Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-07-24 | Page 20 | Redmen Stand by Boast of Oldest Reds

Stand StandBy StandBy StandBy By Boast of Oldest Reds MUSKOGEE Okla Okia June 24 2 UP Too Kee oldest tribal tribal tri tri- The The Ke bal hal clan of the Cherokee Indians want to live up to their boasts that they are the oldest communists communists com cam in the world To the Little Gray Man With the Great Big Pipe they have sent lent a petition for an organization a. a as an entity within the fastness fastness of or the Cookson hills in eastern Man Manis Oklahoma The Little Gray is John Collier United States commissioner com corn missioner of or Indian affairs Other Oklahoma Indians have rejected Colliers Collier's plan for tor the formation formation formation for for- mation of reservations as com Icom communization The Too Kee who say they are the poorest but the proudest of the Five Civilized Tribes grunt scornfully at the term We Ve are not afraid of or a word said John Red Bird Smith eldest son o of a distinguished Too Kee-Too- Wah leader We Ve want to live our own life let let white man alone Because they are descendants of the Scotch-Cherokee Scotch chief John Ross the heirs of ot the Seven Sacred Sacred Sacred Sa Sa- cred Fire Chiefs and sons of Red RedBird RedBird RedBird Bird Smith Too Kee assert they are the possessors of ot the earths earth's purest civilization and shun contact with the white mans man's world