The Birney Arrow

April 27, 1959

Birney, Montana Don Hollowbrest, Editor $1.25/10 issues

Miles Horn visited the Medicinebulls in Birney Tuesday last Tuesday last week, saying he’d just returned from Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota where he went to visit friends and relatives. Frank Hart, a 94 year old Arikara Indian is still living and is stepping out in his dance costume whenever there’s an Indian dance, is the oldest dancer the
Arikaras and nearly always the winnerin dancing contests. Frank Hart is Miles Horn’s uncle; he has a sister who is 92.

Some Arapahoes from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming were in Birney Wednesday.

The Northern Cheyennes among other tribes are being invited for participation in the Diamond Jubilee to be held May 20-23 in Miles City.

Lillian Limpy, daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Limpy of Lame Deer has been chosen as the delegate to Girl’s State with Emma Jean Biglefthand of Birney as the alternate. Miss Limpy has been an outstanding student at St. Labre’s, excelling in clerical work. This is the second year the auxiliary has sponsored a delegate to Girls’ State; last year Rose Mae Woodenlegs of Lame Deer was the representative. --- Forsyth Independent.

A light rain fell on Wednesday last week with its accompanying wind and lightining. The rain turned to snow Thursday which left the snow on the ground until Sunday. The lighting started a small fire where it struck a dead tree in the hills 4 miles west of Birney village. The Cheyennes call this the Homeward Flight of the White Thunder, Winter Thunder.

Raphael Biglefthand is working at the Birney Cash Store for the past several days, though still limping a little, as a result of a broken ankle sustained in a fall a year ago.

Donald Hollowbrest sold four tempera paintings of Crow Indians to Mrs. Margot Liberty fro the Cheyenne Arts and Crafts Assn. Monday. One was a dancer in costume, one a man singing and two women, one in that everyday Crow Woman attire and one in a buckskin dress. Don received a notice from Philbrook Art Center that his entries were not accepted for exhibit.

Foe Whitewolf, Russell Tallbull and Georgie Highwalker brought the commodities from Lame Deer Wednesday

for distribution to tribal members in Birney. This may be the least issue of the commodities.

The latest word of the Sacred Hat of the Cheyennes is the meeting of the Chiefs Wednesday last week in Lame Deer, in the requisition for payment of tribal funds to those responsible in the recovery of the Sacred Hat from Ernest Americanhorse on April 6 who was then on his way to Sheridan to either sell it or dispose of it while intoxicates. It seems contrarywise to make payments to the Chiefs as the Hat rightfully belongs to the various warrior societies, the Chiefs being the foremost as their responsibility. The recent Keepers Woundedeye, Rockroads, Blackbird, Sandcrane and Headswift very rarely asked payment from the tribe, but since the Indian Liquor Repeal all things held sacred and revered by the Cheyennes has lost some respect.