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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, november 18, 1981
Development of native American assets is urged
By Mary Louise Knapp
Native American women
are tired of being looked
upon as a "problem and
want to contribute to the
work force, said several na
tive American women Tues
day. In the last session of
"Women In Perspective -
The Year of The Career," a
source Center, the Universi
ty Program Council and the
Student YWCA, the women
conducted a panel discus
sion on the issue in the Ne
braska Union.
Jana Ashley, a legislative
analyst for the Nebraska In
dian Commission, said edu
cating native American
youth about careers and op
portunities is a desirable
seven-part seminar sponsor- goal.
ed by the Women's Re- "Youth are our number
one human resource," Ash
ley said. Ashley said organi
zations such as the newly
formed Nebraska Native
American Students Con
gress, which educates high
school and college students
about job opportunities,
help to use the resource
of native American youth.
Ashley said many of the
problems faced by native
American youths stem from
being from broken homes,
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living on reservations or in
foster homes and living
away from their tribes.
Native Americans have in
some cases become so assi
milated into the culture of
the United States that they
have lost sight of their own
heritage, said Valerie Shan
grue, a native American
UNL student who modera
ted the discussion.
"When my father went
to school, he was punished
for speaking his native
tongue," she said. "Now,
they have eradicated it (the
language) so effectively that
they are teaching it in the
schools again."
Alice Roach, executive
director of the Nebraska In-
dian Center, said native
American women are family-oriented,
but are also
usually strongly encouraged
to pursue a career.
Roach said the stereo
type of the "lazy Indian" is
far from true. Her parents
worked all of their lives, she
said.
"I'll probably work my
self into the grave, too,"
she said.
Native American women
face the same problems as
other women do, but their
difficulties are intensified
because they belong to a
minority group, she said.
"Women fail at careers
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because they don't always
set goals, as men do, but
they find themselves in a
position," she said.
Roach said women often
do not realize that work in
church and social activities,
like job experience, prepares
them for positions in man
agement.
Janice Bigbee, another
panelist who is studying the
economic situation of native
Americans, said professional
people, who can help man
age life on reservations, are
needed.
"We need to develop our
own resources," she said.
Bigbee said native Ameri
cans who do educate them
selves and move away from
the reservations are often
looked upon with suspicion
by members of their tribes.
"We have traditionalists
and progressives (in the
tribes)," she said.
"I am a sell out, accord
ing to some," she added.
"We need to learn the
rules of the game in the
dominant society and then
play it for our benefit,"
she said.
Bigbee said that in the
long run, she supports the
native Americans who be
lieve in the traditional, tri
bal way of life.
Professor is
selected to fill
Larsen's spot
UNL Chancellor Martin
Massengale announced Mon
day he will recommend to
the NU Board of Regents
the appointment of Gerhard
G. Meisels as interim dean
of the College of Arts and
Sciences, effective Dec. 21.
Meisels, professor and
chairman in the department
of chemistry, succeeds Max
D. Larsen, who announced
earlier this fall that he
planned to resign at the end
of this semester.
A nationwide search is
underway for a permanent
successor to Larsen, who
has headed the college since
1976.
Larsen will return to a
teaching position in the
Department of Mathematics
and Statistics, where he has
held a faculty appointment
since 1966.
Meisels' appointment was
announced Monday after
noon at a meeting of arts
and science college faculty
in Westbrook Music Build
ing. He has been a member of
the UNL faculty and chair
man of chemistry since
1975.
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outside Burnett 209. The
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Therapy and for Relaxat
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meet tonight at 7 in the
East Union. Room will be
posted. Pictures will be
taken.
The Christian Science
Organization will meet
Thursday at 6 p.m. in the
Nebraska Union. Room will
be posted.