1969_11 The Daily Collegian November 1969

              History
r these social
Th* American Indians are the
roost deprived, ui
erty stricken r
State*. And the s
this stateme
healthy out'
111* tn the »
ployment rates sometimes reach
a* high aa 75 per cent on some
reservation*, with tha median
family Income under $1, 500,
coupled with sub-standard housing that Is 90 per cent below
acceptable standards, and th* average age of death at 42 years
compared to an average of 62 for
the general population.
The heal th problems are equally as bad, with gastroenteric
deaths five Umes the national rate
tuberculosis death rates are five
times higher among Indians and
seven Umes higher among Alaska
natives; the infant death rate Is
almost double that of the general
population; injuenza and pneumonia are twice as Mgh arneng
Indians and three Umes as high
among Alaska natives. There are
also some diseases that are almost unheard of In the general
society, but they are still prevalent among Indians, such as
'Trachoma,* an eye disease that
stlU strikes many Indians and
causes bUndness If lt Isn't caught
In tlme.(I)
These grim facts are deeply
disturbing and properly so, but
what can be done to break the cycle of poverty. 111 health and lack
of education? This Is a question
that only the Federal Government
can answer, and It's about time,
because contrary, to public opinion Induced by authors such as
Zane Grey in his 'Vanishing
American.' the Indians are growing In population (OC per cent
from 1950 to I960). Of course this
growth In population is Ihe only
department that the Indians are
leading, because they are at the
bottom of the totem pole in'all
other departments."
Indians are disabled by the lowest Incomes, largest families,
lowest occupational status, Mgh-
est unemployment rates, and the
least adequate educational training. And lo top off this pathetic
array of social ills, thedlscrlm-
Indian communities aj
lively t
AS 'forgotten Americans* who
have been most effectively debarred from benefits of justice and
democracy In their country, Indl-
lans also are the victims of military conquest (which ended barely 50 years ago) and systematic
and repressive colonlallzatlon
(which continues to the present).
The American Indians are still
dependent upon the Bureau of
Indian Affairs on reservations
and in Indian communities for
matter* large and small, plus the
broad authority of the Secretary
of Interior Is still tbe supreme.
The Great    WMte    Father In
This harsh profile of poverty
and deprivation 1* hard to believe
In present day America, wltb all
th* anti-poverty program* we
hav* to eliminate poverty, and
•specially so in our 'Great Society'   as Preaident Johnson has
(1) Howard A. Rush, *A Profile
of Poverty,' San Frandaco Ex-
amlnor and Chronicle (Dec. U,
1M«).
(2) Statement of Senator Robert
F. Kennedy as quoted in 'American Indian Proposal for a Pre-
Vocatlonal Training Project.
Oakland, Oakland Am*rieanlndl-
an Assocaltlon, (19G8),   p.4.
An Indian Lullabye
By Let
d Smith
village called Fresno (a small
segment of a vast utopla called
the United States of the Americans)'a white man in a black suit
and very tide shoes walked into
the  cultural  hub of the village.
Greyhound Bus Ternunal.asym-
bolic reminder t>f -«leek Inter-
vlllage uMty. He found an empty
seat near a red man with very
untidy feet. The wMte man spoke,
•I chose to sit next to you because
you.are a free running antelope.
History books hav* taught me
tMs; you are a part of the wild
animals who provided consistent
danger to the civilizing processes
of the Invading white hawk*. But
why ara you aUU an antelope?
Surely the law* passed by the
rulers of the white hawk crusades
had but one goal: to make you as
human as themselves. They even
kidnapped your offspring at a tender age to save them from your
wild animal Influence and transported them to government
boarding schools to make the
transition more expltidious.
They knew from divine providence that your culture waa a
primitive savage experience and
lt was their burden to save the
young and eventually exterminate
the heritage that was the root
cause of the savagery. They attempted to force-feed you on a
diet of christian ethics and only
asked In return that you periodically don feathers and beads and
perform for them. For your land
they generously offered the opportunity to become a full-fledged
swimmer in the mainstream of
white hawk life. A more than fair
exchange. . . . The wMte Hawk
being superior philosophers and
very progressive Individuals,
soon realized that history was
always plotting against them. In
order to redefine .the past and
control the future, they decided
that all inhabitants of IMa land
would have to be molded into very
similar pattern*. Having fled religious persecution, theylmroed-
lately set out to Initiate a new
system, and, although It resemble* very much the came persecution that they fled from, lt is
much more fatherly and benevolent. Unless you Indiana get off
your asses, there ts no place for
you m your l»nd. After all, equality Is sameness, and you have not
yet become the same. Don't you
understand that the salvation of
your people Ues in the valley of
Middle Class? Let us help you
find the path to the real man. He
Is wMte, protestant, healthy, am-
bilious, earn
est. a man whom the
lord  smiles
upon by increasing
Ms labor. If you can't
quite reach I
jiir Image but have
really   tried
i   our  leaders  will
compensate )
ou with welfare and
this shall be
fairly distributed In
proportion tc
■ your resemblance
•We have a system of government unmatched In the civilized
world. A two party system. The
Elephantlans and the Jackals. The
Elephantlans are the personification of our puritan virtues. It Is
our religion of progress and respectability. A cherished sect of
patriots who run on apple pie and
peanut butter. Horatio Alger* wbo
Cjn Instatntly step Into a phone
booth at the first Mnt of dissent
and emerge In red, white and blue
underwear and crush th* wild-
eyed rebel*. The Elephantlans
are ultra-dedicated. Evidence
their ability to lose election*
rather than depart from their
doctrine*.
•The Jackals on the other hand
are the special interest party.
Creators of farm subsidies, oil
depletion allowancea, tariffs and
large Ineffectual developmental-,
large,    ineffectual   development
project*. One of t	
compllshroents of the Jackal* 1
their creation of a class of people
called 'poor, "wMch they immediately Institutionalized. This
made escape from this compart-
' merit almost Impossible, Andre-
member the leaders of both these
parlies are well-versed lnlndian
affairs as evidenced by their
wllUngness tohlrelndiangardeners and their superb collections
of Hopi KacMna dolls. a
•With all of these virtues In our
system, we offer you an open Invitation to Join us to become us.
Why are you sUU dilly-dallying''
Remember wMte la might, and
might Is right: .   .
■To show that our government
is looking out tor unfortunates
and socially deprived, I, myself,
hav* been appointed as a special
agent of Indian affairs and am
presently on my way to straighten out the affaire of anearby reservation. As you see by my knowledge of Indian ways, no one more
quauned could have been appointed. I'm certain that somewhere
in my past one of my intrepid
pioneer fore fathers roust have
been linked with a young Cherokee
princess, and therefore, I am
part antelope myself."
Thereby turMng to Ma red
brother for response, he noticed
Running Antelope was In a dead
sleep.
EDITORIAL    •
past two weeks there has been considerable talk about and
c». .o the recent developments on campus. I'm sure you are also
're that  ,ne  administration  has  refused to act on this crucial
protest ic
Land Grab And Dispersal Foreter
Plana by the state and federal
ly 0f you have the impression that this is just 'another minority
m*. wen, I've got news for you; this is not a racial problem
3 problem of the minority student themselves, but a problem
"sicvant to every student at F3.C. This is one time you can't hide
hPhind 'hat old familiar excuse, It doesn't pertain tome, so why
houid I 9* Involved?' There Is no escaping the fact that those men
1„0 were unethically and unjuslillably dismissed from their admln-
"trative posts, were not dismissed in accordance with 'what the
lencrai public and alumni want.' I cannot Standby In idleness as two
en who for so long acted on what was always beneficial to the
"amiius are casually "shoved* aside. We must continue to express
Cur opinions and show the administration that we do riot agree with
Ts 'administrative changes*, but most Important of all, I agree with
those who have already stressed this point, we must not let this
uroWcm die down.
I know many ol you have been disturbed by the Chicano edition
0t the Daily Collegian, but It Is our tool ol information, our only
means of telling how lt is! Read our literature, our poems, our
opinions and even look at the pictures, because through these channels we are telling It like 11 Is, nothing more, nothing less.
-Guadalupe Oe Le Cruz
Ortega Will Seek To Unseat Bums
rles of dams In the
valleys of Northern California
ara threatening to flood many
of the area's Indian* out of their
home* and drive them from what
little land ha* not already been
(tolen from them try the white
the reduction of tribal land
In Round Valley from over 102,
000 acre* in th* 1*70'* to 12,
000  acres  today,
Round VaU*y between 18W-1876,
■peaking different language* and
sometimes Mstoric enemies. The
The first of these projects, for
which preparations have already
begun, win be located at Do*
Rio* In Mendocino County and
If completed will totally Inundate
the Round Valley Indian Reservation, forcing evacuation of the
troL  rttr*wv*r,  It «
y 17 p
Eel River Ues above th* pro-'
posed alt* and that th* main
source of the flood water* would
thus he unaffected, proponents
of the project then decided that
Its  major purpose la to create
TMs. however, Is but the latest     a  recreation area and to pro-
In a series of Injustice* wMch     vide water for Southern Callf-
these people have had to suffer,   ■ ornla.
dating back  to the 1850'e when
the United States Army rounded
up 2,000 Indians from through
ly years have adjusted to a new
Indian community. Round Valley
is th* only horn* th*y haralmown
and the last tiny piece of California left to the peopl* who
one* enjoyed plentiful lands. Its
herded them  Into the valley li
Mexican-American PoUt-
ical Association, said yesterday
he will be a Democratic candidate next year for the State Senate  seat held now by Hugh M.
And Assemblyman George N.
zenovlch has come as close as
he has yet to a statement that
seek re-election to Ms
post, rather than try to
ter to the Senate In next
speclors arid settlers during the
famous California Cold Rush.
In 1858 part of the valley
was made Into an Indian Reservation by President Buchanan,
but this did not prevent white
squatters from settling there Illegally. Congress then authorized the allocation of funds with
which to buy out these trespassers, and the settlers gladly accepted the money but still re-
' They took advantage of a Cal-
IfornU law permitting wMtes to
Indenture Indians, and as a result many Native Americans lost
their Uves. In 1861 the settlers
conjured up the "Mendocino In-
Burns does run-Orteia
'Bums isn't a Democrat. He
has s tangled more social legislation In the Senate than Adolf Hitler. I think he's a racist. He has
Ortega, for the past three "done nothing for farm labor and
the lobbyist In Sacramento represents only the agricultural
special interests."
Unruh Support?
Ortega said he thinks Assembly
Minority Leader Jess Unruh, who
hopes to be the Democratic gubernatorial nominee next year,
may support Mm In a Wd against
. He noted Unruh has pledged
himself to support minority candidates for legislative of aces and
quoted Unruh as saying, *I il support anybody against Burns.* An
Unruh aide, however, said Unruh demned as notMng
gave Ortega no specific pledge of     excuse to
The 39-year-old Ortega said
Wallace D. Henderson, also an
announced candidate for Burns'
job -wiU not support the grape
boycott. 'He says he is neutral,*
said Ortega.
Ortega, of course, Is a soUd
supporter ot the boycott and could
be expected to make It a principal Issue in a campaign. .
Yesterday, In a brief speech
to the Democrat's 'Project '70
Conference* In the Convention
Center, Ortega called upon members of Ms party to 'stop supporting psuedo. Democrats who
prostituted our party.- —
Zenovlch, the chairman of th*
Assembly Democratic Caucus,
said he still Is thinking about the
possibility of running for the Sen-
ate If Burns decides to rotlre,
but he said he faces a'dilemma*
because of his leadersMp position In the lower house.
•I would prefer, frankly, for
the next two years to stay In the
Assembly," said Zenovlch. 'I
want the party to hold on toThe
seats they have and try to pick
up a couple of more next year.*
He said he would stay out of
any primary election fight Involving Burns and Ortega. He has
said frequently that he would not
run for the Senate nomination
against Burns.
In announcing Ms decision to
run   against   Burns—if,  indeed,
Hall
oween
government recognized and con-
but nothing was done to stop It. Incidents Uke the ambush of a group
of Indians and murder of 22 of
August 1862 became a common
occurrence.   •
In  1870  President Grant declared the entire valley and surrounding Mils  to be the Round
Valley Indian  Reservation,   and
the government  made a couple
of half-hearted attempts to remove the-settlers by lorce, but
notMng ever came of tMs. Then,
In 1873 Congress officially opened   up the southern  two-thirds
of the valley to settlement.
In   1887  the Dawes Act  was
no doubt he was referring*   passed, permitting allocation of
Burns. reservation   land   to   Individual
Indian famlUes and 'surplus*
land to white settlement. This
constant encroachment, on the
Indians'  territory  has  resulted
to Norman
Whipple, president of the Round
Valley Indian Tribal Council who
gave' an informal interview to
reporters, the channeling of
water from the lake in sufficiently large quantities to make lt
worthwhile from the point of
view of the people In Southern
CaUfornla would probably create
vast mud flats around the entire
shore line wMch would be very
ugly and make the area rather
unatt ractive as a recreation area.
Moreover, the area is one of the
best- places In the country for
deer and bear hunting and fishing for steelhead and salmon.
The Eel Is one of the few untamed rivers going through'
wilderness and seml-wUderness
area* left In the country, and
with the dam aU this would be
lost to sportsmen.
The government—concerned as
ever about the welfare of the Indians who will be dlsplaced-
has offered In Its Infinite magnanimity to relocate the town of
Covelo and give the Tribal Council two acres of mountain land
for each acre of valley land lost.
However, as Mr. Whipple was
quick to point out, most of tMs
land had already been available
to the Indiana, but they chose
to "settle in the valley because
the mountain land could not provide them with a livelihood.
The situation Is perhaps best
summed up by the Tribal Council's own position paper which
' says, The U.S.Army brought
20 tribal groups to
Upcoming
Anthology
Estlmados carnal**:
Thl* totter 1* to Inform yo*ithat
1 am collecting materials for an
anthology ot CMcano Utsratur*
to be pubUahed early In 1970 by
Harper and Row. Royalties will
be paid on everything pubUshed.
As co-editor, I am hoping to
put together an anthology with social, poUtlcal and spiritual content. AU types and forms of literature will be conalderedt
poems, short play*, e««ay(, short
stories, speeches, cartoons, etc.
The stress 1* on corazon, on
truth, on Chlcanos writing for
chlcanos. Materials are accepted in Spanish, English, Nahuatl,
or Calo.
Fresno, California 93720
Everything submitted will be considered In tbe true spirit of Car-
nausmo.
Hasta la Victoria,
Luis Valdez
Director
El Teatro Campeslno
Is For
Children Everywhere
o an eight-year-old child, Ms
it Important events occur dur-
the most exclUng days of Ms
One such exciting day came
true on the evening of October 31
when the -real* Halloween atmosphere waa seen by hundred*
of cMldren on thsj westslde of
Fresno. The ghostly action took
place at St. Alphonsus' Catholic
Church where th* 'AdeUtas" or-
sored what might b* considered
the 'frlghtfultost* Halloween
party ever held.
The children, although some
what stunned by all the happenings, managed to secure enough
candy and treats to extremely
fulfill their needs, wMle at the
same Ume playing games gun by
the wierdest-Iooklng characters
The overall Halloween picture
wa*  a tremendous success. AU
the thank* go to th* powerful
•AdeUta' group who mad* on*
extra effort to the not-*o-lueky
children of the westslde; a contribution to humanity.   .
To be a child come* only one*
In a lifetime; and to content Ms
feelings n>*an* th* world. On
October 31*tth*yw*ra contented.
MISCINC
ArieftclMne ' M"" Ul*"
Sandals
Purs**
Belt*
Hats
Walchb*.'.Js
Jew
Pottery
Batik
Gadets
Win*
Candles
•iry
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