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Vol. XVI.
THE TOMAHAWK.
Official Organ of the Minnesota
Chippewas.
6US H. BEAUUEU, Founder.
Edited by THE TOMAHAWK PUB. CO,
White Earth Agency, Minnesota.
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Justice and Fair Dealing for
every Indian who desires to
become a good Citizen.
Eniered at the Postoffice at White
Earth, Minn., as mail matter ot theCommittee
econd class.
SUBSCRIPTION: SI.SO PER YEAR IR ADVANCE
Insistent officious meddling,
brutal arrogance and indifference
to the proper rights of Leech Lake
Pillager Chippewa Indians was,
practically, the primary causes
which led to hostilities between
the Government and the members
of the bands mentioned and which
precipitate^ the fatal battle of
Sugar Point, only a few years ago,
occasioning the tragic death of
Major Wilkinson and seven mem
bers of his command. There is a
limit to meek forbearance among
members of the human race, im
material of creed or Color, and
this logical conclusion applies to
the Indian's fortitude and patience
in a' degree commensurate with
other races of people, possibly
more so. The great majority of
the Minnesota Chippewas are law
abiding, tax-paying (double taxa
tion if you please), citizens and the
execrable humiliation and official
intolerance which they are often
subjected to when seeking to se
cure theirs .and their children's
triba! rights at the bawds of the
pedantic minions of the Indian
bureau is, to say /the least, a com
temptible shame and disgrace to a
management who seeks every oc
casion to prate "liberty, humanity
and world democracy Moral:
the worm will turn sometime.
"The Indians, are a long lived
race." Indeed they have to be in
order to get even a small portion
of what properly belongs to them,
especially so when it comes to
matters effecting tribal, trust or
other funds, likewise to the fulfill
ment of treaty stipulationsso
called sacred contracts (I) by the
party of the first part Appropos
of the above quotation it may also
be stated that, generally speaking,
a very large majority of employees
of the Indian bureau are likewise
an astonishingly long, long lived
race, some of them having been in
the employ of the Indian bureau
for the'past forty years or more.
These political protege possess the
keen sense Jof knowing a good
(Indian) thing when they find it
and there are no probable doubts
that some of these political para
sites will out-live the allotted years
of the venerable John Smith,, the
Chippewa oracle of the Ca^s Lake
bands, reputed to be 128 years of
age, providing the matter of salary
is warranted by a big tribal fund
to draw from. And, oh, how
most of these salary evaporators
do "love" the Indians and thein
bigger the tribal or trust fund,
the more lavish their fetid love
demonstration.
Another Nail in the Indian
Bureau's Coffin.
Once again righteous justice has
scored a signal victory over the
insistent opposition and restricted
medieval policy of the Indian
ibureau. The Indian bureau, aided
nd abetted by their servile hench-
man, James I. Coffey, interposed
all kinds of objections against pay
ing the expenses of the Legislative
Committee, General Council, Min
nesota Chippewas, for services
rendered the tribe during the last
session of Congress. And in this
contemptible machination the Inthere.Pioneer
dian bureau was assisted by the
Superintendent of this agency,
who wrote derogatory letters
against the personnelI of the said
and the honest pur
poses of the General Council. The
Auditor of the Treasury after
careful consideration of the
obwere
jections filed by the Indian bureau
decided that the members of the
said Legislative Committee were
the proper representatives of the
Minnesota Chippewas, who had
been qualifiedly elected by the
action of the General Council and
that they were rightfully entitled
to each the several amounts claimed
for services rendered. The boys
received their checks last week.
Ho-ho, ha ha go sit down you!
Minnesota Indian Quiz
Causes Clash.
Representative Carter and Commissioner
Sells Have Word BatAe OR Miller
Resolution.
Washington, D. CCato Sells,
Indian Commissioner, and Repre
sentative Carter of Oklahoma en
gaged in a wordy clash recently
with the hearing on the resolution
by B. Miller of Minnesota to
investigate how Indian matters in
Minnesota are being handled.
Such an investigation by the
House committee, Mr. Sells in
sisted, is merely an attempt by his
enemies to discredit him.
"There is no idea of discrediting
you," Mr. Carter replied, "for
this matter is purely a question
that relates to legislation affecting
the policy of Congress regarding
the Minnesota and other Indians
but I want to say that former
Congressional investigations have
disclosed at least four crooked
officials that your bureau knew
nothing about until we furnished
the evidence."
4 That is not the fact," Mr. Sells
retorted. "Records of these mis
doings were before me before the
committee reported them."
"They were not," Mr. Carter
replied, "and our evidence was
given to you, and then you dis
charged the offenders."
Mr. Sells said tbe proposed reso
lution was too broad because it
provided for an investigation not
only of Minnesota affairs but also
of other reservations.
"We need these other investi
gabions," Mr. Carter said. "For
instance we want to know why
itMinuesota
is that an appropriation of $175,
k)C is recommended foe the pur
chase of additional land near a
Southern reservation and whether
it refers to a specific tract."
Mr. SelU in discussing the pro
posed investigation of conditions
Minnesota insisted he was mak
ing an investigation that it was
fair, open and impartial, and said
both he and Secretary Lane were
opposod to having a Congressional
investigation at this time. He
said he hud detailed his special in
spector. to conduct the investiga
tion.
Mr. Sells said Representative!
Kautson of Minnesota is trying to'
be appointed to tbe ludian affairs
committee and that be was prom
ised to oppose the annual appro
priation of $1,000 for tbe Indian
celebration.
Mr. Miller, who was present.
THE TOMAHAWK
OFFICIAL ORGAN O THE MINNESOTA CHIPPEWAS.
Truth befores Favor."
insisted this celebration ought to
be continued. Mr. Sells plainly
showed he opposes the celebra
tion.
Commissioner Sells may make a
trip to Minnesota to make a sur
vey of the Indian reservations
Press.
.The only effective investigations
in the interests of the White Earth
reservation, looking to righting
agency mismanagement, having
any color of "fair, square and im
partial" favor to the Indians or of
the agrieved person or persons,
those conducted under Con
gressional auspices. The major
portion of all other investigations
heretofore conducted by special
agents, inspectors, supervisors and
other officials of the Indian bureau,
have been of the usual "white
wash" order and with but oneAnd
apparent purpose in view, viz:
tonote
discredit any and all complaints
that may have been made by
thematty
people of the reservation, especial
ly those of the more progressive
classes, against an official or em
ployee -of the agency, however
grave and serious the indiscretion
to protect and conserve, at all
hazard, the interests of the Indian
bureau in the premises. And, woe,
to any official who dared to even
lisp adverse criticism concerning
agency mismanagement, incom
petency or misconduct of oj$cials
or employees, however salacious
the offence disregard of the
"divine right" of the Indian
bureau in this respect being usual
ly followed by a peremptory dis
charge from the service.
There can be but one remedy,
and THERE IS BUT ONE, to
relieve present prevailing depress
ing conditions and which are so
seriously depressing the prime in
terests of the progressive citizens,
four-fifths of whom compose the
Indian population of White Earth
reservation, and their children,
numbering over one thousand, at
tending the public schools, and
who are forced,' under present
pernicious conditions, to pay
double taxation. Tbe remedy in
volves the immediate abolishment
of the costly, alms-house system
of government boarding schools,
morally pernicious and diametrical
ly opposed to the lofty principles
of modern educational methods
likewise estranged from the keener
incentives of a higher civilization
and last but not least, the complete
elimination of the restricted Indian
bureau dominance over the affairs
of the Minnesota Chippewas, more
especially the W hite Earth bands,
once and forever.
Again the Meddler.
We learn that when the "work
or fight" order was issued by the
Public Safety Commis
sion and when the Becker County.
Safety Association had instructed
the Chairman of the White Earth
branch, Mr. Theo. H. Beaulieu,
the proper course to oursue in the
premises, the Superintendent of
the Agency, Mr. John II. Hinton,
proceeded to get very busy by
furnishing a list of the village
liders to the county officials Sand
others. Shortly after the order
went into effect a person repre
senting a big sugar beet industry
of South Dakota appeared *t
White Earth with one of "honest"
John's list of village idlers and
proceeded to interview tbe village
marshail or constable, Mr. Nile*
Beaupre, on the subject. Mr.
Beaupre, in a few terse words, in
formed that gentleman that this
particular matter was vested in
the bands of the civil authorities
that (be Public Safety Commis
White Earth, Becker Cunty, Minnesota, Thursday, July II. 1918. I SOCiF"
sion had their properly appointed
representative here and who was
fully qualified and capable of deal
ing-with the question at issue
furthermore, that he, Beaupre, did
not consider that the Indian bureau
officials had any jurisdiction in the
premises excepting perhaps in the
cases where so called full-bloods
or agency employees were con
cerned. On receiving this declar
ation the beet plantation farmer
thanked Mr. Beaupre for the inthe
formation and staled that he would
at once return th* list furnished
him by Mr. Hinton. "Honest"
John Hinton furnished a similar
list to Mr. Con. Glaum, Sheriff of
Becker Couuty, and which list was
accompanied with gratuitous ad
vice and suggestions concerning
the White Earth village idlers.
THE TOMAHAWK is pleased to
that all of this thrashy evi
dence of previous meddlesome
officiousness found lonely
refuge in the waste basket. (Re-
quiescat in peace).
Fourth-Class Postmaster Ex
amination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination to be held at- Detroit,
Minn., on July 27, 1918, as a re
sult of which it is expected to
make certification to fill a contem
plated vacancy in the position of
fourth-class postmaster at Ogeraa,
Minn., and other vacancies as they
may occur at that office, unless it
shall be decided in the interests- of
the service to fill the vacancy by
reinstatement. Tbe compensation
of the postmaster at this office was
$57 8 for the last fiscal year.
Applicants must have reached
their twenty first birthday on the
date of the examination, with the
exception that in a State where
women are declared by statute to
be of full age for all purposes at
eighteen years, women eighteen
years of age on the date of the
examination will be admitted.
Applicants must reside within
territory supplied by the post
office for which the examination is
announced.
The examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
can comply with the requirements.
Application blanks, Form 1753,
and full information concerning
the requirements of the examin
ation can be secured from the post
master at the place of vacancy or
from the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission, Washington, D.
C.
Applications should be properly
executed and filed with the Com
mission at Washington, D. O, at
the earliest practicable date.
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