Friday, April 14, 2000
Indians seek own holiday
Parade campaign reaches Florence
BY Kristina Goetz
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Martin Yellowhawk Brown rides north on Dixie Highway in Florence.
(Patrick Reddy photos)
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FLORENCE — Six-year-old Anthony Valenti wasn't so sure the American Indians in his storybooks were real.
So on Thursday, his mother introduced him to one.
“I just want him to have an understanding and a respect for the past and realize that they're (American Indians) not just in books,” said Sherry Valenti.
Several local residents took part in the Honor Ride, a parade of a group of American Indians, through Florence on Thursday. It was part of a ride that began in Pembroke, N.C., and will end in Greenville, Ohio, on April 29.
The ride's purpose is to gain signatures in support of a national holiday for American Indians.
Anthony Valenti, 6, of Hebron gets a pin from Brown after taking part in the Honor Ride.
(Patrick Reddy photos)
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The group hopes that Oct. 5 will be chosen. It's the day Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, died in 1813. The route is similar to one Tecumseh rode before he died.
Anthony asked a few questions and got to ride on a horse, Kowi, with Martin Yellowhawk Brown, a clan chief of the Shawnee Nation.
Mr. Yellowhawk Brown said he was honored to have Anthony and his little brother, Dominic, come along.
“This is our future,” he said. “That's what we're all about.”
Mr. Yellowhawk Brown hopes to inform people of issues American Indians face.
“We're not mascots,” he said. “We're Indian people.”
Pat Dellecave, manager of Marshall of Florence car dealership, watched the parade go by his business and said he supported the group's efforts.
“We should have one,” he said. “We've got other days, President's Day, Martin Luther King Day.”
For more information about the Honor Ride or to sign the online petition, check out the group's Web site at www.honorride.com.
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