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Show Page 8 BSU FORMED AT WEST | INDIANS TODAY byCliffordWilliams and Their Fight for Survival “The goals of the Black Student ‘The purpose of the dinner is to Union (BSU) at West High are to aid the black students in uniting the black people and give them something that they can identify raise money for the needy families during the Thanksgiving and Christmas with, said Barbara Connor, senior installment on Another World — the world of our Indian brothers, we will dwell on some ironic and puzzling situations. In this second The chief of the Cherokee Indians is picked by the President of the ‘United States — not by Cherokees. He is W. W. Keeler. is only Fractionally Indian. cannot even speak to his tribe in the He He its native Cherokee language. But he is We were a very Indian, strong, competent people, But the grass had almost stopped its growing, The horses of our pride were near their end. Hope stirs in the tribe, Drums beat and dancers, old and young, step forward. We shall learn all the devices of the And still be Indians! * Suicides The teen-agers average three times the national average. Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota, describing a visit of _ Senator Robert F. Kennedy to the -Forthall, Idaho, Reservation recalls: “We were told that suicides had occurred as early as 10 years of age.’ In the State of Washington, Indians three years ago at West with the whites and Mexican-Americans have _ not joined the club. “We We shall handle his tools for ourselves. , We shall master his machinery, his inventions, his skills, his medicine, his planning; But we'll retain our beauty next inside the installment look at will Another. establishment take World of the but an of “Excerpted from the poem, ‘New Way, Old Way” by IAIA Navajo Dave Martin Nez. who once were prosperous now go Washington spends up sportsmen and commercial fisheries, which catch over 90 per cent of the salmon. But it refuses to permit the Indians, who catch less than 10 per cent of the salmon, to continue to fish. The right to fish BSU, of the which is classified school’s clubs, as has 48 members, each of which wants to feel part of the student body even thoug the club ts set off in its own category. “lf a problem arises with a member in the club, he can take it to the BSU or ot the black counselor and everyone will pitch in to try and help him,’ said Robin Price, senior at West. “Having someone at the school with whom to identify and to feel represented has made the black students feel that they are more of a part of the school, ' she noted. Evelynn Jackson, senior, feels recruiting they didn’t want people to not black, to because Jackson, a native of Kanas, said that the all-black school that she went to didn't have such a club and the school rules were more strict. “I'm not used to this type of One of the activities that the BSU has planned for the year will be a $1.00 plate sould dinner at the to $2,000 to protect these fish for The on : Lake,” said Miss Connor. hungry because the State will not allow them to fish. The State of per salmon Miss school system the teachers they felt inferior and seem scared of the black students uncomfortable being in a club that probably because of the fact that is all black,” stated Marsha Boyd, . the club has a stronger name this senior at West. | year and it sounds more radical,” The BSU this year hopes to put said Miss Jackson. . on more activities than it has done The BSU at West High is the first in the past because of their revised to be formed .in a Salt Lake area constitution. “Last year we only high school and the students in it had a small group, and this year we plan to make it grow and help hope to have more activities such as organize others in the district. assemblies field trips and try to and meet other BSU clubs in Salt Indian Affairs. student, tried join our club that were and Bureau said name of ‘Striving for Higher that the BSU is quite helpful. Miss Goals,’ is open to all races although white man. Chairman of the Board of Phillips Petroleum Company, an Oklahoma-based oil company that has acquired extensive mineral holdings from Indians in Oklahoma. among Indian at West and president of the club. The BSU at West school was reorganized this year from previous years with the help of Marvin Davis, black counselor aide at West. He felt that it should be called BSU to let the black students feel more united and that they could depend on each other for help. The club, which meets once a week during seventh peroid, is made up of three other officers: Eddie Scott, vice president; William Crenshaw, treasurer; and Wayne Hopkins, historian. 3 The BSU, which was formed holidays,’ Boyd. Baha'is Central City Community Center, 615 So. 3rd East on Nov. 7 from 5-8 p.m. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton Elect Delegates To National Conference and Sen. Frank E. Moss will guest speakers at the dinner. be forever was promised to the Indians the United States Government in exchange Indians’ land. for taking away Hundreds of children are routinely shipped thousands of miles from home — some from Alaska to Oklahoma — to BIA boarding schools. They see their parents once a year, if that often. In Utah, many Indian children are placed in homes through the LDS Church. Their culture and religious beliefs are to be abandoned in favor of the white man’s life style. Education today war’, for the American Indian follows a patter on “cold modeled on a _ time-tested formula. Its components: — Promises made and promises broken ; — The long trek from home to the white man’s wasteland. by Mary Adams Jones In sharp contrast to the political process evidenced as the November 3rd nationwide elections draw near, Baha’is all over the United States met at state conventions to elect delegates to their National Convention. : Cherry Hill Campground at Framington was the site of the convention held November 1, 1970 which attracted 52 Baha‘is from and by simple plurality, Dr. Jalil Mahmoudi was elected to the National Convention. Dr. Mahmoudi will meet with other delegates in April at the ‘Baha'i Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. There, in same spirit and. process they elect nine members to serve on National Spiritual Assembly, body which stimulates, unifies, House of the will the the and communities throughout the state coordinates activities of the Baha is of Utah. The lodge is ideally located on a hilltop just off U. S. 89. . Bahai elections are approached with a spirit of prayer. Prayers in English, Tongan, Farsi — the language of Iran, were raised as | peoples of diverse cultures and — Unremitting pressure toward ‘backgrounds met to elect a delegate leading to without the usual electioneering or total su bmission, nomination of candidates. Each personal, cultural and ethnic Bahai age 21 and above cast a vote annihilation. of the United States. While in session convention delegates will, as an advisory body, make recommendations on administrative matters to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais United States. 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