The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-04-10
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1929.
THE INDIAN PROBLEM

THE INDIAN PROBLEM
-HE present poverty among the Indians of
this section is distressing.
L The Indians poor, always have been
poor and it looks as though they will always
be poor.
That is the most discouraging feature.
The Indian has faced variety of conditions.
He got along without relief before sthe white
men came principally for the reason that there
was no one around to relieve him. He suffered
from hunger and disease
Then the logger came and the logger left
some money in the country for him. Some OF
the Indians worked not constantly, but enough
to take the edge from poverty.
Now the logger is going Work for those
who wish it is harder to secure. At the same
time the modern ideas have come into camp.
Some Indians have automobiles and have par
taken of the same difficulties that modern sources
of expense may bring. The white person who
goes hungry to buy gas should not complain if
the Indian does likewise.
The tribal funds have always been looked
upon as source of wealth and they are The
exact status of these funds is yet to be deter
mined If any person, no matter how little his
Indian blood, is to share in them there will not
be much left for the older people who cannot
accommodate themselves to new conditions.
The Indians do have quite an estate, that is true.
But the costs of administration of it and the
large number of heirs does not leave much to
any individual Chippewa.
1t is very much easier to discuss this condi-
ton than to point out the remedy. For GEN.
fury the Indian problem has been unsolved and
it is still in that some condition. Once people
become wards they will be wards. The argu-
ments which applied to the old Indians may
not apply to the younger group, many of whom
are partly educated or capable of education.
If there was power which could do it, the
sensible thing is doubtless to separate those
who cannot support themselves from those who
can. Let those who must be helped be helped
and those who earn living, pay them off
and let them go. 1t would be hard for a while
but the problem might be solved. There is really
no need for able bodied Indians on the reserva-
lions unless they can support themselves there.
In some places oil has been found on the re-
servations which has simplified matters in some
way and complicated it in others. We might do
that. 1t is as near the solution of the problem
as are most suggestions.-L. A. Rossman in
Grand Rapids, Mimi, Herald-Review.
HAPPY SOLUTION
THE Legislature has reached happy solu-
ton of the University puzzle by re-electing
the present personal of the Board of Re-
gents with one exception, and adding three new
members. This upshot nsures the continuance
OF University policies without the interregnum
that must have followed any other course of ac-
tion
AS result of the far-reaching conclusions
OF the Supreme Court, the Regents found them
selves holding their positions de facto rather
than de Jure. This anomaly is now cured by the
Legislature through practically unanimous action
Politics in the Objectionable sense has been ex-
cluded
So far, so good. 1t still remains to submit a
constitutional amendment to the people which
will restore the appointive power to the Gov
ernor.
Interference by the Commission of Admins
tration and Finance (the "Big Three,") which
was wrong in principle and might easily have
resulted in disharmony and subversion of the
University's independence in educational policies.
is at an end. The University can proceed along
its path of progress unhampered, under the
guidance of the same continuing repentship in
which the people of Minnesota have ample rea-
son to feel conference.-the Minneapolis Journ-
al.
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The women of Redwood Falls can determine
whether Redwood Falls shall be pestered by a
lot OF peddlers all this spring and summer, or
whether the business these Migrants get shall 90
into the legitimate channels of trade for the home
merchants. All it needs is a little concerted
action in giving each tinerant valise carrier the
frosty shoulder. They will soon come to shun
the town as they would the plague. Paying for
license and then not getting any business won't
"set very well" with them, if you permit us the
vernacular.