under bureau control, accord
ing to both “benevolents” and
bureau officials, cannot be ef
fective until the bureau has
$25,000,000 to expend—though
in 1887 the bureau only had
$800,000—and as yet there is no
other relief suggested for the
Indians but the age-old and un
American bureau control of both
his person and property.
This is done in the face of
tacts that (1) the American In
dian is now a citizen; (2) that
no other race in this country
needs such “special attention”;
(3) that facilities in every State
now exist for the education,
health, and policing of its citi
zens; (4) that the greatest eclu
—=i-'
cation any race can get in this
country is the free unrestricted
association with his fellow citi
zens; (5) that bureau control of
the Indian is exercise of auth
ority over the person of a hu
man being more drastic than is
to be found in the confines of
any other civilized country; (6)
that particularly since 1887 re
peated investigations of bureau
control have been most severe
ly condemnatory of its guardian
ship, the latest being the 1928
report of the Institute of Gov
ernment Research.
Can it be possible that the
American Indian is held in cap
tivity by a bureau because that
bureau is more interested in the
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MERCHANT TAILOR
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$1,500,000,000 Indian estate
which it also holds in “captivity”
(not subject to any court re
view) than it is interested in the
American Indian as a human
being? By all standards of this
country and by all standards
of present civilization the Amer
ican Indian is certainly entitled
to claim, with the renowned
Phillips Brooks, “I claim my own
human and divine right to my
own life.”
CITIZENSHIP PLAN
Wo consider it a settled ques
tion that since Congress has de
clared the American Indian a
citizen of this country lie is en
titled to all the rights, benfits,
and duties of any other citizen.
Certainly he should now “be re
cognized as an American citi
zen; treated as such; educated
as such.”
Fortunately if handled ac
cording to established funda
mental laws, many of these In
dian citizens have vast proper
ty interests of which they are
the beneficiaries. This property
consists of both real and chattel,
and though this has been held
for years and is now held by
a Government , there are fun
damental laws in this country
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