The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 September 1966 — Page 5
Plight Of Indians Critical While the Civil Rights struggle square mile Cheyenne River Dupree. Its terminal setting Is
Electricity and water are available to the homes, but low income makes it impossible for many families to enjoy them. Outside toilets, except at the general store, are the rule in the
village.
has swirled about the Negro, a Reservation on which Cherry almost symbolic of the status • ^he Indians bathe at the DePauw University professor Creek is located. of its inhabitants. No bridge community’s artesian well, thinks one minority group of He said industry, attuned to crosses the Cheyenne River Thomas and his student colcompletely overlooked — Am- development of native Indian there, simplifying the process of leagues from Brown, Grinnell Americans has been ahnost skills, the Office of Economic erous Indian cars to points an( j Washington U. of St. Louis completely overlooked—the Am- Opportunity, and private groups southeast and west. did their laundry there. Adults erican Indian. are beginnig to do something ^ ^ few whlteg in the wear bathing suits or equivalSociologist and one-time In- about the Indians plight, es P ec - comrnunitv are ^ storekeeper. ents when washin &- Youngsters dian parole board member, Dr. ially the OEO and private ’ " ’ ‘ ’
Paul A. Thomas made the ob- groups who are complementing servation in an interview today, a re-awakened Bureau of In-
his wife and daughter. Their ; often bathed Ilude - commands "main” street Fortunately funds are being through which traffic ebbs and expended for a heated wash flows out of an aimless pattern house with two showers, one for
of gumbo side streets or paths.
both sexes at this site.
He had just returned from dian Affairs,
seven weeks in South Dakota, At Cherry Creek the Indians serving a Sioux settlement in already are involved in the Com-
the remote village of Cherry munity Action Program, Most of the Indian homes are Other Cherry Creek real esCreek on the Cheyenne River. VISTA, Head Start and the log cabins—ages unknown—and tate is a community building "After what I have seen this j Neighborhood Youth Corps—all a smattering of newer “rehab” that is a dilapidated barn where summer, I feel the Indian is cer- OEO efforts aimed first at self- i houses. In the summer the resi- movies are shown and dances, tainly as needy of attention as. help and eventually at inde- dents attach tents to their. held, a little clinic slated to be an- other minority group in the pendence. homes, expanding them when replaced by something larger, a XL 1 States.” Thomas said. But progress is coming slow- warm weather comes to South rodeo grounds, and a public Including the Negro ? “In- ly. Dakota. Families have to live school for grades 1-5 taught by cludmg the Negro,” he respond- Only two young boys out of hi their crimped cabins during; the very capable Airs. Little
Catholic, Episcopal, Congrega- r tional, and Mormon. Young Indians beyond the fifth grade are transported to ■ the agency town at Eagle | Butte to attend boarding school. They come home on weekends. Some attend private schools operated elsewhere by various religious groups. The agency town is a sort of administrative capital for the reservation i where the Bureau carries on its
work.
At Cherry Creek Thomas and i the collegians assisted Mrs. Little Dog with a voluntary sum- ; mer program for children in grades one-three, in addition to the YMCA program of reading classes, tutoring, hikes, crafts and games. They found “Indian Time” occasionally played havoc with the baseball sche-1 dule arranged for the men’s
and women’s teams, who were, supplied with surplus DePauw
equipment. Thomas, who has spent sum- 1 historical recollection that these mers on his own working with people, many of them still minority groups in Tennessee speaking their Lakota languand school vacations with De- a ge» have been shoved from Pauw students in voter regis- pill ar to post ever since the tration work in Virginia, has White man appropriated their admiration for the Indians he ^ ands through one device or an-
worked with. Raymond Brown | other.
Thunder and Tex One Skunk ! Assigned to reservations, they (“Mr. One”) are as unforget-; bave been a ^ owed table for their friendliness and sub-standard housing, economic energy as they are for their deprivation, inadequate formal typical names. education, and a diminishing be-
dief in their own self-worth . . .
He is impressed with the new’ a sort of conveniently forgotprograms started by the OEO ten man. But change is evident, under the Economic Opportun- and & better life may be ahead,
ity Act of 1964, and he believes the vestiges of paternalism, a
legacy of an entrenched Bureau j Protect floor coverings as of Indian Affairs, may be dis- much as possible from direct appearing. sunlight, using shades or awn-
What strikes Thomas is the ings.
Th* Daily Banner, Graancastla, Indiana
Thursday, Saptambar 1, 1966
Converted Sinner BARTLESVILLE, Okla. UP] —Someone who described himself as a converted sinner settled an old debt today. "You will find |2 enclosed," said a letter addresed to the librarian at Carnegie Library it Bartlesville and mailed from Fayetteville, Ark. “It is to pay for a book I took with me whet we moved away 38 years ago I didn’t purposely steal it — just failed to return it when we left. I’m getting ready to go to heaven, and don’t want anything on my conscience.” The letter was signed: "Sincerely, a converted sinner.”
Fifty percent unemployment, log cabin homes and a public bath in tepid artesian wells are among the scenes Thomas encountered while working with
10 who started in the neighbor- the cold winters,
hood Youth Corps program at; Cherry Creek finished it. But both were elated with their persistence. The eight who didn’t, Thomas feels, are symptomatic
Dog. There are four churches:
three college students in the of a needed change in attitude if YMCA projects about 60 miles help programs are to succeed, northwest of Pierre. They were I “This Indian Time’,” Thomas there because the Indians, in a recounted, shaking his head, "it’s community vote, had invited the damest thing.” Indian Time
them. Thomas said the paternalistic activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs “are often demeaning.” He said they have eroded the Indian’s self-dependence and led to play a role popularly characterized by indolence, al coholism, and illiteracy. "The whole system through the years has been this way— holding the land and the people in trust, so to speak. We treat them as minors. If this is the way one is defined, then this is the way one comes to look at oneself—you play the role of the subordinate: this is the way you live, always leaning on some crutch.” Most of the 300 Indians in the village want decent housing and decent jobs, Thomas said, "The very same things Negroes want.” To fill the gap, Thomas said jobs may have to be taken to reservations like the 4..381
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been well Informed of the facts. In many cases he had added his water and sewer bills together and compared thts figure with cost of water service in
another city where he has had dead end of a secondary type
is an annoying habit Indians have of not heeding appointments or commitments. Slaves to a clock? Not the Indians. “Learning to be punctual, working a whole week—this is a whole attitudinal cnange that is needed,” Thomas said. “And I don’t know if it will be accomplished if they stay on the reser-
vation.”
Though “reservation” seems to imply some restriction, the Indians are free to come and go as they please. It would appear their civil rights are virtually unchallenged. They are American citizens, they can vote,, run for office, and in some cases they own their own land or farm tribal lands. But theirs is a ranching and farming economy on the reservation now,, and the lack of social
power has been notable.
Only tribal and federal laws to them on the reservation, but in Dupree, the nearest typical American town 35 miles away, they are subject to South Dakota laws and to the laws of Dupree. Alcohol, which they can buy in Dupree, is their main source of trouble. It accounts
for most civil offenses.
The settlement of Cherry Creek itself is situated at the
service several year ago. The Department of Water Works Is maintaining consumer service on rates approved by the Public Service Commission 1958. These rates were approved from operational cost figures before the year 1958. The water industry in general is plagued by polluted water, rusty water, inadequate supplies and other factors caused by a sophisticated society. The United States Natural Resources Commission, a Department of the Federal Government, is well aware that water rates may have to be raised to comparable levels of other utilities to be able to maintain adequate service to the citizens of our local communities. As you know, I have made a recommendation to the Board that we improve upon our supply, water treatment plant, and other facilities related to improved service. I believe that this can be done at no rate increase. providing our bond retirement schedule is revised. A professional survey is now in progress to determine these
factors.
Summary: Our financial records indicate that it is impractial to lower rates in the city at this time. It is my opinion that a rate decrease would cause the water consumer to suffer immeasurably the effects of an inadequate supply, decreased quality standards, and poor service. Thus, such action would be a great disservice to our citizens.
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