| Show Wh WhOA the OA L rm i 0 I I 0 a av r II Y w 1 tH 1 as Ruth Muskrat Bronson r Cherokee q c cx x rc w Delaware I r f kl ers a By ELMO SCOTT WATSON celebration of ot American In In- Indian In 9 dian dlan Day this year has a special special 1 cial significance because on that dHE I dar day Friday September 22 a Iff y ceremony ceremony will be held at A Cen- Cen Cen Century ato 00 p tury of ot Progress In Chicago at aty o I which an nn honor medal will be 0 ft presented to the Indian of or to- to to to day whose achievement In n the w field of or the fine tine arts relIgion medicine law science polities politics U n J agri 1 education social service t 4 culture or service ser to the federal or state government has been most outstanding The award of ot this medal has been sponsored by the Indian Council Fire a national organization organization tion devoted to the advancement of ot the Indian race and to the Interests of or the Indian For the past few months the Council Fire has been receiving re- re re receiving nominations for the award which will willbe willbe be made by a committee composed of or Lew author of or Many rany Many Moons The Box Bot or of God Slow Smoke and other books of or poetry on Indian subjects Ernest Thompson Seton author and president founder-president of or the Woodcraft La League ue of or America John Collier commissioner of Indian affairs Washington Dr W Carson Ryan nyan director of or Indian education Washington Dr W D Weeks president of or Bacone Indian college In Oklahoma Mrs Harold I L Ickes wife or of the secretary of or the Interior and an authority on Indian subjects Mrs Irs George II chairman of or tIl the Indian Cemetery service Mrs William J Rogers chairman of the Indian Welfare committee third district Illi Illinois nois Federation of ot Women's Clubs and Mrs R n C Eaton Cherokee Indian historian of or Okla Okla- Oklahoma Oklahoma homa The award of or such an achievement medal Is Isto Isto Isto to be made an nn annual l affair according to Scott 11 Peters a Chippewa Indian who Is president of the Indian Council Fire who says S 'S Few liew peo- peo people p peo people o- o pic Ino know that the Indian has made any pro progress ress le Iq view of the tle conditions with ith which he has ban banto linno to co cope but there are Indians Indiana In every ory walk of life who are are making good Their achievements have been real ones because they have had to overcome such handicaps as the restrictions or of orthe the Indian Bureau s system race and the demoralizing effect of a n complete tr from one civilization cl to another However Howe the records of or the list of or morn mon than 50 LO Indian men and antI women who have been nomi nomi- nominated nominated for the medal which Is to be awarded on September 2 22 Is n good section cross-section of or Indian C achievement ment today Among them are the role fol- following fol following lowing Spencer Asah James Monroe Steve Sten and Gilbert Kiowa mowa a group of or boys who make male historical pictures of their tribe and whose paintings s pub pub- published d In book bool form command a high price David Buffalo Bear Gear Sioux grandson of or Chief TIed fled Cloud delegate from his tribe to Washing Washing- Washington Washington Washington ton lecturer and one of or the leaders In the movement movement move- move ment for the establishment of or a National In In- In Indian Wan dian da day Luther Standing Bear Sioux lecturer and author of or many magazine articles and four foul books bookson r on OD In Indian lan subjects J A Belgard Chippewa com com- composer composer composer poser and singer who sang at President Roosevelt's Roose- Roose t i velt's volts Inaugural ural ball balk Gertrude Certrude Connin Sioux former teacher and andfield andfield field worker In the Indian service now president president dent of the National Council of or American In- In IndIans Indians In Indians and one of or the outstanding leaders In n working for t the e betterment of or the race Ruth nuth Muskrat Dronson Bronson Cherokee graduate g ot of Mt M Hol o e college winner Inner of or the 1000 Mor prize for for the ML Mt Holyoke senior who had accomplished most with their training dur dur- durIng dur- dur during ing lag the tine first year out of or school teacher assist assist- assistant assistant assistant ant guidance and placement officer In charge charle of government loans and scholarships and general i advisor to Indian students In n Indian school chool v Fred Ired Cardin Qua Cree-Qua Quapaw Cree-Quapaw paw composer and mu mu- mu musician r mu-r t his Gods Cods Drum which was pla played etI and sung ung In Town ball In New York In 1930 1130 was the only one of or IG IC American compositions asked to tobe tobe tobe be repeated In N New w York the following winter Henry Roe line Cloud Winnebago organizer or of ot the American Indian Institute at Wichita Kan former field Held representative In du the Indian service ser and uDd beginning In September 1933 1133 superintend superintend- superintendent ent of or the time Haskell Indian school Elizabeth Bender Roe Hoe Cloud Mrs Henry floe Cloud Chippewa lecturer and a n leader In In- In In Indian dian dlan lon e educational work Czarina Colbert Conlan Choctaw Chickasaw Choctaw first woman to be elected to a n school board In organizer of ot the first womans woman's club In Indian territory In 1897 curator of or the museum or of the Oklahoma State Historical society Mrs Susan Corn Menominee president of or the Keshena WIs League of ot Wom Women n Voters and leader In social and charitable work among the Esther Deer Mohawk Interpreter of or classIcal dances and a star on Broadway Louis Deer ton Os-ka-non-ton Mohawk singer Francis L Omaha S William L Kershaw r r 4 Menominee r l S Bonnin 1 r N TM to f r I Il l 4 Q ii Rock L 4 e f Fi 7 L LN N Ti Tir r C F I J lI Silver qu Hoop Hoopa v who has appeared In both Europe and AmerIca Mourning ln Dove Dore Okanogan author of or two books and ancl Coyote ote and Others Okanogan an folk lore Dr Charles A Eastman Sioux former government physician and Indian service Inspector national councilman of the Boy Scouts director of or the Brooks Bryce foundation for promoting peace pence and friendship between the speaking EnglIsh speaking races lecturer and author of 11 books on Indian life Dr Geor George e n R Frazier Sioux physician In the IndIan service for 19 11 years the only full blood full American Indian practicing medicine Ethel Frazier Sioux graduate nurse and h head ad adof of the welfare department of or the Evanston Ill III hospital Ralph Fredenburg Menominee tribal advocate ocate and chairman of or the Menominee dele delegations to Washington and leader In the Ule educational and business advancement of or his tribe Charles J Frechette MenomInee tribal dele dele- delegate delegate delegate gate and president of ot the advisory board of or tIle to John Frost Plenty Crows Crow Interpreter educational and religious leader among the Crows Frank S Gauthier Menominee tribal Inter Inter- Interpreter interpreter Interpreter preter delegate to Washington and chairman or of the tribal advisory board for the Rev nev Philip Gordon Chippewa one of or the only two Catholic priests who are arc Indians buIlder or of the unique Indian church on the Chippewa reservation near Hayward ward Wis and of or the chapel of or St SL Therese at Centuria WIs VIs Dr Joseph II n Jacobs Mohawk graduate or of McGIll university medical school and a practicing practicing physician on the Caughnawaga reserva reserva- reservation reservation tion William J Kershaw Menominee lawyer ora ora- orator ora- ora orator orator tor assistant general attorney general for the state of Wisconsin with special Jurisdiction over Indian claims Mrs Theresa La Motte Motto Menominee wife of ofa ofa ofa a sub sub chief r of or the Menominee and a leader In perpetuating the arts and crafts crofts of the women or of her tribe Mrs Irs Eugene B n Lawson Delaware first vice president of or the General Federation of Women's Clubs former president of or the Oklahoma Fed Fed- Federation Federation of or Women's Clubs a cum composer poser of or note and an authority on Indian music An Angus us F P Lookaround Menominee athlete All American quarterback on the Navy Nary team Lean In 1917 organizer of ot time the Keshena WIs IVIs Indian school hand band at present a member of or tIle the MinneapolIs s symphony orchestra Maria Marla Martinez San an Ildefonso Pueblo one ot of the finest Indian pottery makers of ot today who Is doing much to develop and preserve tIlls Iris ancient handicraft George C Miller Seneca expert diamond cut cut- ter and one of the best In New V e York 1 William a 00 B Newell Kewell Rolling Thunder Mohawk and Kiowa World war veteran graduate ot of S Syracuse university missionary among the Sen- Sen Sen founder of time the Society for the Propagation of Indi Indian n Welfare Joe Noonan Gano Gano Cherokee artist Illustrator and author vice president of the As As- Associated Associated Arts club of or Los Angeles Roy Boy Oshkosh Menominee member of the Me- Me Menominee Mc re- re nominee tribal advisory board W David Owl Cherokee former director or of religious education and physical education at now missionary to the SL Six Nations In New York Dr Arthur C Parker Seneca director of or the Rochester N Y V Museum of or Arts and Silences Sil- Sil Sciences Sciences New York state archeologist for 18 13 years leading American authority on the New York IndIans former president of the Congress of American Indians and an officer in many other organizations devoted to their Interests George C 0 Peake Little Moose 1 Chippewa World war veteran dramatic reader of or Indian verse and stories Rock Sioux time old Sioux warrior one of or the few survivors of or the original Indian police force organized lI In lS 1573 l by Dr V T I agent for the which di- di directed di lIl directed those people In the time white mans man's road Ann Ross floss Cherokee the only Indian girl rl who I has made an outstanding success in In motion pic pic- pictures pictures pictures tures now working on her first feature picture William Shelton Snoqualmie lecturer author author- authorIty authority authority ity on Indian totem pole poles organizer of or the first Northwest Indian fair Houston B Tee lIce Cherokee lawyer and I financier from 1904 1901 to 1931 1131 he has held the following positions Mayor of or Tahlequah Okla Oklahoma state legislator United States probate attorney registrar of or the United States s treas treas- treasury treasury treasury ury assistant general attorney of or Oklahoma and member of or the Supreme court commission or of Oklahoma Mary Thompson Te Ata Choctaw Chickasaw ChIckasaw actress and singer who has scored successes In InEn En England land and America James F Thorpe Sac and Foxe one of ot the greatest football pla players ers and athletes athlete In his his- history history tory twice winner of or the nil around American championship winner of all the events In to the Pentathlon and the Decathlon In the Olympic games In Swed Sweden n Silver Tongue Hoopa known as the Amer ican Ivan Caruso he Is one of the he ou outstanding In- In Indian Indian In Indian dian singers of the country Mrs Irs Elizabeth Menominee In the Keshena WIs Indian school for 2 years ears and noted for Cor her service er to Indian girls Robert Hobert Whirling Thunder Winnebago lecturer teacher and Boy lloy Scout leader Ea Eagle le WI K Klamath lecturer and producer r or of moving pictures showing authentic Indian lIfe Lone Wolf Blackfoot n a former cowboy In Montana who has become one of ot the tor foremost Indian painters of today I m Ii by western Wc tern Newet Newspaper ater Colon |
