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Show F.e;, ~p - - - - ~~ -- - . .+ ,<?Pn ,?-.-- .-.... *. . . . . d.<#T,-F7...?>,-..?. -.,"., . . . - - . , / ;. ? - -: - 3 +, . , . . . . . . . REPORT O F THE COMMISSIONER OF XKDIAN AFFAERS, XV ': . . SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. 1 TABLE3.- Showirig ei(.o~lmenta ttdararge atfmcdanceal Indinn icbool. forlhsji~caZy cari .I 1857, 1884 lE89, o*d 1800. . ' . i % . . Enrolled. Avenge attandmea , :i Xind of aohool -- I , 1887. ,1888. 1889. 1890. I 1W. --- ? G o ~ ~ v nma~cln~to ula: ......... Trniniog~udb oarding 0 847 4008 0.707 • 7,288 527% 5.133 S.?U 5.0U D~~ ............................ $113 3.175 2, 80:l 2.903 1.8~6 1.029 1 . 7 ~ 1 , 5 ~":; ' ---Aw--- Total ........................ --0,D-OI --10,173 --. 0,Mi.O- --10.100 -- -7. 172 = 7,4=62 =0. 059 - 7.424';; . Contmct ~obooia: .,! Doardlng ........... : .......... 2.763 3,214 4.038 4,180 %268 2,604 '3,213 3.381 . . Day .......................... 1,044 1,203 1.807 1.004 001 786 Mi2 E57 . !. hduxtrinl board.in.&.. ..a.p..e.d.d..l v ap . proprlatedfor :...... -- 564 -- 512 -7-59 -988 - 480 - 478 - 1-21 - -831 ;j TOM. ........ :. ............. 4.371 6,080 6,124 0.178 3.848 3,958 4,686 4,608 .'I ---- -- ---- -- -- ---- - ---- ---- .. Aggregate ................... 14.a53 15,212 16,781 14377 1 ll.420 11,552 *12.232 . '; . . . ::a .. ,. . .I 'Tl~anvt.ra~onttendnucaf or l8oQ ia oomnntad on tho n t t n n b n e e d u r i n ~t. be entiro srnr 1,neladiax ., I ~ U D I I I ~ CvnIc atioua. The a,-mlgu nltenclnnce forthunlrle nmnxlra from October 1 to J ~ u3e0 . V.%B 12,401, ,; n gait, of 1.0?1 over the oorrexpunding xnnnlha ofrbe preceding yum. The total enroll~uentd uring the year euiled June 30, 1S00, is 16,377, while the estimated scl~ool popolation (six to sixteen gears of age), exclusive of tho Indians of Now York State aud the Five Civilized Tribes, is 36,000. 311xny reasons hare combined to cause this con~parativesl~l lalla t-ten( lauce, of al~icha f c m~ay be mentionecl. Very inadequate provis-ion has beeu made. In son~ec ases, as alnoiig theNa.vajosfor instance., where tl~ereis a school population of 3,G00, with accommodations for ' only 150 pupils, or at San Carlos Agency, wllere the conditious are' similar, I have no doubt that the attendance could be doubled ill oiie gear, simply by n~akingp rovision for the children who call not go to school because there is no school for them to go to. I'nmauy places the Inclians arc impatient in their demands for the schools which the Government has failed to supply them, thooih in somecases they hare' beeu promised for years. In many instances the facilities have'not only been inarleqoate, i u t the school-l~otisehs ave I~eenu nattractive and unhealthy and the chil-dren hare heen ncglccted or badly treated. Great improvements hare. hceu ~nntlo( luring the gear, aud others are nuder way which willinsure for unst gear a coi~siclerablei ucrease in attendance. In some cases the agellts have talren little or no interest in thd si'.!lools, or bare been so occul)ied with othcr cares that they have doile little or nothibg to build them up or make them inviting, while in still ot.hers the small attendance is directly chargeable to their ignorance, neglect, or even secrctopposition. Where this has seemed to be be-yond improvement or remedy, I have not hesitated to suggest it to you, as a suEcient cause for removal. . , One great hindrance is the poor health so common among the Iudia ' children. Disease is very prevalent, and during the laat year the' ra' .... 1: |