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states seeking national action, and it should also be a stimulant for each of the states to do what it can. In Minnesota we take our responsibility seriously - I hope all other states do too. We have been meeting with our Indians and plan to continue doing so. I just returned from a very enlightening meeting in the northern part of our state last week. I attended a session of the Consolidated Chippewa Council. I was proud of the way in which the Indians conducted their meeting. It was a real lesson in democratic discussions and actions a model which might well be studied by the white man. This fall we are planning to have another state-wide Indian conference for a discussion of their own problems, attempting to highlight what they can do themselves and to encourage cooperative action of all pertinent groups within the state. In these meetings and discussion, I have noted one thing which I don't like. There seems to be a tendency for Indians to wait for the government to do this or that before the Indians feel they can go ahead on their own. Waiting upon the government, discussion tends to turn toward the obligation of government and before you know it, the whole group is paralyzed, discussing whether the government will, and why they won't, and why they should, and how can we get them to do it, and without realizing it, the main purpose of his discussion as to how to attain his objective is lost from view. You will think I have a one track mind. Today I have. It is Indian self help. I'm like the fellow in a mental hospital whom the doctors were trying their best to cure. (TELL STORY OF BEANSHOOTER) My main theme today has been Indian self-help. Governmental agencies, the Interstate Council, and all of us interested in Indian problems wish to furnish a vehicle and clear the road for the Indian to solve his own problem. There are many technical aspects to this - some of which have been suggested. We should work for the elimination of laws and rules and procedures which deter the Indians
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