Show Indian activists wage rights war in Utah Mark Hewitt Pauline Weeks and Jennifer Potter Contributing Writers N an attempt to neutralize i IN a campaign by the Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- Coalition of Counties to modernize Indian treaties and revamp reservation reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion rights the Salt Lake Indian Indian Indian In In- dian Club hosted an invitational forum on Jan 19 at to put out a small fire before it becomes a raging blaze according to David Hill HiU a member of the American Indian Movement AIM Hill and others like him came to at the request of president Albert Tinhorn Tinhorn Tinhorn Tin Tin- horn who asked Native American leaders from local and national organizations to present their case before a campus crowd of about fifty The represents a group of politicians and civic leaders from Wisconsin who have come to Utah to illicit support for a national crusade to modernize the treaties signed in the past These treaties provided for forthe forthe forthe the sovereignty Indian self- self governance on reservation land and allowed Indians unlimited unlimited unlimited un un- un- un limited hunting and fishing rights on reservations and on public lands adjacent to reservations Members of the say that Indian rights are infringing infringing infringing ing upon the rights of non- non Indians to hunt and fish upon public lands and that reservation boundaries should be questioned See Indian on page 2 Indian Continued from page 1 The also says that natural resources such as oil and mineral deposits on reservation reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion lands should be either taxed or retrieved ed Hill and other members of AIM say that the is a racist organization that U. U threatens the welfare of Indians and non In alike The is a Ku Klux like Klan-like organization aimed toward Indian people Hill says that the term modernization is mis mis- leading He says that the is motivated not by practical efforts toward universal usage of resources but by bigotry and greed According According According Ac- Ac cording to Hill such attitudes negatively af of affect affect not only Indians but all Americans Native American leaders maintain that they are only interested in protecting their i rights as outlined by the original treaties J signed i d by both whites and Indians Ro Roger er Wil- Wil e. e i m t jt M J J r t. t i L z cv Hams Iiams leader of the Utah Intertribal Coalition a group of Utah tribes united for political purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses said at the forum All we want is to manage our own resources and have jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction tion over our own lands The treaties should be honored by the government Bear Boy a Ute spiritual leader said treaties were made to protect future generations and ands s should h 0 u I d not be bet tampered amp ere d w with t h Our 0 u r grandfathers gave us treaties so their unborn children would have a place to live We have to do the same and protect the land for our unborn children On Jan 20 Indian demonstrators confronted confronted confronted con con- fronted the at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Salt Lake City and on Jan 22 marched to the State Capitol Building The march planned by Indian leaders allowed Native American groups to present petitions for greater Indian equality to the Governor and the state legislature i I t p l t i t 1 1 |