Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1914 — FLAGS TO INDIAN TRIBES [ARTICLE]

FLAGS TO INDIAN TRIBES

Rodman Wanamaker Expedition Returning From Trip Over the United Btates.

Buffalo, N. Y. —American flags, "dedicated to Justice, Mercy and Fair Play to the North American Indian,” have been presented to 189 Indian tribes in all partß of the country by the Rodman W&namaker expedition, which has arrived here on the last leg of its tour of the United States. The expedition Is part of a tribute begun last February, when the then President Taft broke ground for a national Indian memorial at the entrance of New York harbor. It has covered nearly 20,000 miles in the past six months, traveling over 3,000 miles In stage coaches over mountains and through deserts. The tour will be complete after a visit to the Six-Rations of New York state, after which the members will proceed to Washington to report to President Wilson and to the department of the interior its findings and its recommendations for thd uplift of the.lndian race.