University Daily Kansan, July 3, 1985
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Indians lost as U.S. won Patriotism exists despite history
By Shawn Adav Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The day the United States gained independence from Great Britain marked the beginning of sovereignty for the nation, but for American Indian tribes it signaled the end of independence.
"I use that date when I'm teaching because our whole future changed at that point," Robert Daugherty, inductee of the American Indian Junior College, said recently.
"I don't know if it should be a time for celebration or a time for sorrow," said Daughtery, a Cherokee.
He said that after 1776, the Indians had to start dealing with one government rather than many. No longer could the English colonial interests be played against the French or the Spanish. Eventually the tribes would face the army of many unified states, not the militia of one or two colonies.
Just two years later the first of 389 U.S. Indian treaties was signed with the Delaware Trier. Nearly all of those treaties were broken, Daugherty said, and Indian tribes lost their status as independent nations in 1871.
"Since then we have been sovereign only spiritually." Daughters said. Congress recognized the American Indians as citizens in 1924, but Indians could not vote in 1980 until 1946 or in Arizona until 1948.
thought most Indians were patriotic despite that history.
"At almost every reservation they honor their veterans," Gebo said. "Some even have a veterans honor saga like the traditional ceremonial songs."
"I would be surprised if there wasn't strong feeling about America and what it stands for in spite of conditions on the reservations or what has happened in the past. I think the Indian people tend to rise above that and truly see the United States as their country."
Ted Rowland's family is an example. His grandfather served in the U.S. military during both world wars. Since then, every man except one in the last three generations of his family has served in the military.
Rowland is the dean of students at Haskell. His family belongs to Northern Chevonne tribe of Montana.
"I was with the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley," Rowland said. "They went to Vietnam right after I got out. My cousin was killed in Vietnam.
"In my tribe a big percentage of 'In my tribe a big percentage of
In 1876, the Northern Cheyenne helped defeat General Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn Shortly thereafter, Rowland said, the tribe
was shipped in railroad boxcars to what was then Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
About 500 of the Cheyenne escaped the reservation and made their way through the Army to Montana. Only about 100 survived, Rowland said, and they were allowed to stay.
The Northern Cheyenne originally shared land with several other tribes in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wymong. That land, more than 51 million acres, was to be protected by the Treaty of Fort Laramie, signed in 1875.
The Indian Claims Commission ruled in 1963 that the Northern Cheyenne were entitled to more than $5 million for their share of those lost lands. The U.S. government, lobbying expenses on behalf of the Northern Cheyenne from 1868 to 1962, the bill came to $3,213,300.46.
The commission reduced the government's claim to $1 million, leaving a settlement of $4.4 million.
"My people called it judgment money," Rowland said. "The government deducted money for the 446,000 acres we had settled on and for the towns we had been given. We paid for t two ways — in blood and in money."
"We feel we are as much an American as anybody else. We have all paid our own price. We should all be proud of the country we live in."
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Students' plans vary for Fourth
By Jill Ovens
Staff Reporter
The calendar put a few kinks in students' Fourth of July travel plans this year.
Independence Day falls on a Thursday, and classes will be canceled that day. But they won't be on Friday.
So, instead of making it a four-day weekend, some students say they won't stray far from Lawrence to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.
Paul Sprinkle, Overland Park junior, said Sunday that he planned to go a barbecue tomorrow at Lone Slag Lake.
'I'm not making any real special plans' he said '"It's about the same thing I do every day."
Sprinkle said he might go to watch the fireworks display at Memorial Stadium later tomorrow night.
Several students plan to go to area festivities.
"I'm going to Topeka for the 'G
4th' celebration," she said. "It won't
cost as much to go there because
Topeka's home."
Kathelen Blake, Kansas City, Kan, senior said she would be going home for the holiday. But she will return to Lawrence on Friday.
Christie Thomas, Topea senior, said she wanted to go to St. Louis for that city's Veiled Prophet Fair, but she can't afford the trip.
Angela Posada, Colombia graduate student, said she would be going to the Spirit Festival to listen to the strains of the Kansas City
"I'm from out west, so I've never done that before." Ryan said. "I have some friends who are going to show me around the Spirit Festival."
'I'll probably be going to In dependence Days on the weekend,' she said.
"I don't know what I'll be doing during the day," Posada said. "I'll probably just hang around Kansas City."
Wendy Ryan, Norton sophomore,
also is going to to go to the Kansas City for July 4. She plans to go to the Kansas City Spirit Festival, she said.
However, some students will leave the area to take brief vacations - desate school.
Some are traveling even further away.
"I'm going to be with relatives," he said. "That's what I do every year. I usually have a really good time and it's nice to get away from school. And
Amber Ankerholz, Lyons junior, said she would go home to visit her parents.
Todd Wintjen, Coffeyville junior,
will be going to Dallas to visit some
friends, he said.
Kenny George, Caney senior, also will be going home
"I'm really looking forward to it." Wintjen said. "It should be lots of fun."
And Joel Stinson, Lawrence senior will be heading for Colorado, he said.
tung and hang gliding." Shrimson said. Alas, some students like Darrell Miller. Palette III. junior will work with a group of college students day, but with a few benefits.
"I make time and a half so it' worth it." Miller said. "I haven't had a July 4 off for the last four years. I would be nice to go home, but since I can't, I think it's good to stay as busy as possible."
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