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Show altogether different. I can do as I please and participate in my ceremonies and they cannot criticize me." According to Mr. Ondulacy, Zunis watched the Taos Pueblo Indians fight for their Blue Lake sacred area and saw parallels, but still they were unable to get any action. "Old Man Lalio" enlisted the support of his friend Hodge to get title to Kolhu/wala:wa. In the early 1920s, Mr. Ondulacy said that a delegation of Zunis visited Washington to request lands. Whether they would or could do anything, Mr. Ondulacy said all B.I.A. officials were made aware of the Zunis' wish for title to Kolhu/wala:wa. Mostly they couldn't do anything, but they were made aware, nevertheless. Mr. Ondulacy remembers Superintendent Olson at Zuni, just out of college following the during the depression. He also recalled that Henry Gaspar talked with Melvin Helander about getting title to Kolhu/wala:wa and took him to Kolhu/wala:wa in an effort to have it returned (Mr. Ondulacy was not interpreting for the tribe at that particular time).166 The documentary record also provides details of Zuni pressures on Bureau officials and more details on Melvin Helander's efforts. Bureau of Indian Affairs records show that in the fall of 1936 or 1937 the Governor of. Zuni and several religious leaders took Melvin Helander, a B.I.A. official, to visit Kolhu/wala:wa. He recalled: 166. Ondulacy, Sol Interview by E. Richard Hart and Floyd A. O'Neil, with Andrew Othole present, June 27, 1986, Zuni, New Mexico, fieldnotes. 167. Helander to Olson, April 19, 1946, Central Classified Files #300.18, Zuni, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pueblo of Zuni Files. - 116 - |
