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Show REPOKT OF THE COX&lI6SIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 17 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. An especial effort has been made, and will be co~~tinuetdo, s ecure the admivsioll of Indian children into the public schoole. They are pr0vide.d for in public schools as follows: Tnnm fi.-P~'blic 80h0018 at tol'ioh Izdian pupils ~ ~ l eprlen ced ut~dere ontvact with the India?& Bs~eatc dtrving flrejiscnl par ettding June SO, 1,993, California: Oregon: Albim ................................... 18 ! Diafric.tNa.32 ........................... 4 Hdm ..................................... 18 1 Sonth Dakota: llound valley ............................ 30 Ball ltiver District, Stanley County ...... 12 Minnesota: Utah: School Disistrt No. 4. .................... 6 Distriot No. 14, Portngc. ................. 41 NekaaBs: I 5vanhingou: Sahool Distriat No. 1 .. :. ................. 6 1 DIstdat No. 10, Pieroc Countg ............ 1 Soh001 District N0.10 .................... I Diatrict No.87. King County ............. 8 soh001 District No.87 .................... : y" isconsin: North Dakota: , Ashland ................................. 15 Tomship Xo.1, St. John. ................ 10 ' Rouun Lake.. ............................ 20 Oklahoma: - Tomship 17, R. E. Stlllwnter. Pngne 268 county ................................. 40 I The total number of Iadian pupils provided for in public ~choola during the second year of the experiment was 212, and during the first year 100. The advantage to the Indian pupil8 consists not only in the instruction given by the teacher, but also in what they almost uncon-sciously learn from the white children with whom they associate. If States and counties would interest themselves in this method of providing against the raising of ignorant young heathen in their midst; it would be vastly to their advantage. The ultimate eoouomy of educa? tion needs no argument in this country. States are ready enough to accept Gorernment assistance in the way of school lands, allowances for their agricultural colleges, etc., and there is no reason why they should not avail themselves of the $12.50 per pupil per quarter (average attendance) offered by the Government for the education of Indians in their common schools. The details required in the way of contr?cts, reports, vouchers for pay, etc., though somewhat numerous and vex-atious, ought not to deter a school district from trying to put all its youthful Indian population in school; and in sparsely settled white communities, where Indians are most likely to be found, the amount allowed by the Government would be of material asistance to the tax-payers in the support of their school. I desire to call special attention to the matter, in the belief that this method of extending the public school system over Indians needs only to be understood to be adopted. What New Pork has done for years without Government aid ought certainly to be undertaken by other States under present favorable conditions. 7899 I a 2 |
