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-. '· California gold rush ..-- the Forty-Niners <:· By Gary G. Chandler '"~getthe gold and the Indian gets the shaft. Have you been to any of your national }_ · parks or wilderness areas. lately?· They First of all the term should be "Abori­ · , .... : used to be some of the best bunting' and . gines" not "Indians," but ifl were.to have ; fishing areas we had. Now the government said that, the majority of you probably . takesin more money the first day·a r~te- would not have. understood. Even ·though . ".,. ation area· opens than the ·tand ·was :pur- -.·.. ·:-'!".0.:·-; -::-:: ~ ...... ,, __-~ . we were named by a group of people that ..,, ... ·"'' chased for · . · · •· ·ll didn't know where the hell they cwere; let -.-. . .W~ could cele~ratethe thousand~;!~tIn-. alone who we. were, I guess we'te stuck ·.. .·· .. diana that ·died because· of -expositre to with it. · · · · .. · ' ·' • ::)·;l£\.diSeases that were brought to. o1,1r_~untry •. , .. At ;u,tY,, rate, the Bureau of· Indian Af~,· (':1:;:.:.W'b,ftt:iis an early metllod.,c?f,'g~~ni)rar-·\ ') fairs lias ' asked all tribes to participate. fil .. ~ I \ ' ~ J ' ' '·' fare~>·· · · · . ' ... · ·. · . · .. ;.:.~\ .-·~- '"; the Bicentennial. What has happened the· 1 , '' '"·',:· •nhs24,all Indians ·!ladbesto~ei'l1pon ' 1 . ;;,.; 'r- iheD;l fun citizenship. ' (With, of eoljrse, .....:'"".....-; A(Y) •. •• Gary G. Chan(flJr·. who was born .and reservations. Exc'use the .,pun:) Later on ' I ':•· ci .' raised on tbe Crow Indian Reservation in · m.ost tribal ' members were . declared • '~ Montana, explains that 4'1 am not a full . competent by Congress~Did someone' .for- ,f ~-. •? , .. ~...: r;:/. -_::....~-~:.)'· ~~f -·'; ' get to declare Congress competent?: Past ~ blood but then it's riot how much of some­ ~ .. ove,~.. ·~r~!Xf; ~inkS().lf thing you ar;.e,' it's what you believe." He tween 1794, at the Battle of Fallen Tim- · "' . ~!~1~ ·sounds like actions would make one we are ICI ·,

- '!:... . lot. of ~otl~Y''f0r'~ ;61,1®~of savages, a . competent people why do _'we need the now lives in'Alexandria. · bers, to 1890 in the Battle of Wounded be= - lluh?-}~o·d~t .~.~.;;~v,e.:;:~;mn.li.on.)n gold}~a8· , Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Depart- Knee, several such incidents are recorded. . :j'J :been taken out Olone •m•n'iralo.ne. ment of Interior to handle our busihess. :9 past 200 years to give us cause for cele­ Wecould drink a toast to a lofof the rich people in the U.S. I speak of the ones who ..,,.•·· California'· was.heayiJy O:'pojnilated · with . I'm sure we could have given away most' ~:; I ~ br.ation? of our land and rights without their help. I ~ bave··inherited wealth which in the begin­ ;n. atiy. !:·s.··+ When. gold was· dis£~Veredthere ­ ·