The Word Carrier (Santee, Nebraska), 1927-01 - 1927-02

              The Word Carrier
of SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
VOLUME   LVI
HELPING THE   RIGHT, EXPOSING THE WRONG
NUMBER 1
SANTEE, NEBRASKA.
Jan.-Feb., 1927
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Our   Platform
For Indians we want American Education! We
want American Homes! We want American Rights!
The result ol" which is American Citizenship! And the
Gospel is the Power of God for their Salvation!
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High-class Musical Rendered By Indian Students
The   Santee   Normal   Training   School's
High School Chorus,  under the direction of
Mrs.   F. B.   Riggs rendered  a classic   pro- I
gram at Z. C. B. J.  hall Sunday  evening to I
a crowded house.
The Cantata, "King Immanual," by StuIts,
was most delightfully executed with Miss
Edna Frazier accompanist. This told the
story of Christ—1. The Angels ; 2. The
Nativity; 3. The Shepherds; 4. The Wise
Men.
The production allowed some of the voices
opportunity to show their artistic strength
and beauty in solos. It was a great number.
Dr. F. B. Riggs, the principal of the institution, gave a very interesting review of
this Indian school and how it came to be located in Knox County. It is not generally
known that it first saw light in the Bazile
Creek valley under the tuition of the late Dr.
John P. Williamson, the friend of the Indian,
but later was located at the present site by
the late Rev. Dr. Alfred L. Riggs, father of
the present principal. As Dr. Riggs said,
very few of Knox County's residents know
of the work done by this instutition. He invited a more familiar acquaintance.
Some of the great Handel choruses, or
parts of choruses, like "The Messiah," were
rendered: "He Shall Feed His Flock," Girls,
Chorus, with a solo by Mrs. Riggs most ex_
quisitely executed; "And the Glory of the
Lord" and the Hallelujah Chorus.
Our people showed their appreciation in an
impromptu contribution. When a mixed audience drops in an occasional dollar or half
dollar it shows that appreciation is practically
manifested. One of our citizens who is not
given to overpraise remarked "those Indian
boys and girls are some singers." Another,
whom the Tribune considers the best musical
critic Niobrara has among our Bohemian population, said to the Tribune: "That was a
real treat—high-class music conducted most
gracefully. If our high schools would get
more of this kind of instruction instead of so
much wasteful sport stuff, and become enthused over it as those Indian boys and girls, I
would think that our money for education
was being better invested." There are many
other compliments from those who appreciate
the genius of the great masters and were surprised at the wonderful interpretation of their
works by Mrs. Riggs and her pupils.
The Tribune is elated over the introduction
of Dr. and Mrs. Riggs to a Niobrara audience,
and it is to be hoped that there may be occasions when this musical talent may come
to us again.—Editor E. A. Fry, in the Niobrara Tribune.
Philip Frazier to Speak
We are vevy glad to know that Mr. Francis
Philip Frazier is to be one of the important
speakers at the next meeting of the Indian
Rights Association, which is to be in Philadelphia January 25th. Mr. Philip Frazier
graduated from Santee in 1910 and then
graduated from Oberlin College and Chicago j
Theological Seminary and is now, together j
with his wife, missionary for the Friends
in Oklahoma. Mr. Frazier is having great
experiences and will surely have a most
worth while message for the Philadelphia
meeting.
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us by an Indian when sending in his subscription to our   Dakota (Sioux) paper.
Mr. Lindquist Leaving Haskell
Mr. G. E. E. Lindquist, who has been Religious Work Director at Haskell Institute
since 1922 is leaving. He will drive overlain I
with his family to Florida to spend the holidays there. During January and February
he will be lecturing in the East.
Since 1912 Mr. Lindquist has been more or
less connected with Haskell having served
part of that time as general secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. here. Later as traveling secretary for Indian schools and then, while working on his book, "The Red Man in the United States," and still later as Religious Work
Director for Haskell, he has kept closely in
touch with Indian progress and problems. He
is widely known, both in this country and a-
broad, as a student of Indian life and a writer of many articles and two on North American Indians. One of these, "Bland Nordam-
erikas Indianer," is written in Swedish and
was completed after Mr. Lindquist's recent
trip to Sweden where he gave a series of lectures in the native tongue.
As a leader in Y. M. C. A. circles in the
State Mr. Lindquist has given valuable services at the various conferences and group
meetings. He has traveled widely, yet has
kept in touch with Haskell and her affairs,
thus giving to the local Y. M. C. A. a broader
outlook than could otherwise have been possible.
Thus far no successor has been named for
the position of Religious Work Director at
Haskell. Mr. Linquist's resignation was
given to the local Y. M. C. A. Board and the
Home Missions Council in New York the 1st
of November, the resignation to take effect
January 1.
Haskell is losing a man of broad experience
and splendid accomplishments. We trust
that his new work will prove most enjoyable.
—Indian Leader.
To Mr.   Linquist.
We of the Dakota Indian Mission beseech
you to continue in the Indian service.
Quanah Parker's Grave
The grave of Chief Quanah Parker at the
Post Oak cemetery is to have a fine stone,
erected by the government. Congress passed
a bill which authorized the purchase of a
suitable tombstone, and placing it at his grave.
His children and his friends will be glad to
see this mark of honor.—Home and School.
Annual Report of Commissioner Burke
The annual report of Charles H. Burke,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, was made
public on December 9, and some of the more
important items follow:
"A wide reorganization of the health, educational, and industrial activities and general
field administration of Indian affairs was the
principal accomplishment of the past fiscal
year.
"In the education of the Indians, the report
points out that nearly all the schools conducted by the Federal Government for the Indians were filled to capacity with approximately 25,000 Indian children in attendance.
In accordance with the bureau's policy favoring attendance of Indian children in State
public schools, there were received in public
schools over 37,000, in addition to those enrolled in mission or private schools. The
total enrolment in all schools for the year
was 71,284.
"The medical service was placed in charge
of a Public Health Service officer and the field
service divided into districts with a Public
Health Service medical officer at the head of
each district. Extensive campaigns were eon -
ducted to combat trachoma and tuberculosis
existing on the reservations during the year,
traveling specialists visiting the various reservations where clinics were held for the
benefit of the Indians.
"Health education was stressed in the Indian schools the children being given courses
of instruction in sanitation and preventive
measure against sickness. Increased hospital
facilities were provided at Shawnee, Okla.)
where a new sanatorium with a capacity of
100 beds was placed in operation while new
hospitals are in the course of construction at
the Klamath Agency in Oregon and on the
Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Hospitals
and sanatoria are being operated by the Indian Bureau.
"During the year 2,592 allotments were
made to individual Indians embracing 1:5,177
acres within various reservations and 71 allotments to Indians on the public domain
comprising 9,783 acres. The report shows
that 205,963 acres of Indian lands were
leased for oil and gas mining purposes, being
an increase of about 40 per cent over the
acreage leased during the prior year. .
"The gross oil production on Indian lands
for the year was 41,907,021 barrels."—The
Indian Leader.	
Important  Decision  in regard to
Indian   Guardian
A decision was rendered November 30th by
the Oklahoma Supreme Court denying the
right of a guardian appointed by the local
court of Okmulgee County to handle the
property of Jackson Barnett, a wealthy restricted Creek Indian. The decision is to the
effect that supreme authority is vested in the
Secretary of the Interior by Congress to act
as guardian for the Government's Indian
wards and that local courts of the State of
Oklahoma are without jurisdiction over them.
The decision is expected to havea far-reaching
effect on present litigation in the Federal
Courts over Jackson Barnett'sproperty instituted b.v Elmer S. Bailey, who brought various suits as official guardian of Barnett ap-
! pointed by the Okmulgee County Court in
Oklahoma.
Through this decision, perhaps, some steps
can be taken by the Government to break
up the viscious system, now existing in Oklahoma, whereby the County Courts appoint
guardians for restricted Indians of the Five
Civilized Tribes, which often results in exploitation "under cover of law."—Indian
Truth.