Evening star., 1930-06-15

tepee rehearsing in Imagination the glory ana
grandeur OF the past. No longer do the stories
OF battles, the hunt, dances and ceremonies be.
lore the advent OF the white man satisfy them
Their life lies in the future not in the past
SO 1t Is that this group has gathered in Holly.
wood, where there is opportunity life Among
these young people are names that are rapidly
becoming known throughout the country There
is Blue Cloud, the 21-year- -old silversmith. He
also has toured on the Chautauqua circuit as a
dancer He Is Navajo, and in all the COLONY
one could not ind more picturesque figure
than this handsome youth in his purple velvet
blouse, with a cerise scarf whose long ends hang
over one shoulder He does not wear the leather
oelt OF the white man. His is beaded one and
has buckle made of silver and set with tur-
quolse. He makes his jewelry Of coin silver and
sets most of his things with tourquoise the
sacred stone Of the Navajo. This young artist
makes most of his own tools too
YoWIACHE is Yakima chief He is a well
known basso and has made several con-
cert tours and some months ago he sang with
the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Leon
Soldani the Italian-Indian tenor. is much in
demand because Indian tenors are yirtuallv
unknown, the red mans voice being generally
very low and deep. Soldani also has several
medals he has won in golf tournaments
Ihere is Oske-nontom, who sang in Cadmans
opera, "Shanewis," at the Hollywood Bowl a
couple OF years ago and who is at present in
Europe singing in "Hiawatha" pageant. And
there Is Haskis Nas-Wood the Navajo baritone
and Taptuka, the Hopi baritone Long Lance
the Blackfoot chief, lives in New York CITY, but
ne pays occasional visits to the HOLLYWOOD
group He is perhaps the best known Indian In
houi
MS writings in magazines and for his work in
the movies. Before the white men knew of him
ne was famous among the Indians as an athlete
scholar and hunter. He speaks several Indian
languages which, as any red man will admit,
Is no mean accomplishment for the Indian
tongues are most difficult in their syntax
Indian versatility is also manifest in Young
Plant He is carver of Katchina dolls and in
1925 won fame for almost beating Nurmi ON
the track He has several silver CUPS which
nave been presented him for his running and
last year he danced in the mission play at the
San Gabriel Mission, Just outside Of .Ins
Angeles.
These are only few of the names but there
are many, many more including Roam Horse
the navajo artist, who is attending the Art
institute In Los Angeles; Dark Cloud, who has
Played IN the movies for the last IS years and
mas been mother to most all the great stars
she Is very old, but says she belongs in the
youth movement, for she understands it: White
FAoWer, Big Eagle, Rockies, Iron Ewes White
Tail and a host of Others
1t Is White Bird who Is making coats ont ~
Chimayo blankets and selling them to fash
1onably dressed women all over the United
States.
Z" N the past we had much to give the white
man." says this very pretty Cherokee I'VE
gave him beans, pumpkins, both the sweet and
the white potato, vanilla, many varieties of
squash, maize and tomatoes The chocolate
which the white man prizes SO highly he had
never heard Of until Montezuma gave IL tn
Cortez; cocoa, the persimmon tobacco ouinine
maple sugar and maple sirup many of the dve
stuffs in preSent-day use and the hammock
so universally liked
The white man reared their cities on MIR
olo campfire sites and built their highways and
railroads over our trails. We taught them our
waterways and portageS we showed them o,lr
metnodS OF agriculture and hunting; without
Us they could not have colonized in the short
time they did.
Those are some of our contributions oS
yesterday, but today and tomorrow we have az
much 10 give. We as race are as canable of
overcoming difficult circumstances as anv other
people, and we are proving it today Our Young
people are bringing to their work the colorfuI
background Of their race and dare to think
Chey Will nave the least little bit of influence
on the culture of the times
COL Tim Mccoy, the movie star is known m
one OF the greatest authorities on Indians and
1ndan customs, and in a recent interview in
MS Hollywood home he said:
i VIII tell you little story that will Illus.