To the Editor:
The Dartmouth should have covered the annual Pow Wow this past Saturday. Why the newspaper thought that a photograph on the front page acted as sufficient coverage is beyond me (The Dartmouth, May 10). Frankly, to put a picture of a Pow Wow competitor in traditional dress on the cover of the newspaper and to not supplement that picture with any coverage or other information supports the stereotype that American Indians are spectacles to be gawked at and not people. I know very little about Pow Wows and I think its safe to say that most of the Dartmouth community knows very little as well. The Dartmouth missed an opportunity to educate its public. I'm at a loss to explain how an all day event on the Green attended by hundreds of people merited one picture in the newspaper and nothing more.