Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-08

To- the rich Indian refuses to forget
his ancient practices and rites! There
has just closed in Rapid City, S. Oak,
an old-fashioned rodeo, in which
''savages," dressed in all the finery and
feathers Of pre- Columbian days, danced
their sacred and 'profane" dances and
discussed in powwow the best methods
Of becoming prosperous and civilized.
There was Henry Standing Bear. the
organizer of the event, and Robert
High Eagle, chairman of the session,
. and Carlos GallineauX-a real Indian
with a Frenchified name-and Red
Tomahawk, q genuine dyed-in-the wool
Indian, who vouched for the others as
the cream Of the Sioux"
Henry Standing Bear announced that
this roundup had been such success
full affair that 1t was to become q fea-
ture, annually hereafter, until all had
gone on the long, long trail to the
Happy Hunting Grounds.
Annie Noisy Hawk were among those
present; also Sophia Gray Bears and
Annie Broken Ear. Militia Dull Knife
and Lucy Shoots UP and Annie Black
Feathers and Margaret One Bull, the
popular grandniece of Sitting Bull, the
famous chief So all had joyous time
and went back to their tribes happy.
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There were speeches or pow-wows
about improved agriculture, but they
were not half SO Indian as the races
calf-roping and bu1ldogging Of wild
steers and horses. When the pow-wow
took up the topic of how to make
whoopee out of the three-quarters of a
billion dollar judgment that certain
lawyers Of Washington, ID. c., hope tc
win for the abused wards Of Uncle
Sam, the Great White Chief, they went
Vice President and his tribe OF white
Injuns do.
The main object of the conference
according to the publicity department
was serious consideration OF the
righteousness of the white mans
Government. If they can't collect
while an Indian is Vice President OF
the United States, when in time car
they ever collect their three quarters OF
billion dollars?
According to the attorney, Ralph H
Case, who, with c. C. Calhoun of Wash
ington, represents the legal end of the
claim against the Government, the
white men have made numerous treaties
with the several tribes, agreeing to pay
certain sums of money for 80 or SO
years, in compensation for the lands OF
the savages, and this exemplification oil
civilization has never in single in
stance kept its agreement, by either
paying what money was agreed to and
stipulated in the bonds, or has never
even built the schoolhouses as promised
or supplied all the provisions and cloth
ing agreed to. We have simply robbed
the Savages, and then wondered al
their Interpretation of what we have
done for their uplift.
And now the bill is approaching q
billion dollars! There is leading
| firm of accountants which has beer
occupied for years in figuring up the
exact items, but the adding machine Is
still humming and the precise sum has
not yet been reached.
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There are the Black Hills of South
| Dakota, saturated with gold! Did not
the white man come and take those
| hills 'forcibly away from their original
settlers. the Sioux Indians?
AS explained in the brief In the case
plaintiffs. as hereinbefore shown, were
owners in fee simple Of the lands de-
scribed in the aforesaid treaty OF April
20, 1868, and the executive orders
| aforesaid.
| THAT regardless of plaintiffs title
and in derogation thereof. defendant
by force and arms, wrongfully, UNI
lawfully and unjustly possessed itseil
! of certain portions of plaintiffs land'
i and misappropriated plaintiffs lands
i TO the use OF defendant.
THAT In or before the year 1868 i
was well known to plaintiffs, anc
equally well known to defendant, tha
certain portions of the lands within
the limits OF plaintiffs reservation con
tanned valuable deposits of gold, silvel
and other precious metals. and exten.
sive and valuable deposits of othel
metals and minerals, and extensive aae