The Word Carrier of Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska), 1924-05 - 1924-06

              the Word Carrier
OF
Santee Normal Training school.
VOLUME   LIII
HELPING THE  RIGHT, EXPOSING THE -WRONG
NUMBER 3
SANTEE, NEBRASKA.
May-June, 1924
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Our   Platform
For Indians we want American Education! We
want American Homes! We want American Rights!
The result of which is American Citizenship! And the
Gospel is the Power of God for their Salvation!
Poor Rich Indians
Sometimes when public attention is called
to a situation that is generally recognized,
but not discussed, in a given locality, it proves
to be startling and creates a sensation. Such
is the case with "Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians," recently issued by the Indian Rights
Association. A glance at the summary of the
report makes clear the reason for that caption
and justifies the descriptive sub-title, "An
orgy of graft and exploitation of the Five
Civilized Tribes—legalized robbery." Some
of the things described seem almost incredible,
but they are certified to by three experienced
investigators—Mrs. Gertude Bonnin, research agent, Indian Welfare Committee of
the General Federation of Women's Clubs;
Charles H. Fabens, for the American Indian
Defense Association, and M. K. Sniffen, secretary of the Indian Rights Association.
Their summary states in part:—
"Because Congress, by the Act of May
27, 1908, took from the Interior Department all jurisdiction over Indian probate
matters in eastern Oklahoma and transferred it to the local courts, the estates
of the members of the Five Civilized
Tribes are being, and have been, shamelessly and openly robbed in a scientific
and ruthless manner. All efforts by the
Department of the Interior to have the
county courts follow rules of procedure
that would afford a measure of protection
to the Indians have failed. The rules
promulgated by the State Supreme Court
in 1914 were soon weakened, and then
were annulled on July 10, 1923, by action
of the Oklahoma State Supreme Court,
leaving each county court a law unto itself. In many of the counties the Indians are virtually at the mercy of groups
that include county judges, guardians,
attorneys, banks, merchants—not even
overlooking undertakers—all regarding
the Indian estates as legitimate game."
The average cost of administering an Indian estate, averages twenty per cent, and in
some instances it has been as high as seventy
per cent; while the cost for administering a
white estate rarely exceeds five per cent. It
is alleged in this connection that unconscionable fees and commissions are allowed by
many of the country courts to professioal
guardians and attorneys.
Among other counts in this indictment is
the statement "that children have been allowed
to die for lack of nourishment because of
tbe heartlessness and indifference of their professional guardians, who had ample funds in
their possession for the care of their wards;
that young Indian girls (mere children in
size and mentality) have been robbed of their
virtue and their property through kidnapping and a liberal use of liquor; that when
oil is 'struck' on an Indian's property it is
usually considered prima facie evidence that
he is incompetent, and in the appointment of
a guardian for him his wishes in the matter
are rarely considered;" In short, the report
gives a specific bill of particulars to substantiate the claim that the Indians are helpless under existing conditions, and that the only hope
for saving the property of the remaining 18,-
000 restricted members of the Five Civilized
Tribes—for them and their children—lies in
giving to the Interior Department full jurisdiction over their affairs.
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SAITEE I0RMAL TRAINING SCHOOL
INDIAN SCHOOL
OF THE
American Missionary Association
OF THE
CONGREGATIONAL   CHURCHES
Monday
Tuesdav
ay 26~2?p 1924
7 : 30 p. m. Musical Recital
1 : 30-2 : 30 p. m. School and
Shop Exhibits
3: 00 p. m. Cinderella Dramatized
7 T 45 p. m. Closing Program
iHuairal ftprttal
fH n tiiui u  iEtiprttug
Part I.
1. Duet Chaminade
Margaret and Elizabeth Wright
2. After Wild Flowers   - Streabbog
Dorothy Peterson
3. Fireside Lullaby Preston
Marian Lawson
4. The Guitar        -       - - Gaynor
Reginald Lawson
5. Time for Play - Evans
Mercy Stonearrow
6. Home to our Mountains    ....   Verdi
Nora Antoine
7. Merry Springtime -       -       -       -      Brownfleld
Phoebe Redlightning
g    f Caballetta Lack
' 1 Beautiful Easter Morn       -       -       -   Gurlitt
'   Elizabeth  Wright
9. The Twilight Hour.    - Browning
Margaret  Wright
10. Meditation      -       -       -       -       - Herman
Esther Harlan
0Hoat«g Program 3mr
Supahag Eupntttg
School Chorus—"Springtime"     -      Strauss
"By the Waters of Minnetanka"  - Lieurance
Prayer—Rev. Amos Oneroad
Awarding of American Bible Society Prizes,
Rev. John Wright,
Supt. of Bible Department
Scholarship Prizes and Announcements
Prin. F. B. Riggs
Piano Solo—"To Spring"     -       -       Grieg
Julia Keeler
Commencement Address—
Dr. Alfred V. Bliss,
A. M. A. District Secretary,
Boston, Mass.
Presentation of Certificates
Girls'Chorus—"Calm is the Night"  - Bohm
Benediction—
Part II
11. Rapsodie Mignonne Hungary
Rachel Keeler
12. Melody at Dawn
Edith  DeCory
13. Impromptu -       -■    . -
Alice Bird
j 14. Nearer My God to Thee -
Winifred Walker
j 15. Etude, op. 22
Ethel Frazier
! 16. Murmuring Zephyrs
Edna Frazier
17. Last Hope    -       -       -       -
Julia Keeler
Santee, Nebraska, to Massachusetts
BY  FORD TRUCK
By Gordon K. Hurd, in the Millbury (Mass.)
Journal.
Continued from Last Issue
- Koelling
-    Klickmann
- Schubert
-   Mason
Wollenhaupt
Jensen
Gottschalk
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Ulupabag Kftemaan
By the Primary Pupils,
a  lew others  assisting
CINDERELLA Naomi R. Johnson
KING Helen Graycane
QUEEN Hazel Williams
onr nTTj-ne 1 Stephen Stone Arrow
bULUiEKb | Zacn whiteshirt
LADIES-IN-WAITING J Olive VanAsperen
I Charlotte Wright
FAIRY GODMOTHER   Marian Lawson
PRINCE Panzy McKenzie
HERALD Clifford Johnson
PAGE Julius Titus
MOTHER Ella Antoine
SISTERS I 5uby.?roAVIl
I Dorothy Peterson
COACHMAN ' Elvira Rouillard
HORSES /Theodore Medicine Horn
 1 Albert Culbertson
f Florence Titus      Pansy Gullikson
Floriene Garvie     Arlene Graham
GUESTS -I     NaomiBear Roselle Calhoun
L      Mary Wright Irene Hoffman
L       Hazel West Mercy Crow
Scene I.   Cinderella's home.    Getting  ready
for the King's ball.*
Scene II.   Out-of-doors,   Cinderella's   home.
Cinderella departing for the ball.
Scene III. Ballroom, King's  Palace. Prince
meets Cinderella.
Scene IV.   Cinderella's home.    Mother  and
sisters discussing Princess and the ball.
Scene V. Cinderella's home, the garden.
Scene  VI. Ballroom,   King's  Palace.      The
lost slipper.    Prince seeks the owner for
his bride.
Scene VII. Cinderella's   home.    Trying   on
the slipper.    Herald finds it fits Cinderella
and Prince takes her home as his bride.
Sunday, July 15, Manchester, la.,
Tourist camp.
"Brite & Fare." Today we rested—if a
change is a rest. I found that our load had
shifted around so that 1 had to unload and re"
load some of it. One of my front tires was
about to give out so I changed that. This
afternoon the owner of the estate next to
which this camp is located took our whole
family to the nearby bathing beach on the
Maduoketa river where all except the boy enjoyed the water. Mrs. Hurd swam her usual
number of strokes, Elizabeth Carolyn splashed and shrieked, Dickens swam and dove after stones to his heart's content and the entertainment of the onlookers, I enjoyed a
good swim and bath at the risk of contaminating the water with road dust and automobile
grease, but Yorick sat on the sand in his new
bathing suit and refused to get into the water—a "bathing beauty" true to type.
A motorcyclist and a young couple next
to us are the only ones of last night's campers who spent Sunday here also and we have
been drawn into their acquaintance and confidence and exchange of experience-
The motorcyclist is a traveling salesman
for harness, dog collars etc., and showed us
some very attractive samples of leather work
with metal studdings. He was a lieutenant
in the Salvation Army and the tales of his
experiences were very interesting.
The other people have lived in Indianapolis
recently but have sold everything except a
few treasures, bought their car and camping
outfit and are moving hack to British Columbia where they were ranchers and horse
traders for several years. They are still
young and ambitious and it is a good bit of
education to hear them talk.
The midnight hour approaches and the
party has just "broken up."
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