The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-03
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FARM MAGAZINE
'0iciyapo' Makes Its First Ap'
pearance on Standing Rock
Reservation

Fort Yates, N. D., Sept. 3.-Re
"Oiciyapo" has made its first appear
ance on the Standing Rock Indian
Reservation.
"oiciyapo" is Sioux for "IIelp Your
SELF" and is the official organ Of the
farm chapters, their auxiliaries, and
All clubs on the reservation.
Recently L. G. Lippert was ap-
pointed agricultural extension agent
by the Indian Field Service with
headquarters at Fort Yates. He r
the first to hold such . position here
and one Of only nine such officials on
Indian reservations In the entire
country.
Club work was comparatively new
on the reservation, an Lippert cast
about for q medium through which to
disseminate new ideas In forming and
homemaking. The reservation had
no publication.
He conceived the idea Of . maya
zine. and the first issue Of "Oiciyapo'
made its appearance, crammed full Of
farm and community news Of interest
to every Indian.
"You all know that unless we help
ourselves there Is not help enough In
the whole world to make successful
farmers Of us" e. D. Mossman, Indian
agent, writes, in his message intro
ducing "Oiciyapo" to the Indians.
There are q farm chapters and II
auxiliaries on the Standing Rock res
ervation. The farm chapter member
ship totals 462, while the auxiliary
membership numbers 338 women.
These farm chapters and auxiliaries
are sponsoring 81 All clubs among
Indians from 10 to 20 years old.
OF the 462 farm chapter members.
2o4 have signed the five-year indus
trial program agreement.
Home Garden Il Aim
This agreement Is q feature Of the
industrial program which has for its
goal q home garden. q root cellar, a
flock Of poultry and 10 acres Of corn
on every Indian farm place BY, 1884.
The agreement also encourages the
member to raise other livestock be-
sides horses and to grow alfalfa to
feed this livestock.
"Oiciyapo" recounts interesting oc-
currences on the reservation. Indi-
cations are that its scope will be
broadened later Is the readers Of the
magazine become familiarized with It.
Lippert is acting as the "city editor"
with all that Is printed submitted to
him.
1.-THE widow Of John Onihan has
her garden plowed and planted" one
item relates. Mrs. Onihan lives In
the Cannon Ball district. She has no
horses and no children old enough to
plow and plant q garden. For q
while this spring it looked to Mrs.
Onihan as II she would have no home
garden to furnish potatoes and other
vegetables for her family this winter.
Then one day five teams Of horses
and more than that number Of men
called ct her place. The men be-
longed to the Cannon Ball farm chap
ter. In no time her garden was
paowed and narrowed and in less time
than that It wa planted.
Mrs. Onihan Is not the only one
who received assistance from the
Cannon Ball farm chapter. Henry
Tobona and Charlie Stretches Himself
could not plow q seed their fields be-
cause they had no horses. Members
Of the chapter came to their assist
ance. Now Henry has 10 acres IN
corn. oats. potatoes. and garden, and
Charlie car show six acres Of the
same CROP"
Indians are required BY the agency
to maintain gardens. Some Of them,
besides gardens, have excellent mod
ern farms. New homes In many In
stances have replaced old log cabins.
Sheep and cattle Craze In view Of the
agency. Modern methods are en-
ployed and Lippert's aim Is to give
the Indians advantage Of the lntest
research and progress In farming.