I saw Captain and Miss Nana on Saturday morning. The Captain looked
over the exhibit but did not say anything about it. The Fair has full
attendance
every day and I have many questions to answer at the exhibit. The other
day a visitor asked if it were a Chinese exhibit and whether the wagon
was made by a Chinese. He soon learned by looking around that
every
thing was Indian make. One of the comic scenes on Midway this week was
a wedding procession in the streets of Cairo. The camels
and donkeys made a funny sight as they moved along. An Angel has come
to live with us in Miss Folsom’s family. Angel Decora, a Winnebago
girl,
who is attending Smith College. She makes a new and interesting element
in the household. Mr. Edwin Bender, of Philadelphia, called last
Wednesday
at the exhibit. He is the father of Miss Bender. Mr. J. B. Given called
on
Thursday. The Misses Cook, sister to our former teacher Miss Mary H.
Cook from Dalington has been to see the exhibition.
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Transcription
of Carlisle Indian School news
papers by Linda Waggoner The Indian
Helper,
Vol 15, November 8, 1898 [date needs to be verified] An
Indian Angel.
In
the Music and Art column of a recent number of the Philadelphian we see
that
the work of the students of the summer school connected with the art
department
of Drexel Institute is now on exhibition, and the results as a whole
are
eminently satisfactory. It is all so
good that it is difficult to make comparisons, but some pieces are
unusually fine. Miss Angel de Cora
exhibits several
sketches, two of which are to be used by Harper's Monthly to illustrate
an
article from her pen. They may be said
to be the gems of the collection and are remarkably strong work for a
student.
It
will be remembered that Miss De Cora is a Winnebago Indian maiden,
graduate of
Hampton. She visited Carlisle a few
years since impressing all with her womanly grace and intensity of
purpose. ************************************************************************ The
Indian Helper, November 3,
1899 [date needs to be verified] WE
ARE GETTING ON.
We
see by a small leaflet sent out by the Atlantic Monthly giving a
summary of
important contributions to appear in early issues, that:
"Miss
Zitkala-Sa, a young Indian girl of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of Dakota
Indians,
who received her education in the East, has written "The Memories of an
Indian Childhood." These unique
and genuine records of the mind of an Indian child are told precisely
in her
own words, in which the slight flavor of the foreign tongue will be
perhaps
detected. The second paper will
describe her life in the Indian schools, and bear in the most
interesting way
upon the problem of Indian education."
Zitkala-Sa,
interpreted from the Sioux tongue into English means, Red Bird, and is
Miss
Simmons' Indian name. Miss Simmons was
or our corps of teachers a year ago and has since been taking a course
of
violin instruction at the Boston Conservatory.
She is a fine violinist. If
her
interesting articles get into such papers as the Atlantic Monthly her
reputation is made along literary lines.
We understand that she is writing a series to be
illustrated by a
Hampton Graduate--Angel Decora, a young Indian maiden of the Winnebago
tribe
who has been studying in Philadelphia for some time and is making a
name and
fame as an artist. Thus the Indian is
entering into the highest and best places.
We are not content to be mediocre.
We
are not content to whip the lesser college teams at football, for
instance, but
some of the "big four" must succumb to our skill and training. So the "big four" in literature,
art, and science, will find ere long among them the Indian, who climbed
to the
top through the same drill, experience and hard knocks, that men and
women of
fame usually have to pass through. Red Man &
Helper,
Dec. 1899 [date needs to be verified]
Several
years ago St. Nicholas published "Recollections of the Wild Life" by
Dr. Charles A. Eastman, a Sioux. This
year two of the leading literary magazines print among their special
announcements for 1900 the names of two young Indian girls. Harper's Magazine announces "Indian
Tales," written and illustrated by Miss Angel Decora, of which it says,
"These naïve tales of the North American Indian assume inherent
value and
importance from the fact that the author is herself a native Indian
girl." The
Indian Helper, Vol 15, No
24, April 13, 1900
Then
through the kindly intercession of our artist friend, Angel de Cora, we
had a
morning at the art museum, and at another time we were taken through
the
splendid "Youth's Companion" building, by the courtesy of Mr.
Chamberlain, one of the editors. The
few "imps" among us were seen to look carefully at the other
"devils" in the building, and to size up the improvements in the
various departments, so they will undoubtedly bring valuable hints to
the inky
sanctum upon their return." The Red Man
and Helper,
Vol 18, No 1, July 25, 1902
"Old
Indian Legends Retold by Zitkala-Sa," is a charming addition to our
American folk-lore stories.
The
stories are admirably told, the quaint phraseology of the Dakota, and
many
naïve expressions being retained, which only one who was born to
the language
could reproduce.
The
author has a gift for bringing scenes before the reader with a few
vivid
sentences in words of unusual simplicity, and this power serves her
well in the
"Legends."
The
illustrations by Angel Decora are extremely good, especially those
depicting
the personified spider, Iktomi (around whom the Sioux weave numberless
legends,) his tricky character, half clown, half knave, are well shown
in face
and figure.
Bound
in Indian red, crossed by a band of white and green imitating bead
work, the
book is complete in its attractiveness.
We
are glad to know that another volume is soon to follow this one. The
Red Man and Helper, Vol 18, No
12, Friday, October 3, 1902.
Volume
VI of Larned's History, for ready reference, has just been added to the
school
library as well as several other new books--three copies of Zitkala
Sa's
"Old Indian Legends," and Mary C. Judd's Wigwam stories; the last
mentioned are illustrated by Angel De Cora, an educated Winnebago
maiden. An English-Dakota dictionary, by
John P.
Williamson is also an addition. The
Red Man and Helper, Vol 18, No
23, Friday, December 19,
1902
Miss
Angel De Cora, of New York City, has been visiting friends and
relatives at the
school for a few days. Miss De Cora is
a Winnebago Indian woman, who graduated from Hampton, Virginia a few
years ago,
and has attained considerable repute as an artist having illustrated
books and
magazines. Some of her paintings at the
Buffalo exposition attracted the attention of picture loving people. Miss De Cora is a plain unassuming young
woman who is quietly working her way, in the Metropolis of this country. ************************************************************************The Arrow, Vol 1, No 36, Thursday, May 4,
1905 Improvement, Not
Transformation. Hon. Francis E. Leupp
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
It seems to me that one of the
errors good people fall into in dealing with the Indian is taking it
for
granted that their first duty is to make a white man out of him. If nature has set a different physical stamp
upon different races of men, it is fair to assume that the variation of
types
extends below the surface and is manifested in mental and moral traits
as well. No intelligent teacher at Hampton
Institute,
for example, need be warned to confuse the Indian with the Negro. In his mind the differentiation is
distinct. The contrast between the
Negro, with his pliant fancy, his cheerful spirit under adversity, his
emotional demonstrativeness, his natural impulse to obedience, and his
imitative tendency, and the Indian with his intense pride of race, his
reserved
habit, his cumulative sense of wrong, and his scorn for the
anti-patriarchal
ways of the modern world, is as marked as that between shadow and
sunshine.
Scarcely less plain is the line—not
the line of civilization and convention, but the line of nature—between
the
Indian and the white man. What good end
shall we serve by trying to blot out these distinctions?
How is either party to be benefited by the
obliterations? When we have done our
best artificially to make the Indian over into a white man, we have
simply made
a nondescript of him. Look among your
own companions in life, and say whom you more sincerely respect—the
person who
has made the most of what nature gave him, or the person who is always
trying
to be something other than he is? Have
you ever seen a man with a heaven-born genius for mechanics, who did
his best
possible work in the world by trying to practice law or to preach? However fairly he may have succeeded, by
sheer force of will, in compelling courts and congregation to listen to
him,
could he not have done a greater service to his own generation and to
posterity
by addressing all his energies to the solution of some great problem in
engineering? Did you ever see a woman
who had the divine gift of home-making, and whose natural forte was to
stimulate a husband and train a family of children to lives of
usefulness, yet
who contributed a larger share of happiness to mankind by becoming a
social
agitator? These are everyday
illustrations in point. Any reader can
call to mind a dozen instances within his own experience, some pitiful
and some
amusing, which tend to the same conclusion.
Now, how are we to apply this
philosophy to the case of the Indian?
Are we to let him alone? By
no
means. We do not let the soil in our
gardens alone because we cannot turn sand into clay; we simply sow
melon-seed
in the one and plant palm trees in the other.
It does not follow that we must metamorphose whatever we
wish to
improve. Our aim should be to get out
of everything the best it is capable of producing; and in improving the
product
it is no part of our duty to destroy the source. What
would be thought of a horticulturalist who should uproot a
tree which offers a first-rate sturdy stock, simply because its natural
fruit
is not of the highest excellence? A
graft here and there will correct this shortcoming, while the strength
of the
parent trunk will make the improved product all the finer, besides
insuring a
longer period of bearing. We see
analogy well carried out in the case of an aboriginal race which
possesses
vigorous traits of character at the start.
Nothing is gained by trying to undo nature’s work and do
it over, but
grand results are possible if we simply turn her forces into the best
channels.
The Indian character is often
misjudged because studied from poor specimens.
As Americans, we are quick to resent the criticisms passed
upon us by
foreign tourists who have never visited us in our homes, and whose
impressions
of our whole people have been gained from chance acquaintances picked
up at
hotels and in public conveyances. On
our own part, if we wish to know more of the Italian people, for
instance, we
do not visit the pauper colony of Rome, not accept as the standard type
of the
nation the lazzaroni who swarm around the quays of Venice.
In like manner, if we are to treat the
Indian with justice, we must not judge him by the hanger-on about the
edges of
an agency, or by the lazy fellow who lounges all the day, in the
gambling-room
of a frontier town. To get at the real
Indian, we have got to go back into the wilder country where white ways
have
not penetrated. There we find him a man
of fine physique; a model of hospitality; a kind parent; a genial
companion; a
staunch friend; and a faithful pledge-keeper.
Is not this a pretty good foundation upon which to build?
In have no absurd idea of painting
the Indian as perfect in character, or even well on the road toward
perfection. Against his generosity as a
host, must be
balanced by his expectation that the guest of today will entertain him
in
return tomorrow; his courage in battle is offset by his conviction that
any
means are fair for outwitting, and any cruelty permissible in
punishing, an
enemy. The duty of our higher
civilization is not forcibly to uproot his strong traits as an Indian,
but to
induce him to modify them: to teach him to recognize the nobility of
giving
without expectation of return, and to see true chivalry in good faith
toward an
active foe and mercy for a fallen one.
The pugnacity and grit which commands our admiration on
the battlefield,
the readiness to endure hunger and fatigue and cold for the sake of
making a
martial movement effective, are the very qualities which, turned toward
some
better accomplishment than bloodshed, would compel success; it is
therefore our
part, not to destroy them, but to direct them aright.
We accuse the Indian of maltreating his women because he
expects
them to cultivate the corn, and fetch the water from the spring, and
carry the
burdens on the march. We do not always
pause to reflect that this is after all a matter of convention rather
than of
moral principle. When the chase was the
Indian’s principle means of getting food for his camp, his women were
absolved
from any share in his arduous enterprises; and in war, offensive or
defensive,
he has always provided well for their protection. Our
attitude toward this subject ought to be that, in a
game-striped country, farming, lumbering, or herding must take the
place of
hunting, and that the same prowess his fathers showed in pursuing game,
the
Indian of today must bring to bear upon his new livelihood.
We make sport of the Indian’s love
of personal adornment, forgetting that nature has given him an artistic
instinct of which this is merely the natural expression.
What harm does it do him that he likes a red
kerchief around his neck, or feels a thrill of pride in the silver
buckle on
his belt? Does not the banker in New York
wear a scarf-pin and a watch chain, and fasten his linen cuffs with
links of
gold? The highest of us is none the
worse for the love of what is bright and pleasant to the eye. Thousands of sympathetic responses greeted
the protest of Henry Ward Beecher when Commodore Vanderbilt ordered all
the
brasswork on the locomotives of his railroad painted over, because the
engineers and stokers spent so much time polishing it.
“I should not wonder,” said the great
pulpiteer, “if this order cost the railroad more than it could possibly
save,
in the damper it casts upon the enthusiasm of the trainmen. Who could feel any affection for a great,
hulking, black brute of an engine?” Our
duty is plainly not to strangle the Indians artistic craving, but to
direct it
into a channel where its satisfaction will bear the best fruit for
himself and
the world.
Some years ago I was with a white
friend among the Moquis in Arizona. We
were looking at some of the earthenware made on the Walpi Mesa, course
and
rude, in quality, but ornamented with much elaborateness with symbolic
figures
of serpents, and lightning, and clouds and dropping rain.
I remarked on the symmetrical grace of the
outline of a certain vase.
“Yes,” my friend answered, “it is
well enough; but the Indian who made that would have been better
employed
hoeing in his corn patch at the foot of the Mesa.”
I confess to a little shock. Here
was a piece of work showing a real
artistic spirit. Hoeing corn is all
right, but we cannot all hoe corn. Some
of us most teach, and some write for the press, and some sell goods,
and some
build houses. We are all equally
producers, and, if it were not for diversity of occupation and
production, what
a cheerless and generally uncomfortable world this would be to live in! Corn will feed us, but it will not clothe
us, or shelter us, or furnish us with mental occupation.
Aside entirely from the question of
diversified production to the higher civilization, we may well ask
ourselves
whether beauty has no place in the social economy.
We can live without it, but life is certainly fuller for
having
it. The vase has its place in the world
as well as the ear of corn.
My friend made another protest, when
I drew attention to the character of the decoration.
“I am sorry,” said he, “that the
pantheism or nature worship of the Indian sticks out even in his
ornamentation
of a vase.”
In my turn, I was sorry for my
friend. I believed as strongly as he in
winning the Indian away from his superstitions, but I could not see how
these
symbols on a vase, if decorative in character, were going to hurt the
Indian,
or through his art spread the fetishism.
With all of our civilization, we have not yet banished
Cinderella or the
Sleeping Beauty from the libraries of our children.
The mythical Santa Claus and his chimney are still a
feature of
our Christmas celebration—a festival supposed to be commemorative of
the birth
of Christianity in the person of its founder.
The finest architecture on the earth is a heritage from
the Greeks, and
surcharged with symbolic associations with Olympus—worship. All these survivals have their use, even in
our unromantic age. In striving to
divorce the Indian radically from his past in matters of mere form, are
we not
liable to overlook some weightier considerations?
It was not long ago that an eminent
American illustrator discovered in a Winnebago girl so distinct a
manifestation
of genius in art, that, although she had been educated in the East, she
was
sent back, on his advice, to live a while among her own people, study
their
picturesque side, and make drawings of themselves and their life for
future
use. I can imagine my hyperpractical
friend throwing up his hands in horror at the suggestion of exposing
this girl
to the degrading atmosphere of her childhood home.
So should we all revolt at the idea of driving her back
into the
existence she would have led if no kind friend had taken her away
originally. But she had been trained
among good white people; she had reached an age when she would be able
to
appreciate the difference between the old ways and the new, and to the
latter’s
advantage; and she was a girl of refined womanly instincts and strong
character. If she were ever going to be
able to withstand the bad influences of frontier life, she could do it
then. And she cherished, moreover, that
wholesome
pride of race which we are bound to respect wherever we find it, and
which
enabled her to enter sympathetically into the line of art study
assigned to
her, as no one who had not shared her ancestry and her experience.
At a gathering of white
philanthropists, where several Navajo blankets of different weaves and
patterns
were exhibited, I was astonished to hear one of the most thoughtful
persons
present propose that a fund should be raised for supplying the Navajo
with
modern looms, so as to build up their special industry.
My suggestion that the wool raised by the
Indians was not of a quality which would answer for fine work was
promptly met
by the assurance that it would be a simple matter to send
Connecticut-made raw
materials out to New Mexico, as is already done to some extent. I did not attempt to carry the argument
further; but I have no hesitancy in saying here that this proposal
recalls the
old riddle about the jackknife in which each original blade, and
finally the
hands, had been broken and replaced, and the question presented was,
whether it
was the same jackknife still. The
Navajo blanket derives its chief value, not from being a blanket, but
from
being Navajo. The Indian woman who wove
it probably cut and seasoned the saplings which framed her rude loom,
and
fastened the parts in place. She
sheared and carded, and spun, and dyed the many-colored threads of her
wool. She thought out her own design as
she worked, and carried it so distinctly in her mind that she needed no
pattern. Now, at what point can we
break into this chain and substitute a foreign link without changing
the
character of the whole? A connisseur [sic]
in Navajo blankets, who loves them for the humanity that has been woven
into
them and not merely for their waterproof texture or their warmth, balks
when he
discovers in the design one shape which is not Indian, or one color
which bears
the aniline taint. The charm begins to fade away with the first
intrusion of
the Caucasian hand into the work. Now,
if we begin, by waiving the question of Indian wool and native dyes, we
might
as well make a clean sweep of the whole business and get rid of the
Navajo
woman too. The product of these changed
conditions would bear about the same relation to the real Navajo
blanket that
Lamb’s Tales bear to Shakespeare.
Well, the made-over Indian seems to
me a good deal like the Navajo blanket from which all the Navajo has
been
expurgated neither the one thing nor the other. I
like the Indian for what is in him. I want
to see his splendid inherited physique kept up because he
glories, like his ancestors, in feats of strength.
I want him to retain all his old contempt for hunger,
thirst,
cold, and danger when he has anything to do.
I love the spirit of manly independence which moved a
copper-colored
sage once to beg that I would intercede with the Great Father and
throttle a
proposal to send rations to his people, because it would pauperize the
young
men and make them slaves to the whites.
I have no sympathy with the sentiment which would throw
the squaw’s
beed-box [sic] into the rubbish heap and set her to making lace. Teach her lace-making, by all means, just as
you would teach her bread-making, as an addition to her stock of
profitable
accomplishments; but don’t set down her beaded moccasins as barbarous,
while
holding up her lace handkerchiefs as a symbol of advanced civilization.
The Indian is a natural warrior, a
natural logician, a natural artist. We
have room for all three in our highly organized social system. Let us not make the mistake, in the process,
of absorbing them, of washing out of them whatever is distinctly Indian. Our aboriginal brother brings, as his
contribution to the common store of character, a great deal which is
admirable,
and which needs only to be developed along the right line.
Our proper work with him is improvement, not
transformation. ************************************************************************ The Arrow, Vol 1, No 37, Thursday, May
11, 1905 The
thirty-seventh
anniversary of Hampton observed on May 2 and 3. [Angel not mentioned in
program.] ************************************************************************ Excerpts
from the Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Improvement
not Transformation The
Arrow, Vol 2, No
24, February 9, 1906
Miss
Angel Decora, a member of the Winnebago tribe, who for years has dwelt
in New
York City where she has done a great deal of work in illustrating books
and
magazines in addition to other art work, has been appointed teacher of
art at
Carlisle by Commissioner Leupp. She is
an accomplished artist with the brush and pencil, as well as in other
respects. We are glad to welcome her as
one of our teachers. The
Arrow, Vol 2, No
30, March 23, 1906
The
students are making excellent progress in native art under the
instruction of
Miss Angel Decora. ************************************************************************The Arrow, Vol 2, No 35, Friday, April
27, 1906 Arbor Day Notes.
“The Seniors planted a Maple tree,
near the northwest corner of the girls’ playing-ground, and named it
Perseverance. The following was the
program given; Song—“The tree we are planting.” Remarks:--President
of the class Nicodemus Billy. Song
“Celebrate the Arbor Day.” Quotations;
Elizabeth Walker, John Jackson. Class
Song. “A legend of the trees,” Miss DeCora.
Remarks, “Purpose of Arbor Day,” Major Mercer. In his remarks Major Mercer said it was a good
thing to observe
Arbor Day which has done so much to beautify American homes. . .” ************************************************************************ The Arrow, Vol 2, No 38, Friday, May
18, 1906
Miss Angel Decora made a flying trip
to New York City last week.
************************************************************************ The Arrow, Vol 2, No 41, Friday, June
8, 1906 Madelyn
de Cora, who has been a pupil in Dr. Felix Adler’s Ethical Culture
School is
visiting her aunt, Miss Angel de Cora.
************************************************************************ The Arrow, Vol 2, No 43, Friday, June
22, 1906
Miss
Decora took the girls out walking last Sunday which was appreciated by
all who
went with her. ************************************************************************ The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
1, August 31, 1906
Miss
De Cora who has been spending her vacation in New York City returned
looking
well and glad to get back. [also Madelon
DeCora, new student] ************************************************************************ Complimentary
Miss
Angel DeCora, our efficient instructor in drawing and design, is thus
flatteringly referred to in The Nation, in their report of the
Congress
of Americanists which was held in Quebec last September:--"Miss DeCora
is
of the Winnebago tribe and is possibly the first of her race to address
the
Americanists. Although cultivated in
the white man's ways, she exemplifies the gifts of her race. She is a skilled artist, and has worked in
illustrating and designing, in wood carving and in plaster, and has
also
painted pictures. Last year the present
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Francis E. Leupp, asked her to become
art
instructor at the Carlisle Indian School.
She accepted the appointment with the purpose of
developing native art
in all its branches, and of applying it to various industries. This step marks a new departure in the
education of the Indian, and Miss DeCora may fairly be regarded as a
pioneer. She showed a number of designs
made by the Indian boys and girls." ************************************************************************The Arrow, Vol 3, No 12, Friday,
November 16, 1906
Miss McDowell and Miss DeCora took a
few of the girls out for a short walk and they enjoyed it very much
although it
was cold.
************************************************************************ The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
18, Friday, December 28, 1906
Miss
DeCora is renewing old friendships in New York City and suburban towns. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
20, Friday, January 11, 1907
Miss
De Cora led the large girls prayer meeting Sunday evening.
She gave a very interesting talk on
"Unselfishness," after which she called on Miss Ross, who said she
was glad to be with the girls and see how they take part in their
private
prayer meetings. She also gave the
girls some interesting points which helped them along. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
23, Friday, February 1, 1907
The
detail for this Friday evening is:--Invincibles, Misses Hawk and
Gedney;
Standards, Misses DeCora and Beach; Susans, Messrs Baker and Thompson
On
entering the art room one is immediately struck with the
appropriateness of the
name of the building, for we find ourselves in a salon 24 x 32 feet,
the walls
of which are hung with Indian Art of every description.
Here can be found a large collection of
Indian curios, burnt-leather work, bead-work, basket work, Indian
drawings and
paintings of the most intricate designs, many by members of our Indian
Art
Class under Miss Angel DeCora, herself a Winnebago, and all genuine,
legitimate
Indian work.
Here
and there are hung rare prints of the famous chiefs of old. Prints that have long years ago been drawn
from publication and the plates destroyed.
On
the floor are various and unlimited Navajo blankets of design and color
to make
the heart of the connossieur [sic] beat faster.
Artistic
show cases are here displayed containing samples of the work of the
photographic
studio and souvenir postals of various views of the grounds and
buildings, all
the work of the students at Carlisle.
The
operating room opens to the north of the art room and occupies a space
24 x 50
feet, with a light 16 x 20 feet. This
room is equipped with the finest product of the camera maker's skill. The lenses have no superior in the state and
the backgrounds are various and artistic.
All appliances known to the Art are in evidence in this
room. To the east of the operating room
may be found
the dark room and printing room. The
arrangement of the lights in the printing room is considered to be as
near to
perfection as possible. A commodious
bay window on the east end of building is constructed in the shape of a
semi-octagon, so set as to secure a direct light at any hour of the day. Photographers pronounce the arrangement of
the rooms almost ideal. Here the
apprentices under competent instructors are taught the art of
photography in
its various details.
Mr.
Alfred M. Venne, a Chippewa Indian graduate of Carlisle, is in charge
of this
department and is justly proud of his detail.
When
the building was first talked about and as it progressed during
construction
the entire student body was eager to see the building dedicated to some
friend
of the Indian of to-day. When the
subject of a name for the building was brought up officially by the
association, the officials of the school and the student body, there
was a
spontaneous and unanimous demand that it be known as the Leupp Indian
Art Studio,
in recognition of the friendship, interest, and careful nurturing of
Indian Art
by Commissioner Francis E. Leupp, and therefore it was so named.
Experts
from various portions of the country pronounce it one of the most
practical and
well-proportioned studios to be found in many days' travel.
The
studio is open every week day for inspection.
It
is intended at some future date to erect a building somewhat similar in
design
and architecture on the opposite side of the roadway which can be used
as a waiting
room for the trolley and also be devoted to educational and industrial
purposes. This would make a grand
entrance to our already beautiful grounds, and the true Carlisle spirit
is on
the move, and when a mere trifle of a building or two affects the
Athletic
association it does not take long for things to materialize.
Every
student at the Carlisle Indian School is a producer. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
25, Friday, February 15, 1907 Society
Visitors
Section
6, of the "Regulations Relating to the Literary Societies, 1906-7,"
reads as follows:
"Employees
in details of two will take turns in visiting the societies, and give
the
Assistant Superintendent the benefit of their observation and
criticisms."
The
detail for this Friday evening is:--
Invincibles,
Misses De Cora and Beach; Standard, Messrs. Baker and Thompson; Susans,
Misses
Hawk and Gedney. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
27, Friday, March 1, 1907 "Hiawatha"
by the Susans
The
Susan Longstreth Literary Society placed themselves on record on Monday
evening
last as entertainers of a high order and again emphasized the fact that
when
the Susans undertake anything it is nearly certain to be a success. For some time past Miss DeCora has been
drilling the girls for the production of Longfellow's Hiawatha. Long and tedious have been the many rehearsals. Patience and tact have been required and
freely expended to bring the cast to the point when they could be
safely
presented to the most critical of all audiences--an audience of young
Indian
students. But the members of the
Society took hold of the matter with a will characteristic of the
Susans and
brought the matter to a successful presentation on Monday evening.
The
play is a very cleverly written affair, necessarily Indian in its
entire make
up, using the famous poem of Longfellow as its base.
Through it at appropriate moments a weird Indian song or
lullaby
is inserted, adding greatly to its presentation. The
following was the CAST OF
CHARACTERS: 1st Hiawatha
Baby in The Cradle 2nd "
Martha
Day 3rd "
Alice
Denomie 4th "
Elizabeth
Penny Minnehaha
Claudie McDonald Chibiabos
Cecelia Baronovich Iagoo
Margaret Cadotte 1st Nokomis
Cecelia Baronovich 2nd
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Edith Ranco Arrow Maker
Josephine Gates Mondamin
Frances Ghangraw Kitche Manito
Josefa Maria Paw Pub Keewis
Elizabeth
Hayes Two Fever
Ghosts
Margaret
Cadotte
Savannah Beck Drill Girls,
Guests, Indian Maidens, by the Society
The
young ladies had prepared faithfully and studiously and each acquitted
herself
in a most credible manner, yet it would be unfair not to specialize in
a few
instances.
The
Minnehaha of Claudie McDonald was a thoroughly natural piece of acting,
ably
supported by Elizabeth Penny as Hiawatha.
The dignity and sincerity of Miss Penny with the
restrained intensity of
Hiawath's wooing of Minnehaha made a beautiful combination.
During
the wedding feast in Act IV, Miss Elizabeth Hayes had opportunity to
demonstrate her ability in a war dance in full Indian costume. She possesses the grace of a Carlisle
student coupled with the spirit of her forefathers and her dance was
received
with great applause.
Miss
Baronovich sang a song in her native tongue which also brought down the
house.
A
sweet little lullaby was softly rendered by Cecilia Baronovich to
Hiawatha, the
babe, which was very pleasing to the audience.
The
costumes, all truly Indian, were elaborate and some of them of great
value,
being family relics that have been handed down from generation to
generation.
The
play presented the first opportunity to put to practical use the new
stage
settings and scenery. The scene of
Minnehaha Falls and the Forest scene are indeed works of art and under
the
white glare of the electric light are not equaled in any theatre in the
State.
Preceding
the performance and between the act the orchestra, under direction of
Mr.
Stauffer, rendered the following SELECTIONS
1. March
"Ida-Ho"
Tilzer 2. Intermezzo
"Autumn"
Moret 3. Medley
"Alice Where art Tho
Going" 4. Intermezzo
"Golden Rod"
McKinley 5. Medley
"Is Everybody Happy" Hogan
The
Susans are entitled to a great amount of credit for the pleasing
outcome of
their enterprise and the devotion of Miss DeCora to the work, as well
as to Mr.
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Collar
boxes, glove boxes, pin trays, mirrors, colored skins with beautiful
Indian
designs in various colors drawn and painted on them by Miss DeCora's
Art class
have been added to the collection of Indian curios at the Leupp Indian
Art
Studio. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
28, Friday, March 8, 1907 The
S. L. L. Society
The
members of the Susan Longstreth Literary Society assembled at the usual
hour. The meeting was called to order
by the president. Roll was called and
each member responded with a sentiment.
The minutes of our previous meetings were read by Vera
Wagner who has
proved herself to be an excellent secretary.
The Society extended a vote of thanks to Mr. Thompson,
Miss Decora and
our president, Miss Alice Denomie in behalf of their faithful service
and
interest shown in trying to make our play a success.
The
Susans have recorded the death of Miss Clarissa Winnie in the minutes
of the
society, of which she was Vice President when she was among us.
The
program for the evening consisted of the Susans Song, sung by the
Susans with
much spirit. Francis Ghangraw
volunteered to give an Impromptu in Bessie Charley's place, and told of
her
summer at the sea shore, which was very interesting.
Mary Redthunder played a Piano Solo. Martha
Cornsilk gave a Recitation and Stella Skye read a
Selection. The Dialogue by Mary Baily
and Olga Reinkin and an essay by Malissa Cornelius were all very good. Clara Spotted Horse told a beautiful legend
derived from old Sioux Indians, which was very interesting.
The
program as a whole was excellently rendered.
The question for debate read: "That the democratic party
has been a
benefit to the country." The
affirmative speakers were Helen Lane and Inez Brown.
The negative speakers were Myrtle Peters and Florence
Hunter. The debate was well prepared on
both sides. They proved the saying
without any doubt, that a girl or woman can talk Politics when ever
they are
given an opportunity.
After
some very very encouraging words from our visitors the meeting
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Grace
Primeaux has made a beautiful dress embroidered with an Indian design
on the
waist; the dress is to be sent to the Jamestown Exposition. Grace deserves credit for her patient work. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
30, Friday, March 22, 1907 Dr.
Gordon's Lecture
Dr.
Gordon B. Gordon, ethnologist of the University of Pennsylvania and
explorer of
considerable note, gave a lecture on Primitive Art before the student
body on
Wednesday evening which was one of the most instructive discourses
heard this
season.
At
the solicitation of Miss Angel DeCora, our art instructress, Dr. Gordon
consented to come to Carlisle and deliver this lecture in the hope that
it
would enthuse the young art students in their work.
The Dr. presented a series of views taken by himself in
the
prehistoric buried cities of Central America, showing the beautiful
carvings
and heiroglyphics [sic] of the ancients, and with the head of a serpent
as a
motif, showed with a series of views, the evolution of design and by
direct and
perfectly apparent tracing brought out many of the designs and patterns
used at
this time.
The
lecturer succeeded in showing to the students of art and Indian
designing that
they are not working on an uncertain series of curves and straight
lines, but
that the very designs on their blankets and on the pottery of the
Indians of
to-day are the direct carrying out of the schemes found upon the
monoliths of
time beyond record.
Miss
DeCora's love of art and devotion to her work succeeded in bringing
this famous
ethnologist here and his lecture will without doubt bear fruit. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
32, Friday, April 5, 1907 At
the Art Room
Through
the courtesy of Dr. Edward Everatt Hale and Dr. Putman, of Harvard
University,
Miss Angel DeCora, our art teacher, has a very rare collection of
prints on
exhibition in her studio of the prehistoric art of the Incas of South
America. These prints were collected and
published at
enormous expense by Drs. Reiss and Stubel, ethnologists and excavators
of
world-wide fame, and are entitled "The Necropolis of Ancon,
Peru." The collection contains
about 60 volumes filled with the most beautiful representations of the
artistic
side of the civilization and industries of the empire of the Incas, in
Peru.
These
almost unknown Indians of Peru were in a high state of civilization
long ere
history records their existence, and their designs on tapestries,
vases, urns,
etc., show the highest class of art.
Through
personal friendship and interest in Miss DeCora's chosen profession,
Dr. Edward
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Navajo
Blankets This
sought-for handiwork of the Indian on sale at the Leupp Art Studio
In
response to numerous inquiries for Navajo blankets that are known to be
genuine
the Leupp Studio will handle a limited assortment of the same and sell
them at
a reasonable price to those who desire them.
Each blanket exhibited at the Studio is exactly what is
claimed for
it. A record is kept of the time, place
and weaver of every blanket and prospective purchasers may rest assured
of the
absolute genuineness of every one of them.
Navajo
blankets will be very scarce this season, according to Herman
Schweizer,
manager in the southwest for Fred Harvey's great curio business, who
has just
returned from a two week's trip through the Navajo reservation in New
Mexico
and Arizona, in which he traveled several hundred miles in the
saddle,
from Gallup to Farmington and across Arizona, covering practically all
the
settlements in the great domain of the Indians.
The
season has been a prosperous one, crops of all kinds have been good,
and the
price of wool has been high, so that the Indians with full grain bins,
and full
pockets, are not inclined to work.
"The
Navajo blanket market will go skyward before the end of the season,"
said
Mr. Schweizer yesterday, "and I am not engaged in bulling the market
either. There will be a shortage of
blankets, and in fact, there is already a noticeable decrease in the
number of
blankets coming into the market. There
are a good many reasons for it, but chiefly it is the Indians' lack of
desire
to work so long as there is no immediate need for money.
"This
year has been an exceptionally prosperous one for the Navajos, and
their crops
of all kinds are large and in splendid condition. In
addition the high price of wool has led most of them to sell
their clip rather than hold to it to make blankets of.
The traders who also supply the wool are
short, having been attracted like everyone else by the fancy prices,
and even
if the Indian with his full pocket-book and granary desired to work, it
is
doubtful if he could get the wool to make very many blankets. So there is pretty good ground to expect a
shortage in the Navajo blanket crop."--Alberqueque, N. M. Journal.
A
genuine Navajo blanket is hand-made from start to finish.
The Indian grows his own wool, cards it,
spins it, and weaves it, all by hand in the most primitive way. He formerly pulled the wool from the sheep
with his hands, but with the coming of the trader, the common
sheepshears made
their advent and he at once began to use them.
To go among these people and see how they live, and again
to see the
beautiful creations of their simple minds amid such uninviting
surroundings, is
as wonderfully surprising as anything the creative genius of more
enlightened
white man has ever flashed upon the canvas of the world's great
achievement.
Were
you to visit a Navajo weaver's hogan you would expect to see a large
loom and
spinning wheel something like those our great-grand-mother used to use. But a very different loom and spinning wheel
would be discovered. Both are so simple
that the weaving appliances of our Colonial ancestors appear, in
comparison, as
elaborate and intricate as the machinery of the modern woolen mill. The Navajo spinning wheel consists of a
wooden spindle about 18 inches long which is fastened in the middle of
a small
disc four or five inches in diameter.
This spindle is dexterously twirled with the fingers while
the soft
wool, which has been carded by small hand cards into little rolls, is
twisted
into smooth, strong threads. Often this
spinning process is repeated four or five times in order to secure the
required
tenacity, fineness, and smoothness in the yarn.--Southern Workman.
No
doubt you have heard a great deal about the Navajo blanket. You may have heard that they are made in
eastern factories and shipped to the west and sold by Indian traders as
"genuine Navajo blankets."
Recently
a lady from the east was going to California.
She had heard a great deal about the Navajo blanket, so
when the train
stopped at Gallup, New Mexico, for dinner, she got off at the station
and
seeing a Navajo Indian wearing a "Mackinaw" blanket, immediately
began negotiations with the Indian for his blanket.
She
soon consummated the deal whereby the Indian received $15 for his
"treasure."
Of
course, this was a "genuine native Navajo wool blanket" because she
purchased it from a Navajo Indian.
Now,
to be truthful, the Navajo does not wear his own make of blankets. He prefers the soft, light factory-made
blanket, for with the price of one of his own blankets he can purchase
three or
four factory-made blankets, which he much prefers for his own use. This lady believed--at first--that she had
purchased a genuine Navajo blanket and when someone told her
differently she
was convinced that the Navajo blanket business was "a fake."
But
the Navajo Blanket is not a fake. The
white man has never been able to reproduce the Navajo effect in a
blanket. No loom has yet been invented
that can do
this.
On
the white man's loom when a color once starts across the beam, it must
be
carried through to the other side; but the Navajo, weaving by hand,
cuts out
one color and takes up another one anywhere he chooses.
The
largest blanket weavers in the country have acknowledged that it is
impossible
for them to make an imitation Navajo Blanket anything like the original.
We
have in the Art Building a magnificent assortment of native wool Navajo
Blankets. THE INDIAN PRINTERY publishes
THE ARROW, THE INDIAN SCHOOL PAPER
and occasionally does fine printing besides, all by Indian students; it
also
supplies lovers of Indian Art with genuine native wool Navajo Blankets
and rugs
fresh from Navajo looms.
We
are not, commercially speaking, in the blanket business, but we are
interested
in the Navajo Indian. We want to help
him by selling his blankets. We want to
do what we can to get people to appreciate the art of the Navajo weaver. A Chilocco Indian School representative
recently spent several weeks on the Navajo Indian reservation in
Arizona and
New Mexico and while there he collected a number of very fine specimens
of the
Navajo weaver's art. A part of these
are for sale.
In
beauty of designs, workmanship and patterns, they rival the most costly
oriental rugs--and they are genuine.
We
will ship one or more blankets to responsible persons subject to
approval.
If
they do not please, they can be returned.
We have them at all prices--from $10 to $100 each. We guarantee every blanket--can tell you
just where it was made and who made it.
Mr.
Venne will be pleased to furnish all particulars, and can be addressed
at the
Leupp Art Studio. Prominent
in Professional Life. In any list
of prominent Indians of to day
should be included Dr. Charles Eastman, a Sioux; Francis La Flesche, an
Omaha
Indian, now a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, and a Government employe; Honore Jackson, a successful lawyer
in
Chicago, Miss Angela de Cora, a Winnebago, an artist who has met with
much
success in illustrating Indian life, and Miss Zitkala Sa, a Yankton
Sioux, a
magazine writer.--The Indian's Friend The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
41, Friday, June 7, 1907 Winnebago
Camp
On
Decoration Day, Miss Angel DeCora, our art teacher, accompanied by
Elizabeth
Penny, Grace Primeau and Josephine Gates, three winsome Indian maidens,
embarked on the trolley for Mt. Holly and leaving the car at the most
infrequent spot at the base of the mountain, with true Indian instinct
located
a long-abandoned trail and wended their way through a thick
under-growth and
deep forest, to a spot described in tradition as "the place of
solitude," where they pitched camp.
During the long march through the woods they had gathered
roots and
various fruits known only to the Indian mind which were soon prepared
in a great
olla which had been left years ago by other campers. Small game which had been ensnared by
primitive Indian methods was added to the already tempting
conglomeration. The fagots were gathered
and placed in
position. Fire was kindled with great
ceremony, combining rites of Winnebagos, Nez Perces, and Sioux Indians,
and
after a short time during which the aroma from the feast in course of
cooking
had developed a good appetite, the quartette seated themselves on the
ground
and enjoyed a good old fashioned Indian feast.
After
the olla had been emptied an old time dance to the native
Indian songs
was indulged in, and reluctantly and silently they returned to the
border of
civilization, having voted a glorious day's sport. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
42, June 14, 1907 Indian
Art
Mr.
O'Donnell, a representative of the Sunday Magazine of the Philadelphia
North
American, was a guest of Miss Angel DeCora on Thursday.
Mr. O'Donnell who is gathering material for
an article on Primitive Indian Art naturally cames [sic] to our Art
Department
for data. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
43, June 21, 1907 At
Los Angeles
Miss
Angel DeCora, our art teacher will leave on Saturday to attend the
Educational
Convention at Los Angeles, Cal., July 2-12, and will represent Carlisle
in a
most credible manner. The Commissioner
in his circular of recent date has the following special notice: Miss
Angel
DeCora, teacher of Native Indian Art, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle,
Pa.,
will display a collection of original Indian designs and explain what
she is
doing for the preservation of Indian art, and show how the Office
desires this
work carried on in the schools. The
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in referring to Miss DeCora's work in
his last
annual report, says: "It is my desire that pupils who study any kind of
decorative work shall be encouraged and led to employ Indian
combinations of
line and color, and that the products of the school shop, so far as
they lend
themselves properly to ornamentation, shall show the characteristic
Indian
touch as distinguished from the Caucasian designs which pervade the
same
branches of industry elsewhere." The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
46, July 12, 1907
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The Arrow, Vol 3, No 47, Friday, July
19, 1907 [front page
includes 5 pictures of the Leupp Art
Studio] Indian
Education Extracts
from the Los Angeles Times which will Interest Carlisle
Old-fashioned
school teachers in attendance at the session of the Department of
Indian
Education in Los Angeles recently were actually shocked at the new
method of
instruction as introduced in many of the Indian schools of the country
by
Commissioner Francis E. Leupp, head of the bureau of Indian affairs. This new principle . . . .
"The
great principle in the Indian school today is not to waste energy, but
to train
the pupils rather in the practical affairs of life as they will find it
rather
than teach them the history of Greece of the geography of Russia.
"I
am insistent upon the right of every Indian child having the
opportunity of
learning the "Three R's" said Commissioner Leupp, "If, after
that they desire to go further they will have the opportunity." Indian
Art
Miss
Angel DeCora, who is a delegate to the institute from the Carlisle
Indian
school, where she is teacher of art, is one of the most interesting
figures
connected with Indian education now in Los Angeles.
She is a handsome young Indian woman, of full-blooded
Winnebago,
and the exhibit of the work of her pupils is one of the features of the
exhibition now to be seen at the Normal School. Miss
DeCora has made a special study of Indian art, and she has
made a most complete collection of original Indian designs. She has studied in many of the large cities
of the country, and is an enthusiast upon the subject of preserving
native
Indian art designs.
The
institute meetings are, if anything, more interesting after the
adjournment of
the formal meetings than during the session.
It is then that the teachers from all parts of the country
meet and
compare notes and tell stories of the wonderful progress being made by
their
charges under the new system introduced.
Anecdotes and stories illustrating the life of the Indian,
the
brightness of the children, and the uplifting which is spreading
throughout the
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Miss Angel DeCora, ’91, who is now
teacher of art at Carlisle and has been assisting Miss Cook of the
Indian
Bureau in arranging the Government Indian exhibit at the Jamestown
Exposition,
made her headquarters at the school while in this vicinity. She brought with her some interesting
specimens of the work of her classes, which attracted much attention in
the
school Museum.
Miss DeCora is illustrating the
Indians’ Book which Harper Brothers are to publish in the fall form
Miss
Natalie Curtis. The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
48, July 26, 1907 [Cover:
photograph of Angel in beaded dress] "Miss Angel
De Cora (Winnebago) Our Teacher
of Indian Art" The
Arrow, Vol 3, No
49, August 23, 1907 [front
page with 2 pictures inside the art studio; also copied in Native
American,
Aug. 31--'07; Reveille, Sep. 15--'07;
Ogallala Light. Sept--'07; Indian's Friend, Oct. '07; Indian News,
Sept. '07;
Southern Workman, Oct. '07; Chippewa Herald, Sep. '07; Weekly Review,
Sep 14,
'07; and Indian School Journal, Sep. '07] Native
Indian Art [Paper read
by Miss Angel De Cora, Instructor in
Native Indian Art, at the United States Indian Industrial School,
Carlisle,
Pa., before the Department of the Indian Education at the annual
convention of
the National Educational Association, held at Los Angeles, California,
July
8-12, 1907. A fine likeness of the
author appeared in The Arrow of July
26.]
The
time has not been long enough since the subject was put into practice
to show
some of the possibilities of adapting Indian art to modern usages.
Indians,
like any other race in its primitive state, are gifted in original
ideas of
ornamentation. The pictorial talent is
common to all young Indians.
The
method of educating the Indian in the past was to attempt to transform
him into
a brown Caucasian within the space of five years or little more. The education made every effort to convince
the Indian that any custom or habit that was not familiar to the white
man
showed savagery and degradation. A
general attempt was made to bring him "up to date."
The Indian, who is so bound up in tribal
laws and customs, knew not where to make the distinction, nor what of
his
natural instincts to discard, and the consequences was that he either
became
superficial or arrogant and denied his race, or he grew dispirited and
silent.
In
my one year's work with the Indians at Carlisle I am convinced that the
young
Indians of the present day are still gifted in the pictorial art.
Heretofore,
the Indian pupil has been put through the same public school course as
the
white child, with no regard for his hereditary difference of mind and
habit of
life; yet, though the early art instruction in the white man's art, the
Indian,
even here, does well and often better than the white child, for his
accurate
eye and skillful hand serve him well in anything that requires delicacy
of
handiwork.
In
exhibitions of Indian school work, generally, the only traces of Indian
one
sees are some of the signatures denoting clannish names.
In looking over my pupil's native design
work, I cannot help calling to mind the Indian woman, untaught and
unhampered
by the white man's ideas of art, making beautiful and intricate designs
on her
pottery, baskets and beaded articles, which show the inborn talent. She sits in the open, drawing her inspiration
from the broad aspects of Nature. Her
zig-zag line indicates the line of the hills in the distance, and the
blue and
white background so usual in the Indian color scheme denotes the sky. Her bold touches of green, red and yellow
she has learned from Nature's own use of those colors in the green
grass and
flowers, and the soft tones that were the general tone of the ground
color in
the days of skin garments, are to her as the parched grass and the
desert. She makes her strong color
contrasts under the
glare of the sun, whose brilliancy makes even her bright tones seem
softened
into tints. This scheme of color has
been called barbaric and crude, but then one must remember that in the
days
when the Indian woman made all her own color, mostly of vegetable dyes,
she
couldn't produce any of the strong, glaring colors they now get in
analine
dyes.
The
white man has tried to teach the young Indian that in order to be a so
called
civilized person, he must discard all such barbarisms.
It
must be remembered that most of the Indians of the Carlisle school have
been
under civilizing influences from early youth and have, in many
instances,
entirely lost the tradition of their people.
But even a few months have proved to me that none of their
Indian
instincts have perished but have only lain dormant.
Once awakened it immediately became active and produced
within a
year some of the designs you have seen.
I
have taken care to leave my pupil's creative faculty absolutely
independent and
to let each student draw from his own mind, true to his own thought,
and, as
much as possible, true to his tribal method of symbolic design.
The
work now produced at Carlisle, in comparison with that of general
school work
would impress one with the great difference between the White and
Indian
designer. No two Indian drawings are
alike and every one is original work.
Each artist has his own style.
What is more, the best designs were made by my artist
students away from
my supervision. They came to me for
material to take to their rooms and some of the designs for rugs that
you have
seen were made in the students' play hour, away from the influence of
others--alone with their inspiration, as an artist should work. It may interest you to know that my pupils
never use practice paper. With steady
and unhesitating hand and mind, they put down permanently the lines and
color
combinations that you see in their designs.
We
can perpetuate the use of Indian designs by applying them on modern
articles of
use and ornament that the Indian is taught to make.
I ask my pupils to make a design for a frieze for wall
decoration, also borders for printing, designs for embroidery of all
kinds, for
wood-carving and pyrography, and designs for rugs.
I
studied the Persian art of weaving from some Persians, because I saw
from the
start the style of conventional designing produced by Indian school
pupils
suggested more of this kind of weaving.
We shall use the Navajo method as well, but the oriental
method allows
more freedom to carry out the more intricate designs. The East Indian
and the
American Indian designs are somewhat similar in line and color,
especially
those of the Kasak make.
I
discourage any floral designs such as are seen in Ojibway beadwork. Indian art seldom made any use of the details
of plant forms, but typified nature in its broader aspects, using also
animal
forms and symbols of human life.
With
just a little further work along these lines I feel that we shall be
ready to
adapt our Indian talents to the daily needs and uses of modern life. We want to find a place for our art even as
the Japanese have found a place for theirs throughout the civilized
world. The young Indian is now mastering
all the
industrial trades, and according to the wishes of the Honorable Indian
Commissioner, there is no reason why the Indian workman should not
leave his
own artistic mark on what he produces. ************************************************************************The Arrow, Vol 4, No 1, September 6,
1907 Won
by California
Since
June the 20th Miss DeCora our Teacher of Native American Art spent the
summer
in the west and middle-west. She had on
display some fine specimens of Indian art at the National Education
Association
held in Los Angeles, Cal. She arrived
last Friday somewhat tired after a long journey but wore a smile. The California sunshine made an excellent
impression on her but with the cool breezes from the Japan current, the
fragrances from the many varieties of flowers, the fruit growing all
around her
could not stop her complexion from turning to a beautiful brown.
Miss
DeCora remarked with strong emphasis that she would rather live in
California
than any other place in the world. She
spoke of the people of Los Angeles as being kind, sturdy and full of
ambition
and with whom one can get acquainted very quickly.
She
visited Sherman Institute which is situated in a deep, wide, fertile
romantic
valley of Riverside county and speaks highly of the place.
While at Sherman she was entertained by an
eagle dance. The participants were Hopi
children of that Institution. She also
visited Long Beach, Redlands and many other places of interest.
On
her return home she stopped at Albuquerque met and was received by
friends
formerly of this school. As she came
further east she stopped at Omaha and visited the Winnebago
reservation, the
place of her birth. From there to
Carlisle she was accompanied by her cousin Charles LaMere.
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September 20, 1907
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September 27, 1907 Round Table Conference Note:
The
conference was conducted by the Hon. Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of
Indian
affairs, during the Institute held at Los Angeles, Calif., July 8-12,
1907, and
was held immediately after the adjournment of a general session, which
concluded with a paper on Native Indian Art, read by Miss Angel DeCora,
and a
lesson demonstrating practical orange culture, presented by Miss Maggie
Naff
with a class of Indian pupils, and the preliminary marks of the
Commissioner
refer to these exercises. Nearly
everybody else has had a demonstration here, and now I want one of my
own. . .
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These boys, like the others at
Sherman Institute, are learning not simply the lessons taught in books,
but
more valuable things how to carry responsibility, how to take care of
themselves, how to hold their own against the whites. . .
I want to say just a word about Miss
Angel De Cora’s address. When it is
printed I hope you will all read it, because Miss De Cora could not
speak loud
enough for all of you to hear, on account of the condition of her
throat. Somebody came to me this morning
and wanted
to know if I had seen an article in the local press in which doubt was
expressed whether she would have the support of the authorities in such
work as
she is doing! As the idea of reviving,
or perpetuating, Indian art and its ideals, was one of my earliest
aspirations
and as I had to struggle hard with Miss De Cora to induce her to leave
the
private practice of her profession and come in with us and take up this
task
because I thought her better fitted for it than anyone else I know, I
feel that
I am reasonably safe in prophesying that, through this administration
at least,
she will have “the authorities” behind her. ************************************************************************The Arrow, Vol 4, No 10, Friday,
November 1, 1907 The
Arrow, Vol 4, No
18, January 3, 1908
Miss
DeCora, the teacher of Indian Art, spent a most enjoyable season in
Philadelphia and other points, returning much improved in health and
spirits.
[just got married] The
Arrow, Vol 4, No
20, January 17, 1908 Indian Art
A beautiful specimen of primitive
Indian art, as taught in our Art Department, which is under the
instruction of
Miss Angel DeCora, is now hanging on the wall in the Mercer library,
and is the
subject of much admiration by the many visitors of the institution.
A large full length photography of
Major Mercer in the full uniform [of] his rank is surrounded by a heavy
massive
frame of poplar, which has been carved by hand in base relief with
beautiful
designs of purely Indian character.
The design which is intricate yet
distinctively Indian is the work of Allie Bareing, an Arapahoe, and
shows
originality of idea and a knowledge of the theory of design, which she
has
carried through the entire subject.
The carving which is as nearly
perfect as possible was done by DeWitt Wheeler, a Sioux, and Ferris
Paisano, a
Pueblo, both of whom have exercised patience, care and study in
bringing their
handiwork to successful completion. The Arrow, Vol 4, No 25, Friday,
February 21, 1908 From Commissioner’s Report Distinguished
Anthropologist
During
the past week the Teacher's Club has been entertaining one of the most
famous
anthropologists of the day in the person of Dr. Franz Boaz, of New York
City,
who is the guest of Miss DeCora, our teacher of Native Indian Art, and
a friend
of many years.
On
Wednesday evening the learned gentleman delivered a lecture to the
student body
along the line of Indian Art, and tracing the various designs used by
the
Indians in basketry and pottery from different sections of the world
back to
one general design and to the carrying out of a well-defined plan and
scheme.
Dr.
Boaz is a man of very extensive travel and experience and has devoted
his
entire life thus far to the study of anthropology and is an authority
the world
over. Born in Westphalia, N. W.
Prussia, he attended the universities of Heidelberg, Bonn and Keil,
receiving
the degree of Ph. D. in 1891.
Dr.
Boaz spent a couple of years in the Artic regions and also some years
in
British Columbia investigating the usages and customs of the Indians,
and was
the chief assistant at the Worlds Exposition in Chicago of the
Anthropological
department. He was lecturer at Columbia
University and Curator of the American Museum of Natural History. Dr. Boaz holds membership in all the
anthropological societies and has published many works on Indian
subjects.
Dr.
Boaz is here at Carlisle interviewing various of the students getting
data and
information which will be of great value to him in his present
undertaking,
that of grammaticizing the Shoshoni language.
The
learned doctor leaves on Friday for his museum duties in New York amid
the best
wishes of many new friends. The Arrow, Vol 4, No 36, Friday, May 8,
1908 Practical Photography at
Carlisle
In connection with the arrival here
Mary 1st of Mr. E. E. Strong, it will be of interest to the
readers
of The Arrow to know that the work in
photography at this school is to be developed into a regular department
of
instruction. Mr. Strong is a practical
photographer, having been in business in New York state for a number of
years
and comes prepared, not only to turn out artistic photographs, but to
instruct
a select number of students as well.
His headquarters will, of course, be in the Leupp Art
Studio.
It is intended to make the Art
Studio the business center for sending out Indian blankets and other
products
of the native Indian craftsman. This
department is but one of the great benefits which is due to the
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real thing
at a reasonable price, are invited to inspect our Curio Department in
the Leupp
Studio. We have some Navajo Blankets,
Beadwork, Baskets, Pottery, etc. Mail
orders solicited. All goods guaranteed
as represented.
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1908 Studying
Indian Art.
Mr.
Paul Radin, a member of the faculty of Columbia University, is here to
look
into the development of the Indian art work.
He is making a study of the question and is here to see
the classes and
interview Mrs. DeCora Dietz, who is in charge of the Art Department. The Arrow, Vol 4, No 38, Friday, May
22, 1908 [advertisement:] Navajo Indian Blankets And Other Curios
A very nice assortment of Pueblo
Pottery, Beadwork, Basket work, Silver work, Reed work, Weaving, etc.,
can be
purchased at the Leupp Art Studio, right here at the School. A nice feature of buying Indian goods of
this department is that the purchaser is assured of the genuineness of
the
article he buys. Being connected with
the United States Government, as a part of the Carlisle Indian School,
no
misrepresentation is possible and, at the same time, no exhorbitant
[sic] price
will be asked. Besides articles of
Indian manufacture from remote Reservations we have on sale Photographs
of the
school and prominent Indians who have visited us, Souvenir Postals,
Sketches by
our Native Indian Art Department, etc., which we offer at very
reasonable
prices.
If you are interested in these goods
and can visit us, we shall be glad to show you what we have; if not,
and you
will write us, we shall endeavor to give you any information we can. Pottery from 15c up; Navajo Blankets from
$5.00 up; Baskets from $1.00 up; Photos and views at all prices. A large illustrated catalog of Carlisle for
25c. Address all orders and other
communications to The Leupp Art Studio, Carlisle, Pa. ************************************************************************
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Arrow, Vol 4, No
41, Friday, June 12, 1908 Cleveland
Program.
We
print below the program of the Department of Indian Education to be
rendered at
Cleveland, Ohio, June 29th to July 3:
School
commencements--Practical demonstration by students from Carlisle Indian
Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa. Rug
weaving and designing--Mrs. Angel DeCora Dietz, instructor. Oration: "My People,"--Elizabeth
Penny, illustrated with five full-blood Nez Perce Indians in costume.
Mrs.
Angel De Cora Dietz, instructor in native Indian art, Carlisle Indian
School,
Pa. will display specimens of her pupils' work, showing what the Office
is
doing for the preservation of Indian art, and will explain to the
teachers how
best to carry on this work in the schools.
She will also give a demonstration of weaving, with a
class of Indian
children and native looms, showing how the Office is teaching the
pupils to
make practical application of these native designs in the manufacture
of rugs
of Persian and other weaves in common use.
This will eventually not only open up a larger field for
the sale of the
products of the Indian, but will enable him to make a practical
contribution of
the native art of America to the art of the world. The
Arrow, Vol 4, No
42, Friday, June 19, 1908.
Mr.
Dietz and his staff of designers are very busy preparing Indian designs
for the
Carlisle Indian School magazine which will make its appearance in the
fall. The
Carlisle Arrow, Vol 5, No
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name change to “Carlisle Arrow”]
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Carlisle, Pa.
The
annual Institute of the Department of Indian Education was held at
Cleveland,
Ohio, the latter part of June, and the demonstration of rug-weaving by
Miss
Angel De Cora-Deitz, together with the oration, "My People," by
Elizabeth Penny, illustrated with native songs and dances by five
Indians in
tribal costume, aided materially in making the meetings so successful. These two features made such a deep
impression at the first day's session it was necessary to repeat them
on the
second day, because of the large number of special requests to that
effect. The very excellent paper on
"Horticulture and Landscape Gardening," by Mr. R. H. Hoffman,
florist, will be published in our annual report, and will be of great
service
to the Indian workers in the field.
Carlisle
is to be congratulated on the splendid showing made by her students.
Very
respectfully,
E. Reel,
Supt.
of Indian Schools Approved:
C.
F. Larrabe
Acting Commissioner. The
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7, Friday, October 23, 1908
Mr.
and Mrs. Friedman and Mrs. DeCora-Dietz left Tuesday morning for Lake
Mohonk,
where they will be entertained by Hon. A. K. Smiley, at the Lake Mohonk
Conference meeting. Mr. Friedman and
Mrs. DeCora-Dietz are on the program Indian day. The
Carlisle Arrow, Vol 5, No
19, Friday, January 15, 1909
"How
to get Results with Older Pupils in the Primary Grade," was the subject
ably handled by Miss Hetrick at the teachers' meeting held on the 12th
inst. Mr. Stauffer also furnished the
teachers with new material for a Lincoln and Washington Day programs. At our next meeting Mrs. DeCora-Dietz will
take up that part of the course of study which relates to Native Indian
Art. ************************************************************************
The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 5, No 21,
January 29, 1909
The classes in native art work have
completed the study of Sioux Symbols and are now studying the Arapaho. Fannie Charley is working on a fancy
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Lottie
Tramper and Fannie Charley have each completed two pretty sofa pillow
tops. They are made in Carlisle colors.
Another rag rug has been finished by
Rose Whipper in the Art Room. These are
very pretty, and serviceable as well.
They are especially adapted for bath-room use.
Mrs. F. G. Hoyt, of Albany, N. Y.,
while attending the Mohonk Conference in New York last fall, ordered a
rug two
by three feet. The rug has just been
finished by Ethel Daniels and is very beautiful.
Dr.
Stratton, director of the School of Industrial Art, of Philadelphia,
paid a
visit to the school last Friday. He was
greatly impressed with Carlisle and was wonderfully pleased with the
work being
done in the Art Department. He believes
that Indian designing is one of the coming things in American Art. Mr. Stratton enjoys the reputation of being
at the head of America’s foremost school in the advancement of arts for
practical purposes. He also states that
Rueben Sundown and Thomas Saul are making rapid strides at his school
in
Philadelphia.
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The Carlisle Arrow, Vo. 5, No 22,
February 5, 1909 Indians Studying Art.
Among the student body of the School
of Industrial Art, Philadelphia, are two Indians, one a Sioux and the
other of
the Seneca tribe. They are Thomas Saul,
or “Wanyey’[”] Speeding Arrow, and Rueben Charles whose Indian name,
“Gwee-yeh-is,” means Sundown. They have
been awarded the Gillespie Scholarship by the Carlisle Indian school
and are
being trained in art. Saul is taking a
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last
week. Some of these boys are excellent
Navajo silversmiths and will join our Native Art Department. Mr. Paquette was a guest here several days
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26, Friday, March 5, 1909
Mr.
William Deitz, instructor in Native Art, is on a short visit to
Philadelphia to
purchase tools for the silversmiths. The Indian Craftsman--By Indians, Vol 1,
No 3, April 1909 Indians
to Foster Their Native Art: From The Philadelphia Ledger Among the
student body
of the School of Industrial Art are two Indians, one a Sioux, and the
other of
the Seneca tribe.
They
are Thomas Saul, or "Wanyeya"--Speeding Arrow--and Reuben Charles,
whose Indian name, "Gwee-yeh-is," means Sundown.
They
have been awarded the Gillespie Scholarship by the Carlisle Indian
School and
are being trained in art. Saul is
taking a course in illustrating and Charles will study interior
decorating.
Just
as Greek and Egyptian art have been made much of in schools, it is the
aim to
foster the artistic instincts of the Indian instead of blotting out all
his
tendencies and civilizing him too completely.
Francis
E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washington, introduced the
study
and fostering of native Indian art at Carlisle. Superintendent
Friedman, of Carlisle, is entirely in sympathy
with this movement and during the year he has been in office has done
wonderful
work in developing it.
Mr.
Friedman has eight Navajo Indians who are expert workers in silver, on
their
way from the Southwest to Carlisle.*
They will carry on their craft at the Indian school with
the advantage
of instruction in design and the most modern equipment.
The
art department at Carlisle is under the direction of Mrs. Angel de
Cora-Dietz,
a Winnebago Indian, and her husband, William Dietz--Lone Star--who are
working
to develop the arts of blanket weaving and working metals.
Mr.
Howard Fremont Sratton, director of the art department of the School of
Industrial Art, in an interview, says of this work:
"We
have here in our country an opportunity for studying the transition of
a
primitive people from their peculiar elemental art to a more advanced
type. I refer, of course, to the native
Indian.
"The
policy of the government, which assumes the guardianship of these
tribes, has
hitherto been to stamp out all natural tendencies, fancies, traditions
and
feelings, and all individual spirit in
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Indians arrived at the school
recently from Arizona. A number of
special benches have been built in our carpenter shop and tools have
already
been purchased. This important division
of the work will soon be under way.--Editor. The
Carlisle Arrow, Vol 5, No
34, Friday, April 30, 1909
Mrs.
William Deitz, our Indian teacher, is busy getting things for the
Indian
Exhibition in South America. She has
selected two rugs, one a Persian weave and the other a Hopi Indian
weave. The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 5, No 25, May 7, 1909 ************************************************************************
The Arrow, Vol 5, No 35, June 4, 1909
About two dozen of the employes
[sic] took advantage of the holiday Monday, and the beautiful weather,
and went
out to Mt. Holly for a picnic. A very
delightful afternoon was passed out there, the best part of which was
the
“spread” served by the ladies of the party.
The picnic developed two things: that Mr. Ramsey knows
something about
coffee-making and that Lone Star is the champion eater.
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Carlisle Arrow, Vol 5, No
41, Friday, June 18, 1909
The
printing department is under obligation to the young ladies from girls
quarters
who have helped us, from time to time, during the past school term. The services rendered were not only
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Attracting Much Attention. The Winona
Printer, a publication of the Winona
Technical Institute, Winona, Indiana, recently issued an "Indian"
edition in which were used a great many Indian initial letters,
borders,
illustrations, tail pieces, etc., loaned them by the Carlisle Indian
Press. The edition was a work of art
and a great compliment to Carlisle.
The
art work, as produced by the Native Indian Art Department, under Mrs.
Angel
DeCora-Deitz and "Lone Star," and given circulation by our printing
department, has caused wide comment and attracted so much attention
that we are
constantly replying to communications from all parts of the country
asking our
cooperation in helping other shops to get hold of some of this art work
to be
used in executing the higher and better grades of printing .
Owing
to the particular style of its, work, The Carlisle Indian Press is
receiving
daily requests for samples of work from the noted printing
establishments of
the country. In this particular it
might be added that in recent issues of The American Printer, The
Inland
Printer, and The Printing Art, the three leading exponents of
typographical art
in this country, favorable comment has been made, not only of the
excellency of
the work produced by the Carlisle Indian apprentices, but of the
beautiful
results gotten by the combination of their talent as craftsmen in both
branches
of the work. The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 6, No 1, September 10,
1909 A Word [work?] of High Art.
The Indians of Carlisle School are
issuing a very creditable monthly magazine, known as The
Indian Craftsman, which shows marked ability on the part of all
who have any connection with the publication.
The book is a work of high art, not only in the matter of
reading
matter, which is well selected and well written, but also in the
make-up and press
work as well. The mechanical work,
which is done by apprentice-students, under the direction of the
superintendent
of printing at the school, would do credit to any high-class
establishment.—Every Evening, Wilmington, Del., July 26.
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1909 Carlisle Roster of Employees. .
. . Angel DeC.
Deitz . . . Teacher Nat. Ind. Art Wm.
H. Deitz . .
. Asst. Teacher Nat. Ind. Art . . .
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The
Indian Craftsman, bearing the imprint of the Carlisle Indian Press,
United
States Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., is an interesting magazine with
illuminated cover and attractive illustrations. The
design of the cover of the June issue is by William Deitz, a
Sioux known as “Lone Star” and the contents include “Legends, Stories,
Customs,” by Carlisle Indian students.
The leading feature is a batch of extracts from personal
letters written
by Commissioner Leupp to various persons who have addressed him
personally on
matters of interest to workers in the Indian field.
The other contributions are: “A Chickasaw Tradition,” by
A.
Patton . . . .Enclosed with the issue as received by The Evening
Wisconsin, are
neatly printed booklets and artistic wall leaflets bearing impressive
advice
from various sources. These auxiliaries
to the magazine itself show that the Carlisle Indian Press is capable
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glass doors. These cases will be used
for the display of Carlisle Indian Handicraft made by students of the
Native
Art Department under the direction of Mr. And Mrs. Dietz.
The cases are nicely made and came from the
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1909 A Halloween Frolic.
Spirits and sprites, black cats and
other creatures of mystery held high carnival in the gymnasium last
Monday
night, the occasion being the long anticipated bal masque of the
employes. The gymnasium had been arrayed
in the autumn
garb of shocked corn and chrysanthemums, and the entertainment
committee added
to the Hallowe’en effect by having apples hung on strings and bobbing
in tubs
of water placed about the room. The
grand march of all masqueraders began the program. . . . and then the
prizes
were announced. Mr. Whitwell awarded
them as follows: To the most artistic costume, Miss Johnston, who
appeared as a
cadet; to the most ridiculous costume, Mrs. Dietz, who appeared
as a
black cat, and to the most complete disguise, to Miss Reichel, who
represented
an Aunt Dinah from Dixie . . .
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1909 The
Native
Indian Art Department has on display and for sale in the lobby of the
Print Shop
a variety of articles, including rugs of various weaves, cushion
covers, Hopi
scarfs, and bead watch fobs. The
product of this department offers many timely suggestions to the
Christmas
shopper.
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Carlisle Arrow, Vol 6, No
20, January 21, 1910 The
Monthly Faculty Meeting.
The
faculty meeting, which was scheduled for Wednesday night following the
monthly
address to the students by the superintendent, and which was postponed
until
Thursday afternoon, so that all could attend the Albright-Carlisle
basket-ball
game, proved of especial interest, owing to the excellence of the
papers
presented. The articles prepared by
Mrs. Deitz on "The Indian and Art," Mr. Stauffer on "The Indian and
Music," and Mrs. Henderson on "The Indian and American History,"
were read and aroused great interest and some discussion among all who
heard
them. The papers all showed familiarity
with the subjects considered and contained much interesting data and
useful
suggestion. The
Carlisle Arrow, Vol 6, No
21, January 28, 1910
At
the Catholic meeting last Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Deitz were
visitors. We are always glad to have any
of the
employees present at our meetings. The
Arrow--February
1910??? Can’t find!! Indian
Craftsman? [picture of
Angel in beaded dress] Angel
DeCora Hinook-Mahiwi-Kilinaka A
Representative of the Winnebago Woman Copyright
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The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 6, No 22,
February 4, 1910 “The Fra”
Visits Us.
The printing department was honored
last week by a visit from one of the world’s most famous printers,
Elbert
Hubbard, of the Roycrofters, East Aurora, New York.
He was very much interested in our shop and did not
hesitate to
say, in no uncertain language, what he thought of our work—and what it
was
doing for the Indian Service and the Indian.
Mr. Hubbard’s words were very encouraging and his visit an
inspiration. He spent a couple of hours
going through our institution, and a number of our teachers and
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of interest and devotion truly surprising.
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The designs on the bracelets are entirely original and
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excellent taste as well as decided talent for designing.
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1910
The
Art Department has lately received from the School of Arts in
Philadelphia, for
a present, three large boxes which contained casts, masks,
architectural ornaments,
and animals in bas-relief.
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The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 6, No 24,
February 18, 1910 About
Carlisle Athletics. Presentation
of C's.
An
enthusiastic demonstration was given the winners of the Carlisle C at
the
annual athletic celebration in the Auditorium last Friday night. Coach Warner presided at the meeting, the C
men occupied the front seats in the auditorium, and the School Band
seated on
the stage, furnished music for the occasion.
A
brief account of the past year's athletic activities at Carlisle was
given by
Mr. Warner, who then introduced Captain Wauseka of the basketball team.
. . .
Dr.
William Mann Irvine, president of Mercerburg Academy, was next
introduced and
spoke on the benefits which come to a school and to its individual
members as a
result of a strong interest in good, clean athletics.
His remarks were greeted with great applause.
An
added feature of the program was a talk delivered in the Winnebago
language by
First Chief, who was visiting his cousin Mrs. Dietz.
He appeared in gorgeous Indian costume, and through Frank
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1910
The Standard Literary Society held a
very interesting meeting in their hall Friday evening.
The question for the evening was: “Resolved,
That the United States should permanently retain the Philippine
Islands.” The affirmative was upheld by
Monteville
Yuda and Francis Coleman, while Raymond Hitchcock and Alvin Kennedy
defended
the negative. All the speakers were
well prepared and they did remarkably well.
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Mr.
William Deitz, our silversmith, has been quite ill for the last few
days. At last reports he was feeling
better and
hopes to resume his duties soon. ************************************************************************
The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 6, No 29,
March 25, 1910 Carlisle Roster of Employees. .
. . Angel DeC.
Deitz . . . Teacher Nat. Ind. Art Wm.
H. Deitz . .
. Asst. Teacher Nat. Ind. Art . . .
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In the art room are many handsome
rugs, the result of painstaking work on the part of both the instructor
and the
students of that department. One of the
handsomest was made by Susie Porter, from a Pueblo design.
The soft colors, so carefully blended, form
a color plan that is both pleasing and restful to the eye.
Susie deserves commendation for her
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Northampton,
Mass. Mrs. Clapp and Miss Quimby have
known Mrs. Dietz for many years and their friendship is of long
standing. ************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 6, No 33, April 22, 1910 The Artists’ Picnic.
Alice Jake, Marjorie Jackson, Susie
Porter, Emma Rowland, Florence Whiteman, Nora McFarland, Sarah
Montieth, Marie
Cox, Anna Miles, Mollie Mantel, Cora Battice, Sake Ingalls, and Mary C.
Harris,
with Mrs. Dietz, for chaperone, held a picnic at Holly Park, on the 16th. They left here at ten o’clock, and returned
at 5:30. Immediately upon arrival they
pitched their tent in the heart of the forest, where they were kept
busy
cooking, for every one was famished.
Sadie assumed the responsibility of most of the cooking
while Susie and
Marjorie acted as head waitresses.
Every one had to cook her own meat by holding it over the
fire in true
Indian fashion. After luncheon until
time to return, the party roamed around observing and enjoying the
beautiful
scenery for which Mt. Holly is famous.
The girls wish to thank Mrs. Dietz for her kindly
chaperonage throughout
that happy day.
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Carlisle Arrow, Vol 6, No
41, June 17, 1910.
Mrs.
Angel De Cora-Deitz, Indian art instructor, has gone to Northampton,
Massachusetts, to attend Smith College commencement, of which
institution she
is an Alumnus. Vacation
News Notes.
Mrs.
Deitz spent a pleasant vacation here at the school and with Mrs. Pratt,
a very
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the
Dakota country, and in visiting relatives--in Wisconsin and Minnesota. ************************************************************************
The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 2,
September 16, 1910 Carlisle Roster of Employees. .
. . Angel DeC.
Deitz . . . Teacher Nat. Ind. Art Wm.
H. Deitz . .
. Asst. Teacher Nat. Ind. Art . . .
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1910
The game Wednesday between the
Indians and Muhlenburg was one-sided, Carlisle winning by 39 to 0. Dupuis, Lone Star, Hauser, Wheelock and
Jordan started.
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The annual report is finished; all
the work is being done by the Carlisle Indian Press.
It has a very beautiful cover designed by our artist Lone
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left last
Monday morning for Philadelphia, where she will continue her studies in
one of
the art schools. The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 9, November 4, 1910
The Mercers gave the following
program at their last meeting; Song, Mercers; penpicture, Della John;
vocal
solo, Emma Newashe; story, Rebeca Thomas.
The debate; resolved, “That the young man of today has
greater opportunities
for making life a success than had his forefathers[.]”
On affirmative side were Charlotte Welch and
Ollie Bourbannais; negative, Helen Johnson [and] Rose Pickard, [.] The
negative
won. Mrs. Deitz was the official
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The official score of last
Saturday’s game between Pennsylvania and Carlisle goes down in football
history
as 17 to 5 in favor of Quakers, but this does not give any idea of the
relative
strength of the two teams, nor indicate the splendid fighting spirit
which Carlisle
showed at Franklin Field in this annual gridiron battle.
Everyone who saw the game could not help but
realize the fact that the Indians put up one of the grandest struggles
every
seen on a football field . . .
The players who stood out prominently
as always being in the thickest of the battle, were Captain Hauser,
Newashe,
Burd, Sweetcorn, Garlow and Wheelock, while Powell, Jordan, Bracklin
and Lone
Star were working up to their limit . . . ************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 10, November11,
1910 The Masquerade Ball. Robert Tahamont, Abenaki.
The masquerade ball given by a party
of girls in the gymnasium on the evening of October thirty-first, was,
according to a statement made by Supt. Friedman, one of the finest
“get-ups”
ever given by the pupils. . . .
There were pretty maids dressed in
costumes representing Red Riding Hood, Gypsies, Swiss girls, Scotch
girls, and
many other quaint characters. The boys
represented Indians, monkeys, girls, darkies, tramps, rustic lassies
and happy
sons of Erin. . . .
A
number of girls in the art department under the instruction of Mrs.
Deitz, are
making beautiful baskets for Christmas presents. The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 17, December 30,
1910 Carlisle Roster of Employees. .
. . Angel DeC.
Deitz . . . Teacher Nat. Ind. Art Wm.
H. Deitz . .
. Asst. Teacher Nat. Ind. Art . . .
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The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 19,
January 13, 1911
In a very interesting game of
basket-ball Tuesday evening the bachelors won from the married men by
the score
11-19. Grey, Ellis, Wheeler, Denny and
Deitz, married; King, Wyatt, Mayhew, DeFoney and Garlow, unmarried. ************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 22, February 3,
1911
The band has some new circulars and
stationery. Lone Star made the design,
and it is a fine one.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 25, February 24,
1911
Last week Mr. and Mrs. Deitz
entertained Mr. and Mrs. Hallet Alberti and Mrs. Thomas Shea, of New
York
City. Mrs. Alberti is an actress of
note and Mr. Alberti is a noted tenor singer as well as a composer of
acknowledged merit. They were deeply
interested in the school and in the work which was shown,
************************************************************************ The Red Man
by Red Men,
Vol 3, No 7, March 1911 Angel
DeCora--An Autobiography:
I
was born in a wigwam, of Indian parents.
My father was the fourth son of the hereditary chief of
the
Winnebagoes. My mother, in her
childhood, had a little training in a convent, but when she married my
father
she gave up all her foreign training and made a good, industrious
Indian wife.
During
the summers we lived on the Reservation, my mother cultivating her
garden and
my father playing the chief's son.
During the winter we used to follow the chase away off the
Reservation,
along rivers and forests. My father
provided not only for his family then, but his father's also. We were always moving camp.
As a child, my life was ideal. In
all my childhood I never received a cross
word from any one, but nevertheless, my training was incessant. About as early as I can remember, I was
lulled to sleep night after night by my father's or grandparent's
recital of
laws and customs that had regulated the daily life of my grandsires for
generations and generations, and in the morning I was awakened by the
same
counselling. Under the influence of
such precepts and customs, I acquired the general bearing of a
well-counselled
Indian child, rather reserved, respectful, and mild in manner.
A
very promising career must have been laid out for me my grandparents,
but a
strange white man interrupted it.
I
had been entered in the Reservation school but a few days when a
strange white
man appeared there. He asked me through
an interpreter if I would like to ride in a steam car.
I had never seen one, and six of the other
children seemed enthusiastic about it and they were going to try, so I
decided
to join them, too. The next morning at
sunrise we were piled into a wagon and driven to the nearest railroad
station,
thirty miles away. We did get the
promised ride. We rode three days and
three nights until we reached Hampton, Va.
My
parents found it out, but too late.
Three
years later when I returned to my mother, she told me that for months
she wept
and mourned for me. My father and the
old chief and his wife had died, and with them the old Indian life was
gone.
I
returned to Hampton, and after graduation, some of my teachers
prevailed upon
me not to return home as I was still too young and immature to do much
good
among my people.
I
went to Northampton, Mass., and through the efforts of some friends
there, I
entered the Burnham Classical School for Girls, and later when I
decided to
take up the study of art, I entered the Smith College Art Department,
taking
the four years' course under Dwight W. Tyron.
During my study in Northampton, I worked for my board and
lodging and
also earned my four years' tuition at Smith College by holding one of
the
custodianships of the Art Gallery. The
instruction I received and the influence I gained from Mr. Tyron has
left a
lasting impression upon me.
After
the four years at Smith College, I went to Drexel Institute,
Philadelphia, to
study illustration with Howard Pyle, and remained his pupil for over
two years.
While
at this Institute I used to hear a great deal of discussion among the
students,
and instructors as well, on the sentiments of "Commercial" art and
"Art for art's sake." I was
swayed back and forth by the conflicting views, and finally I left
Philadelphia
and went to Boston.
I
had heard of Joseph DeCamp as a great teacher, so I entered the Cowles
Art
School, where he was the instructor in life drawing.
Within a year, however, he gave up his teaching there but
he
recommended me to the Museum of Fine Arts in the same city, where Frank
Benson
and Edmund C. Tarbell are instructors, and for two years I studied with
them.
I
opened a studio in Boston and did some illustrative work for Small
&
Maynard Company, and for Ginn & Company.
I also did some designing, although while in art schools I
had never
taken any special interest in that branch of art. Perhaps
it was well that I had not over studied the prescribed
methods of European decoration, for then my aboriginal qualities could
never
have asserted themselves.
I
left Boston and went to New York City, and while I did some
illustrating,
portrait and landscape work, I found designing a more lucrative branch
of art.
Although
at times I yearn to express myself in landscape art, I feel that
designing is
the best channel in which to convey the native qualities of the
Indian's
decorative talent.
In
1906, Hon. Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, appointed
me to
the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania to foster the native talents
of the
Indian students there. There is no
doubt that the young Indian has a talent for the pictorial art, and the
Indian's
artistic conception is well worth recognition, and the school-trained
Indians
of Carlisle are developing it into possible use that it may be his
contribution
to American Art. ************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 26, March 3, 1911 The Invincible Meeting.
The Invincible Debating Society met
at the usual time and place. The
president being absent on account of illness, Mitchell La Fleur was
appointed
chairman for the evening. . . . The debate: Resolved, “That the coast
defense of
the United States should be strengthened.”
The affirmative, Robert Weatherstone and John Carter;
negative, Lyman
Madison and Josiah SaraciNo The judges
gave their decision in favor of the negative.
Miss Reichel and Mrs. Deitz were the official visitors. .
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Mr. Deitz left Saturday morning for
New York, where he will spend a week at the home of Prof. Gilberte, who
was
here as his guest during commencement week.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 35, May 5, 1911 Carlisle Roster of Employees. .
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Deitz . . . Teacher Nat. Ind. Art Wm.
H. Deitz . .
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A new tennis court has been made in
the rear of Mr. Deitz’s home. It is the
only “skin” court we have.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 7, No 40, June 9, 1911
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Warner,
Miss Blanche Warner and Mr. and Mrs. Deitz motored to Big Spring.
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1911
Mr. and Mrs. Deitz were guests this
summer of Mr. Hallett Gilberte, the composer of music, at his summer
home at
Lincolnville Beach, Maine. They took
some delightful trips by auto and motor boat to Bar Harbor, Castine and
other
places, and on their way home visited friends in Massachusetts.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 8, No 4, October 6, 1911 Carlisle Roster of Employees. .
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H. Deitz . .
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How do you like our new
heading? Lone Star made it.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 8, No 7, October 27, 1911 The
First National Conference of Indians: By F. A. McKenzie. The vision of
the day when from the fourquarters
of the land there should come the representatives of the native peoples
to
labor for the welfare of all the tribes, a vision which has long
occupied the
minds and hearts of many men and woman, has at last been realized. The first national conference by Indians to
plan for permanent organization and persistent and undying activity in
the
interests of the Indians of the United States held its sessions, as
announced,
from the 12th to the 16th of October in Columbus, Ohio.
When the historic six, representing five
Indian tribes, met in April, no one could prophesy what the results in
October
might be. Far easier would failure than
success be forecast. But the plans were built not on surface
enthusiasm, and
were not relinquished because of known and large difficulties. . . .
Out of
that little gathering has come an organization, permanent in spirit,
though
free of constitutional forms, which numbers an Active and Associate
Membership
of over 300. . . . The first gathering brought together more than 50
Indians,
beside their friends, to consult over the needs of their own race.
The
associate members from a distance shared in the same spirit of interest
and
altruism, other wise such people as Mr. Foote and Miss Annie Fuller, of
Boston,
Mr. John W. Converse, Grand Sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men, of
Massachusetts . . . Miss Andrus of Hampton Institute . . .
It
was not a spectacular convention. The
delegates were there to wrestle with serious and difficult problems. Nevertheless there were features of attraction
for those interested in the curious, unique, or artistic, and there
were
meetings exciting wide attention and publicity. The
rare exhibition of blankets and pottery, as well as the
literary and industrial exhibit sent by a number of Indian schools,
including
Carlisle, Hampton, Haskell, and Phoenix, drew sightseers and purchasers
from
the opening day to the close of the Conference . . .
Thursday
evening a large audience gathered in Memorial Hall to listen to the
addresses
of formal welcome by representatives of the city and to the responses
by
representatives of the Conference. . . . The responses were by Chairman
Dagenett, Mr. Sloan, Mr. Parker, and Miss Cornelius. . . .
The
high order of discussion was not lowered in the afternoon.
Arthur C. Parker's "Philosophy of
Indian Education" was thoroughly modern in its matter and tone. Its advocacy of "social betterment
stations" was thoroughly in harmony with Miss Cornelius' paper in the
morning. Mrs. Deitz demonstrated anew
both the existence and value of Indian art in our modern life. Mr. Oskison and Mr. Davis in spirited papers
showed that the Indian is succeeding in large numbers in the
professions, Mr.
Davis held that it was better to live by brain than by brawn. . . . ************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 8, No 9, November 10,
1911
Newashe and Lone Star were star
tackles, the center trio was superb and the rapid backfield men simply
dazed
Penn. . . . ************************************************************************
The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 8, No 20,
January 26, 1912
Anna Miles, one of our Osage girls,
who is a student in the Philadelphia School of Fine Arts, was the guest
over
Sunday, of Mr. and Mrs. Dietz.
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The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 8, No 26, March 8, 1912 National Indian Association.
The Annual Report of the National
Indian Association for 1911 presents a splendid kaleidoscopic view of
the
manifold activities of this serviceable association.
With branch associations scattered in many cities
throughout the
country, and by interesting philanthropic people in the Indian’s cause,
this
society is scattering seeds of blessing among many Indians tribes.
Mrs. Amelia Stone Quinton, that
pioneer in Indian uplift, still continues as honorary president, while
Mrs.
Otto Heinicke is the active president.
For years Mr. John W. Clark has been corresponding and
executive
secretary, and has rendered yeoman service in the cause of Indian
civilization;
he is untiring in his efforts for the betterment of Indian conditions.
The annual report appears with an
attractive cover and on the inside is this note: “The cover for this
report was
kindly designed for the National Indian Association by Mr. William
Dietz-Lonestar, a member of the Sioux tribe of Indians and art
instructor at
the United States Government Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.”
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Anna Miles, one of our students who
is now a pupil in the School of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, was the
guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Dietz, Saturday and Sunday.
She is getting along splendidly and the directors of this
noted school
speak well of her work.
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(331-332) Encouraging Native Indian Art
and
Folklore.
The Department of Native Indian Arts
is the most distinctively Indian of Carlisle's institutions. Those in charge of the department are aiming
to make out of a crude and primitive art something that will be of
vital
interest in art development and susceptible of useful application to
the
decorative arts of this country.
Already the creations of students in the department have
attracted
attention, especially from artists. The
rugs and blankets woven by students from designs made by themselves
have met
with a ready sale, and the crafts department has undertaken to sell
Pueblo
pottery, baskets, Navajo art-squares, looms and blankets for the old
Indians. Beadwork and metal-work are
being developed. Silversmithing
received an impetus last year by the arrival of a number of Navajo boys
at
Carlisle. Of some of their work The Arrow had the following to say: "The
silversmiths have finished some
very pretty bracelets and candlesticks.
The designs on the bracelets are entirely original, and
they show
excellent taste as well as decided talent for designing.
The candlesticks would ornament any
mantel."
At the head of the Department of
Native Indians Art is a full-blooded Winnebago, Angel De Cora, whose
own
efforts secured her an education in various art schools of this country. Of Indian art she says: "Although at
times I yearn to express myself in landscape art, I feel that designing
is the
best channel in which to convey the native qualities of the Indian's
decorative
talent. There is no doubt that the
young Indian has a talent for pictorial art, and the Indian's artistic
conception is well worth recognition, and the school-trained Indian of
Carlisle
is developing it into possible use that it may become his contribution
to
American art."
Special attention is being paid at
Carlisle to the study of Indian folklore and the manners and customs of
various
tribes. The students are being
encouraged to put into writing the historical and mythological
information that
has been imparted to them by the older members of their tribe, and the
very
best of them are being published in the two school papers, The
Arrow and the RED MAN. ************************************************************************
The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 8, No 30,
April 5, 1912 How Art Misrepresents the
Indian. In Two Parts—Part I From the Literary Digest. [see
above, Literary
Digest, January 27, 1912]
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How Art Misrepresents the
Indian. In Two Parts—Part II From the Literary Digest. [see
above, Literary
Digest, January 27, 1912] ************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 9, No 1, September 6,
1912 Mr. and Mrs. Deitz to
Illustrate
Calendar.
Carlisle is receiving unusual
recognition from abroad this year.
Besides Thorpe's victory at Stockholm, Mr. and Mrs.
William Deitz, who
are better known as "Lone Star" and "Angel de Cora" in the
world of art, have been retained by a German firm to illustrate a
calendar
containing the philosophy of famous Indians.
There will be twelve paintings of Indian scenes and
designs in six
colors.
The illustrations will be published
in connection with the Sayings of Indians, gathered by Natalie Curtis,
a niece
of George William Curtis, the author.
Although the calendar will be made in Germany, it will be
sent to
America for distribution. Mr. and Mrs.
Deitz are considered the leading Indian artists in the world. ************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 9, No 5, October 4, 1912
Participate in Indian Congress.
Mrs. LaFlesche, Mrs. Deitz, Anna
Hauser, Sadie Ingalls, Jeanette Pappin, and Leila Waterman, left last
Tuesday
for Columbus, Ohio, to attend the Indian Congress, which is being held
there.
Mr. Nori left for Columbus on
Wednesday evening. Superintendent and
Mrs. Friedman went Thursday evening and will remain until Sunday. Mr. Friedman will speak on Friday.
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1912
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Indians.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted by The Society of American Indians in conference
assembled,
Monday, October 7th:
Resolved, That
Society of American Indians express to
Professor Friedman its sincere thanks for the services which he has
rendered in
making the conference of the Society a success, and that this
resolution be
spread upon the minutes and a copy be sent to Professor Friedman.
Marie
L. B. Baldwin,
Angel
DeCora-Dietz,
Thomas
L. Sloan,
Rosa
B. LaFlesche.
Resolutions
Committee. Attest:
Sherman Coolidge, President.
Arthur C. Parker, Sec. Treas. ************************************************************************
The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 9, No 20,
January 17, 1913
Under Mr. Deitz’s instruction, the
Freshman class made some beautiful calendars for 1913.
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1913
Mr. Deitz is teaching the Juniors to
do pretty landscaping scenes.
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1913 Indian Associations Issue
Reports.
The Annual Report of the New York
Indian Association, and the Report of Missions of the National Indian
Association have been issued. These
pamphlets are neat and attractive in appearance and contain much of
value to
those interested in the welfare of the Indian.
The cover designs and all of the cuts and initial letters
used, with the
exception of the frontspiece in the last-named report, are the work of
the Art
Instructor, Mr. William Deitz (“Lone Star”), and students of the Art
Department
of the Carlisle Indian School.
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Dietz and Angel in beaded dress,
"conditions of Cherokee" picture from this issue] (233-241) The Story of
Two Real Indian Artists: By E. L.
Martin. "Each
figure has its meaning; Each
some magic song suggested."
In
the world to-day, there are just two real Indian artists.
They are Lone Star and wife, Angel De
Cora. Both are instructors in art at
the United States Government Indian School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
and both
are themselves students of nature, which the real artist must ever
continue to
be.
These
artists, true to the instincts of their race, "see something more in
nature than general effect." Their
criticism is that hitherto, with the exception of Frederic Remington,
who lived
with and studied the red man in his own environment, artists have not
seen the
Indian soul speaking in the Indian face.
The conception of the Indian character has been altogether
unlike the
Indian himself, which has left the impression upon the general mind
that the
Indian possesses certain peculiar qualities which in no respect belong
to
him. The white man, they say--the
artist--invariably gives the expression of stoicism to the Indian face. And it is only by living with and coming
into close relation with these primitive people that he is enabled to
find out
his great mistake. For a great mistake
it certainly is, they inform us, to so depict him.
It
is easy to recall what a great mind has told us, that "nature is
inexhaustible, and alone forms the great masters. Say
what you will of rules, they alter the true features and the
natural expression." So, Lone Star
says, by following conventional rules and practices, false ideas of his
race
have been given to us. For, "of
all things the Indian has been, he has first of all been an artist."
This
seems like a fair statement, too, and one that might be expected. For always the Indian has lived with and
been governed by nature. Always he has
loved the "haunts of nature."
Likewise the Indian has had faith in "God and nature,"
and,
like Hiawatha, in his song he has made records of his thoughts in
symbolic
language. Hence he has learned to look
at nature with an artist's eye.
Realizing
the essential truth of all this, Lone Star and his wife, Angel De Cora,
both of
whom have studied art under such instructors as Joseph De Camp, Howard
Pyle,
Edmund Tarbell, and Frank Benson, feel that they have just cause for
regretting
that this misunderstanding of the original American should exist.
There
is enough of romance in the life of each one of these artists to enable
them
fully to appreciate and love the people among whom they are born and
with whom
they lived in their early childhood. In
fact, the opening chapter in the life of Lone Star closely resembles
the
corresponding one in some tale of fiction.
Wicarhpi
Isnala was the boy's name. "Lone
Star" his father called him, which is the true interpretation of the
Indian significance of the title.
When
Lone Star was between two and three years old, his father, a white
trader and
agent, having become a very wealthy man, concluded to visit his home in
the
East. He stayed away five years. Then he came back and carried Lone Star off
with him. In the meantime he had met
and married an old sweetheart, whom he had lost sight of during his
stay with
Chief Red Cloud's tribe.
Lone
Star was now a boy of eight years, so his father entered him in a
school here
in the East. Being of a bright mind and
quick to grasp and retain whatever study he was given to learn, his own
language did not prove to be any great handicap. So,
at the age of eighteen, he was graduated from high
school. Then he was sent to college and
given a course of instruction at an art school.
His
father had great ambition for his promising young son, and laid out a
most
brilliant course for him to pursue. But
life on the plains was calling to Lone Star.
It almost always happens so! For
were not his people there--his beautiful Indian mother, who loved her
boy as
devotedly as the white mother loves hers, and the sister they left
behind? So, back the Indian youth went to
see them
all. Then he returned to his art and
finished his course. For an artist he
was, and should ever continue to be.
As
an artist, Lone Star has already achieved considerable distinction. And his career is only just begun, as he
considers. He has worked as a staff
artist on different newspapers, and at the same time of the Louisiana
Purchase
Exposition in St. Louis he supervised the interior and mural
decorations of the
Indian exhibit. That was in 1904, the
year he met and became acquainted with Angel De Cora, who is a
descendant of
the hereditary chief of the Winnebagoes.
Nothing
could have been more productive of their greatest good than the meeting
of
these two young Indian artists. Fate
must have anticipated what was in store for them when she brought them
along
the paths which finally merged into one long road, which they soon made
up
their minds to travel along together until the end is reached.
It
is four years since Lone Star became an instructor in the United States
Government Indian School at Carlisle.
His wife, Angel De Cora, received her appointment two
years earlier.
As
a little Indian girl, Angel De Cora had been entered in the reservation
school. After she had been there a few
days, she tells us, a strange white man appeared among them. When, through an interpreter, he asked her
if she would like to take a ride in a steam car, childlike she said yes. She was all the more eager to go when she
found that six others were accepting the same invitation.
The following morning, by sunrise, they all
climbed into a big wagon and were driven to the railroad station. Angel De Cora had never seen a steam car or
a railroad track in all her life and the situation was a wonderfully
exciting
one.
All
day they rode on and on, and when night came they still continued their
journey. And so it was for three days
and three nights. Then they arrived at
Hampton, Virginia. Angel De Cora was
going to be educated as no one had ever dreamed of.
It
was three years before she saw her mother again. When
her parents found out about her leaving the reservation
school they were heartbroken over being thus separated from the
daughter. But it was too late to interfere. And when, after a three years' stay at
Hampton, Angel De Cora went home for a vacation, her father and the old
chief
and his wife had all died. "And
with them," she says, "the old Indian life was gone."
Her
mother's grief over parting with her little daughter was truly pitiful. For months, she told Angel De Cora, she wept
and mourned for her. By the time,
however, that Angel was ready to return to Hampton again the mother had
become
reconciled to the changed life, for she saw it was inevitable, as well
as being
best for them all. There was a great
career awaiting the daughter, and one that the mother could take pride
in.
Recognizing
what her natural gift inclined her to, and what the true bent of her
nature
was, friends stood ready to urge her on.
Through friendly effort she entered the Burnham Classical
School for
Girls. Then, later, Angel De Cora was
entered at the art department of Smith College, at Northampton,
Massachusetts. So, with all this
painstaking instruction, supplemented by private study under our best
art
instructors, she is thoroughly well prepared to aid and companion her
talented
young husband in the career which he has chosen to follow. ` Both
Lone Star and his wife, Angel De Cora, maintain that art misrepresents
the
Indian. Few, if any, of us have ever
stopped to consider whether or not there is any distinction between the
Indian
man and the Indian woman in the wearing of feathers.
With the Indian himself, however, it is of the greatest
importance. A feather to the Indian means
the same as a
medal or college letter awarded to a paleface for athletic merit. But under no circumstances does an Indian
woman ever adorn herself with feathers.
Yet the paleface artists and illustrators, as well as the
writers of
fiction and otherwise, commit the error of making the Indian woman wear
feathers, and also with what seems to be their only means of beatifying
their
persons, for which they have been laughed at by their red-skinned
brothers. Before an Indian is entitled to
wear eagle
feathers he must have distinguished himself by some act of bravery. And every feather stands for a separate
count.
Lone
Star tells us that at first the Indian "made symbolic records of his
thoughts." Then, in course of
time, these symbols developed into a regular system of decorative
designing. And he reminds us that we
have only to recall the garments he wore and the utensils he employed
to
satisfy ourselves that this is so.
Likewise,
the early primitive fashion is the one best suited o the Indian's style
for
carrying out his natural conception of true art, an instance of this
being
shown by "the parting of the hair in the middle, then braiding it in
two
parts and bringing them forward over the shoulders."
No other way of arranging the hair, this
artist contends, becomes the Indian woman so well.
Then there is the use of the fringe, which lends artistic
grace
to the gestures. Always the Indian has
been lavish with this kind of trimming for his skin garments.
The
trouble has been that the white man pictured the Indian as his
imagination saw
him, and not as the Indian actually exists in his free and untrammeled
life. Everything there is done for a
purpose, and each tribe has a style peculiar to its own.
But the time has come, so our two real
Indian artists believe, when, if pictorial records of the Indian are to
be
made, they should be done correctly.
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About
a century and a half ago, when our noble Scotch-Irish ancestors were
engaged in
building log cabins, hunting deer, bears, and "red varmints," little
reliable knowledge was extant concerning the last-mentioned wild
animals now
known as Indians. An Indian was an
Indian, and because he was an Indian he deserved to be cheated,
debauched, killed,
scalped, and otherwise treated according to the plan of the Infinite
Father, as
interpreted by the enlightened Christian sentiment of the last century.
Ignorance,
intolerance, and prejudice are hereditary, as are other mental and
physical
deformities. Because our grandfathers
thought that the "only good Indian was a dead Indian," we think so,
too, which decision is reached by the same logical deduction, namely,
we don't
know what we are talking about. Because
the Indian of our grandfather's day defended his life, liberty, his
family and
his native land, instead of cheerfully giving up all of these
possessions to
the horde of Irish, English, German, and other enlightened peoples of
the
earth, which swept like a devastating scourge over the mountains into
the place
of refuge into which the red man had been driven from the seaboard, he
was a
bad one. We Americans are
"patriotic" because we will defend our so-called rights to the very
last ditch. An Indian was a savage--a
heathen who deserved to be blotted from the face of the earth because
he did
the same thing. "Patriotism"
should have a new definition in American dictionaries.
It all depends upon the point of view. . . .
Suppose
that we had put the thousands of negro slaves on reservations at the
close of
the Civil War, and had kept them there by the help of sword and gun. What to-day would be the condition of the
negro race in America? The Indian race
is the only race which has ever been "herded" like cattle, and yet,
notwithstanding all this, it is taking its place beside the white race,
not as
a suppliant asking for quarter, but as a real rival in every line of
human
effort. . . .
Besides
the Indians engaged in the occupations noted, there are hundreds of
ministers,
doctors, lawyers, teachers, printers, machinists, carpenters,
blacksmiths,
nurses, dressmakers, etc.
Of
the Indians who have attained positions or[of?] international
reputation, these
may be mentioned: Robert Owen, Cherokee, who is United States Senator
from
Oklahoma; Charles Curtis, Kaw, United States Senator from Kansas;
Charles K.
Carter, Member of Congress from Oklahoma; Hon. Charles E. Dagenett,
Supervisor
of Indian Employment, United States Department of Indian Affairs; J. N.
B.
Hewitt, Ethnologist, Smithsonian Institution; Arthur C. Parker, Seneca,
Archaeologist, New York State Museum; Rev. Sherman Coolidge, Arapaho,
President
of the Society of American Indians; Charles A. Eastman, M. D., Sioux,
author,
lecturer, and physician; Henry Roe Cloud, Winnebago, a Yale graduate
and
authority on Indian social conditions, etc.; John M. Oskison, Cherokee,
magazine writer; Dennison Wheelock, Oneida, lawyer and authority on
Indian
administration; Rev. Frank Wright, Choctaw, the famous Southern
evangelist;
Angel DeCora Deitz, Winnebago, artist, and teacher of art at the
Carlisle Indian
School; and there are others in various callings. . . .
So
to-day the pictures which are drawn of the Indian, clad in feathers and
paint,
tearing over the plains on a wild horse, seeking men and women to
plunder and
scalp, is a true picture of the real Indian as he appears in the
imagination of
the boyish reader of "yellow" novels, or to the artiste of the
"yellow" photo-play. But, the
real Indian of the man who knows what the Indian really has become is
building
houses, plowing the ground, healing the sick, writing books, leading
great
movements for the betterment of men, teaching, preaching--in short, the
real
Indian of to-day is doing just about the same things as the real men of
every
race on the face of the earth.
As
has been stated, there are about 266,000 Indians in the United States. Take the same number of people of any race
in the United States, or upon the face of the earth, and I doubt
whether they
will make as good a showing as do the Indians.
The trouble has been that we compare what 260,00 people
are doing with
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1913 The Football Banquet and
Reception
The reception and banquet given by
the Athletic Association was held in the Gymnasium on the evening of
the 12th.
The Varsity boys and others who have
won their C’s by their skill in different branches of athletics were
given a
banquet in the dining room of the Athletic Quarters.
There were about seventy-five guests, girls, boys, and
employees,
among whom were Coach and Mrs. Warner, Superintendent Friedman, Mr.
Nori, Mr.
and Mrs. Denny, Miss Ridenour, and Mr. Dietz . . . .
The guests then proceeded to the
Gymnasium to join the rest of the crowd.
Twenty-six dances made up the programme for the evening. Punch and wafers were served in the
Gymnasium.
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Last Saturday morning Mrs. Deitz
took a trip to Harrisburg to spend the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William
Newashe.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 9, No 29, March 21, 1913 Athletics.
The annual Orange Meet last Saturday
night in the Gymnasium proved to be as interesting and exciting as
usual, and
the closely contested races furnished good sport for the spectators and
brought
out some new material which can be used to the advantage of the track
team. . .
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Mr. Deitz proved to be a good
announcer and score keeper. . . .
Mrs.
Angel DeCora Deitz has returned from a very pleasant visit to
Washington, D. C. ************************************************************************ Personals
About Educational Leave.
Mrs.
Dietz sojourned at Chautauqua, N. Y., where for the two weeks of her
educational leave she studied designing and arts and crafts. Mr. Dietz journeyed to Wisconsin, where he
remained for awhile, after which he went to Booth Bay Harbor, in Maine,
where
there is quite a colony of artists.
While there he studied methods of teaching. ************************************************************************
The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 10 [11], No
4, September 26, 1913 Mrs. [Mr.] Dietz Instructs in
Mechanical
Drawing.
Mr. Dietz, whose artistic ability in
many lines is well known, is now in charge of the mechanical drawing
classes. Last Monday the carpenter boys
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After singing their song, there was
a volunteer debate on the question: Resolved, That the game of
football
is physically beneficial. . . .
The Standard Orchestra accompanied a
song by Tony La Jeunesse and Adolph Morrin.
Newton Thompson gave his summer experiences in an
entertaining way,
after which there were short talks by the visitors, Mrs. Foster, Miss
McDowell,
and Mrs. Drips. Mrs. Dietz was also a
visitor. ************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 10 [11], No 5, October
3, 1913 The Susans.
The program began with the society
song, after which the following numbers were given . . .
Mr. Brooks, an alumnus of Haskell
Institute, was a visitor. Supt.
Friedman, Mr. Hart, and Mr. Minor came for a short time.
Mrs. Dietz was the official visitor.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 10 [11], No 6, October
10, 1913 The Mercers.
Song, Mercers; essay, Marie Garlow;
recitation, Alice Logan . . .
Mrs. Dietz was the official
visitor. She gave a very interesting
talk.
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24, 1913
Francis Zohn is specializing in art
work under the tuition of Mr. and Mrs. Dietz.
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1913
Superintendent Friedman, Mrs.
Warner, Mrs. Stauffer, Mrs. Deitz, Miss Reichel, and Miss Beer went to
Philadelphia to see the big game.
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1913 Comments on Indian Affairs.
The earliest native Americans are
and always have been very interesting people, whether Delawares,
Oneidas,
Comanches, Piutes, or anything else.
But there are few people who realize how much the Indians
of today are
doing for themselves and how extremely well some of them succeed. A magazine, which Indians print, write for,
and illustrate, appears monthly from the United States Indian School at
Carlisle and is now closing its fourth volume.
It is one of the most attractive and readable of all the
dollar
magazines, and its name it THE RED MAN.
In the June number, Dr. Franz Boas the distinguished
anthropologist,
writes an article on “Where do the Indians come from.”
The striking cover is by William Dietz (Lone
Star) of the Sioux tribe. Other
illustrations show scenes from the life of the Pima Indians.
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1913 Across the Navajo Desert. The Navajos Are Making Long
Strides toward Civilization.
Theodore Roosevelt, writing for The
Outlook of October 11, 1913, after a tour of the Indian country in the
Southwest, says:
“The Navajos have made long strides
in advance during the last fifty years, thanks to the presence of the
white men
in their neighborhood. Many decent men
have helped them—soldiers, agents, missionaries, traders; and the help
has
quite as often been given unconsciously as consciously; and some of the
most
conscientious effort to help them have flatly failed.
The missionaries have made comparatively few converts; but
many
of the missionaries have added much to the influences telling for the
gradual
uplift of the tribe. Outside benevolent
societies have done some good work at times, but have been mischievous
influences when guided by ignorance and sentimentality.
“A notable instance on this Navajo
Reservation is given by Mr. Leupp in his book “The Indian and His
Problem.” Agents and other Government
officials, when of the best type, have done most good, and when not of
the
right type have done most evil; and they have never done any good at
all when
they have been afraid of the Indians or have hesitated relentlessly to
punish
Indian wrong-doers, even if these wrong-doers were supported by some
unwise
missionaries or ill-advised Eastern benevolent societies.
The traders of the right type have rendered
genuine, and ill-appreciated, service, and their stores and houses are
centers
of civilizing influence.
“Good work can be done and has been
done at the schools. Wherever the
effort is to jump the ordinary Indian too far ahead and yet send him
back to
the reservation, the result is usually failure. To
be useful the steps for the ordinary boy or girl, in any save
the most advanced tribes, must normally be gradual.
Enough English should be taught to enable such a boy or
girl to
read, write, and cipher so as not to be cheated in ordinary commercial
transactions. Outside of this the
training school should be industrial, and, among the
Navajos, it should be the kind of industrial training which
shall avail in the home cabins and in tending flocks and herds and
irrigated
fields. The Indian should be encouraged
to build a better house; but the house must not be too different from
his
present dwelling, or he will, as a rule, neither build it nor live in
it.
“The boy should be taught what will
be of actual use to him among his fellows, and not what might be of use
to a
skilled mechanic in a big city, who can work only with the first-class
appliances; and the agency farmer should strive steadily to teach the
young men
out in the field how to better their stock and practically increase the
yield
of their rough agriculture.
“The girl should be taught domestic
science, not as it would be practiced in a first-class hotel or a
wealthy
private home, but as she must practice it in a hut with no
conveniences, and
with intervals of sheep-herding. If the
boy and girl are not so taught, their after lives will normally be
worthless
both to themselves and to others. If
they are so taught, they will normally themselves rise and will be the
most
effective of home missionaries for their tribe.” ************************************************************************
The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 10, No 21,
January 23, 1914 Indian Designs Wolfhound Medal
The official prize medal to be used
by the Russian Wolfhound Club of America, which has its headquarters in
New
York city, has been designed and made by an American Indian.
At last year’s meeting of the club,
which was attended by many of the wealthiest dog fanciers in this
country, it
was decided to have a new medal which will be struck off in metal as a
prize
designed to stimulate the development in Russia before the Napoleonic
wars.
Lone Star, well known as a football
player and later assistant coach at the Carlisle Indian School,
volunteered to
make a cast, which has been received by the Board of Governors of the
American
Kennel Club, at New York city, who have decided to adopt it as a
standard. The bas relief was made after a
young dog
owned by Lone Star, which is expected to be a sensation at the coming
show in
the metropolis. Lone Star has given
much attention, as seems appropriate in an Indian, to this hardy type
of
animal, and has devoted the last few years to efforts in the line of
raising as
nearly as possible the ideal type of wolfhound.—New York Herald.
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1914
Mrs. H. B. Fralic, with the
children’[,] was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Deitz last Sunday.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 10, No 31, April 10, 1914 Marriage of Carlisle Students.
Miss Pearl Bonser, a member of the
Freshman Class and honored president of the Susan Longstreth Literary
Society,
was married on Saturday, April 4th, to Mr. Samuel Saunooke,
a worthy
member of the Cherokee tribe, and for a number of years an efficient
and
faithful employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the carshops at
Altoona, Pa.
A small and select company of
friends and admirers of the young people assembled in Mr. Lipps’s
parlor to
witness the ceremony. . . .
The guests were Mrs. McMillan, Mrs.
Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Denny . . . Miss Reichel . . . Mrs. Deitz . . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Saunooke left Saturday
afternoon for a wedding trip through North Carolina, after which they
will
begin house-keeping in Altoona, Pa.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 10, No 32, April 17, 1914 The Invincibles. By Guy Burns.
The meeting was called to order by
president Hiram Chase. There was no
regular program for the evening on account of the election of new
officers. . .
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Mrs. Deitz was the only
visitor. She congratulated the members
on the spirit they had shown in the meeting. . . .
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1914 Athletics.
The frequent rains during the
summer, together with the efforts of Mr. Simons, have put the athletic
field in
the best condition it has been for some time, and the thick green grass
makes
an excellent surface upon which to begin the foot ball season. . . .
Mr. Dietz will assist Mr. Warner
with the Varsity squad, while Ex-Captain Antonia Lube, of the famous
1907 team,
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The Studio, with Mrs. Robitaille in
charge, opened for business on the 27th.
There is a large and attractive array of pennants, table
scarfs
[sic], and pillow covers in the school colors, besides scarf and hat
pins, cuff
links, watch fobs, and other desirable trinkets. All
of these have upon them, in artistic design, the thunderbird,
which is the Carlisle emblem.
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1914 Carlisle Roster of Employees. .
. . Angel DeC.
Dietz . . . Teacher Native Indian Art Wm.
H. Dietz . .
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25, 1914 The Carpenter Shop. By Aloysius Cheauma. General
Repairing is being done about the Campus.
Mr. Dietz has organized his
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The meeting was called to order by
Vice-President Jesse Wofford. . . .
The official visitors were Miss
Reichel and Mrs. Deitz. . . .
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1914
Mrs. Deitz is attending the Indian
conference at Madison, Wis.
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1914
Mrs. Dietz has returned from a weeks
absence during which she attended the annual conference of the Society
of
American Indians.
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1914 Indians at Hampton. Hampton,
Va.—Forty-five Indians (29 boys and 16 girls) representing 17 tribes,
are now
enrolled at Hampton Institute. This is
more than at any time since the Government appropriation was withdrawn
in 1912. Sixteen new Indians (8 boys and 8
girls)
have come this fall. Three have returned after some absence from
Hampton. All the Indians have come without
any
expectation of Government aid. . . .
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1914 Notes of the Chicago Game.
At the hotel it was pleasant for
Gilman and Pratt to sit by the window and gaze.
Captain Calac was one of the
fortunate ones Saturday evening at dinner, but Poodry the unfortunate.
Coaches Warner, Dietz, McGillis, and
Chief Clerk C. V. Peel accompanied the football team to Chicago.
Rosa Monroe, of Wilmet, Ill., was
one of the pretty Indian maidens who called upon the football team in
Chicago
and was an active rooter in the game.
Joseph Guyon, a former Carlisle
football star, and who is now attending the Keewatin Academy at Prairie
du
Chien, Wis., came to Chicago to see his former team mates and the game.
On arriving at the Great Northern
Hotel in Chicago, Nick Lasa, one of the members of the team, received a
telegram from a close friend of his, who was to call at the hotel later
in the
evening, but ask Nick why he failed to see her.
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1914
Mrs. Robitaille, Mr. and Mrs. Denny,
Mrs. Deitz, and Messrs. McGillis, Lubo, Welch, and Chase and Wheelock
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The Society of American Indians held
its local conference and banquet in Washington, D. C., Thursday,
December 10,
1914. Those privileged to attend the
conference from our school were Mrs. Deitz, Mrs. Robitaille, Mr. and
Mrs.
Denny, Miss Thamar Dupuis, and Messrs. John McGillis, Gus Welch,
Antonio Lubo,
Charles Coons, Hiram Chase, and Edmund Wheelock.
Arriving in Washington Wednesday
evening, we were met by Mr. Dagenett, who found us comfortable rooms
and then
took us to Keith’s. Thursday morning he
tooks us to the Indian Office, where we met our good friend Mr. Sells,
who
kindly showed us all through the different departments.
Near noon, all the members of the
Society and their friends, numbering about fifty, met in the reception
room of
the Powhattan Hotel and from thence proceeded to the White House, where
we
shook hands with Mr. Wilson and through Mr. Dennison Wheelock, an
Oneida,
Carlisle Class 1890, presented our memorial.
Mr. Gabe. E. Parker, a Choctaw, Register for the U. S.
Treasury, acted
as spokesman and introduced Mr. Sherman Coolidge, Mr. William J.
Kershaw and
Mr. Charles D. Carter, who in turn made short speeches relating to the
memorial. The President received us
very kindly and graciously, and in answer to our plea said he would
give it
thoughtful consideration. Immediately
preceding our interview, Hon. Robert L. Owen, U. S. Senator from
Oklahoma, also
an Indian, had been in session with the President relative to the
finances of
the Nation. We were all very glad to
shake hands with him.
After lunch at the Powhattan, we
opened our conference in the Indian room of the hotel.
Here we discussed many subjects relating to
the Indian. Mr. Matthew K. Sniffen, the
Secretary of the Indian Rights Association, told us about the Alaska
Indians
whom he had just visited. Mr. Hiram
Chase, an Omaha lawyer, spoke on the “Indian and Law.”
Father Gordon, a Chippewa Catholic priest,
talked on “The Church and the Indian.”
Mr. Wm. J. Kershaw, a Menominee lawyer from Milwaukee,
explained the memorial
which had been presented to the President.
General R. H. Pratt, the pioneer in Indian education,
spoke on Indian
education. There were othe[r] speakers. It was a most inspiring meeting.
In the evening all assembled again
in the Indian room, where the banquet tables had been set for about
sixty
people. Representative Charles D.
Carter, who was there with his wife and two daughters, acted as
toastmaster and
presented Mr. Wheelock, Mr. Sells, Mr. Roe Cloud, Mr. Hurley, Mrs.
Baldwin, Mr.
Moffett and others who all in their turn gave us something good. Among the prominent people who attended the
conference and banquet and who have not been especially mentioned in
this
account were Mr. Cato Sells and wife; Mr. E. B. Meritt and wife; Mr.
Gabe E.
Parker and wife and son; Mr. W. A. Durant, Speaker of the House of
Representatives of Oklahoma; Hon. Patrick Hurley, Special Attorney for
the Five
Tribes; Mr. Moffett, General Secretary Y. M. C. A.; Hon. Francis E.
Leupp,
former Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Mr. Arthur C. Parker, Mr.
Charles E.
Dagenett; Mr. S. M. Brosius, Washington agent of the Indian Rights
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1915 Athletic Banquet and Reception. By John B. McGillis.
Amid trophies won on the track,
diamond, and gridiron by Carlisle athletes, the annual Athletic
Association
banquet and reception was held in the Athletic Quarters and in the
Gymnasium on
New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1914.
. . . Among the guests of the
banquet were: Mr. and Mrs. Lipps, Mr. and Mrs. Warner, Mr. and Mrs.
Dietz, Mr.
and Mrs. Griffiths, and Mrs. M. G. Ewing. . . .
As the evening advanced the hour was
fast approaching when the old year would pass away forever and the new
year set
in. At twelve o’clock the bells began
to ring, the band played out in the moonlight, and those in the
Gymnasium,
imbued with the spirit and presence of the New Year, entered into it
with
enthusiasm manifested by handshakings and mutual good wishes. The last waltz, “Dream of the South,” played
to the final strains of “Home, Sweet Home,” brought the joyous occasion
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Commissioner Cato Sells sent each
employee of the Indian Service a pretty Christmas card ornamented with
a
four-color design of the “Peace Pipe.”
The design was made by Mrs. Angel Decora Dietz and the
cards were
printed by the Carlisle press. The
greeting on these, written by Mrs. Sells, follows:
Open-armed the Red Man welcomed
Paleface pilgrim to his shore;
Greetings glad as his, I send you.
And goodwill, forevermore.
Let us strive to help this
broth&[er]
Greed and graft. Injustice. Cease;
Let us seek his lodge of council:
Let us smoke the pipe of peace.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 11, No 22, February 5,
1915 Afternoon Tea.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. Warner gave
an informal tea in honor of her aunt, Mrs. Day, of Eau Claire, Wis.,
and Miss
Jean Senseney, of Chambersburg, Pa.
Mrs. DeHuff poured the tea and Miss Reichel helped Mrs.
Warner to
serve. The table was beautifully
decorated with sweet peas, the soft coloring of which blended
charmingly with
the dainty accessories of the table.
The guests were Mesdames Rader,
Lipps, DeHuff, Griffiths, Denny, Weber, Foster, Robitaile, and Deitz. Miss Beach, Miss Reichel, Miss Donaldson,
Miss McDowell[,] Miss Roberts, and Miss Williams.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 11, No 25, February 26,
1915 First Prize in Indian Essay
Contest.
The Society of American Indians has
just awarded the first prize in its annual essay contest to Lucy E.
Hunter, a
Winnebago Indian who is now a member of the senior class at Hampton
Institute. “The higher academic
training for the Indian” was the title of first prize essay.
Mr. Arthur C. Parker, the
secretary-treasurer of the Society, warmly commended Miss Hunter for
the
splendid argument she had presented.
Miss Hunter is one of the forty
Indians who remained at Hampton without any Government assistance, and
is
preparing herself for a life of larger usefulness to her people.
Two other Winnebagoes who are well
known are Mrs. Deitz, a Hampton graduate who is famous in the world of
art as
Angel De Cora, and Henry Roe Cloud, the first Indian to make his own
way and
graduated from Yale College. These two
have already done a great deal to show mankind that there is still the
desire
and longing for the best things of life, not only in the Winnebago
tribe, but
in the whole Indian race.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 11, No 26, March 5, 1915 Farewell Reception to Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn
S. Warner. By John B. McGillis
On Thursday evening, February the 25th,
the “C” men and their guest and friends gave a farewell reception to
the man
who fully deserves the honor for having made Carlisle famous throughout
the
land in an athletic way. The hours were
filled with merriment and sociability in the Athletic Quarters, the
home of the
“C” men, which was selected as an appropriate place for the occasion. The rooms in which the evening was spent
were beautifully decorated with red and gold colors, pennants,
trophies, and
pictures of Carlisle’s great athletes.
It was an occasion to be remembered by all those who
attended, as it
marked an important event in the annals of the school—a farewell
tribute to the
man who not only trained and developed athletes of ordinary reputation
but the
world’s greatest athlete, James Thorpe.
Furthermore, a prominent newspaper writer recently termed
the honored
guest of the evening as an “All-American coach.” . . .
Mr. Harvey K. Meyer, the first
speaker talked on the “Glories of Carlisle under “Pop.” . . . He mentioned how scores of young men who
had previously had very little knowledge of athletics before coming to
Carlisle
became some of the most noted athletes of the country.
Among whom were such men as Mr. Pleasant,
Dillion, the Houser brothers, Balenti, Johnson, Rogers, Lubo, Tweainma,
Bender,
Thorpe, Welch, and others. . . .
Guests and hosts were: Mr. and Mrs.
Warner, Mrs. Lipps, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths, Mr. and
Mrs.
Denny, Mr. DeHuff . . . Mrs. Deitz [no Mr.], Miss Bender . . . Anna
LaFernier .
. . Cora Battice . . . Emerald Bottineau, Bessie Eastman . . . Grover
Martell,
Jesse Wofford . . . Fred Skenandore, and Boyd Crowe.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 11, No 33, April 23, 1915 Notes from Room No 9.
Charles Peters won three first prize
medals in the handicap meet last Saturday afternoon.
We are greatly interested in
reviewing the work in arithmetic, physiology, and geography.
Last Friday afternoon Mrs. Deitz
gave us an interesting talk on the history of art, showing that much of
it can
be traced back to the Egyptians.
Mr.
Dietz leaves in the near future for Pullman, Wash., where he will take
up the
duties of his new position as head coach in football and baseball at
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"Jim"
Thorpe was an over-Sunday guest of Mr. Dietz recently.
Mr. Thorpe is a member of the Jersey City
baseball team; and since the Newark team (belonging in the same league)
was
transferred a short time ago to Harrisburg, the famous athlete has
rather frequent
opportunity for visiting his old school home.
Later--After
the above was written, the following dispatch was received: "To fill
the
vacancy created by the injuries to Callahan, Jim Thorpe has been
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Miss
Ella Petoskey, granddaughter of Chief Petoskey, has returned for the
summer. The little Indian princess will
again impersonate Minnehaha in the Hiawatha play at Wayagamug. Miss Petoskey spent the winter in Grand
Rapids with Mrs. James Frances Campbell.
Last May she attended the commencement at Carlisle Indian
School. While there she was a guest of
Mrs. Angel
DeCora Dietz, the famous Indian artist.
At the annual banquet Charles Dagenett, of Washington, D.
C., president
of the alumni association, called upon Miss Petoskey to welcome the
class of
1915 into the association. As Miss
Petoskey was the only member of the association invited to speak, the
honor was
a marked one. Gen. Richard H. Pratt,
founder, who retired eleven years ago, was the speaker of the evening. Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. C., was another distinguished speaker.--Petoskey
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During
the absence of Mrs. Robitaille on her annual vacation, Richard W.
Johnson took
charge of the Alumni Store with Mrs. Dietz as chaperon, and much credit
is due
Richard for the businesslike way in which he attended to the affairs of
the
association.
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The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 12, No 3,
September 17, 1915. Mrs.
Dietz Resigns.
Word
has been received from Mrs. Deitz saying that she has decided not to
return to
Carlisle. She is at present at
Northampton, Mass., but does not state anything as to her plans for
future
work. Needless to say, the very best
wishes of her many friends here go with her wherever she may be. The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 12, No 7, November 19,
1915 Lone Star Having a Successful
Season in
the West
William H. Dietz, better known as
Lone Star, and former Carlisle football warrior, has had a most
successful
season with his Washington State College football team at Pullman, Wash. His team has won the championship of the
Pacific Coast. Victories over teams
such as Oregon University, University of Idaho, Montana University, and
Oregon
Agricultural College by decisive scores indicate that Dietz must have
had a
strong aggregation. The Washington
State College defeated the Oregon Aggies 29 to 0. The
latter team won from the Michigan Aggies, the conquerors of
Michigan.
************************************************************************ The Carlisle Arrow, Vol 12, No 17, January 7,
1916 A Striking Coincidence.
One of the remarkable features of
football during the autumn just passed is that the teams coached by the
head
coach and the assistant coach at Carlisle during the 1914 season have
come
through without a single defeat.
Warner’s Pittsburgh aggregation have been invincible in
the East and
Dietz’s braves at Washington State have taken the scalps of everything
that
came their way. And to show that it was
no accident, Washington State gave Brown University a proper trouncing
to the
tune of 14 to 0 in the post-season game played at Pasadena January 1st. Following are extracts from the Associated
Press reports of the game:
“The game was arranged as a feature
of the annual Carnival of Roses at Pasadena.
Brown University team made the longest trip ever
undertaken by a college
football eleven for a single game.
After the game, there was a battle of roses on the
football field. The Brown alumni of
Pasadena brought a real
brown bear from the Rockies as a mascot for the Brown team. Lone Star has made a great reputation as a
coach this fall. He is a lecturer in
the department of fine arts (at Washington State College) and his
discourses on
art and architecture have attracted considerable attention. He is known as the Beau Brummel of the
western coaches. He never wears a
football suit but coaches each afternoon dressed in fashionable clothes. He always carries a stick and has often
appeared on the field in coach wearing a silk hat and frock coat.” |