo-
quent talks. Several on the pro- :
gram were obliged to talk through
interpreters. Charley Mosney, a {
Boy Indian, whose home is
at Great Falls, interpreted for the
Boy orators and himself
spoke for the Great Falls Indians
whose delegate he was. Meade
Steele and Robert ]. Hamilton also !
interpreted. /
With Senator Wheeler on the {
platform were j. C. Dwyer, Supt. /.
Frank Mitchell and Ted Danielson =
If Poplar and w. J.. Kearney, dem !.
,cratic committeeman. Mr.. Dwy- Il
+ briefly introduced Senator i
Wheeler to the audience. u
Frank N. Mitchell, superinten- !
ent of the Poplar schools for the L
asst eleven years, spoke upon the y
of education of the Indians Z
nd said that there should be great
r appropriation made for educa- II
ion of the young Indians. He be- G
ieves in Indian children being ed e
lcated side by side with the white F
Joys and girls. This he said did O.
lot mean that the Indian schools ii
hould be done away with but that fC
here should be a greater appro- &c
made to educate the child oN
N in the public schools. Indian tn
)ys and girls well educated have sa
eat possibilities and the govern on
ent should live up to it's treaty to lol
.ucate the Indian young people. ce
Pension For Soldiers err
Simon First Shoot, of the Fort ha
reservation, made a plea
r Indians who were not enrolled
belonging to any of the tribes w,
the reservations, and were, ha
ereIore, not cared Tor. He told br.
Indians who had lived on what at
now the Fort Belknap reserva- sci
on before it was a reservation an
I'd who were not enrolled on the of
IT'S to receive tribal money or the
lions. The plight of such In be-
ans is sad, he said. He spoke of en-,
dams who were, in 1877, forced thi
fight the &ez Perez Indians and Civ
id that they ought to be put on ina
e pension rolls the same as white ma
particularly since they bot
ught against their wishes, in TIL
any cases. tar
Richard King, also of the Fort tiol
in well chosen language, gre
id that what the Indians wanted old
do was get on their feet finan- livi
lily, to farm and take care Of hay
emselves, but this was often in. ant
ssible because the Indians did qua
t have mean to buy farming ena
lipment and often their efforts wol
made harder because they dia
d to care for aged relatives, who ma
given insufficient rations by did
2 gvernment. fgI
He wanted the government to dia
Divide a fund for reimbursement FRI
ms that could be paid back when wei
2 Indians got financially on their can
It. diff
Eloquent Plea Mr..
An eloquent plea was made viii
'ough an Interpreter by Chief
y Child, an old Indian Of the I
cky Boy tribe. He said that in Iiev
: old days there was plenty Of do
.ting to furnish food for the tho
but now his nation is starv- sta,
81 kneel at Senator Wheeler's 1iev
t, / pray to him that he will sfdt
z his influence TO do something He
my people. If the president thai
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