St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-08-19
Time To Do Something For
Our Indian Population


As early as 1919 this paper pointed out the problem
facing Minnesota Indians leaving the ant
rural Minnesota to to Minneapolis been
heaendng to observe the conditions Indians many
them youngsters live the Twin Cities they
job and opportunity
attempts by church groups to assist
the Indians who employment and
the almost radical pesons move from
one environment to another.
Despite meaning we s see too many Of our
fellow citizens of Indian ancestry developing group OF bar
flies Migrants and prostitutes from the rest
OF the community could stream
cent community living
In 1881 newspaper type of settle
men or community house should be set provide
recreatona counscng family counscng and social need.
Of the Indians who have been pouring
Such an institution In each
clearing problems which affect the Indians in
dvduay collectively To this date as far as we know nothing
has been done about establishing such cente despite
for such program
themselves cannot get together their problems really
no excuse at ALL because racial
community together place where Indians may
80 for advice and other community
many OF the young Indians wandering
city viii go there for advice, recreation
The only why this suggesting special
center be set UP for Indians because Of the other
ments community city stated to properly
handle the many completing problems which
at this time.
on the other hand tho established
center could adequately service the Indian eommn
plan should be developed machinery for such
program In motion possible.
Realizing somewhat the jstable suspicion average
other
white Fellow Citizens this newspaper would feel that the first
to provide guidance lob
ment and family welfare
dams exclusively with mixed staff Of qualified
institution
properly living of comm,n
lily and ntegraton begins then
lose their original value and begin
Wheatley House Minneapolis point time
when II used exclusively by Negro children
and adults utilize wheatey services and there Negro
participating the various settlement
neapos In ST. Paul Halle
OF whites well Negroes and there
In the Twin program which does not
Negro kids whites.
We have Negro minority In the Twin living
some terribly bad housing but have nothing
with the degrading housing conditions many
living here endure The problem responsibility
Indian whose welfare cities
past few when he has to the cities
Our human relations
financially at best have seemed 10th to
the Indian community with
later Minneapolis must
made TO realize that the plight the Indian Just
important human relations problem
Edgertons Minneapolis Row some
weeks the Minneapolis graphically the
plight OF Indian who seek recreaonal
area and the problem which faces Minneapolis
not doing much about IL concrete wayin either
Letters to the STAR following convinced
that there number
OF the conditions
and that there also people who willing help
the Indians who facing the adjusting
pick modern life OF
We remember that Mayor Eric Minneapolis
Council
lens This is san true The fact that the Indians apparently
have vocal leadership a
muncaton to tell their story the public
why there not wider community assisting
problems However this spney
by while group people suffering neglect and community
interest in their complicated problems.