Show RENAMING THE SIOUX SOME kome AUK CHRISTIAS NAMES educated indian n by itic great tj rat I 1 father bulher to he christan chri stun n arave club kallid coyett becomes kobli aobert t T wolf undo uncle sam hns has recently inaugurated a unique and Ingen ingenious lous project lu in con call lection with his findlan wards or at loist least till tho most populous division of them tills Is nothing less than a selion ilu Mno le for retraining nil retia lining inIng every ein thief chief anti brave li ivo every c en squaw and papoose a of f the sioux tribe the iho object of this wholesale re christening Is to insure the right descent of property something tint that ills with ith much difficulty under tile old condition of affairs when han the sioux had no family nahne and each redskin could bo be identified only by 1 ills own OMI individual fanciful name a cognomen cofino inon which alch most likely had not the slightest lance to those of any of his relatives tile renaming of the nihill members of the sioux mou tribe was as or adervil by 1 president on the advice of garland and george bird grinnell vc well known authors und and other persons who ho have hae made inide a study atud of tho the needs of tile the indians to 10 decide upon tho the r naming was however hot toor an all easy matter in comp comparison arlson to tir carrying canning out of ae tile the strange undertaking suspicions or OF TUG THE INDIANS the president and his advisors wal realized from the outset that it would be one olic thins filing to to give the indians now new names minca and quite another to induce the soils hons and daughters of the forest foiest ever suspicious of the white alto men to accept and uso use these new names however e er the great rather father tor toi v was is fortunate foit enough to enlist tile the cooperation of dr charles alexander eastman List maii a highly educated physician ind and clergyman who mho Is a full blooded sioux hom and who cime came into national prominence sonic pome time since when lie married elano goodale good lie the talented young now new EIn fingland gland poetess hs at the presidents dr IX 11 istman nian who ho Is considered the best educated indian induni in ill tile the bild agreed to person all undertake the task of inducing ills his people to adopt the system of family names desired by the government just just what this responsibility meant w will 11 be better understood wuen it Is explained tint that not only was dr eastman to visit lilt all the indian villages ll lages of the stout sioux tribe und and personally bestow names but lie he must also devise or in vent the now new names just imagine selecting given names for persons of both sexes and apportioning perhaps half as roani many or one third as many different family names in ad in ili tills portion of ills his novel missionary work for uncle sam the name glier giver ns as the sioux now term their educated tribesman hns has displayed rare judgment and it a ino fine re regard leird gard for family history and tradition among the sioux a thoughtfulness illness tint that has done much to ivin tile good will of these intelligent but conservative ons enatho Ili indians dialls for the now new project pro JeLt whenever posto possible sible lio lie lias has perpetuated till au ind I 1 ills old name lit in ills now new one for instance bligh eagle becomes lic comes mr IlIg heagle nob bob tailed coyote cote was as changed to robert T wolf alc anti and R lotten pumpkin ins has been transformed into robert dr eastman List nian has lioen been making a round lound of till nil the sioux reservations ip chimi lilli irp are located for tho the most part lit in the dakotas and elsewhere lit in the when lie arrives tit at a branch agency arc ncy or tribal headquarters for tile purpose of re christening tile inhabitants ills his first move alo Is to have hae a conference with ith the chief men or counselors of the place they lit in turn been proven that uio the new system of 0 will ill clr of 01 1110 benefit and value lit in insuring the correct descent of government bullot ments of land front from generation to generation era crat lou tion 1110 dentally it may limy lio be noted that eliat even thus early tills untangling of lilies flues of descent lina hits won tor for sonic soine indians property ro porty rights previously donled khelu As i 1 east case tn III point it may bo be that only a few vw weeks naco ill dr hist East nian wati indru mental intal nt lit in tor for a young squaw acres of rich land of eligil value winch which find been temporarily lost to tier lier owing to bior let separation foni tier own tribe and which an all unscrupulous relative was wag un oil the point of selling soll liiK when PresIde tit roosevelt elf 18 special commissioner stepped lu in aud and sot set things right send out it a herald or town crier to gu ninion till nil tit the people to a n sort of mas and lit at tile ninino alver explains explain the presidents wishes at length THROUGH INDIAN SUBTLETY kt at the outset outlet anally of till the asse alb loll 1011 it indians falls inay lio he prone to gr against tile now new system but gradually dr will win thein over and in ills labors thus far ho to has not encountered more than alinn linof it dozen down indians who have steadfastly rofus refu sedi cil to change their names flo wever hundreds of tile indians have con coi ailed filled to hlin that they would accept the now system of names only because they find the assur tillee of it a fellow tribesman dr lastman eastman that it was a good plin plan 1111 that they won would 11 never have tolerated it had find it a whit man mail rome among them bronchol bron broa chod tit the eline e lin although the of the SI fi ux As Is not yet completed it t has already |