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CHIEFS BEAR AND BULL TEACH YALE STUDENTS TRIBAL LORE

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New Haven, Conn., March 20--Buffalo Bear, tribal chief of the Oglala Sioux, and chief attraction of the New Haven Sportsmen's Show; and his pal, Chief Crazy Bull of the Hunkpapa Sioux outfit, have been affording Eli students of Linguistics and Anthropology a unique opportunity to ply their science.

Both Bear and the 'missus' talk English, and have conversed at length with the Anthropologists concerning their language and customs, but the Linguistic learners have devoted their attention to Bull. Bull dictates long yarns in his native language, while his talented listeners copy it in a phonetic alphabet.

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