Show indian officer cites advantages of citizenship indian leaders in the united states are working toward new standards of culture and citizen saip chii for the aboriginal inhabitants inhabitant of this country and it a bill carries which is now pending in congress indians on reservations will be given the right to govern themselves to assume the responsibility of complete citizenship and will cease to be wards of the government according to george P lavatta sundance sui dance officer in the government bureau of indian affairs mr lavatta the op to mists club of which he is the only indian member at a luncheon at tho the hotel utah ile he stated that lie he will wl 11 leave salt lake shortly having been transferred to portland oregon mr air lavatta said that the governments ern ments present prent policy toward indians contributes to the de of the indian race and results in the exploitation of 0 indians by big interests that acquire indian lands and natural resources |