The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1927, Page 166

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

3,500; Oregon, 1,500; South Dakota, 1,500; Utah,
1,000; Washington, 2,000; Wisconsin, 2,500.

One-third of the entire Indian population of
continental United States is to be found in Okla-
homa, where no less than thirty-three different
tribes, speaking thirty-one different dialects, are
located. In the great Southwest, including New
Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California, are found
the nomadic tribes of the Apaches and the Navajos,
the village-dwelling Pueblo, Zuni, and Hopi, and
the Papago, Pima, Mohave, and Mission bands.
Turning to the North, we have the Siouxan region,
including the States of North and South Dakota,
parts of Montana, Nebraska, and Minnesota. In the
Northwest we have scattered many tribes between
the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific coast. Finally,
we must not forget -the Chippewas, Oneidas,
Menominees, Winnebagoes, the Stockbridge Indians
of Wisconsin and Michigan, and the remnants of the
Six Nations in New York.

The very presence of the American Indian in
such widely scattered areas is in itself a challenge

Lutheran Stockbridge Indian.
Grandson of the last Chief of the Tribe.

to the Church of to-day to put forth earnest mis-
sionary efforts to bring to them the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. Let the Church do all it can to set the
Indian of to-day on the “Jesus Road,” the only road
that can lead him to happiness, as it is the only road
to happiness for all men. F.J.L.

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Giving to Christ and His kingdom is the best

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Lutheran Colored Mission
at Cleveland, O.

This picture shows eleven charter communicant
members and some of the children of the mission;
also Student G. Karkau (upper left), who has charge

Members of Our Cleveland Colored Mission.

of the mission this school-year, Miss Ruth Eflland
(right), Sunday-school teacher and pianist, and
Pastor A. F. Katt (upper right) of St. Peter’s Lu-
theran Church, under whose auspices the mission is
conducted. It was taken in front of St. Peter’s
Assembly Hall, where the services of the mission
are held.

The Cleveland Colored Mission was opened about
a year ago, after a successful canvass by one hundred
members of St. Peter’s Congregation. Next to the
unmerited grace of God, the remarkable success
achieved is largely due to the thorough pioneer work
of Student Ernst Mueller, who was in charge of the
mission during the last school-year. ‘

The mission receives financial support from the
Home Mission Board of the Central District, and
the congregations of Cleveland are making special,
contributions towards the District Treasury for this
additional expense. A. F.K.

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Fighting Superstition in Africa.

“And ‘you are going to let him have your
daughter without paying the loboia?” cried Minga-
niso in astonishment as Bongani was telling the
caller about the approaching wedding of his oldest
daughter to Pompi, one of the most advanced Chris-
tians in the district.

“Yes, I am giving her, I am not selling her,”
replied the father heartily. —~ '

“But you are throwing away twenty-five pounds