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Show Indians Bemoan Loss of Symbol TULSA, OKLA. The swastika, traditional Indian good luck sign, became be-came a symbol of trouble for two Tulsa Indian women who wanted to use it as a beer tavern emblem. Mrs. Jessie Thompson, an Osage and Nita Fox, a Cherokee, said the sign had been up only a few hours when a deluge of protests poured in, demanding an explanation for the "nazi display." A day-and-a-half of telephone calls and inquiries was enough. The women scraped the sign off, painted another fool-proof one. They named the tavern "The Ni-he-Kah," an Osage word whose meaning even Mrs. Thompson did not know. "But," she asserted, "I still want the world to know that the Indians had the first option on the swastika." |
