AZ vs. CA:16 California Exhibits, Vol. XVI; Nos. 2600-2644

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-9- count of Indians within the vicinity and with August 1952 data on the same subject presented by the field offices of the Bureau in response to a questionnaire from the Commissioner. Adjustments have been made for discrepancies. The U. S. Census tally of 244,907 Indians found within the boundaries of Federal Indian reservations represents about three-fifths of the total number on the tribal rolls of such reservations (395,773). However, about half of the absent two-fifths are either temporary absentees or are sufficiently close to return to the reservation for services, since 315,341, or 80 per cent of the total enrolled, are included in the total service areas. Only a very few reservations vary greatly from this 80 per cent resident ratio, and most of these variants are ones with small total enrolled populations. Of the five reservations showing more than twice as many residents as enrollees, the largest is Flandreau with 289 enrolled members. The presence of the boarding school at Flandreau undoubtedly accounts for the ratio of nearly two and a half Indian residents to each enrollee. The other four reservations with a ratio of more than 2 to 1 (Ya-vapai, Gila Bend, Cedar City and Allen Canyon) have less than one hundred enrolled members apiece. The five reservations with the lowest proportions of residents are somewhat larger. The smallest, the Sac and Fox in Kansas, has over 100 enrollees, the Iowa of Kansas 400, the Ponca of Nebraska 500, while the Qua-paw and Osage of Oklahoma have about 4,000 and 5,000