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Show REPORT OF THE OOWISSlONER OR INDIAN AFPAIR9. 21 understand the natural longing of the bay or girl for a different con-dition of life than that which he sees presented on the average Indian reservation, and he will naturally have greater interest in its future . welfare and more sympathy for its failings and baokslidings than an agent who has only come in contact with it on the reservation among its kindred or at the agency on ration day. 'The following schools are thus placed in charge of bonded super-intendents: Cantonment, Okla.; Fort Totten, N. Dak.; Hope, S. Dak.; Oneida, Wis.; Rice Station, Ariz.; Seger, Okla.; Shawnee, Okla. ; Truxton Canyon, Ariz.; Western Navajo, Ariz. Of which num-ber the following were segregated during the year: Hope, Shawnee, Seger, and Cantonment. During the year the following agencies were placed in charge of the superintendent of the training school located thereon: Colorado River, Ariz.; Lemhi, Idaho; Neah Bay, Wash.; Nez Perc6s (Fort Lapwai), Idaho; Santee, Nebr.; Siletz, Oreg.; Tulalip, Wash.; Yakma, Wash.; Umatilla, Oreg.; Yankton, S. Dak.; Jicarilla, N. Mex. EDUCATION. The principal factor in the civilizl~tiono f the Indian is the education, of his children. To be most effective that education should be of a/ practical kind which will prepare them to assume the responsibilitiesi. of citizenship and to be able to earn their own living. The Govern- i meut attempts to carry out this idea by a system of graded schools adapted to the varying conditions of the Indians. Indian schools are divided into (1) nonreservation boarding schools, ; I (2) reservation boarding schools, (3) day schools. 1 The first class, not being on the reservations, are usually located near the centers of civilization, and are, as a rule, large institutions. Reservation boarding schools are the home schools of the Indians, in which their children are collected from the reservations. Day schools are near the camps of the Indians and within easy reach of their . homes. In a number of instances, where there are sufficient numbers of Indians living off the reservations without proper school facilities, a teacher has been furnished for the school, usually occupying a rented or donated building. Various churches also have denominational schools in the Indian country whose works of education are valuable aids. Contract3 are also made at certain points with public schools for the coeducation of Indians and whites. 08T OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. The expenditure for Indian schools for the h a 1 year ended June 30,1902, was $2,837,785, out of general and specific appropriations |