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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1970)
Red men organize to fight money dearth by STEVE STRASSER Nebraskan Staff Writer The red light filtering through shaded windows in the old house at 18th and P does not advertise a Go Big Red fan club Headquarters. It advertises the recent emergence in Lincoln of a peo ple who have been part of this state since the Omaha Indians first crossed the Missouri into Ni-bltha-ska ("land of flat waters").. The light advertises red-man country. NU Indian students have set up their cultural center there and started a New Indian Liberation Move . ment Charley Archambault, a Standing Rock Sioux, is presi dent of the organization. He said a University is a good place to start a movement, because "the first step in liberation is learning. First we learn, then we act." The road to the University of Nebraska or any school of higher learning is far from smooth for most Indian students. The ones who have made it to NU are fighting to stay. They not only tangle with the culture of an established white university, they face desperate financial problems as well 'Tm as sincere about getting my education as anyone here," CCaDMcB Itoynl Grove-Howard Shaw Representative 1 89-3643 PAGE 2 said student Calvin Iron Shell, "but how can I get money? "What position am I in? Am I a beggar, or a man trying to get something on my own?" He was questioning Harry Eagle Bull,-of the scholarship office at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) area office in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The BIA adminislrator was rapping with Indian students at the cultural center recently. Eagle Bull answered, "funds aren't always as plentiful as I thought they were when I was a student in the grant program." He explained that nationally the number of Indian students requesting grants for college rose from 57S to 720 In the last year. It should top 800 next year. "We're not able to keep us with the demand," he said. Eagle Bull noted that some universities match grants with " the BIA in order to keep Indian students in school. Alice Neundorf, counselor In NU's student Affairs office, said this University was able to match grants for most of the Indians enrolled now, but only on a semester-to-semester basis. She mentioned that one girl has had to drop out already, and that the financial axe is constantly poised over Indian students' heads. MaDmaDno2iiD.g Although Eagle Bull was op timistic about the future of NU Indian students when he heard about the PACE proposal, Neundorf was not "PACE isnt getting the Home Ec Day stresses career variety Home Economics Careers Day, scheduled for Thursday, is meant to interest people in Home Economics and show them possible careers in the field, according to Jane Musselman of the Home Economics Advisory Board. The program includes a main speaker followed by a series of discussion groups. A speaker on the Peace Corps will kick off the program at 1 p.m., she said. After this speech, participants will attend three other sessions. Each of these Council sponsors teaching panel The Teaching Council is spon soring a panel exploration of "Non-Directive Teaching" Thursday evening. The pro gram is the second in a series dealing with new instructional developments on the Nebraska campus. The discussion is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in 102 Andrews Hall . THE NEBRASKAN MngiM signatures," she said. "I have very little faith in its passing. The apathy on this campus towards helping other people is really sad." will deal with a different field of Home Economics. Speakers are scheduled to represent areas from fashion design to family counseling to Home Economics education. "One of the things that is usually the most surprising to people who aren't familiar with the possible careers in Home Ec is that there is such a diversity of available jobs," Musselman said. She added that the majority of Home Ec jobs don't fall into areas of cooking and sewing. Most of them deal with services, such as work with the Peace Corps, or with ADC mothers and families on nutri tion programs or in education. The program is open to anyone, she said. "It could be of value to anyone, whether they had considered Home Economics as a career possibility before or not." English classes advice available Free advice is available to anyone planning to take an English course next semester. Information and advice about the content of courses, and available options will be of fered. Students from other col leges, as well as English ma jors, can take advantage of the service. The group is advising In terested students at their office in 142 Andrews. Geography prof, gives lecture Professor Wilbur Zelinsky, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, will give a lecture entitled "Thy Hypothesis of the Mobili ty Transition" in 206 Burnett Hall, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday. Someone took $70,000 of your money . . . do you care? The Federal Educational Opportunity Grant pro gram for the University of Nebraska was cut from $370,000 to $300,00 this year. The Univer sity had requested over one million dollars In grants. University students can help make up thb de ficiency through PACE, a program of voluntary contributions. For students, by students. SHOW YOUR COMMITMENT. BACK PACE SIGN THE PACE PETITION. THURSDAY, The Indians feel the logic behind STOP ACE may be im peccable, but Nebraska's native Americans are not going to be able to finish school on logic. Diabetes test strips available This week is National Diabetes Detection Week and the Student Health Center is distributing testing strips to students and faeulty ki an ef fort to make early Identifica tion of diabetes cases. The testing strips are being distributed in living units by health aides. In an attempt to reach off campus students a booth has been set up in the Union, ac cording to Celeste Knipmeyer and Mary Martin, Public Health Nurses at Student Health. The Booth, manned by volunteers from Kappa Psi and Kappa Upsilon, pharmaceutical honoraries. Is open from 9:30 a.m. to S pja. Wednesday and Thursday and from 9:30 a.m. to noon Friday. "We hope everyone will participate in this test," said Martin, "since diabetes can be controlled much better if it is detected early." Out of 30 to 40 positive reac tions to the test each year, 2 or 3 actual cases of diabetes have been found, said Knipmeyer. Woman attorney talks on abortion Harriet Fteischl Pilpel, a New York Attorney will speak on "Abortion Repeal" Thurs day at 2:30 p.m. in the Union Small Auditorium. The pro gram is sponsored by the Stu dent Y. NOVEMBER 19, 1970