La Voz de Aztlan, November 22 1974
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La Voz de Aztlan, November 22 1974
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Associated Students of Fresno State
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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11/22/1974
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Concern for quality ectlwcation leads to CHE
By Cynthia Lugo
If involvement reflects con-
cern, then CHE (Chicanos in
Education) represents a growing
concern for quality education for
teachers at CSUF.
CHE was formed this•year because Chicano students were concerned ·about incidents which
occurred conce!"ning Chic an o
students in valley schools.
Mariana Rodriguez Powers,
chairperson of CHE, said they
want to bring the needs of the
Chicano community to the attention of the administration of the
School of Education.
"We feel there's a direct relationship between the incidents
which occurred in Madera and
Kerman, and the teacher training
program here on campus,• she
said.
"We've already taken the first
step in opening lines of com munication with Ralph Evans, the
Dean of the School of Education,
and we will continue every attempt to work closely with the
School so that r.om munity needs
are realized and action is taken
to meet these needs," she continued.
Such needs point to the possibility of some La Raza Studies
courses being included as part of
the curriculum of the School of
Education, and eventually increased Chicano faculty members·, which would better reflect
the popu~tic;m in the vaUe~.
Powe s if concerned wi4I tt/
relevan
# the1 teacher'ttainirlg
program, especially in student
teaching. She suggests that stud!:!nts could become involved in
community organizations as well
as schools, which would allow the
student teachers a broader perspective.
CHE also serves .as an informative body. Its members help
each other to understand credential programs, requirements
and admission policies of the
School of Education. CHE also
plans to recruit more Chicanos
into the teaching field and to ha~e
counselors and possibly the dean
to address the body.
La Voz de
tlmt
A special edition of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
LXXIX / 49
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1974
"Chicano students are the best
qualified to sensitize the School
of Education to their own needs
as students as well as to the
needs of the Chicano community,•
she said.
•They should have a more
active decision making role within the school.•
The School of Education should
go beyond the Mini-Corps program in accepting the responsibility of recruiting more Chicanos.
Mans, Chicanos, she said, feel
that the counseling they receive
is inadequate and discouraging.
The counse~ors themselves are
often confused about the Ryan
Act, the Fisher Act, and the
liberal studies major.
CHE would like to see the
formation of a grievance or review committee, which would
handle any problems students
have with counselors, curriculum
or credentials, she said. The
committee would work out the
problems with the students and
the School, said Powers.
Operacion Navidad Telethon prepares Xmas drive
By Grace Solis
The La Raza Unida Party and
various Chicano community organizations are preparing for
the second annual Operacion
Navidad (Operation Christmas)
Telethon, according to Catalino
Jacques, a CSUF student serving
as a coordinator of the project.
The Telethon, which will inelude performances by Azteca
and El Chicano will be broadcast
from noon to 8 p.m., Dec. 8, on
Channel 21.
Operacion Navidad is a community effort ~esigned to collect
and distribute clothing food and
toys to needy families. All work •
done for Operacion Navidad is
strictly volunteer.
Last year's Telethon was the
first in the valley area. although
telethons hav ,been held successfully for the last tour years in
the Los Angeles area. The first
Fre.sno Telethon netted the group
close to four thousand dollars,
said Jacques.
This year's goal is ten thousand
dollars, he said.
Jacques said that once the
goods are collected, the next step
will be to distribute the goods to
the tenters set up throughout the
county of Fresno.
Inflation, work layoffs grim reality for many this year
By Alicia Maldonado
Ignacio R . is part of a growing
statistic - he is one of those
who make up the 8.1 per cent
unemployment rate in the state
of California.
For 37-year-old Ignacio R.
(not his real name), inflation,
tower production rates and
company layoffs are not just
figures to read about. They refer
to him: he has been unemployed
since early October and recei v&S
$90 a week in unemployment
insurance to feed, clothe, and
house a family of six.
Ignacio R. worked at a cannery
in Modesto as a forklift driver
for six years before being laid
off. He supplemented his income
through farmwork during the
pruning season.
After rent and food expenses
are paid for. there are only five
dollars left from the weekly
paycheck to be spent on other
necessities, such as clothes.
"When I can get the money, I
spend it on clothes, tt says Ignacio.
But with the cost of living as it
is today, he adds, •1 don't think
this $90 will buy anything."
Ignacio pays $40 a month for
rent in Reedley, $60 per week for
food and anywhere from $10 to
$20 a week on gas to travel between Fresno and Reedley in
search of work.
"There is not enough money,•
Ignacio said.
The price of food has also
gone up. but the variety of foods
MECHA statewide
By Ernesto Moreno
A theme to develop better communication between the various
MECHA chapters from throughout the state was successful,
according to various members
from the Fresno City College
Chapter.
The F.C.C. MECHA sponsored
the all-day conference which
drew an estimated 400 persons
from throughout California colleges.
"The convention was successful in uniting the various MECHA
organizations from both the
junior college and university
ranks," said Richard Guajardo,
educational advisor to MECHA.
He said although the convention
was thought up only a short time
ago, hard work and diligence by
members made it into a •most
productive convention.•
The FCC chapter had four basic
goals drawn before the start of
the convention. They are:
I. To create an awareness of
the activities (problems and successes) of our hermanos y hermanas throughout the state.
2. To ;,rovide current information on the workshop issues.
Ignacio's family is eating has not
changed to a large extent. "I buy
what I can-meats, vegetables,•
Ignacio said.
Ignacio's wife, 32, alsoworked
at the cannery but was laid off
two weeks before her husband.
The four children in the family
are aged ten, eight, six and four.
MECH• plans dance Wednesday
MECHA will sponsor a dance Wednesday, November 28, from
9 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Towne & c;:ountry Lodge. Music will be by
Mestizo and the New Fascinations, featuring Mr. Arnold Mejia.
Admission will be $2 per person and $3 per couple.
conferenc·e
3.- To re-establish a communication system throughout the
state.
4. To act as a catalyst for the
establishment of permanent fall
and spring statewide conferences.
Counselor Frank Quintana said
he felt there was good participation and communication throughout the conference.
"The students came to the conference with serious intentions
and to accomplish a goal. I think
those goals were accomplished,"
he said.
Murph Rangl!l, who along with
Norma Galvan were co-chairpersons for the affair, said she
also felt that the main goal is to
keep the various MECHA organizations motivated.
Each of the 38 schools represented agreed to set up district
centers for the surrounding respective areas,thusmakingcommunication feasible, said Rangel.
She said that a meeting will be
held in San Jose this weekend to
discuss and arrange a communication link between the various
MECHA organizations to discuss
such a center.
The three oldest attend school
in Reedley.
"There may be jobs opening
next month in Reedley in the
fields pruning,• said Ignacio.
If he doesn't get the job,
Ignacio said he may look again at
the cannery or •somewhere• else
in the area.
The distribution of the goods
will be made on a need basis
which will be determined from
applications filled out by persons
requesting the gifts. The exact
location of the centers has not
been determined yet, but will be
well publicized once they are
decided upon, said Jacques.
Jacques also said that the
United
California Bank is
handling cash contributions for
the group. Any person or organization wishing to donate cash is
asked to contact the nearest UCB
Branch. Those wishing to donate
toys, clothing or non-perishable
food can take the articles to
Tomas Fashions, 2017 Mariposa
Mall, in Fresno.
Dr. Jesus Luna, a CSUF La
Raza Studies faculty member, is
coordinating a raffle that will
hopefully raise one thousand dollars for Operacion Navldad. Dr.
Luna said the raffle offers five
prizes including a steak dinner
for two at Ruebens, three bottles
of liquor, and a case of beer.
Tickets may be purchased for
one dollar at La Raza Studies
or from most MECHA members.
For further information call
Bob Cruz at 888-2061, Del Rey,
Dr. Jesus Luna at 487-2848 or
Tomas Bachicha at 233-5535.
successful at communication
FCC INSTRUCTOR Venancio Gaona and Counselor Frank Quintana address the state-wide MECHA
convention held last weekend at FCC. Photo by Larry Leon.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, November 22, 1974
Commentary
GOD AND THE SCHOOL BOARDS
By Larry Romero
"God bless all the children" is
an often heard phrase. It appears
in age-old maxims and in songs.
But that ideal or wish must be
placed in its true perspective.
Are we, who are asking God,
Allah, Buddha, or a guru, doing
all we can to see to it that whatever blessings are available,are
given to our children?
One only has to look at the current problems involvin,g our nation's children to get an answer.
Let's look at West Virginia.
Riots, book-burnings, attacks on
public officials - all for the
sake of "our children."
Then there is Boston. Racial
hatred and violence because we
don't. want _our children mingling
with their children.
Closer to home we can view
several school districts that have
highly ri ghteous sounding philosophies and / or mottos added to
their bylaws and state ments of
purpose.
/
such things as : "Ke rm an-Floyd
·School District is dedi cated to
serving youth in the com munity,
giving them the best educational
program possible ."
In this district a teacher pulled
out a knife and used it to make
a point. He placed the opened
knife, sticking straight up, under
the 11-year-old's stomach. Ile
then made the !;th-gr ade chi ld,
who has a slightly deformed arm,
do 21 pushups.
Parents and community people
were outraged and complained
to the superintendent. The superintendent studiously listened and
agreed to look into the matter.
After a thorough I fl-minute investigation, he called one of the
irate parents and explained the
situation . He said the teacher
involved made a mistake and was
now sorry. That was enough for
the superintendent. Ile said there
was no need for further furor.
Some of the parents dis g-reed.
They demanded an investigation
and dismissal of the instructor.
'rhe super did not ag-ree .
He said the dismissal might
ruin the teacher for life and he
might not be able to ever get
another teaching job in California. He may never be able to
provide guidance and education
to other 11-year-olds .
That teacher st.ill has his job
- and his knife.
Another school board states:
"It is the policy of the Governing
Board of the Kings Canyon Unified
School District to provide a superior school s ystem for all
students of the district with e mphasis on a quality instructional ·
program for students of a ll abilities ."
Yet, this sa me s c;hool di s tri ct
thinks nothing of ,expelling a 12 yea r -old hOJI r egardles s of the
effect expulsion might have on
him in la te r li fe. The s tude nt' s
offense was a s e ri ous one, tha t
is certa in . He pulled out a pocket knife on anot he r stud ent. Ile did
not us e it, not even to make a
point.
But , the student' s ha<: kgrou11d
and lates t haha vor ial patterns
have been all hut i gnored . The
youth has re<' eived num1i r ous
citations in a<' ti vities desi gned
to build leadership and l'hararter.
Som e of th e hoy's instructors
have asked that he h1i given a
chance. But the hoard does ~ot
liste n.
The hoy, from the barrio, projects, slums or ghe tto, whatever
his parti cular environm1int 111ay
he !'ailed , is surnrnarily branded
for life. Ile is hranded as a
"dange r" lo the othe 1· ur11pteen
hundred students in th e distri<'t.
At anofhe1' 's <"hool distric·t . a
dress code is strictly enforced to
Ii ve up to th e moral s tandard s
of the c·o111mn11ity.
There a six - yea r-old Indian
hrave is barred l'ro111 att ending
his first day in Kinderr.;arten.
The reason? His hair i s too long.
So out he goes. until his hair
is !>raided and made "A11 glo-ly"
acceptahle to the C lovis Unified
School District.
No thought of the c hild's herita ge and culture. This is Ameri<'a.
Later the ieaders of that school
hoard spout renections on the
reasons for enforcing a strict
drPss-hair-code.
". . . ~-ou·ve heard of the
huhonir plague. haven't you?"'
asks one ohvious ly very moral ·
leader of the <'·0111munity as he
IJ
was being lntervlewed by aCSUF
journalism class.
•. . . the school is already
overrun wlth lice . .. , ·• he later
added.
How about the boy? What about
his education? Can't one who has
long hair learn?
Would George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin
Franklin all have been expelled
from Clovis Unified? Certainly
Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph and
Geronimo would have l>een.
At yet -another county's school
district, two male, adult educa-
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tors beat up a 16-year-old off
campus. The two male adults
were acquitted of battery charges
by what one high county official
referred to as the "conscience of
the community ."
The jury rationalized that the
administrators' authority,
according to the California Education Code , gives them the right
of parents to mete out discipline .
Thus, the beating with- clenched
fists and the bruising of this
student was justified by our system of justice. It was also sanc-'tioned by the Madera Unified
School District.
The list of such school districts is endless.
·Regardless of religious affiliation or beliefs, perhaps it is fortunate that we do" ask God to
bless our children. Think where ·
they would be if it was delegated
to the school boards.
Irania n film set
On Sunday, Nov. 24, the Iranian
Students Association will present
" GAV'' (The Cow), a Venice Film
Festival prize winning film dealing with the rural life in I ran and
its socio-economic . shortcomings.
There will he two performances
in the Industrial Arts building
room 101, at 1 p.m . and at
4:30 p.m .
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LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
4 1ymp1 a Bre·.- ing Ccmpany, Olymp,a , Wash ,r.gton " OL Y-;
All 011 rnr ,a ernpt ,es are recyclabl e
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Edit o r . . . . . . . . . . . Larr y Romero
Phot o grapher . , . . , . . . Larry Le o n
Rep o rt e rs . . . . . . . . Cynthia Lugo ,
Grace Solis , Ernesto Moreno
SIPRIANO A. MARTINEZ, JR.
Friday, November 22, 1974
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
iAdelante Trabaiadores!
Unionism on the college campus will become a reality within
the next two years. Governor
elect Jerry Brown, Jr. has
strongly in'l.licated that he is· in
favor of state legislation granting state employees the right to
collectively bargain on matters
concerning wages, hours and
working conditions. ·
Labor unions and employee
associations are mobilizing their
forces for the developing battle
over the right to represent federal, state, and local government
employees throughout California.
The AFL-CIO, the California
State Employees Association and
the California School Employees
Association should be in the
forefront of the representation
battle.
The AFL-CIO has established
a new Public Employees Department that includes 24 chartered
unions representing more than
two million workers employed in
various departments of government. The AFL-CIO's main arm
in the state colleges and universities is the United Professors of
California. The American Federation of Teachers will carry the
ball for the AFL-CIO in the community colleges.
The California State Employees
Association has budgeted $13.6
million for the representation
battle against the large unions . It
will add 22 new field office employees representatives in 1975
and another 22 in 1976 .
The Callforn(a School Employees Association is also incr:easing
and mobilizing its organizing
forces. The 55,000 member association realizes that the future
of its existence depends on victories at the representation elections.
The state employees in California will most likely not be
wined, dined and danced into signing representation cards by
unions and assooiations wishing
to represent them. The concept
of unionism is good but only if
the , local employees retain_ the
right of autonomy by obtaining
the .. chaise of maintaining t)leir
own locals operated under locally
elected officers. The loss of
· local control will _lead to inadequate, impets.onal ·and ineffective
union machines that would be
comparable to the state administration's impersonal bureaucracy.
* *•* *
The CSUF Chicano Faculty,
Staff and Students Association
will become a major factor in
determining the union or as·sociation that will obtain the majority votes in any representation
election held here in .the near
future.
The Chicano employees on
campus are well organized and
prepared to meticulously screen
all unions or associations that
may attempt to secure their support.
The needs of the Chicano employee are more broad in scope
than the mere bread and butter
issues . They are concerned about
equal job opportunities, fair
. treatment on the job, just g-rievance procedures, and proper union representation.
The unions and associations
should do their homework before
they attempt to get the backing
from the majority of these workers.
IN THE COMMUNITY:
On October 16th, a group of
rank and file sugar workers from
throughout Northern California
met in Fresno to establish objectives in their struggl~ against
incompetent union officials and
injustices against the workers in
the sugar factories ofCalifornia.
. An underground newspaper for
the workers was initiated and will
be published quarterly by the
group. Chicano workers were
active in the group.
On October 25th the Mexican
American Postal Employees o!
Fresno held a meeting to establish a rank and file organization that will reflect their interests and welfare on the job
and in the community. They plan
to meet monthly.
. .. the big ones are eating
the little ones ...
The Teamster Union's firing of
the top Mexican American farm
workers' union officials from
Local 1973 came of no surprise
to anyone knowledgeable in uni~n
politics. Within ·any union organization there are continuous power
struggles and conflicts on a scale
of varied degrees.
The union environment is hostile and when union officials
weaken in their positions they
permit the penetration and destruction of their powerbase by
rival unionists.
C ono Macias, the deposed union
leader of the Teamsters' Farm
Workers Union was taken offguard by rival officials and blitzkrieged right out of office. Macias and his followers never
realized that they were vulnerable to attack from within the
Teamster castle.
Macias had his eyes on the
UFWA and he was destroyed by
his own kind.
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4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
In the event some Indian people
haven't heard yet, I am sad to report bad news-the U.S. Supreme
Court has ruled against the Pitt
River Nation in their c 1 al m
against the government for the
taking of their land. The former
settlement claim of 47v an acre
will stand.
Since many of the Indian stu- ,
dents were involved in some 111anner with the efforts to have the
decision reversed, I will reprint
1 some points of the story, taken
from the October-November issue of Wassaja, which dealt with
this struggle.
(Wassaja is an Indian newspaper, a national newspaper of Indian America, published monthly
in San Francisco.)
•Tte Pitts did vote to reject
the offer ( 47v an acre as determined in 1964 by the Indian
Claims <;:ommission). The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) then
held and ILLEGAL election, in
which persons voted who were
charged with illegal voting, including votes cast fn the name of
people who were deceased. This
illegal election then became the
basis upon which all California
Indian tribes were paid 47v an
acre."
•What has not been clearly understood in the Pitt River action
is that under the law establishing
the Indian Claims Commission,
only a 'monetary judgment' can
be made in claims against the U.S.
I
Government."
I include this to quell those
many critics of the Indian who
were under the impression that
the Indian was hungry for the
money, and cared nothing for the
land. The Indian, in all cases of
this type, if allowed, would definitely prefer the land to the money.
Often Indians involved in these
litigations are at the mercy of
attorneys and judges, who cannot
be held to account in the normal
course of events, according to
Wassaja.
•For example, during the
course of the claims case, when
the Pitts were fighting against
the proposed 47~ an acre settlement for their land, their attorney, a Gleason of San Francisco,
was charged with refusing to report to his clients, with failing to
act on theit heh:ilf and under
their direction, and with general
unethical conduct.""
"The Pitts complained to the
U.S. attorney general. Litigation
was instituted to have Gleason
replaced . But the Interior De partment, the U.S. Justice Department and the Bureau oflndian
Affairs united in forcing the Pitt
Rivers to retain that attorney "
There is a policy of the nureau
of Indian Affairs that allows Indians to enter into litigations,
such as the one heing descrihecl,
hut any attorney chosen by the
Indians to represent them must
ON CAMPUS·
TODAY
SUNDAY
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Doghouse will m e e t
downstairs in the old dorm cafeteria from 7:30 to 9 p. rn. for
singing, sharing and fellowship.
A recital c-om 111emorating the
500th anniversary of the death of
Fle mish <"Omposer Guillaume
Dufay (1400-1474) will he held in
Musi<" 100 as part of the Collegiu111 Musicum at 3 p . 111.
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids will be featured in a
fabulous 50's concert in the Men's
Gym at 8 p.m. Blue Heaven will
also play. Tickets are available
at the College Union information
desk and are $2. 50 in advance for
CSUF students and $3.50 for nonstudents and at the door.
The Friday Night Movie, •Last
Year at Marienbad"(France) will
be shown at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
in the CU Lounge.
The AHICA club presents Hod
Kobayashi, master of Aikido, who
will teach in the Women's Gym
beginning Sunday at 12:30 p.m . in
room 133 at a cost of about$4.50
a lesson.
Aikido is a discipline of c·oordination, a way of strengthening the mind and hodv. The word
Aikido means "method or way (do)
for the coordination or narmonv
(al) of mental energy or spi 1·it
(kl)."
Semana de la Raza
Services offered
deadline Dec. S
The Office of Advising Services
assistant coordinators, Frances
Morales and Manuel Olgin, would
like to strongly encourage all students who are having trouble in
any of their classes to <'Orne to
the office and obtain FREE tutorial services. Tutors are fac;ulty recommended and waiting for
your call -- Keats Campus
Building, Room 102.
December 5 is the program
deadline for ideas for speakers,
entertainers, etc. for the '75
Semana de la Raza. Jose Torres,
chairman of the committee handling the festivities, said ideas
should be put in writing and presented to the committee by
December 5. Meetings are held
every Thursday at 7:30. Locations are posted at La Raza
Studies.
·
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deadline extended
' deadline for applying for
The
the Fresno Economic Incentive
Program has been extended to
midnight Nov. 29. For more information, contact Pat Aguirre in
Administration 238.
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Friday, November 22, 1974
RENT
have the consent of-the Bureau.
For many of the Indian students
who participated in this fight,
this news will be a bitter disappointment. For many Indians
that fought along side the Pitts,
physically and spiritually, it will
be a saddening blow, to say the
least. The air
be heavy with
defeat, but only for a day. Losing
doesn't mean quitting. Especially after the way these Indians
-h'ent into action to begin with.
will
*
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*
An onslaught of hundreds oflndians from throughout the state
will descend on this campus Novemher 29 and 30 and Decemher
1.
This •takeover" will occur
when the 8th annual California
I n di an Education Association
(CIEA) conference gets under
way.
Indians and non-Indians who
are involved in some way with
Indian education will be in attendance.
On the slate of this three-day
"o<"cupation" are w o,r ks hops
~eared to examing prohlems confrontin g Indian youth in education.
For those educators who are interested, one unit of credit will
he offered.
In addition there will be films,
a banquet at which that •hairy
rebel" Willie Hudson and his
mother Cathy will he the guests
of honor. A pow-wow is slated
for Saturday night.
The students of Tewaquachi,
who are co-sponsoring the conference, have been working with
Phil Mehas of the EOP department to make this conference a
resounding success. A·nyone who
is interested in attending or who
wants more information on any
aspect of this gathering may contact the American Indian Studies
Department at 487-1185. Or call
the Indian Hotline at 268-4870.
Just imagine ~ for a short while
the ,campus will be overrun with
Indians. Isn't that an exciting
thought!?
*
*
Just after the start of the semester, students learned that a
display of Indian bones was on
exhibit in the Fort Miller blockhouse at Roedin g Park. After
confirming this, a student delegation met with the president of
the responsible organization, the
Fresno County Historical Socie[y, and expressed their desire
to have the bones removed.
While the president couldn't
give students a bit of historical
hackground on the bones, saying
that perhaps they weren't even
Indian remains (yet a card taped
to the glass case bore the legend
•California Indian male, approximate!y 30 years old, found at a
ranch near San Joaquin"), he did
agree that the exhibit was in poor
taste and should be removed.
Now all that needs to be done
is to monitor the reburial of the
remains. The Region 6 chairman
of the California Indian Education
Association Is doing that. Two
points for the students!
*
'!'he money trom the oance will
be used to provide scholarships
to Chicanos from hfgh schools
and junior high schools who meet
low income qualifications and who
show ambition to go on with their
educational career regardless of
grade point average, according
to member Manuel Valdez.
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"High on a hill , overlooking the
famed Plymouth Rock, stands the
statue of our good sachem, Massasoit. Massaoit has stood there
many years in silence. We, the
descendants of this sachem, have
been a silent people. The necessity of making a 11 ving in this
materialistic society of the white
man has caused us to be silent.
Today, I and many of my people
are choosing to face the truth.
We are Indians."
-Frank James, Wampanoag
tribe, Thanksgiving Day 1970, at
Plymouth Rock , Massachusetts
(invited, then banned by officials
of the state of Massachusetts).
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FOR MANY JOBS
will he provided by Beto Garcia
and his Orchestra .
Tickets are available here on
campus from Valdez at La Raza
Studies office, 487-2848 or from
President Fanny Lugo at 2913154. Also from Amelia Garcia
at 299-7159.
Donation will be $2.50 in advance and $3 at the door. Music
*
To all our fellow students, we,
the American Indian students,
would like to wish you a most en·oyable Thanksgiving-and as you
sit down to devour your chow,
keep this one thought in mind:
If it wasn't for the Indians there
would be no Thanks giving.
Fundraiser scheduled
for tonight in Clovis
Asociacion Educati va de Padres Mexicanos is having a scholarship fund raising dance on
Friday, Nov. 22, from 9 p.m. to
1 a.m. at the Memorial Building
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By Cynthia Lugo
If involvement reflects con-
cern, then CHE (Chicanos in
Education) represents a growing
concern for quality education for
teachers at CSUF.
CHE was formed this•year because Chicano students were concerned ·about incidents which
occurred conce!"ning Chic an o
students in valley schools.
Mariana Rodriguez Powers,
chairperson of CHE, said they
want to bring the needs of the
Chicano community to the attention of the administration of the
School of Education.
"We feel there's a direct relationship between the incidents
which occurred in Madera and
Kerman, and the teacher training
program here on campus,• she
said.
"We've already taken the first
step in opening lines of com munication with Ralph Evans, the
Dean of the School of Education,
and we will continue every attempt to work closely with the
School so that r.om munity needs
are realized and action is taken
to meet these needs," she continued.
Such needs point to the possibility of some La Raza Studies
courses being included as part of
the curriculum of the School of
Education, and eventually increased Chicano faculty members·, which would better reflect
the popu~tic;m in the vaUe~.
Powe s if concerned wi4I tt/
relevan
# the1 teacher'ttainirlg
program, especially in student
teaching. She suggests that stud!:!nts could become involved in
community organizations as well
as schools, which would allow the
student teachers a broader perspective.
CHE also serves .as an informative body. Its members help
each other to understand credential programs, requirements
and admission policies of the
School of Education. CHE also
plans to recruit more Chicanos
into the teaching field and to ha~e
counselors and possibly the dean
to address the body.
La Voz de
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A special edition of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
LXXIX / 49
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1974
"Chicano students are the best
qualified to sensitize the School
of Education to their own needs
as students as well as to the
needs of the Chicano community,•
she said.
•They should have a more
active decision making role within the school.•
The School of Education should
go beyond the Mini-Corps program in accepting the responsibility of recruiting more Chicanos.
Mans, Chicanos, she said, feel
that the counseling they receive
is inadequate and discouraging.
The counse~ors themselves are
often confused about the Ryan
Act, the Fisher Act, and the
liberal studies major.
CHE would like to see the
formation of a grievance or review committee, which would
handle any problems students
have with counselors, curriculum
or credentials, she said. The
committee would work out the
problems with the students and
the School, said Powers.
Operacion Navidad Telethon prepares Xmas drive
By Grace Solis
The La Raza Unida Party and
various Chicano community organizations are preparing for
the second annual Operacion
Navidad (Operation Christmas)
Telethon, according to Catalino
Jacques, a CSUF student serving
as a coordinator of the project.
The Telethon, which will inelude performances by Azteca
and El Chicano will be broadcast
from noon to 8 p.m., Dec. 8, on
Channel 21.
Operacion Navidad is a community effort ~esigned to collect
and distribute clothing food and
toys to needy families. All work •
done for Operacion Navidad is
strictly volunteer.
Last year's Telethon was the
first in the valley area. although
telethons hav ,been held successfully for the last tour years in
the Los Angeles area. The first
Fre.sno Telethon netted the group
close to four thousand dollars,
said Jacques.
This year's goal is ten thousand
dollars, he said.
Jacques said that once the
goods are collected, the next step
will be to distribute the goods to
the tenters set up throughout the
county of Fresno.
Inflation, work layoffs grim reality for many this year
By Alicia Maldonado
Ignacio R . is part of a growing
statistic - he is one of those
who make up the 8.1 per cent
unemployment rate in the state
of California.
For 37-year-old Ignacio R.
(not his real name), inflation,
tower production rates and
company layoffs are not just
figures to read about. They refer
to him: he has been unemployed
since early October and recei v&S
$90 a week in unemployment
insurance to feed, clothe, and
house a family of six.
Ignacio R. worked at a cannery
in Modesto as a forklift driver
for six years before being laid
off. He supplemented his income
through farmwork during the
pruning season.
After rent and food expenses
are paid for. there are only five
dollars left from the weekly
paycheck to be spent on other
necessities, such as clothes.
"When I can get the money, I
spend it on clothes, tt says Ignacio.
But with the cost of living as it
is today, he adds, •1 don't think
this $90 will buy anything."
Ignacio pays $40 a month for
rent in Reedley, $60 per week for
food and anywhere from $10 to
$20 a week on gas to travel between Fresno and Reedley in
search of work.
"There is not enough money,•
Ignacio said.
The price of food has also
gone up. but the variety of foods
MECHA statewide
By Ernesto Moreno
A theme to develop better communication between the various
MECHA chapters from throughout the state was successful,
according to various members
from the Fresno City College
Chapter.
The F.C.C. MECHA sponsored
the all-day conference which
drew an estimated 400 persons
from throughout California colleges.
"The convention was successful in uniting the various MECHA
organizations from both the
junior college and university
ranks," said Richard Guajardo,
educational advisor to MECHA.
He said although the convention
was thought up only a short time
ago, hard work and diligence by
members made it into a •most
productive convention.•
The FCC chapter had four basic
goals drawn before the start of
the convention. They are:
I. To create an awareness of
the activities (problems and successes) of our hermanos y hermanas throughout the state.
2. To ;,rovide current information on the workshop issues.
Ignacio's family is eating has not
changed to a large extent. "I buy
what I can-meats, vegetables,•
Ignacio said.
Ignacio's wife, 32, alsoworked
at the cannery but was laid off
two weeks before her husband.
The four children in the family
are aged ten, eight, six and four.
MECH• plans dance Wednesday
MECHA will sponsor a dance Wednesday, November 28, from
9 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Towne & c;:ountry Lodge. Music will be by
Mestizo and the New Fascinations, featuring Mr. Arnold Mejia.
Admission will be $2 per person and $3 per couple.
conferenc·e
3.- To re-establish a communication system throughout the
state.
4. To act as a catalyst for the
establishment of permanent fall
and spring statewide conferences.
Counselor Frank Quintana said
he felt there was good participation and communication throughout the conference.
"The students came to the conference with serious intentions
and to accomplish a goal. I think
those goals were accomplished,"
he said.
Murph Rangl!l, who along with
Norma Galvan were co-chairpersons for the affair, said she
also felt that the main goal is to
keep the various MECHA organizations motivated.
Each of the 38 schools represented agreed to set up district
centers for the surrounding respective areas,thusmakingcommunication feasible, said Rangel.
She said that a meeting will be
held in San Jose this weekend to
discuss and arrange a communication link between the various
MECHA organizations to discuss
such a center.
The three oldest attend school
in Reedley.
"There may be jobs opening
next month in Reedley in the
fields pruning,• said Ignacio.
If he doesn't get the job,
Ignacio said he may look again at
the cannery or •somewhere• else
in the area.
The distribution of the goods
will be made on a need basis
which will be determined from
applications filled out by persons
requesting the gifts. The exact
location of the centers has not
been determined yet, but will be
well publicized once they are
decided upon, said Jacques.
Jacques also said that the
United
California Bank is
handling cash contributions for
the group. Any person or organization wishing to donate cash is
asked to contact the nearest UCB
Branch. Those wishing to donate
toys, clothing or non-perishable
food can take the articles to
Tomas Fashions, 2017 Mariposa
Mall, in Fresno.
Dr. Jesus Luna, a CSUF La
Raza Studies faculty member, is
coordinating a raffle that will
hopefully raise one thousand dollars for Operacion Navldad. Dr.
Luna said the raffle offers five
prizes including a steak dinner
for two at Ruebens, three bottles
of liquor, and a case of beer.
Tickets may be purchased for
one dollar at La Raza Studies
or from most MECHA members.
For further information call
Bob Cruz at 888-2061, Del Rey,
Dr. Jesus Luna at 487-2848 or
Tomas Bachicha at 233-5535.
successful at communication
FCC INSTRUCTOR Venancio Gaona and Counselor Frank Quintana address the state-wide MECHA
convention held last weekend at FCC. Photo by Larry Leon.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, November 22, 1974
Commentary
GOD AND THE SCHOOL BOARDS
By Larry Romero
"God bless all the children" is
an often heard phrase. It appears
in age-old maxims and in songs.
But that ideal or wish must be
placed in its true perspective.
Are we, who are asking God,
Allah, Buddha, or a guru, doing
all we can to see to it that whatever blessings are available,are
given to our children?
One only has to look at the current problems involvin,g our nation's children to get an answer.
Let's look at West Virginia.
Riots, book-burnings, attacks on
public officials - all for the
sake of "our children."
Then there is Boston. Racial
hatred and violence because we
don't. want _our children mingling
with their children.
Closer to home we can view
several school districts that have
highly ri ghteous sounding philosophies and / or mottos added to
their bylaws and state ments of
purpose.
/
such things as : "Ke rm an-Floyd
·School District is dedi cated to
serving youth in the com munity,
giving them the best educational
program possible ."
In this district a teacher pulled
out a knife and used it to make
a point. He placed the opened
knife, sticking straight up, under
the 11-year-old's stomach. Ile
then made the !;th-gr ade chi ld,
who has a slightly deformed arm,
do 21 pushups.
Parents and community people
were outraged and complained
to the superintendent. The superintendent studiously listened and
agreed to look into the matter.
After a thorough I fl-minute investigation, he called one of the
irate parents and explained the
situation . He said the teacher
involved made a mistake and was
now sorry. That was enough for
the superintendent. Ile said there
was no need for further furor.
Some of the parents dis g-reed.
They demanded an investigation
and dismissal of the instructor.
'rhe super did not ag-ree .
He said the dismissal might
ruin the teacher for life and he
might not be able to ever get
another teaching job in California. He may never be able to
provide guidance and education
to other 11-year-olds .
That teacher st.ill has his job
- and his knife.
Another school board states:
"It is the policy of the Governing
Board of the Kings Canyon Unified
School District to provide a superior school s ystem for all
students of the district with e mphasis on a quality instructional ·
program for students of a ll abilities ."
Yet, this sa me s c;hool di s tri ct
thinks nothing of ,expelling a 12 yea r -old hOJI r egardles s of the
effect expulsion might have on
him in la te r li fe. The s tude nt' s
offense was a s e ri ous one, tha t
is certa in . He pulled out a pocket knife on anot he r stud ent. Ile did
not us e it, not even to make a
point.
But , the student' s ha<: kgrou11d
and lates t haha vor ial patterns
have been all hut i gnored . The
youth has re<' eived num1i r ous
citations in a<' ti vities desi gned
to build leadership and l'hararter.
Som e of th e hoy's instructors
have asked that he h1i given a
chance. But the hoard does ~ot
liste n.
The hoy, from the barrio, projects, slums or ghe tto, whatever
his parti cular environm1int 111ay
he !'ailed , is surnrnarily branded
for life. Ile is hranded as a
"dange r" lo the othe 1· ur11pteen
hundred students in th e distri<'t.
At anofhe1' 's <"hool distric·t . a
dress code is strictly enforced to
Ii ve up to th e moral s tandard s
of the c·o111mn11ity.
There a six - yea r-old Indian
hrave is barred l'ro111 att ending
his first day in Kinderr.;arten.
The reason? His hair i s too long.
So out he goes. until his hair
is !>raided and made "A11 glo-ly"
acceptahle to the C lovis Unified
School District.
No thought of the c hild's herita ge and culture. This is Ameri<'a.
Later the ieaders of that school
hoard spout renections on the
reasons for enforcing a strict
drPss-hair-code.
". . . ~-ou·ve heard of the
huhonir plague. haven't you?"'
asks one ohvious ly very moral ·
leader of the <'·0111munity as he
IJ
was being lntervlewed by aCSUF
journalism class.
•. . . the school is already
overrun wlth lice . .. , ·• he later
added.
How about the boy? What about
his education? Can't one who has
long hair learn?
Would George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin
Franklin all have been expelled
from Clovis Unified? Certainly
Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph and
Geronimo would have l>een.
At yet -another county's school
district, two male, adult educa-
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tors beat up a 16-year-old off
campus. The two male adults
were acquitted of battery charges
by what one high county official
referred to as the "conscience of
the community ."
The jury rationalized that the
administrators' authority,
according to the California Education Code , gives them the right
of parents to mete out discipline .
Thus, the beating with- clenched
fists and the bruising of this
student was justified by our system of justice. It was also sanc-'tioned by the Madera Unified
School District.
The list of such school districts is endless.
·Regardless of religious affiliation or beliefs, perhaps it is fortunate that we do" ask God to
bless our children. Think where ·
they would be if it was delegated
to the school boards.
Irania n film set
On Sunday, Nov. 24, the Iranian
Students Association will present
" GAV'' (The Cow), a Venice Film
Festival prize winning film dealing with the rural life in I ran and
its socio-economic . shortcomings.
There will he two performances
in the Industrial Arts building
room 101, at 1 p.m . and at
4:30 p.m .
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Edit o r . . . . . . . . . . . Larr y Romero
Phot o grapher . , . . , . . . Larry Le o n
Rep o rt e rs . . . . . . . . Cynthia Lugo ,
Grace Solis , Ernesto Moreno
SIPRIANO A. MARTINEZ, JR.
Friday, November 22, 1974
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
iAdelante Trabaiadores!
Unionism on the college campus will become a reality within
the next two years. Governor
elect Jerry Brown, Jr. has
strongly in'l.licated that he is· in
favor of state legislation granting state employees the right to
collectively bargain on matters
concerning wages, hours and
working conditions. ·
Labor unions and employee
associations are mobilizing their
forces for the developing battle
over the right to represent federal, state, and local government
employees throughout California.
The AFL-CIO, the California
State Employees Association and
the California School Employees
Association should be in the
forefront of the representation
battle.
The AFL-CIO has established
a new Public Employees Department that includes 24 chartered
unions representing more than
two million workers employed in
various departments of government. The AFL-CIO's main arm
in the state colleges and universities is the United Professors of
California. The American Federation of Teachers will carry the
ball for the AFL-CIO in the community colleges.
The California State Employees
Association has budgeted $13.6
million for the representation
battle against the large unions . It
will add 22 new field office employees representatives in 1975
and another 22 in 1976 .
The Callforn(a School Employees Association is also incr:easing
and mobilizing its organizing
forces. The 55,000 member association realizes that the future
of its existence depends on victories at the representation elections.
The state employees in California will most likely not be
wined, dined and danced into signing representation cards by
unions and assooiations wishing
to represent them. The concept
of unionism is good but only if
the , local employees retain_ the
right of autonomy by obtaining
the .. chaise of maintaining t)leir
own locals operated under locally
elected officers. The loss of
· local control will _lead to inadequate, impets.onal ·and ineffective
union machines that would be
comparable to the state administration's impersonal bureaucracy.
* *•* *
The CSUF Chicano Faculty,
Staff and Students Association
will become a major factor in
determining the union or as·sociation that will obtain the majority votes in any representation
election held here in .the near
future.
The Chicano employees on
campus are well organized and
prepared to meticulously screen
all unions or associations that
may attempt to secure their support.
The needs of the Chicano employee are more broad in scope
than the mere bread and butter
issues . They are concerned about
equal job opportunities, fair
. treatment on the job, just g-rievance procedures, and proper union representation.
The unions and associations
should do their homework before
they attempt to get the backing
from the majority of these workers.
IN THE COMMUNITY:
On October 16th, a group of
rank and file sugar workers from
throughout Northern California
met in Fresno to establish objectives in their struggl~ against
incompetent union officials and
injustices against the workers in
the sugar factories ofCalifornia.
. An underground newspaper for
the workers was initiated and will
be published quarterly by the
group. Chicano workers were
active in the group.
On October 25th the Mexican
American Postal Employees o!
Fresno held a meeting to establish a rank and file organization that will reflect their interests and welfare on the job
and in the community. They plan
to meet monthly.
. .. the big ones are eating
the little ones ...
The Teamster Union's firing of
the top Mexican American farm
workers' union officials from
Local 1973 came of no surprise
to anyone knowledgeable in uni~n
politics. Within ·any union organization there are continuous power
struggles and conflicts on a scale
of varied degrees.
The union environment is hostile and when union officials
weaken in their positions they
permit the penetration and destruction of their powerbase by
rival unionists.
C ono Macias, the deposed union
leader of the Teamsters' Farm
Workers Union was taken offguard by rival officials and blitzkrieged right out of office. Macias and his followers never
realized that they were vulnerable to attack from within the
Teamster castle.
Macias had his eyes on the
UFWA and he was destroyed by
his own kind.
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4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
In the event some Indian people
haven't heard yet, I am sad to report bad news-the U.S. Supreme
Court has ruled against the Pitt
River Nation in their c 1 al m
against the government for the
taking of their land. The former
settlement claim of 47v an acre
will stand.
Since many of the Indian stu- ,
dents were involved in some 111anner with the efforts to have the
decision reversed, I will reprint
1 some points of the story, taken
from the October-November issue of Wassaja, which dealt with
this struggle.
(Wassaja is an Indian newspaper, a national newspaper of Indian America, published monthly
in San Francisco.)
•Tte Pitts did vote to reject
the offer ( 47v an acre as determined in 1964 by the Indian
Claims <;:ommission). The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) then
held and ILLEGAL election, in
which persons voted who were
charged with illegal voting, including votes cast fn the name of
people who were deceased. This
illegal election then became the
basis upon which all California
Indian tribes were paid 47v an
acre."
•What has not been clearly understood in the Pitt River action
is that under the law establishing
the Indian Claims Commission,
only a 'monetary judgment' can
be made in claims against the U.S.
I
Government."
I include this to quell those
many critics of the Indian who
were under the impression that
the Indian was hungry for the
money, and cared nothing for the
land. The Indian, in all cases of
this type, if allowed, would definitely prefer the land to the money.
Often Indians involved in these
litigations are at the mercy of
attorneys and judges, who cannot
be held to account in the normal
course of events, according to
Wassaja.
•For example, during the
course of the claims case, when
the Pitts were fighting against
the proposed 47~ an acre settlement for their land, their attorney, a Gleason of San Francisco,
was charged with refusing to report to his clients, with failing to
act on theit heh:ilf and under
their direction, and with general
unethical conduct.""
"The Pitts complained to the
U.S. attorney general. Litigation
was instituted to have Gleason
replaced . But the Interior De partment, the U.S. Justice Department and the Bureau oflndian
Affairs united in forcing the Pitt
Rivers to retain that attorney "
There is a policy of the nureau
of Indian Affairs that allows Indians to enter into litigations,
such as the one heing descrihecl,
hut any attorney chosen by the
Indians to represent them must
ON CAMPUS·
TODAY
SUNDAY
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Doghouse will m e e t
downstairs in the old dorm cafeteria from 7:30 to 9 p. rn. for
singing, sharing and fellowship.
A recital c-om 111emorating the
500th anniversary of the death of
Fle mish <"Omposer Guillaume
Dufay (1400-1474) will he held in
Musi<" 100 as part of the Collegiu111 Musicum at 3 p . 111.
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids will be featured in a
fabulous 50's concert in the Men's
Gym at 8 p.m. Blue Heaven will
also play. Tickets are available
at the College Union information
desk and are $2. 50 in advance for
CSUF students and $3.50 for nonstudents and at the door.
The Friday Night Movie, •Last
Year at Marienbad"(France) will
be shown at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
in the CU Lounge.
The AHICA club presents Hod
Kobayashi, master of Aikido, who
will teach in the Women's Gym
beginning Sunday at 12:30 p.m . in
room 133 at a cost of about$4.50
a lesson.
Aikido is a discipline of c·oordination, a way of strengthening the mind and hodv. The word
Aikido means "method or way (do)
for the coordination or narmonv
(al) of mental energy or spi 1·it
(kl)."
Semana de la Raza
Services offered
deadline Dec. S
The Office of Advising Services
assistant coordinators, Frances
Morales and Manuel Olgin, would
like to strongly encourage all students who are having trouble in
any of their classes to <'Orne to
the office and obtain FREE tutorial services. Tutors are fac;ulty recommended and waiting for
your call -- Keats Campus
Building, Room 102.
December 5 is the program
deadline for ideas for speakers,
entertainers, etc. for the '75
Semana de la Raza. Jose Torres,
chairman of the committee handling the festivities, said ideas
should be put in writing and presented to the committee by
December 5. Meetings are held
every Thursday at 7:30. Locations are posted at La Raza
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Friday, November 22, 1974
RENT
have the consent of-the Bureau.
For many of the Indian students
who participated in this fight,
this news will be a bitter disappointment. For many Indians
that fought along side the Pitts,
physically and spiritually, it will
be a saddening blow, to say the
least. The air
be heavy with
defeat, but only for a day. Losing
doesn't mean quitting. Especially after the way these Indians
-h'ent into action to begin with.
will
*
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*
An onslaught of hundreds oflndians from throughout the state
will descend on this campus Novemher 29 and 30 and Decemher
1.
This •takeover" will occur
when the 8th annual California
I n di an Education Association
(CIEA) conference gets under
way.
Indians and non-Indians who
are involved in some way with
Indian education will be in attendance.
On the slate of this three-day
"o<"cupation" are w o,r ks hops
~eared to examing prohlems confrontin g Indian youth in education.
For those educators who are interested, one unit of credit will
he offered.
In addition there will be films,
a banquet at which that •hairy
rebel" Willie Hudson and his
mother Cathy will he the guests
of honor. A pow-wow is slated
for Saturday night.
The students of Tewaquachi,
who are co-sponsoring the conference, have been working with
Phil Mehas of the EOP department to make this conference a
resounding success. A·nyone who
is interested in attending or who
wants more information on any
aspect of this gathering may contact the American Indian Studies
Department at 487-1185. Or call
the Indian Hotline at 268-4870.
Just imagine ~ for a short while
the ,campus will be overrun with
Indians. Isn't that an exciting
thought!?
*
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Just after the start of the semester, students learned that a
display of Indian bones was on
exhibit in the Fort Miller blockhouse at Roedin g Park. After
confirming this, a student delegation met with the president of
the responsible organization, the
Fresno County Historical Socie[y, and expressed their desire
to have the bones removed.
While the president couldn't
give students a bit of historical
hackground on the bones, saying
that perhaps they weren't even
Indian remains (yet a card taped
to the glass case bore the legend
•California Indian male, approximate!y 30 years old, found at a
ranch near San Joaquin"), he did
agree that the exhibit was in poor
taste and should be removed.
Now all that needs to be done
is to monitor the reburial of the
remains. The Region 6 chairman
of the California Indian Education
Association Is doing that. Two
points for the students!
*
'!'he money trom the oance will
be used to provide scholarships
to Chicanos from hfgh schools
and junior high schools who meet
low income qualifications and who
show ambition to go on with their
educational career regardless of
grade point average, according
to member Manuel Valdez.
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"High on a hill , overlooking the
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statue of our good sachem, Massasoit. Massaoit has stood there
many years in silence. We, the
descendants of this sachem, have
been a silent people. The necessity of making a 11 ving in this
materialistic society of the white
man has caused us to be silent.
Today, I and many of my people
are choosing to face the truth.
We are Indians."
-Frank James, Wampanoag
tribe, Thanksgiving Day 1970, at
Plymouth Rock , Massachusetts
(invited, then banned by officials
of the state of Massachusetts).
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and his Orchestra .
Tickets are available here on
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Studies office, 487-2848 or from
President Fanny Lugo at 2913154. Also from Amelia Garcia
at 299-7159.
Donation will be $2.50 in advance and $3 at the door. Music
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To all our fellow students, we,
the American Indian students,
would like to wish you a most en·oyable Thanksgiving-and as you
sit down to devour your chow,
keep this one thought in mind:
If it wasn't for the Indians there
would be no Thanks giving.
Fundraiser scheduled
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Asociacion Educati va de Padres Mexicanos is having a scholarship fund raising dance on
Friday, Nov. 22, from 9 p.m. to
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Concern for quality ectlwcation leads to CHE
By Cynthia Lugo
If involvement reflects con-
cern, then CHE (Chicanos in
Education) represents a growing
concern for quality education for
teachers at CSUF.
CHE was formed this•year because Chicano students were concerned ·about incidents which
occurred conce!"ning Chic an o
students in valley schools.
Mariana Rodriguez Powers,
chairperson of CHE, said they
want to bring the needs of the
Chicano community to the attention of the administration of the
School of Education.
"We feel there's a direct relationship between the incidents
which occurred in Madera and
Kerman, and the teacher training
program here on campus,• she
said.
"We've already taken the first
step in opening lines of com munication with Ralph Evans, the
Dean of the School of Education,
and we will continue every attempt to work closely with the
School so that r.om munity needs
are realized and action is taken
to meet these needs," she continued.
Such needs point to the possibility of some La Raza Studies
courses being included as part of
the curriculum of the School of
Education, and eventually increased Chicano faculty members·, which would better reflect
the popu~tic;m in the vaUe~.
Powe s if concerned wi4I tt/
relevan
# the1 teacher'ttainirlg
program, especially in student
teaching. She suggests that stud!:!nts could become involved in
community organizations as well
as schools, which would allow the
student teachers a broader perspective.
CHE also serves .as an informative body. Its members help
each other to understand credential programs, requirements
and admission policies of the
School of Education. CHE also
plans to recruit more Chicanos
into the teaching field and to ha~e
counselors and possibly the dean
to address the body.
La Voz de
tlmt
A special edition of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
LXXIX / 49
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1974
"Chicano students are the best
qualified to sensitize the School
of Education to their own needs
as students as well as to the
needs of the Chicano community,•
she said.
•They should have a more
active decision making role within the school.•
The School of Education should
go beyond the Mini-Corps program in accepting the responsibility of recruiting more Chicanos.
Mans, Chicanos, she said, feel
that the counseling they receive
is inadequate and discouraging.
The counse~ors themselves are
often confused about the Ryan
Act, the Fisher Act, and the
liberal studies major.
CHE would like to see the
formation of a grievance or review committee, which would
handle any problems students
have with counselors, curriculum
or credentials, she said. The
committee would work out the
problems with the students and
the School, said Powers.
Operacion Navidad Telethon prepares Xmas drive
By Grace Solis
The La Raza Unida Party and
various Chicano community organizations are preparing for
the second annual Operacion
Navidad (Operation Christmas)
Telethon, according to Catalino
Jacques, a CSUF student serving
as a coordinator of the project.
The Telethon, which will inelude performances by Azteca
and El Chicano will be broadcast
from noon to 8 p.m., Dec. 8, on
Channel 21.
Operacion Navidad is a community effort ~esigned to collect
and distribute clothing food and
toys to needy families. All work •
done for Operacion Navidad is
strictly volunteer.
Last year's Telethon was the
first in the valley area. although
telethons hav ,been held successfully for the last tour years in
the Los Angeles area. The first
Fre.sno Telethon netted the group
close to four thousand dollars,
said Jacques.
This year's goal is ten thousand
dollars, he said.
Jacques said that once the
goods are collected, the next step
will be to distribute the goods to
the tenters set up throughout the
county of Fresno.
Inflation, work layoffs grim reality for many this year
By Alicia Maldonado
Ignacio R . is part of a growing
statistic - he is one of those
who make up the 8.1 per cent
unemployment rate in the state
of California.
For 37-year-old Ignacio R.
(not his real name), inflation,
tower production rates and
company layoffs are not just
figures to read about. They refer
to him: he has been unemployed
since early October and recei v&S
$90 a week in unemployment
insurance to feed, clothe, and
house a family of six.
Ignacio R. worked at a cannery
in Modesto as a forklift driver
for six years before being laid
off. He supplemented his income
through farmwork during the
pruning season.
After rent and food expenses
are paid for. there are only five
dollars left from the weekly
paycheck to be spent on other
necessities, such as clothes.
"When I can get the money, I
spend it on clothes, tt says Ignacio.
But with the cost of living as it
is today, he adds, •1 don't think
this $90 will buy anything."
Ignacio pays $40 a month for
rent in Reedley, $60 per week for
food and anywhere from $10 to
$20 a week on gas to travel between Fresno and Reedley in
search of work.
"There is not enough money,•
Ignacio said.
The price of food has also
gone up. but the variety of foods
MECHA statewide
By Ernesto Moreno
A theme to develop better communication between the various
MECHA chapters from throughout the state was successful,
according to various members
from the Fresno City College
Chapter.
The F.C.C. MECHA sponsored
the all-day conference which
drew an estimated 400 persons
from throughout California colleges.
"The convention was successful in uniting the various MECHA
organizations from both the
junior college and university
ranks," said Richard Guajardo,
educational advisor to MECHA.
He said although the convention
was thought up only a short time
ago, hard work and diligence by
members made it into a •most
productive convention.•
The FCC chapter had four basic
goals drawn before the start of
the convention. They are:
I. To create an awareness of
the activities (problems and successes) of our hermanos y hermanas throughout the state.
2. To ;,rovide current information on the workshop issues.
Ignacio's family is eating has not
changed to a large extent. "I buy
what I can-meats, vegetables,•
Ignacio said.
Ignacio's wife, 32, alsoworked
at the cannery but was laid off
two weeks before her husband.
The four children in the family
are aged ten, eight, six and four.
MECH• plans dance Wednesday
MECHA will sponsor a dance Wednesday, November 28, from
9 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Towne & c;:ountry Lodge. Music will be by
Mestizo and the New Fascinations, featuring Mr. Arnold Mejia.
Admission will be $2 per person and $3 per couple.
conferenc·e
3.- To re-establish a communication system throughout the
state.
4. To act as a catalyst for the
establishment of permanent fall
and spring statewide conferences.
Counselor Frank Quintana said
he felt there was good participation and communication throughout the conference.
"The students came to the conference with serious intentions
and to accomplish a goal. I think
those goals were accomplished,"
he said.
Murph Rangl!l, who along with
Norma Galvan were co-chairpersons for the affair, said she
also felt that the main goal is to
keep the various MECHA organizations motivated.
Each of the 38 schools represented agreed to set up district
centers for the surrounding respective areas,thusmakingcommunication feasible, said Rangel.
She said that a meeting will be
held in San Jose this weekend to
discuss and arrange a communication link between the various
MECHA organizations to discuss
such a center.
The three oldest attend school
in Reedley.
"There may be jobs opening
next month in Reedley in the
fields pruning,• said Ignacio.
If he doesn't get the job,
Ignacio said he may look again at
the cannery or •somewhere• else
in the area.
The distribution of the goods
will be made on a need basis
which will be determined from
applications filled out by persons
requesting the gifts. The exact
location of the centers has not
been determined yet, but will be
well publicized once they are
decided upon, said Jacques.
Jacques also said that the
United
California Bank is
handling cash contributions for
the group. Any person or organization wishing to donate cash is
asked to contact the nearest UCB
Branch. Those wishing to donate
toys, clothing or non-perishable
food can take the articles to
Tomas Fashions, 2017 Mariposa
Mall, in Fresno.
Dr. Jesus Luna, a CSUF La
Raza Studies faculty member, is
coordinating a raffle that will
hopefully raise one thousand dollars for Operacion Navldad. Dr.
Luna said the raffle offers five
prizes including a steak dinner
for two at Ruebens, three bottles
of liquor, and a case of beer.
Tickets may be purchased for
one dollar at La Raza Studies
or from most MECHA members.
For further information call
Bob Cruz at 888-2061, Del Rey,
Dr. Jesus Luna at 487-2848 or
Tomas Bachicha at 233-5535.
successful at communication
FCC INSTRUCTOR Venancio Gaona and Counselor Frank Quintana address the state-wide MECHA
convention held last weekend at FCC. Photo by Larry Leon.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, November 22, 1974
Commentary
GOD AND THE SCHOOL BOARDS
By Larry Romero
"God bless all the children" is
an often heard phrase. It appears
in age-old maxims and in songs.
But that ideal or wish must be
placed in its true perspective.
Are we, who are asking God,
Allah, Buddha, or a guru, doing
all we can to see to it that whatever blessings are available,are
given to our children?
One only has to look at the current problems involvin,g our nation's children to get an answer.
Let's look at West Virginia.
Riots, book-burnings, attacks on
public officials - all for the
sake of "our children."
Then there is Boston. Racial
hatred and violence because we
don't. want _our children mingling
with their children.
Closer to home we can view
several school districts that have
highly ri ghteous sounding philosophies and / or mottos added to
their bylaws and state ments of
purpose.
/
such things as : "Ke rm an-Floyd
·School District is dedi cated to
serving youth in the com munity,
giving them the best educational
program possible ."
In this district a teacher pulled
out a knife and used it to make
a point. He placed the opened
knife, sticking straight up, under
the 11-year-old's stomach. Ile
then made the !;th-gr ade chi ld,
who has a slightly deformed arm,
do 21 pushups.
Parents and community people
were outraged and complained
to the superintendent. The superintendent studiously listened and
agreed to look into the matter.
After a thorough I fl-minute investigation, he called one of the
irate parents and explained the
situation . He said the teacher
involved made a mistake and was
now sorry. That was enough for
the superintendent. Ile said there
was no need for further furor.
Some of the parents dis g-reed.
They demanded an investigation
and dismissal of the instructor.
'rhe super did not ag-ree .
He said the dismissal might
ruin the teacher for life and he
might not be able to ever get
another teaching job in California. He may never be able to
provide guidance and education
to other 11-year-olds .
That teacher st.ill has his job
- and his knife.
Another school board states:
"It is the policy of the Governing
Board of the Kings Canyon Unified
School District to provide a superior school s ystem for all
students of the district with e mphasis on a quality instructional ·
program for students of a ll abilities ."
Yet, this sa me s c;hool di s tri ct
thinks nothing of ,expelling a 12 yea r -old hOJI r egardles s of the
effect expulsion might have on
him in la te r li fe. The s tude nt' s
offense was a s e ri ous one, tha t
is certa in . He pulled out a pocket knife on anot he r stud ent. Ile did
not us e it, not even to make a
point.
But , the student' s ha<: kgrou11d
and lates t haha vor ial patterns
have been all hut i gnored . The
youth has re<' eived num1i r ous
citations in a<' ti vities desi gned
to build leadership and l'hararter.
Som e of th e hoy's instructors
have asked that he h1i given a
chance. But the hoard does ~ot
liste n.
The hoy, from the barrio, projects, slums or ghe tto, whatever
his parti cular environm1int 111ay
he !'ailed , is surnrnarily branded
for life. Ile is hranded as a
"dange r" lo the othe 1· ur11pteen
hundred students in th e distri<'t.
At anofhe1' 's <"hool distric·t . a
dress code is strictly enforced to
Ii ve up to th e moral s tandard s
of the c·o111mn11ity.
There a six - yea r-old Indian
hrave is barred l'ro111 att ending
his first day in Kinderr.;arten.
The reason? His hair i s too long.
So out he goes. until his hair
is !>raided and made "A11 glo-ly"
acceptahle to the C lovis Unified
School District.
No thought of the c hild's herita ge and culture. This is Ameri<'a.
Later the ieaders of that school
hoard spout renections on the
reasons for enforcing a strict
drPss-hair-code.
". . . ~-ou·ve heard of the
huhonir plague. haven't you?"'
asks one ohvious ly very moral ·
leader of the <'·0111munity as he
IJ
was being lntervlewed by aCSUF
journalism class.
•. . . the school is already
overrun wlth lice . .. , ·• he later
added.
How about the boy? What about
his education? Can't one who has
long hair learn?
Would George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin
Franklin all have been expelled
from Clovis Unified? Certainly
Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph and
Geronimo would have l>een.
At yet -another county's school
district, two male, adult educa-
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tors beat up a 16-year-old off
campus. The two male adults
were acquitted of battery charges
by what one high county official
referred to as the "conscience of
the community ."
The jury rationalized that the
administrators' authority,
according to the California Education Code , gives them the right
of parents to mete out discipline .
Thus, the beating with- clenched
fists and the bruising of this
student was justified by our system of justice. It was also sanc-'tioned by the Madera Unified
School District.
The list of such school districts is endless.
·Regardless of religious affiliation or beliefs, perhaps it is fortunate that we do" ask God to
bless our children. Think where ·
they would be if it was delegated
to the school boards.
Irania n film set
On Sunday, Nov. 24, the Iranian
Students Association will present
" GAV'' (The Cow), a Venice Film
Festival prize winning film dealing with the rural life in I ran and
its socio-economic . shortcomings.
There will he two performances
in the Industrial Arts building
room 101, at 1 p.m . and at
4:30 p.m .
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Friday, November 22, 1974
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
iAdelante Trabaiadores!
Unionism on the college campus will become a reality within
the next two years. Governor
elect Jerry Brown, Jr. has
strongly in'l.licated that he is· in
favor of state legislation granting state employees the right to
collectively bargain on matters
concerning wages, hours and
working conditions. ·
Labor unions and employee
associations are mobilizing their
forces for the developing battle
over the right to represent federal, state, and local government
employees throughout California.
The AFL-CIO, the California
State Employees Association and
the California School Employees
Association should be in the
forefront of the representation
battle.
The AFL-CIO has established
a new Public Employees Department that includes 24 chartered
unions representing more than
two million workers employed in
various departments of government. The AFL-CIO's main arm
in the state colleges and universities is the United Professors of
California. The American Federation of Teachers will carry the
ball for the AFL-CIO in the community colleges.
The California State Employees
Association has budgeted $13.6
million for the representation
battle against the large unions . It
will add 22 new field office employees representatives in 1975
and another 22 in 1976 .
The Callforn(a School Employees Association is also incr:easing
and mobilizing its organizing
forces. The 55,000 member association realizes that the future
of its existence depends on victories at the representation elections.
The state employees in California will most likely not be
wined, dined and danced into signing representation cards by
unions and assooiations wishing
to represent them. The concept
of unionism is good but only if
the , local employees retain_ the
right of autonomy by obtaining
the .. chaise of maintaining t)leir
own locals operated under locally
elected officers. The loss of
· local control will _lead to inadequate, impets.onal ·and ineffective
union machines that would be
comparable to the state administration's impersonal bureaucracy.
* *•* *
The CSUF Chicano Faculty,
Staff and Students Association
will become a major factor in
determining the union or as·sociation that will obtain the majority votes in any representation
election held here in .the near
future.
The Chicano employees on
campus are well organized and
prepared to meticulously screen
all unions or associations that
may attempt to secure their support.
The needs of the Chicano employee are more broad in scope
than the mere bread and butter
issues . They are concerned about
equal job opportunities, fair
. treatment on the job, just g-rievance procedures, and proper union representation.
The unions and associations
should do their homework before
they attempt to get the backing
from the majority of these workers.
IN THE COMMUNITY:
On October 16th, a group of
rank and file sugar workers from
throughout Northern California
met in Fresno to establish objectives in their struggl~ against
incompetent union officials and
injustices against the workers in
the sugar factories ofCalifornia.
. An underground newspaper for
the workers was initiated and will
be published quarterly by the
group. Chicano workers were
active in the group.
On October 25th the Mexican
American Postal Employees o!
Fresno held a meeting to establish a rank and file organization that will reflect their interests and welfare on the job
and in the community. They plan
to meet monthly.
. .. the big ones are eating
the little ones ...
The Teamster Union's firing of
the top Mexican American farm
workers' union officials from
Local 1973 came of no surprise
to anyone knowledgeable in uni~n
politics. Within ·any union organization there are continuous power
struggles and conflicts on a scale
of varied degrees.
The union environment is hostile and when union officials
weaken in their positions they
permit the penetration and destruction of their powerbase by
rival unionists.
C ono Macias, the deposed union
leader of the Teamsters' Farm
Workers Union was taken offguard by rival officials and blitzkrieged right out of office. Macias and his followers never
realized that they were vulnerable to attack from within the
Teamster castle.
Macias had his eyes on the
UFWA and he was destroyed by
his own kind.
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4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
In the event some Indian people
haven't heard yet, I am sad to report bad news-the U.S. Supreme
Court has ruled against the Pitt
River Nation in their c 1 al m
against the government for the
taking of their land. The former
settlement claim of 47v an acre
will stand.
Since many of the Indian stu- ,
dents were involved in some 111anner with the efforts to have the
decision reversed, I will reprint
1 some points of the story, taken
from the October-November issue of Wassaja, which dealt with
this struggle.
(Wassaja is an Indian newspaper, a national newspaper of Indian America, published monthly
in San Francisco.)
•Tte Pitts did vote to reject
the offer ( 47v an acre as determined in 1964 by the Indian
Claims <;:ommission). The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) then
held and ILLEGAL election, in
which persons voted who were
charged with illegal voting, including votes cast fn the name of
people who were deceased. This
illegal election then became the
basis upon which all California
Indian tribes were paid 47v an
acre."
•What has not been clearly understood in the Pitt River action
is that under the law establishing
the Indian Claims Commission,
only a 'monetary judgment' can
be made in claims against the U.S.
I
Government."
I include this to quell those
many critics of the Indian who
were under the impression that
the Indian was hungry for the
money, and cared nothing for the
land. The Indian, in all cases of
this type, if allowed, would definitely prefer the land to the money.
Often Indians involved in these
litigations are at the mercy of
attorneys and judges, who cannot
be held to account in the normal
course of events, according to
Wassaja.
•For example, during the
course of the claims case, when
the Pitts were fighting against
the proposed 47~ an acre settlement for their land, their attorney, a Gleason of San Francisco,
was charged with refusing to report to his clients, with failing to
act on theit heh:ilf and under
their direction, and with general
unethical conduct.""
"The Pitts complained to the
U.S. attorney general. Litigation
was instituted to have Gleason
replaced . But the Interior De partment, the U.S. Justice Department and the Bureau oflndian
Affairs united in forcing the Pitt
Rivers to retain that attorney "
There is a policy of the nureau
of Indian Affairs that allows Indians to enter into litigations,
such as the one heing descrihecl,
hut any attorney chosen by the
Indians to represent them must
ON CAMPUS·
TODAY
SUNDAY
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Doghouse will m e e t
downstairs in the old dorm cafeteria from 7:30 to 9 p. rn. for
singing, sharing and fellowship.
A recital c-om 111emorating the
500th anniversary of the death of
Fle mish <"Omposer Guillaume
Dufay (1400-1474) will he held in
Musi<" 100 as part of the Collegiu111 Musicum at 3 p . 111.
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids will be featured in a
fabulous 50's concert in the Men's
Gym at 8 p.m. Blue Heaven will
also play. Tickets are available
at the College Union information
desk and are $2. 50 in advance for
CSUF students and $3.50 for nonstudents and at the door.
The Friday Night Movie, •Last
Year at Marienbad"(France) will
be shown at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
in the CU Lounge.
The AHICA club presents Hod
Kobayashi, master of Aikido, who
will teach in the Women's Gym
beginning Sunday at 12:30 p.m . in
room 133 at a cost of about$4.50
a lesson.
Aikido is a discipline of c·oordination, a way of strengthening the mind and hodv. The word
Aikido means "method or way (do)
for the coordination or narmonv
(al) of mental energy or spi 1·it
(kl)."
Semana de la Raza
Services offered
deadline Dec. S
The Office of Advising Services
assistant coordinators, Frances
Morales and Manuel Olgin, would
like to strongly encourage all students who are having trouble in
any of their classes to <'Orne to
the office and obtain FREE tutorial services. Tutors are fac;ulty recommended and waiting for
your call -- Keats Campus
Building, Room 102.
December 5 is the program
deadline for ideas for speakers,
entertainers, etc. for the '75
Semana de la Raza. Jose Torres,
chairman of the committee handling the festivities, said ideas
should be put in writing and presented to the committee by
December 5. Meetings are held
every Thursday at 7:30. Locations are posted at La Raza
Studies.
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Friday, November 22, 1974
RENT
have the consent of-the Bureau.
For many of the Indian students
who participated in this fight,
this news will be a bitter disappointment. For many Indians
that fought along side the Pitts,
physically and spiritually, it will
be a saddening blow, to say the
least. The air
be heavy with
defeat, but only for a day. Losing
doesn't mean quitting. Especially after the way these Indians
-h'ent into action to begin with.
will
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*
An onslaught of hundreds oflndians from throughout the state
will descend on this campus Novemher 29 and 30 and Decemher
1.
This •takeover" will occur
when the 8th annual California
I n di an Education Association
(CIEA) conference gets under
way.
Indians and non-Indians who
are involved in some way with
Indian education will be in attendance.
On the slate of this three-day
"o<"cupation" are w o,r ks hops
~eared to examing prohlems confrontin g Indian youth in education.
For those educators who are interested, one unit of credit will
he offered.
In addition there will be films,
a banquet at which that •hairy
rebel" Willie Hudson and his
mother Cathy will he the guests
of honor. A pow-wow is slated
for Saturday night.
The students of Tewaquachi,
who are co-sponsoring the conference, have been working with
Phil Mehas of the EOP department to make this conference a
resounding success. A·nyone who
is interested in attending or who
wants more information on any
aspect of this gathering may contact the American Indian Studies
Department at 487-1185. Or call
the Indian Hotline at 268-4870.
Just imagine ~ for a short while
the ,campus will be overrun with
Indians. Isn't that an exciting
thought!?
*
*
Just after the start of the semester, students learned that a
display of Indian bones was on
exhibit in the Fort Miller blockhouse at Roedin g Park. After
confirming this, a student delegation met with the president of
the responsible organization, the
Fresno County Historical Socie[y, and expressed their desire
to have the bones removed.
While the president couldn't
give students a bit of historical
hackground on the bones, saying
that perhaps they weren't even
Indian remains (yet a card taped
to the glass case bore the legend
•California Indian male, approximate!y 30 years old, found at a
ranch near San Joaquin"), he did
agree that the exhibit was in poor
taste and should be removed.
Now all that needs to be done
is to monitor the reburial of the
remains. The Region 6 chairman
of the California Indian Education
Association Is doing that. Two
points for the students!
*
'!'he money trom the oance will
be used to provide scholarships
to Chicanos from hfgh schools
and junior high schools who meet
low income qualifications and who
show ambition to go on with their
educational career regardless of
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"High on a hill , overlooking the
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statue of our good sachem, Massasoit. Massaoit has stood there
many years in silence. We, the
descendants of this sachem, have
been a silent people. The necessity of making a 11 ving in this
materialistic society of the white
man has caused us to be silent.
Today, I and many of my people
are choosing to face the truth.
We are Indians."
-Frank James, Wampanoag
tribe, Thanksgiving Day 1970, at
Plymouth Rock , Massachusetts
(invited, then banned by officials
of the state of Massachusetts).
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will he provided by Beto Garcia
and his Orchestra .
Tickets are available here on
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Studies office, 487-2848 or from
President Fanny Lugo at 2913154. Also from Amelia Garcia
at 299-7159.
Donation will be $2.50 in advance and $3 at the door. Music
*
To all our fellow students, we,
the American Indian students,
would like to wish you a most en·oyable Thanksgiving-and as you
sit down to devour your chow,
keep this one thought in mind:
If it wasn't for the Indians there
would be no Thanks giving.
Fundraiser scheduled
for tonight in Clovis
Asociacion Educati va de Padres Mexicanos is having a scholarship fund raising dance on
Friday, Nov. 22, from 9 p.m. to
1 a.m. at the Memorial Building
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By Cynthia Lugo
If involvement reflects con-
cern, then CHE (Chicanos in
Education) represents a growing
concern for quality education for
teachers at CSUF.
CHE was formed this•year because Chicano students were concerned ·about incidents which
occurred conce!"ning Chic an o
students in valley schools.
Mariana Rodriguez Powers,
chairperson of CHE, said they
want to bring the needs of the
Chicano community to the attention of the administration of the
School of Education.
"We feel there's a direct relationship between the incidents
which occurred in Madera and
Kerman, and the teacher training
program here on campus,• she
said.
"We've already taken the first
step in opening lines of com munication with Ralph Evans, the
Dean of the School of Education,
and we will continue every attempt to work closely with the
School so that r.om munity needs
are realized and action is taken
to meet these needs," she continued.
Such needs point to the possibility of some La Raza Studies
courses being included as part of
the curriculum of the School of
Education, and eventually increased Chicano faculty members·, which would better reflect
the popu~tic;m in the vaUe~.
Powe s if concerned wi4I tt/
relevan
# the1 teacher'ttainirlg
program, especially in student
teaching. She suggests that stud!:!nts could become involved in
community organizations as well
as schools, which would allow the
student teachers a broader perspective.
CHE also serves .as an informative body. Its members help
each other to understand credential programs, requirements
and admission policies of the
School of Education. CHE also
plans to recruit more Chicanos
into the teaching field and to ha~e
counselors and possibly the dean
to address the body.
La Voz de
tlmt
A special edition of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
LXXIX / 49
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1974
"Chicano students are the best
qualified to sensitize the School
of Education to their own needs
as students as well as to the
needs of the Chicano community,•
she said.
•They should have a more
active decision making role within the school.•
The School of Education should
go beyond the Mini-Corps program in accepting the responsibility of recruiting more Chicanos.
Mans, Chicanos, she said, feel
that the counseling they receive
is inadequate and discouraging.
The counse~ors themselves are
often confused about the Ryan
Act, the Fisher Act, and the
liberal studies major.
CHE would like to see the
formation of a grievance or review committee, which would
handle any problems students
have with counselors, curriculum
or credentials, she said. The
committee would work out the
problems with the students and
the School, said Powers.
Operacion Navidad Telethon prepares Xmas drive
By Grace Solis
The La Raza Unida Party and
various Chicano community organizations are preparing for
the second annual Operacion
Navidad (Operation Christmas)
Telethon, according to Catalino
Jacques, a CSUF student serving
as a coordinator of the project.
The Telethon, which will inelude performances by Azteca
and El Chicano will be broadcast
from noon to 8 p.m., Dec. 8, on
Channel 21.
Operacion Navidad is a community effort ~esigned to collect
and distribute clothing food and
toys to needy families. All work •
done for Operacion Navidad is
strictly volunteer.
Last year's Telethon was the
first in the valley area. although
telethons hav ,been held successfully for the last tour years in
the Los Angeles area. The first
Fre.sno Telethon netted the group
close to four thousand dollars,
said Jacques.
This year's goal is ten thousand
dollars, he said.
Jacques said that once the
goods are collected, the next step
will be to distribute the goods to
the tenters set up throughout the
county of Fresno.
Inflation, work layoffs grim reality for many this year
By Alicia Maldonado
Ignacio R . is part of a growing
statistic - he is one of those
who make up the 8.1 per cent
unemployment rate in the state
of California.
For 37-year-old Ignacio R.
(not his real name), inflation,
tower production rates and
company layoffs are not just
figures to read about. They refer
to him: he has been unemployed
since early October and recei v&S
$90 a week in unemployment
insurance to feed, clothe, and
house a family of six.
Ignacio R. worked at a cannery
in Modesto as a forklift driver
for six years before being laid
off. He supplemented his income
through farmwork during the
pruning season.
After rent and food expenses
are paid for. there are only five
dollars left from the weekly
paycheck to be spent on other
necessities, such as clothes.
"When I can get the money, I
spend it on clothes, tt says Ignacio.
But with the cost of living as it
is today, he adds, •1 don't think
this $90 will buy anything."
Ignacio pays $40 a month for
rent in Reedley, $60 per week for
food and anywhere from $10 to
$20 a week on gas to travel between Fresno and Reedley in
search of work.
"There is not enough money,•
Ignacio said.
The price of food has also
gone up. but the variety of foods
MECHA statewide
By Ernesto Moreno
A theme to develop better communication between the various
MECHA chapters from throughout the state was successful,
according to various members
from the Fresno City College
Chapter.
The F.C.C. MECHA sponsored
the all-day conference which
drew an estimated 400 persons
from throughout California colleges.
"The convention was successful in uniting the various MECHA
organizations from both the
junior college and university
ranks," said Richard Guajardo,
educational advisor to MECHA.
He said although the convention
was thought up only a short time
ago, hard work and diligence by
members made it into a •most
productive convention.•
The FCC chapter had four basic
goals drawn before the start of
the convention. They are:
I. To create an awareness of
the activities (problems and successes) of our hermanos y hermanas throughout the state.
2. To ;,rovide current information on the workshop issues.
Ignacio's family is eating has not
changed to a large extent. "I buy
what I can-meats, vegetables,•
Ignacio said.
Ignacio's wife, 32, alsoworked
at the cannery but was laid off
two weeks before her husband.
The four children in the family
are aged ten, eight, six and four.
MECH• plans dance Wednesday
MECHA will sponsor a dance Wednesday, November 28, from
9 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Towne & c;:ountry Lodge. Music will be by
Mestizo and the New Fascinations, featuring Mr. Arnold Mejia.
Admission will be $2 per person and $3 per couple.
conferenc·e
3.- To re-establish a communication system throughout the
state.
4. To act as a catalyst for the
establishment of permanent fall
and spring statewide conferences.
Counselor Frank Quintana said
he felt there was good participation and communication throughout the conference.
"The students came to the conference with serious intentions
and to accomplish a goal. I think
those goals were accomplished,"
he said.
Murph Rangl!l, who along with
Norma Galvan were co-chairpersons for the affair, said she
also felt that the main goal is to
keep the various MECHA organizations motivated.
Each of the 38 schools represented agreed to set up district
centers for the surrounding respective areas,thusmakingcommunication feasible, said Rangel.
She said that a meeting will be
held in San Jose this weekend to
discuss and arrange a communication link between the various
MECHA organizations to discuss
such a center.
The three oldest attend school
in Reedley.
"There may be jobs opening
next month in Reedley in the
fields pruning,• said Ignacio.
If he doesn't get the job,
Ignacio said he may look again at
the cannery or •somewhere• else
in the area.
The distribution of the goods
will be made on a need basis
which will be determined from
applications filled out by persons
requesting the gifts. The exact
location of the centers has not
been determined yet, but will be
well publicized once they are
decided upon, said Jacques.
Jacques also said that the
United
California Bank is
handling cash contributions for
the group. Any person or organization wishing to donate cash is
asked to contact the nearest UCB
Branch. Those wishing to donate
toys, clothing or non-perishable
food can take the articles to
Tomas Fashions, 2017 Mariposa
Mall, in Fresno.
Dr. Jesus Luna, a CSUF La
Raza Studies faculty member, is
coordinating a raffle that will
hopefully raise one thousand dollars for Operacion Navldad. Dr.
Luna said the raffle offers five
prizes including a steak dinner
for two at Ruebens, three bottles
of liquor, and a case of beer.
Tickets may be purchased for
one dollar at La Raza Studies
or from most MECHA members.
For further information call
Bob Cruz at 888-2061, Del Rey,
Dr. Jesus Luna at 487-2848 or
Tomas Bachicha at 233-5535.
successful at communication
FCC INSTRUCTOR Venancio Gaona and Counselor Frank Quintana address the state-wide MECHA
convention held last weekend at FCC. Photo by Larry Leon.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, November 22, 1974
Commentary
GOD AND THE SCHOOL BOARDS
By Larry Romero
"God bless all the children" is
an often heard phrase. It appears
in age-old maxims and in songs.
But that ideal or wish must be
placed in its true perspective.
Are we, who are asking God,
Allah, Buddha, or a guru, doing
all we can to see to it that whatever blessings are available,are
given to our children?
One only has to look at the current problems involvin,g our nation's children to get an answer.
Let's look at West Virginia.
Riots, book-burnings, attacks on
public officials - all for the
sake of "our children."
Then there is Boston. Racial
hatred and violence because we
don't. want _our children mingling
with their children.
Closer to home we can view
several school districts that have
highly ri ghteous sounding philosophies and / or mottos added to
their bylaws and state ments of
purpose.
/
such things as : "Ke rm an-Floyd
·School District is dedi cated to
serving youth in the com munity,
giving them the best educational
program possible ."
In this district a teacher pulled
out a knife and used it to make
a point. He placed the opened
knife, sticking straight up, under
the 11-year-old's stomach. Ile
then made the !;th-gr ade chi ld,
who has a slightly deformed arm,
do 21 pushups.
Parents and community people
were outraged and complained
to the superintendent. The superintendent studiously listened and
agreed to look into the matter.
After a thorough I fl-minute investigation, he called one of the
irate parents and explained the
situation . He said the teacher
involved made a mistake and was
now sorry. That was enough for
the superintendent. Ile said there
was no need for further furor.
Some of the parents dis g-reed.
They demanded an investigation
and dismissal of the instructor.
'rhe super did not ag-ree .
He said the dismissal might
ruin the teacher for life and he
might not be able to ever get
another teaching job in California. He may never be able to
provide guidance and education
to other 11-year-olds .
That teacher st.ill has his job
- and his knife.
Another school board states:
"It is the policy of the Governing
Board of the Kings Canyon Unified
School District to provide a superior school s ystem for all
students of the district with e mphasis on a quality instructional ·
program for students of a ll abilities ."
Yet, this sa me s c;hool di s tri ct
thinks nothing of ,expelling a 12 yea r -old hOJI r egardles s of the
effect expulsion might have on
him in la te r li fe. The s tude nt' s
offense was a s e ri ous one, tha t
is certa in . He pulled out a pocket knife on anot he r stud ent. Ile did
not us e it, not even to make a
point.
But , the student' s ha<: kgrou11d
and lates t haha vor ial patterns
have been all hut i gnored . The
youth has re<' eived num1i r ous
citations in a<' ti vities desi gned
to build leadership and l'hararter.
Som e of th e hoy's instructors
have asked that he h1i given a
chance. But the hoard does ~ot
liste n.
The hoy, from the barrio, projects, slums or ghe tto, whatever
his parti cular environm1int 111ay
he !'ailed , is surnrnarily branded
for life. Ile is hranded as a
"dange r" lo the othe 1· ur11pteen
hundred students in th e distri<'t.
At anofhe1' 's <"hool distric·t . a
dress code is strictly enforced to
Ii ve up to th e moral s tandard s
of the c·o111mn11ity.
There a six - yea r-old Indian
hrave is barred l'ro111 att ending
his first day in Kinderr.;arten.
The reason? His hair i s too long.
So out he goes. until his hair
is !>raided and made "A11 glo-ly"
acceptahle to the C lovis Unified
School District.
No thought of the c hild's herita ge and culture. This is Ameri<'a.
Later the ieaders of that school
hoard spout renections on the
reasons for enforcing a strict
drPss-hair-code.
". . . ~-ou·ve heard of the
huhonir plague. haven't you?"'
asks one ohvious ly very moral ·
leader of the <'·0111munity as he
IJ
was being lntervlewed by aCSUF
journalism class.
•. . . the school is already
overrun wlth lice . .. , ·• he later
added.
How about the boy? What about
his education? Can't one who has
long hair learn?
Would George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin
Franklin all have been expelled
from Clovis Unified? Certainly
Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph and
Geronimo would have l>een.
At yet -another county's school
district, two male, adult educa-
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tors beat up a 16-year-old off
campus. The two male adults
were acquitted of battery charges
by what one high county official
referred to as the "conscience of
the community ."
The jury rationalized that the
administrators' authority,
according to the California Education Code , gives them the right
of parents to mete out discipline .
Thus, the beating with- clenched
fists and the bruising of this
student was justified by our system of justice. It was also sanc-'tioned by the Madera Unified
School District.
The list of such school districts is endless.
·Regardless of religious affiliation or beliefs, perhaps it is fortunate that we do" ask God to
bless our children. Think where ·
they would be if it was delegated
to the school boards.
Irania n film set
On Sunday, Nov. 24, the Iranian
Students Association will present
" GAV'' (The Cow), a Venice Film
Festival prize winning film dealing with the rural life in I ran and
its socio-economic . shortcomings.
There will he two performances
in the Industrial Arts building
room 101, at 1 p.m . and at
4:30 p.m .
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Edit o r . . . . . . . . . . . Larr y Romero
Phot o grapher . , . . , . . . Larry Le o n
Rep o rt e rs . . . . . . . . Cynthia Lugo ,
Grace Solis , Ernesto Moreno
SIPRIANO A. MARTINEZ, JR.
Friday, November 22, 1974
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
iAdelante Trabaiadores!
Unionism on the college campus will become a reality within
the next two years. Governor
elect Jerry Brown, Jr. has
strongly in'l.licated that he is· in
favor of state legislation granting state employees the right to
collectively bargain on matters
concerning wages, hours and
working conditions. ·
Labor unions and employee
associations are mobilizing their
forces for the developing battle
over the right to represent federal, state, and local government
employees throughout California.
The AFL-CIO, the California
State Employees Association and
the California School Employees
Association should be in the
forefront of the representation
battle.
The AFL-CIO has established
a new Public Employees Department that includes 24 chartered
unions representing more than
two million workers employed in
various departments of government. The AFL-CIO's main arm
in the state colleges and universities is the United Professors of
California. The American Federation of Teachers will carry the
ball for the AFL-CIO in the community colleges.
The California State Employees
Association has budgeted $13.6
million for the representation
battle against the large unions . It
will add 22 new field office employees representatives in 1975
and another 22 in 1976 .
The Callforn(a School Employees Association is also incr:easing
and mobilizing its organizing
forces. The 55,000 member association realizes that the future
of its existence depends on victories at the representation elections.
The state employees in California will most likely not be
wined, dined and danced into signing representation cards by
unions and assooiations wishing
to represent them. The concept
of unionism is good but only if
the , local employees retain_ the
right of autonomy by obtaining
the .. chaise of maintaining t)leir
own locals operated under locally
elected officers. The loss of
· local control will _lead to inadequate, impets.onal ·and ineffective
union machines that would be
comparable to the state administration's impersonal bureaucracy.
* *•* *
The CSUF Chicano Faculty,
Staff and Students Association
will become a major factor in
determining the union or as·sociation that will obtain the majority votes in any representation
election held here in .the near
future.
The Chicano employees on
campus are well organized and
prepared to meticulously screen
all unions or associations that
may attempt to secure their support.
The needs of the Chicano employee are more broad in scope
than the mere bread and butter
issues . They are concerned about
equal job opportunities, fair
. treatment on the job, just g-rievance procedures, and proper union representation.
The unions and associations
should do their homework before
they attempt to get the backing
from the majority of these workers.
IN THE COMMUNITY:
On October 16th, a group of
rank and file sugar workers from
throughout Northern California
met in Fresno to establish objectives in their struggl~ against
incompetent union officials and
injustices against the workers in
the sugar factories ofCalifornia.
. An underground newspaper for
the workers was initiated and will
be published quarterly by the
group. Chicano workers were
active in the group.
On October 25th the Mexican
American Postal Employees o!
Fresno held a meeting to establish a rank and file organization that will reflect their interests and welfare on the job
and in the community. They plan
to meet monthly.
. .. the big ones are eating
the little ones ...
The Teamster Union's firing of
the top Mexican American farm
workers' union officials from
Local 1973 came of no surprise
to anyone knowledgeable in uni~n
politics. Within ·any union organization there are continuous power
struggles and conflicts on a scale
of varied degrees.
The union environment is hostile and when union officials
weaken in their positions they
permit the penetration and destruction of their powerbase by
rival unionists.
C ono Macias, the deposed union
leader of the Teamsters' Farm
Workers Union was taken offguard by rival officials and blitzkrieged right out of office. Macias and his followers never
realized that they were vulnerable to attack from within the
Teamster castle.
Macias had his eyes on the
UFWA and he was destroyed by
his own kind.
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4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
In the event some Indian people
haven't heard yet, I am sad to report bad news-the U.S. Supreme
Court has ruled against the Pitt
River Nation in their c 1 al m
against the government for the
taking of their land. The former
settlement claim of 47v an acre
will stand.
Since many of the Indian stu- ,
dents were involved in some 111anner with the efforts to have the
decision reversed, I will reprint
1 some points of the story, taken
from the October-November issue of Wassaja, which dealt with
this struggle.
(Wassaja is an Indian newspaper, a national newspaper of Indian America, published monthly
in San Francisco.)
•Tte Pitts did vote to reject
the offer ( 47v an acre as determined in 1964 by the Indian
Claims <;:ommission). The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) then
held and ILLEGAL election, in
which persons voted who were
charged with illegal voting, including votes cast fn the name of
people who were deceased. This
illegal election then became the
basis upon which all California
Indian tribes were paid 47v an
acre."
•What has not been clearly understood in the Pitt River action
is that under the law establishing
the Indian Claims Commission,
only a 'monetary judgment' can
be made in claims against the U.S.
I
Government."
I include this to quell those
many critics of the Indian who
were under the impression that
the Indian was hungry for the
money, and cared nothing for the
land. The Indian, in all cases of
this type, if allowed, would definitely prefer the land to the money.
Often Indians involved in these
litigations are at the mercy of
attorneys and judges, who cannot
be held to account in the normal
course of events, according to
Wassaja.
•For example, during the
course of the claims case, when
the Pitts were fighting against
the proposed 47~ an acre settlement for their land, their attorney, a Gleason of San Francisco,
was charged with refusing to report to his clients, with failing to
act on theit heh:ilf and under
their direction, and with general
unethical conduct.""
"The Pitts complained to the
U.S. attorney general. Litigation
was instituted to have Gleason
replaced . But the Interior De partment, the U.S. Justice Department and the Bureau oflndian
Affairs united in forcing the Pitt
Rivers to retain that attorney "
There is a policy of the nureau
of Indian Affairs that allows Indians to enter into litigations,
such as the one heing descrihecl,
hut any attorney chosen by the
Indians to represent them must
ON CAMPUS·
TODAY
SUNDAY
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Doghouse will m e e t
downstairs in the old dorm cafeteria from 7:30 to 9 p. rn. for
singing, sharing and fellowship.
A recital c-om 111emorating the
500th anniversary of the death of
Fle mish <"Omposer Guillaume
Dufay (1400-1474) will he held in
Musi<" 100 as part of the Collegiu111 Musicum at 3 p . 111.
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids will be featured in a
fabulous 50's concert in the Men's
Gym at 8 p.m. Blue Heaven will
also play. Tickets are available
at the College Union information
desk and are $2. 50 in advance for
CSUF students and $3.50 for nonstudents and at the door.
The Friday Night Movie, •Last
Year at Marienbad"(France) will
be shown at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
in the CU Lounge.
The AHICA club presents Hod
Kobayashi, master of Aikido, who
will teach in the Women's Gym
beginning Sunday at 12:30 p.m . in
room 133 at a cost of about$4.50
a lesson.
Aikido is a discipline of c·oordination, a way of strengthening the mind and hodv. The word
Aikido means "method or way (do)
for the coordination or narmonv
(al) of mental energy or spi 1·it
(kl)."
Semana de la Raza
Services offered
deadline Dec. S
The Office of Advising Services
assistant coordinators, Frances
Morales and Manuel Olgin, would
like to strongly encourage all students who are having trouble in
any of their classes to <'Orne to
the office and obtain FREE tutorial services. Tutors are fac;ulty recommended and waiting for
your call -- Keats Campus
Building, Room 102.
December 5 is the program
deadline for ideas for speakers,
entertainers, etc. for the '75
Semana de la Raza. Jose Torres,
chairman of the committee handling the festivities, said ideas
should be put in writing and presented to the committee by
December 5. Meetings are held
every Thursday at 7:30. Locations are posted at La Raza
Studies.
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The
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Program has been extended to
midnight Nov. 29. For more information, contact Pat Aguirre in
Administration 238.
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COMMENTARY BY RICK ·H. LEWIS
Friday, November 22, 1974
RENT
have the consent of-the Bureau.
For many of the Indian students
who participated in this fight,
this news will be a bitter disappointment. For many Indians
that fought along side the Pitts,
physically and spiritually, it will
be a saddening blow, to say the
least. The air
be heavy with
defeat, but only for a day. Losing
doesn't mean quitting. Especially after the way these Indians
-h'ent into action to begin with.
will
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An onslaught of hundreds oflndians from throughout the state
will descend on this campus Novemher 29 and 30 and Decemher
1.
This •takeover" will occur
when the 8th annual California
I n di an Education Association
(CIEA) conference gets under
way.
Indians and non-Indians who
are involved in some way with
Indian education will be in attendance.
On the slate of this three-day
"o<"cupation" are w o,r ks hops
~eared to examing prohlems confrontin g Indian youth in education.
For those educators who are interested, one unit of credit will
he offered.
In addition there will be films,
a banquet at which that •hairy
rebel" Willie Hudson and his
mother Cathy will he the guests
of honor. A pow-wow is slated
for Saturday night.
The students of Tewaquachi,
who are co-sponsoring the conference, have been working with
Phil Mehas of the EOP department to make this conference a
resounding success. A·nyone who
is interested in attending or who
wants more information on any
aspect of this gathering may contact the American Indian Studies
Department at 487-1185. Or call
the Indian Hotline at 268-4870.
Just imagine ~ for a short while
the ,campus will be overrun with
Indians. Isn't that an exciting
thought!?
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Just after the start of the semester, students learned that a
display of Indian bones was on
exhibit in the Fort Miller blockhouse at Roedin g Park. After
confirming this, a student delegation met with the president of
the responsible organization, the
Fresno County Historical Socie[y, and expressed their desire
to have the bones removed.
While the president couldn't
give students a bit of historical
hackground on the bones, saying
that perhaps they weren't even
Indian remains (yet a card taped
to the glass case bore the legend
•California Indian male, approximate!y 30 years old, found at a
ranch near San Joaquin"), he did
agree that the exhibit was in poor
taste and should be removed.
Now all that needs to be done
is to monitor the reburial of the
remains. The Region 6 chairman
of the California Indian Education
Association Is doing that. Two
points for the students!
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'!'he money trom the oance will
be used to provide scholarships
to Chicanos from hfgh schools
and junior high schools who meet
low income qualifications and who
show ambition to go on with their
educational career regardless of
grade point average, according
to member Manuel Valdez.
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MONEY .
You'll Enjoy the
u, TO $1S PII -~_HK .FOi
IIOUUI llOQD PLASMA DONOIS
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"High on a hill , overlooking the
famed Plymouth Rock, stands the
statue of our good sachem, Massasoit. Massaoit has stood there
many years in silence. We, the
descendants of this sachem, have
been a silent people. The necessity of making a 11 ving in this
materialistic society of the white
man has caused us to be silent.
Today, I and many of my people
are choosing to face the truth.
We are Indians."
-Frank James, Wampanoag
tribe, Thanksgiving Day 1970, at
Plymouth Rock , Massachusetts
(invited, then banned by officials
of the state of Massachusetts).
JOB
HUNTERS
SOME SPANISH
IS A BIG PLUS
FOR MANY JOBS
will he provided by Beto Garcia
and his Orchestra .
Tickets are available here on
campus from Valdez at La Raza
Studies office, 487-2848 or from
President Fanny Lugo at 2913154. Also from Amelia Garcia
at 299-7159.
Donation will be $2.50 in advance and $3 at the door. Music
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To all our fellow students, we,
the American Indian students,
would like to wish you a most en·oyable Thanksgiving-and as you
sit down to devour your chow,
keep this one thought in mind:
If it wasn't for the Indians there
would be no Thanks giving.
Fundraiser scheduled
for tonight in Clovis
Asociacion Educati va de Padres Mexicanos is having a scholarship fund raising dance on
Friday, Nov. 22, from 9 p.m. to
1 a.m. at the Memorial Building
on Sth and Hughes Ave. in Clovis.
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