Wednesday, april 23, 1980 lincoln, nebraska vol. 104, no. 68 Author of controversial book on Sioux moves talk By Rose Fitzpatrick What was scheduled as a speech at the Nebraska Union by Ruth Beebe Hill, author of llanta Yo, ended up as a talk before a television camera and a few stu dents on the lawn of a private residence Monday. A group opposed to Hill and her work spoke at the Nebraska Union rostrum, where - they went hoping to find Hill. Hill's speech was canceled by Council of American Indian Students President Chuck Roach at the end of a press conference at 5 p.m. Monday at the Clayton House Motel. Roach said that the public appearance would be canceled and instead "they would meet privately with interested staff and students, and so avoid embarrassment to the Indian community, the university, and the Council of American Indian Stu dents1 The location was not announced. He said the group sponsoring the press conference confronted Hill before and caused an embarrassing disruption. Roots likeness disputed Jo Allyn Archambault, of the Ad Hoc Committee to Stop llanta Yo, said no one with this group had ever met with Hill. Press releases for the book llanta Yo state that the book is the Indian equivalent of Roots by Alex Haley, and this is a major point of contention for Indian people opposing the book. Plans have beertmade by the ABC net work to do a 10-hour version of the book which will be produced by David Wolper who produced the television serial "Roots." Press releases for the book also claim that Hill worked on the book for 29 years with Chunksa Yuha, also called Lorenzo Blacksmith, a Santee Sioux. Hill and Blacksmith translated Hill's work into a dialect of the Sioux language and back to English which Hill claims makes the dialogue more authentic. Black smith lived with Hill and her husband dur ing those years and he travels with Hill now to promote the book. The speech originally scheduled Monday night was moved to the front lawn of a home, where, under the garish spotlight of a television camera, an agitated Hill talked about Indian life to the camera and audience of about 10. Without addressing the points that have been continuously raised about the book's credibility and Hill's source, Blacksmith, Hill talked about traditional Indian life as she understood it. She introduced Chunksa Yuha (Black smith) and talked about his educational background. Questioners of llanta Yo have said there is no record of academic degrees from the universities of Chicago and Kansas which Hill and Blacksmith said he has. Hill said Blacksmith studied at night and traded songs of the Indian people for his instruction. He later went to Chicago and studied as a day student, she said. A record of this is in the office of her attorney Richard Harker who lives in San Francisco Valley, Hill said. In a telephone interview, Marker's secre tary said that she couldn't find the papers but thought that they stated that he took some music classes at Kansas. Continued on Page 7 New football ticket policy restricts student pass use By Rich Jurgens A new policy effective in the fall of 1980 will emphasize refusing admittance of non-students using student tickets to UNL football games. Richard Armstrong, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the policy will lessen incentive for non-students to buy student tickets, because ticket takers will be given strict orders to keep non-students using student tickets out of the stadium. Helen Ruth Wagner, UNL ticket man ager, said that if non-students were caught using a student ticket in previous years, the ticket was confiscated, but the ticket hold ers were admitted. Next fall the tickets will not be taken away, she said. "A person would be a little less apt to buy a student ticket and stand the chance of not getting in the game," Wagner said. The new ticket policy also states that the ticket holder will have to prove he is a student. The gatekeepers, in suspicious cases, may require a second and third form of identification, preferably including a photo ID such as the Nebraska state driver's licence, Armstrong said. However, he said, two forms of identifi cation could present problems if the stu dent did have his own ticket and no second form of identification and was questioned. Armstrong said the gatekeeper would have to make a judgment call, but that there would be a backup person if there were any problems. Wagner agreed that the new policy was not 100 percent perfect, but that the pub lic will be a little more reluctant to buy student tickets. The use of photo student identification cards was abandoned because it would have cost about $75,000 to implement the first year, Armstrong said. The new ticket policy, which will be in effect for the 1980-81 football season, will have a trial period , he said . If the new ticket policy doesn't decrease student ticket scalping, Armstrong said, "the consequence could be much more severe." He said if the policy doesn't work, stu dent tickets could be sold at regular price. Then, he said, students could sell their tickets to whomever they want without violating university policy. "I don.t like the idea of a full charge and I don't care for photo ID cards, but if it (new policy) isn't effective, another system will nave to be addressed." ( 2T .tr .-8 Mi HI ' VVUf M if All . i U V; " J Hi' 4 l i! -a JL Photo by J ry McBride Although many Lincoln citizens felt like it was the beg .ining of sun mer in stead of spring this week, these birds appear comfortable on theii perch. ASUN needs fee money for elections Wessels By Kent Warneke Without student fees the future of the Student Legal Services and the ASUN Credit Union would be seriously affected, and ASUN could no longer afford to hold elec tions for a student regent, according to Renee Wessels, ASUN president. The availability of student fees is currently in question. During Saturday's meeting of the NU Board of Regents, .Fund A student fee allocations for UNL and UNO failed to gain approval. The allocations, which help finance ASUN, the Daily Nebraskan and the University Program Council on the UNL campus, were caught in a deadlock vote by the regents. However, Wessels said that deciding what would happen without student fees is less important than get ting visible student suppoit for the proposal that has been made. "Students should be upset about what is happening," Wessels said. "The vote Saturday threatens all those things that students can use and participate in." ' Wessels emphasized that students should realize that not only ASUN, but the major programming bodies on campus, could feel the effects of a cut. "ASUN doesn't always affect students with the magni tue other organizations do, but these other organizations could be without funds too," Wessels said. "The perform ing arts series at Kimball, which brings the ballets and mime troups to campus, could be cut in half." ASUN is now looking for reasons why the regents voted as they did so they provide justification for the student fees in areas of concern, she said. According to Wessels, the regents kept bringing up the UPC speakers program as an area of concern, but their reasons were difficult to define with various inciden tal items that played a part in the discussion. Wessels sajd she is confident that the problem can be worked out. 'We're going to stick with our original proposal for student fees, which we feel has gained student support through the hearing process and the publication of the results," Wessels said. Gaining multipe student support is the main ASUN objective, she said. ASUN is planning to work with the administration, parents of UNL students, citizens of the state and other organizations on campus to build up support. Going into Saturday's meeting, Wessels sad she thought a possible curtailment of student fees might re sult, but she was not expecting anything like a total elimin ation of student fees. Wessels said the regents' executive Committee will be centrally involved in the matter before next month's meeting to look for alternatives to the Fund A plan not accepted Saturday. Members of the executive commitee are Wessels and Regents Robert Raun of Minden, Robert Prokop of Wilber and Robert Koefoot of Grand Island. "Perhaps a task force will be set up to study and inves tigate alternative methods for the use of student fees for the long-range future Wessels said. "It seems that the regents were concerned over long-range planning at Satur day's meeting."