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Show i i Oldest Member of Race Emulating their more pale-faced brothers, the Indians have under way a movement to band their tribes together to-gether for mutual improvement and advancement. Incidentally they will compile the traditions of the various tribes for posterity. The "brotherhood" "brother-hood" aims to take the place of a union in presenting what the Indians term their rights ti the federal government. gov-ernment. A grand sachem, who will represent all the tribes in the "brotherhood," "brother-hood," will be elected. The English educated Indians are sponsors for the movement. The post of grand sachem may, it has been suggested, be accorded to Wah-Hah-Gun-Ta, one of the oldest Indians Jn the country. Wah-Han-. Gun-Ta, which translated irito English means Wily Wimpuss, firemaker, the 131-year-old Blackfoot Indian from Glacier reservation, is the oldest human being in the world, having been born in the region now known as Glacier national park in 1781, according to well authenticated tradition. The big chief was a stalwart young brave of 18 at the time of George Washington's death in 1799. He was the first red man from the far west to visit the great white father, and his journey to the national capital when President Jefferson was in the White House was a memorable event. At the time of his birth, so the Indian In-dian legend goes, the father of all sprits, standing-on a mountain, shot an arrow near his father's tepee. The prophesy, as interpreted by the .medicine .medi-cine man, is that he would live forever and assist the gods in their councils. The aged Indian is a chief tian of his tribe, and in his younger days was a great huntsman. He has killed 3000 buffalo. The objects of the "brotherhood" are to teach, obtain and maintain right, liberties and justice for all Indians In-dians equal to that of any people and inferior to none, according to the official offi-cial announcement; to preserve and perpetuate the ancient traditions, arts and customs of North American Indians; In-dians; to unifv their efforts andinte-ests; andinte-ests; to council together; to promote and encourage industry and thrift among Indian people; to collect, secure the preservation of and to publish the records, papers, documents and traditions tradi-tions of historical value and importance impor-tance to North American Indians; to mark by appropriate monuments places historic and sacred to the American Indian; to impress upon present and future generations of American Indians In-dians the importance of united effort for the common good; to promote a feeling of friendship, brotherhood and good citizenship among its members, nd to provide for the aged and infirm f the race. |