Harris BIA
is attempting
to eliminate
tribal groups
Nebraska and South Dakota
have the two worst reputations
for treatment of Indians,
according to LaDonna Harris,
speaker at the Thursday
afternoon session of Indian
Awareness Week.
Harris, a Comanche Indian
and founder of Opportunities
for Indians in Oklahoma,
explained that better relations
with Indians come from an
understanding of their
background and culture.
Part of the problem is that
people don't see Indians as a
group of more than 300 tribes,
each with spearate cultures, she
said. It's like referring to
people as Europeans and not
recognizing that they are
Swedes, Germans and Italians,
she added.
In the last two years there
has been a radical change in the
organization of the Indian
minority, she said.
"We have been able to work
together for such things as
tribal sovereignty and rights
guaranteed in treaties while
keeping tribal identifications,"
Harris said.
One problem the Indian has
had to contend with has been
the systematic termination of
tribes by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), she said. This
was accomplished through
relocation, sending people to
large cities and finding them
homes and jobs, she said.
In the Thursday morning
session, Hyemoyohsts Storm, a
North Cheyenne Indian from
Billings, Mont, and author of
Seven Arrows, said life on an
'Indian reservation may be
easier than living away from
one.
Storm said on a reservation
an Indian "doesn't have to
compete with every Tom, Dick
and Harry to be what he is.
You can be yourself."
Although reservations have
not been good in the past and
are not good now, Storm
learned much on the
reservation and he has come to
realize how deliberate his
lessons were, he said.
Laying out a symbolic
Prayer Robe, Storm explained
that life is composed of many
trails. When a person walks on
a trail, he sees things through '
his own experiences, he said.
v
Morm compared going
through life with chasing a
killdeer. When approached, the
killdeer will fly from its nest
and act wounded to lead the
hunter away, he said. Life
should be built by going on
different trails trying to catch
the bird, he said. It is not even
important to catch the bird, he
explained; the importance lies
in the experience of walking
the trails.
Storm said that when one
goes into a new area it is
always easier to walk the path
of another. Children do this
naturally, he said. However, at
some point one must find his
own path to follow. Otherwise
he is just playing children's
games, he said.
Other events scheduled
during Indian Awareness Week:
Friday
10 a.m. -A. Babby, area director
of the BIA Nebraska Union.
11 a.m. -John Arbuckle,
ex-director of Indians of Nebraska,
Union.
1:30 p.m. -Joe Locust,
American Indian Movement (AIM)
official from Denver, Union.
2:30 p.m. -Panel of Friday's
speakers, Union
7:30 p.m.-Concert by Indian
rork group, XIT, Union
Saturday and Sunday
Noon - Intertribal pow-wow
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