A CITIZEN BY BIRTH, A
CAPTIVE BY LAW
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What shall we think of this:
That of the 250,000 Indians who
have been under the absolute
control of the Indian Bureau for
fifty years, the majority of these
today cannot read, write, or
speak the English language? Yet
fifteen years ago, the then as
sistant commissioner of Indian
Affairs publicly declared that
the Indian Bureau school sys
tem “was one of the most effi
cient school systems to be found
anywhere in the United States
or in the civilized world”? So
far, we are unable to understand
the facts, we are inclined to ac
cept as true the following from
“The American Indian: Captive
or Citizen.”
Our bureau of Indian Affairs,
fo inded as if is, upon its separ
ateness from our form of gov
ernment, and its arbitrary re
straint, or control of all the
civil liberties of the Indian, in
cluding his personal liberty
never has, and never will “edu
cate,” or make the Indian “self
sustaining,” but will continue to
make him more dependent, more
servhe—less a man and more a
serf. No bureau with its separ
ate autocratic government,
“makes citizens,” nor “merges
them into our national life,” of
any other race composing- citi
zenship, with the single excep
tion of our native American.—
Our Dumb Animals.
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By J. It. JUSTICE
In Seattle Star
Both the Alaska Legislature
and the Illinois Legislature
would lend aid and comfort to
the bootlegger. Bills were pass
ed by each law making body to
abolish state enforcement of the
Volstead Law. In Illinois the
governor vetoed the bill. The
Alaskan effort at annulment
must have the approval of Con
gress. In each case, therefore,
tne bootlegger gets sympathy
but no aid.
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25. C. SALMON SUPPLY
i?E MAINTAINED
The salmon supply of IN Nish
Columbia will be maintained
for all time, it was stated in
Vancouver recently by Mri. j.
A. Motherwer supervisor o<
fisheries. Despite the 1930 re
cord pack of 2 °21,783 cases, ex
ceeding' the 1926 record by 156,
585 cases, Motherwell said the
^pawning grounds arc 1 p--~
vided. Only 5° of the licensed
85 canneries, took care of the
record pack.
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The supervisor of fisheries:
for British Columbia reports
that in 1930 traps and purse
seines of Puget Sound captured
73 per cent of the soskeye salm
( n headed for the Fraser River
spawning ground. Out of a
total of 450,944 cases taken from
the run, Washington canners
j teked 352,915 while British
Columbia canners packed 98,750.
Although the pack was the best
m recent years, it fell far short
of the groat lun of 1913, when
the output was 2,400.000 cases.
The record gives sound reason
for restoring the important
fishery to its former import
ance.. The rehabilitation can
r*e brought about only by co
ur oration with Canada.—Seattle
unes.
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\ Meets 7 P. M. Tuesday
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Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets 8 P. M. Monday
Ed Marshall D. Marshall
President Secretary
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