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Show I REPORT OP THE COIINISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. CLXI DEPAHT~NorT ' THE IXTRR~OB, UN1~noS TATBBG KULORICASLO IIV~Y, W~aI'Cningloi~D. . 0.. April 4. 1890. Sol: l b e g toaoknoaled%e the wipe of your favor of Maroh 24, with inciodurr, relating to the d o tion by the Indi?ns of a syatsm oi f!milv names. T!B old praotlce m v o y of atinchme sobrrquets and nioknames to the Indians r;o> not be too severely oondemned, sud am ploaaed that you ma about to take atepa to substicute auorher md bet. ter method. The mattor is important, not onlyin its relation to the ioherihnoe of propert5, but also beca"seit will enable muoh more accurate arnsua enumarstion to be made in tho future, aud i)re;~usirt WLU tend strongly toward the breaking up of tho Iudinn tribal system which is perpetvatad alai ever kept in mind by tbeindino'a own xgstom ofnames. Undoubtenly if will be bettor, wbenevor possible to retain tbe Indian name na 3 surname. addine an zngliah Ciivisrinn.~iuenn ame. OuaasionaUg, hobever, i t wili be found anlvantageollr to ur;~bef be latter alao an Iudisn name. I n selecting aborigiual llamosI donot think i t will bsneoess8.r~ to limittho choice to suchna~neaas 1ndia.s already bbcxr. Excellent names msy fre ilently be selected from the Iodiau'a vooabuiary of gaogrnphio tenrs. svch as the names of =hers, Takes. mountsine, eta.. ancl where tha?e are suitable and ouphomo T think they may with a<lvan%e be snbstituted for personal names wluoh are less de-airable. itt tie dificulty, however, will be srpel.ianoad in abor@oing Iodirn names in tbn interoat of brevity and oophonq, ~ o tdhe Jndian wili be fo!tnd to lradiiy aa?pt namss po chrnpd. Iaereu ~ i t h you that in gallernlit is unadvlss*bla to odl Indlrus by the Engllslk Lrarl~Latlor of thoir Iodino uamea, thongh in the oass of animal names and some otbors, as den?, hmk: eto.. it isnot oi~jeot@nrrbia. I believe that wi~noth e end aonqht to be obtnmed by the ?doptlon af f i ~ m n~itlm~s a~atl lOmughly oapl;liued to the Indians they will he willing ! y ootigerate w ~ t hth e several agents in the attempt to to s d ~ cpt r opa nauloa furthemaolvsa and fsmlileu. Yours, with raspat, J. W. POWRLL, ULIDCtOI. on. T. J. yonom. DomnCsswncr ~f lndiandwr, Walhinglon, D. (I. - LIST OF BOOKS ADOPTflD FOR USZ IN INDIAN SOHOOLS. PRIMABY GRADE. First gear. Readilaq.-Appleton's Re e d i o~C hart. Illustrated Primer, Fuller. . ~~cnb&. -~a6lam' sA ids t.0 Number, first series (one set for use of teaoher). Second year. ~~~d i~g . -MoGu f f uE~al'esc tio First Reader, nopplemeeuted by Webb's New Word Method. Nm~bws.-Bsdiarn's Aids to Nurnbsr, second series (one set for use of teacher). Geography.-Topics in Geography, Nichols (one oopy for use of teaoher). Third year. ~~~di%g.-MoGuffayE'sc lectio Second Reader, snpplemented by Book of Ceta and Dogs, Johoonot. Ntm~bers.-Grohe Method (one copy for use of teaoher). Oep~~.aphy.-Topics in Geography, Nichols (one copy for nse of teacher). Fourth year. E-gli8h language.-H~de's Praotioal Lessons in the use of English. ~~~di~g.-MoGatTeyE'csl eotio Third Reader, supplemented bg Friends in Feathers and Furs, Johonnot. A7ithmdio.-Numbers Illustrated, Riakoff. Geography.-Barnes' Elementary Geography. ADVANCED GRADE. Pirat year. Methods.-De Grsffs Sohool-room Gnide (one oopy for uae of teacher). Reeding.-MoGuffeyls Eoleatio Third Reader, sapplemented by Xobison Crnsoe in words of one syllable alld Neighboore with Wiop and Fins, ;ohonnot. 0rll~ography.-McGuffey'n Alternate Spelling Book. 9975-11. / |
