Show indians do dont nt want to be citizens alo W 12 U S 0 A harjo who lg Is the hie depre EUFAULA lit in washington of the four tribes ot of indians indiana in oklahoma la Is in ili washington trying to induce con cress to take taho gone action to protect the cherokees Cheroke cs creeks and choctaw indians in oklahoma Okla hom from the operation atlon of oklahoma lawa which make the indians citizens of the state mr air harjo declaris arps that hla his trople do not want to bo be citizens ila ho says they want to continue to be bards ol of tile government ila iio says the red man to Is not filled for cati this government takes far more caro care to guard the tha rights of the negro than it does those ot of t be jn dlack surely the indians indiana have as a pinch it not more claim on tho the united taic ta tc than the legro we want tho the united states to live up to the treaty of 1823 which guaranteed that the indians indiana should be words wards of the government and bo be taken care of nu as long ions as an grass grows writer runs or the sun meaning forever tho the government Is IB not living up to that treaty with tho the oklahoma indians indiana mr air ailts lilts indian education re as tt it now stands some hard knocks lie ila bays tho the education of tho the indian is hr a farce schools accomplish nothing all wo we ask Is our rights under the treaty of 1823 mr air llara being an indian and like a all 11 the other wards of the government dood dead sure buro of clothes and food w while bile tho the indians are wards of tho the gover government ament much prefers for condition of things to stand it Is a heap easier to draw annuities irom from the government to live upon than it Is to get out and hustle and that lj has s been one of the chief faults of the treatment of the indiana in this country |