Show Indian Church in Wisconsin decorated in Various Colors S r RESERVE WIs Nov Kov ov 24 21 By NEA up Up and down the Chippewa reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion lion on on the shores o of beautiful little Lac LAC Court Oreilles echo the bells beUs of or St St. Mary Marys i They are calling th the red man to toI worship in ht the red mans man's way ay before I th the red man mans mana v own altar I The vision of ot a lashing eyed Indian I priest has been t fulfilled I gle I The Tho splendid church h he dr dreamed ed about morning after morning at the I altar of or the humble chapel wherein he formerly ministered to hl his hl people I has become at last a a. reality LIKE MEDICINE LODGE 1 But to to Rev Re Philip Gordon himself I a a. full-blooded full Chippewa Splendid did not mean a a. man towered many towered edifice like the cathedral of Cologne nor one with glided gilded dome lite St St. Peters Peter's of Home Rome v To him it meant a building building- of or field fieldstones stones atones without and within dark like a a. medicine lodge od e I When there was sufficient m money ney to be begin ln construction Father Gordon I took his problem to Alexander C C. C Milwaukee architect I Over and ver he repeated the In InJunction injunction In- In junction Remember this is Is' to be an I Indians Indian's a 1 place lace of or worship trot ot t a white whiteman's v hi to toman man mans man's s church I BUILT BY PARISHIONERS Today the building building- nears comp completion eUon Services already aro are being held in It It Almost all the work has been done by the tho Indian parishioners Split granite stones which had lain for or ages nearby form the tho walls The deep roof covered now with building paper paper is to be broken by rough cedar shingles shingles shingles shin shin- called shakes shake Into the tho windows George GeorgO W W. Mueller Muel Muel- ler er of or Milwaukee l has worked symbolic designs that speak tc the red man in I familiar terms term There are the man many arrows arrow crossed calumets the risingsun rising sun the pipes o of peace the wartime arr arrows ws and the ne cross The 1 land hewn ind rafters ratters will be ulf u- u lf p. p 5 very r sy t yf u Indian Catholic church at Reserve Wis and Its Itt Indian pastor Rev Philip Gordon Cordon stained in brilliant reds blues and orange after the fashion In which the I red man adorns his long hickory bows Deerskins will hang upon the church walls I In ing And the et the ala ila ih Chippewa cloths f 1 Incorporating women r are fn weaving weaving Into I Ithem them Images of or things accounted powerful powerful pow pow- erful n n me toe medicine lodge SEVEN DELLS DELL The lOW town 1 still lacks man many feet of completion It has MS been temporarily roofed rooted over o Yet it meets the requirements require require- ments It is large enough to contain the tho set seven en bells supplying the last touch In rather Father Gordon Cordons s dream picture pic pic- ture And It Is these bells that call darK darK- eyed braves brave and squaws and papooses to worship their thE God in the I red led mans man's church in the red mans man's way |