The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-08


The award OF this medal has been sponsored
by the Indian Council Fire. national organiza-
tion devoted TO the advancement of the Indian
race and to the interests of the Indian. For the
past few months the Council Fire has been re-
ceivng nominations for the award, which will
be made by committee composed of Lew Sarett,
author of MANY, Many Moons" THE Box of
God" "Slow Smoke" and other books OF poetry
Indian subjects; Ernest Thompson Seton,
author and founder-president OF the Woodcraft
League of America; John Collier commissioner
OF Indian affairs, Washington; DR.. w. Carson
Ryan, director of Indian education, Washington !;
Dr. W. D. Weeks president of Bacone Indian
college In Oklahoma; Mrs. Harold L. Ickes wife
of the secretary of the interior, and an authority
on Indian subjects; Mrs. George II. Heafford,
chairman OF the Indian Cemetery Restoration
service Mrs. William J. Rogers, chairman of
the Indian Welfare committee, third district, nli-
nols Federation OF Women's Clubs; and Mrs.
r. c. Eaton, Cherokee Indian historian of Okla
homa.
The award of such an achievement medal Is
TO be made an annual affair, according to Scott
II. Peters. a Chippewa Indian who is president
of the Indian Council Fire. who says: Few peo-
pie know that the Indian has made any progress
in view of the conditions with which he has hau
TO cope, but there are Indians In every walk
of life who are making good. Their achievements
have been real ones because they have had to
overcome such handicaps as the restrictions OF
the Indian Bureau system, race prejudice and
the demoralizing effect Of complete transition
from one civilization to another"
> However, the records Of the list of more than
80 Indian men and women, who have been nomi-
mated for the medal which is to be awarded on
September %. is good cross-section of Indian
achievement today. Among them are the fol-
lowing:
Spencer Asah, James Auchiah, Monroe Hunt
inghorse. Steve Mopope and Gilbert Mopope
Kiowa, a group of boys who make historical
pictures of their tribe and whose paintings, pub
lished in book form, command high price.
David Buffalo Bear Sioux, grandson of Chief
Red Cloud delegate from his tribe to Washing
ton. lecturer and one of the leaders in the move
ment for the establishment of National In
dian day.
Luther Standing Bear, Sioux. lecturer and
author OF many magazine articles and four books
on Indian subjects.
]. A. Belgard tChibiaboos) Chippewa, COM
poser and singer, who sang at President Roose-
velts inaugural ball.
Gertrude Bonnin, Sioux, former teacher and
field worker in the Indian service; now presi-
dent of the National Council of American In
dians, and one of the outstanding leaders In
working for the betterment of the race.
Ruth Muskrat Bronson, Cherokee graduate of
Mt Holyoke college. winner OF the $1,000 Nor
genthau prize for the Mt Hoyoke senior who
had accomplished most with their training dur
ing the first year out of school, teacher; assist
ant guidance and placement officer in charge of
government loans and scholarships and general
advisor to Indian students in Haskell Indian
school
Fred Cardin, Cree-Quapaw, composer and mu-
sician, his "Ged's Drum" which was played and
sung in Town hall in New York in 1880, was the
only one of 16 American compositions asked to
be repeated In New York the following winter
Henry Roe Cloud. Winnebago, organizer Of the
American Indian institute at Wichita, Kan.
former field representative in the Indian service
and, beginning in September, 1888, superintend
ent of the Haskell Indian school.
Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud (Mrs. Henry Roe
Cloud. Chippewa. lecturer and q leader in In
dian educational work.
Czarina Colbert Conlan. Choctaw- Chickasaw
first woman to be elected to school board in
Oklahoma, organizer of the first woman's club in
Indian territory in 1897. curator of the museum
of the Oklahoma State Historical society.
Mrs. Susan Corn, Menominee president of the
Keshena (Wis.) League of Women Voters and
leader in social and charitable work among the
Menominees.
Esther Deer Mohawk, interpreter of classical
dances and star on Broadway.
Louis Deer (Oska-non-ton), Mohawk singer