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1920: Indians Keep Their Ancient Customs Alive

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Chicago Redmen Organize to Preserve Traditions of Tribes 1920, June 10 Escanaba Morning Press  Chicago, June 9 - The customs and traditions of a vanishing race are being kept alive in Chicago by a unique organization.      This is the Indian Fellowship league, whose council room is the assembly hall of the Chicago Historical Society's building on North Dearborn street.      There are no buffalo to be hunted in the streets of America's second largest city; the virgin prairies are built up with the tepees of the paleface. The noble red man now follows the occupations of peace. His war dances are performed for the edification of amusement parks crowds. The tocsin is no longer heard. Keep Up Customs      Yet the tribal customs have by no means died out. The camp fires still are burning.       For a small but interesting colony of Indians live in Chicago. It clusters around the near north side, in the neighborhood of North Dearborn and Ohio streets. The tribe includes