Show I II I I II I I ADOPTION BY INDIANS RACKET Writer Declares It Merely a n Fake Ceremony Adoption of or white men into Inlo Indian tribes has fans developed Into n money money- moneymaking moneymaking making racket according to some Bome Indian lenders leaders Regular He ns os well us fake take ceremonies are discussed In an article In the Christian Science Mon Monitor tor by Miss label Mabel Knight upon ullon whom the name D me faDe Ta Tn Ie was con can conferred erred when she ehe was W S adopted by the Omaha trIbe In gratitude for tor her lee lec lectures tures tunes and writings on Indian sub sub- When Indians don war paint dance around a n white man and then give Jhc him a n name Miss Knight writes It may flatter the latter and the for tor mer will be bo richer perhaps by 5 but these Indians will not consider such soch sucha socha a one ono an adopted member of at the tribe for or this bought and paid for tor ceremony Is Js only a mock adoption This fake rake adoption adopt Is getting to tobe tobe be ho n a racket said eald Charlie Wilson prominent Nez Perce Indian during a recent celebration of or the tribe The adoption of o white people Into the tribe and then giving them the tho Indian equivalent of or Chief Fine White Whiskers' Whiskers and Princess Brook rook With the SIlver Sliver Voice as names should be stopped Indians with no tribal standing continued Wilson have been In Inviting inviting ing whites with no tribal connections I to attend our ceremonies and to be be- come an gifts the gifts of at the Indians being native trinkets of at little worth while gifts of ot the tho whites s are large amounts of or the good 10 old cash No white man ever becomes a bona fide member of ot n a tribe by ask ask- asking ing lag for tor that favor First he be must prove his worth by really helping the out of ot somo some difficulty and those who like the Indians well 1 enough to do that would not think of ot Imposing upon them by asking for tor forthe torI forthe I the greatest of ot all honors that of be bee being beIng ing adopted Into a tribe Probably no tribe numbers more than a half dozen dOUn really adopted white members When a white man Is Judged jud ed edworthy worthy of adoption the tho honor comes cornea upon him quite unaware usually and II tho the ceremony Is Js dignified with the president or chief of ot the tribe pro- pro prop p I In his native tongue ton ue the I words which give ve this new no member i a name not only a tribal name but butone butone one lone which also makes him a member of some clan of ot that tribe with all I the honors pertaining to It Jt When the Indians Indiana finally decide to I honor a man or woman by making him or her a member of their tribe the Indians give ire not take and an an 3 Im Impress lm- lm press M this tact fact upon the new v mom memo members bars bers so 80 that the tho latter Is s prohibited at that time from showing his ap ap- appreciation appreciation predation by making presents to the Indians Quito Quite the reverse the In In- InI I dlane like to show their gratitude JT by giving gl the new members such valuable valuable able gifts as ns blankets blank t cases and ancient beaded buckskin pieces Instances Instance e of legal adoption are comparatively rare Mrs Irs Harriet I Maxwell Converse Converge of at New ew York was made a member of ot the Seneca tribe and later given 11 a chieftainship In Inthe Inthe inthe the SIx Sir Nations But that happened only after aiding them by preventing pre unfair legislation both In Albany and Washington More than that her home In New v York was open to any Indian who ho found Cound himself robbed or swindled ti In the city anti and frequently an Indian would leave her home the richer by a new Dew suit of ot clothes In small Email things s and big bl ones Mrs Irs Con Can Converse Converse verse Terse proved a n real friend to the In- In and nn the tribe delighted to r honor her In every nery possible way i iA A white roan man cannot buy it n mem mem- membership membership ber Into any tribe Mather h he must earn It |