ROOM FOR THE INDIANS

by

Dr. Robert Haldane Jr.

 

 

transcribed by Delphine E. Haldane

edited by John L. Haldane

All Rights Reserved

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Copyright  Dr. Robert Haldane, Jr. and John L. Haldane, 1999

Original Printing 1999

 

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DEDICATION

This little book is lovingly dedicated to my sister, Elizabeth Bradshaw Haldane Sawtelle. She shared the basis for this adventure directly, and the rest, vicariously. She bought me "The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge" and enthused with me through research and discovery. She was my little "Indian" companion at play as children in Ashland, Maine, and a motivator for this writing. Thanks, Bets.  

 

 

List of Illustrations (linked to photos)

 

i .............. Bobby and Betty Haldane, 1934

vi ............. Penobscot Nation Marker

4 ............. Louis F. Sockalexis, ca. 1900

6 ............. Sockalexis Grave, Old Town, Maine

7 ............. Inscription on Sockalexis Grave

9 ............. Northeast Corner of Indian Room

10 ............ 1940 New York World's Fair

12 ............ Betty & Bobby with Dewey Beard

14 ............ Wasu Maza (Iron Hail)

16 ..............Mount Rushmore, 1941

17 ............ Yellowstone Park postcards, 1941

18 ............ North Rim, Grand Canyon

19 ............ Navajo at Oak Creek Canyon, AZ

20 ............. Betatakin Cliff Dwellings

22 ............. "The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge"

25 ............. Wasee Maza (Iron Tail)

27 ............. Sitting Bull

29 ............. Black Elk and friend

33 ............. Admiral George Dewey

34 ............. Buffalo Nickel, 1913

38 ............. Dances With Wolves

40 ............. "War Dancer"

42 .............. Michael Martin Murphey

45 .............. Michael Martin Murphey watercolor

49 .............. Bessie, Mary, & Barbara Dull Knife

52 .............. Indian Room, facing south

54 .............. macramé sunburst

56 ............"War Dancer" at home in Indian Room

60 .................. author & Barbara Dull Knife

64 .................. Guy Dull Knife, Jr. & Guy III

67 ................... Arts of the American West cover

70 .................. Celane Marie Not Help Him

76 ................. Badlands, South Dakota, 1947

81 ................. Wasee Maza 1898

82 ................. Dewey Beard "trading card"

83 ................. Crazy Horse National Monument

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Here are some of the comments made about this book by readers:

(I welcome comments.  Write to Father John:  FatherJohn@grandmemories.com)

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I read your "Room For Indians Section". I really appreciate your words and pictures of my grandfather WASU MAZA and not WASEE MAZA, I got a hold of Joe Starita after I had read the book and met him at an Oglala Lakota College graduation and gave him the proper spelling of grandfather's name. I am Marie, the one you didn't get to meet in Pine Ridge when you sent to visit my mother Celane...I was really sorry that I didn't get to meet you. Mom (Celane) passed away in December 1998 and Dad (Jonas) passed away in May 2000. I was sure glad to see my grandfather and my mother in your pictures. Wopila tanka. Marie

Marie Fox Belly

mtfoxbelly@gwtc.net
Pine Ridge,, SD USA - Friday, December 21, 2001 at 20:26:17 (PDT)

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Many thanks for your wonderful site. I am in possession of a photo of Dewey Beard, his wife, my mother and I taken in June 1940 in South Dakota. We are posed outside a tepee which could be the one you mention in one of your articles.

I also have pictures taken in 1940 of the stairs that were built for the workmen at Mt. Rushmore. My family climbed up to the top and I have pictures of my mother and I standing on top of Washington's and Jefferson's heads. Your 1941 photo of Mt. Rushmore helps to explain the ropes, stakes, and holes in the rock visible in my photos. Thanks again!!

Janet

jschratz@bestweb.net
Cold Spring, NY USA - Tuesday, August 28, 2001 at 07:22:50 (PDT)

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I read, with interest, about your visit with Guy Dull Knife Jr. I am greatly saddened that he cannot pursue the remainder of the sculptures that he wanted to make. I have seen his work; it glows with an inner beauty. Are you interested in creating a foundation to help fund this legacy? How can I, and others help?

Sincerely, Claire Talltree

Claire Talltree

claire@talltree.net
Snohomish, WA USA - Monday, July 16, 2001 at 07:47:38 (PDT)

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