Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-08-19
Time To DO Something For
Our Indian Population


A. early paper pointed .sriou. problem
facing Minnesota Indians leaving and
rural Minnesota Paul II has been
he"ndng to observe the conditions under which Indians
them youngsters" live tho Twin Cities
job and opportunity
been sbove attempts by church Rrp. Il, ..u,
obtain
the almost radical Adjustments persons from
environment 10 another
Despite tho well many Of our
fellow citizens OF Indian ancestry developing group
flies Migrants and prostitutes when little res,
OF the community could help them proper
cent community living
In 1881 this type Of settle
men or community house should be set provide tho
rccrraonai Job couns"lIng family
Of tho Indians Who have been pouring into the
Such institution ~
clearing problems In
dVdu"y and collectively To this date nothing
has been done about establishing such oente" despite the
for such program
Indians in tho Twin Cities
themselves" cannot get together their problems really
excuse at ALL because group
community yet together and establish place where Indians
for advice and other
the Indians wandering amcasy the
city VIII 10 there for advice counsel and recreation
The only why this suggesting
center be sc, up Tor Indians because none of tho other establish
men or community houses In either city stated 10
hand" tho many completing problems which face Indian
at this time,
II the other established
center could adequately service the Indian
plan should be developed machinery
motion
Realizing somewhat the suspicion average
Indian groupa community our
"e row esrh" " newspaper would feel that the first attempt
to provide recreaonal outlets vocational guidance job
family progrcms be the
dams exclusively with mixed starr Of qualified
he institution
when properly adjusted living Of a conuun
y and Indignation separate institutions
lose their original value begin everybody Phyllis
wheaey House Minneapolis point a
when used exclusively Negro children
and adults utilize Whcaticy and there
participating the various settlement house activities
neapos In 81 Paul Halle Brown the
Of whites Negroes agency
In the Twin Cities with rcrcaonal program docs not
serve Negro kids well M whites
We minority Cltcs living In
terribly bad housing but nothing compare
with the degrading housing conditions many indians
living problem responsibility
Indian whose welfare sadly the
past few when no has the cities
our relations both poorly supported
financially responsibility
the Indian community with Sooner
later must be
made to realize that plight OF tho Indian
important relations problem
years
ago Minneapolis brought graphically the
plight Indian outlets In that
and tho problem which Minneapolis
doing much about N n concrete
Letters following convinced
that there people the
Indians towns
and that there also people who willing help
the Indians the pcrpleStcs adjusting
pick modern life
We Mayor reminded Minneapolis
that tho
had pressing prob.
lens THIS fact the Indians apparently
a Of
muncauon their story the public
thcr community interest
problems However this for spncly
group people suffering community
Interest in their complicated problems