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Show wnl . \Vitbin rhtx Yav;t.io R ~ ~ o ~ t a tIihru 1~t~a~, r d~$w<icll1, ov<,r 3,&1tl c l ~ i l ~ ol ir ~ ~ ~ rrhuol ago, indrt.n<ln t'otov 1ltrr.c i b t ~ t l ~bvl, ~ T C1.1 irge ~CLOOI,. I)o nut n!~dt:r*t?!ul UI* .I* *eokinr ro rnlni!hirr the w. r k of' tlln r r a i n i u~sc ho.,l.. lmt I :Itn rryiux 10 1,rirt: i ~ ~ t u ~ t ~ ~ t iCcr~ta~lb1l n1e1tx0ls u t ' t l i~r ew~v*r,tmn ''urL: uui rh31 1 1s)vt) <',I it-r lrs, l l t t r KI,II)~ >norr. o'r~~otd.1 11 3ti01t ( 9 1 tlw ~ i . l l yo n the rene~v. t - tinna ir blttc-r 111.~~1 :t 1t.w 1':tl. trott) rlw r ~ s ~ r v ~ ~ t1~Jtt~Iy~ 19n7 . 1. i t ' ~ i uth~e rescr. vatio~t4L ~ I Iw n ~l.0itl.1 1 1 1 . ~0, 111 i~.wtrin.l~Llloo id 1'1.1111 tll*'t111t13y or mortvy :a1111 I i t I I I I I kuo\v 11111 SUUI~W :IV. is i~nt~\.iti~i nl ~nul).e rtiorrs tu l l i r lhn!u:lnir!': 1,311 i l t tllis i . i r r it' \vu !\.o~ll8l ,t:nbiltidl. tLe ulrlr n.c muar r,.ttacnlr a.p.p l.y the le% direct17 to the resevxtions. In harmony wit11 this view Mr. J. B. Harrison (in Latest Studies on Indian Reservatious, p. 197) said: If the Indian ia ever to be civilized the work lnnat bu done rieht on the reservn-practical good where the goor1 is needed. Xo Indian w& evel. civilized "f~'oro af<r off." It is gratifying to find that other gentlemen of wide knowledge on the I n d i a n qne s t ion I~oldt h e s ame views. Supervisor Parker said: That nonreserrration soh0018 are being estebliqherl in nllvanoe of thair needs. For some years the m,ail~relianoemusbt e uponraserviltion boardi~~gsohoolsI. f the non-resorvuriion schoul is to be the al~~ibnoastclh ool of the service, tinlo sho~11db e iven the reserwhtion to iloits murk iugra&ing. At pcesout both sohoolsnre cloiogmuo% the RRme V~l'k. Supe rvi sor Ausley s l ight ly va r i e s b i s s t a t eme l ~ to f the case. He says: I 'l'lle ]8?d]#..1' 1~1.<?? to ...l #I..:trr rho Inllinll :b llpon or llt!l)l.Ililh ~t!le.I I I ~ ~ ( . L I J . ~ ! ) ~ R ~ll#l!e, s,c>rv p r ~ ~ w\v:rty iwu.arrange 7s.r lti* rdu-.ittun so n, tv >eoiuvrl liw I'ro~nl o din^^ liic tu wltite < ~ ~ ~ i l ~ z?u.v~vetr ito~ r~+ !~~tr n, R , p s ~ ~ > <%&tiwi O! w~5 Ltutl) iwI!,lt athi cn!eI. Herbert Welsh., esn.. . has recentlv visited the Sioux countrv and g i v c r ~;I vrvy ~.le;lr,i urt.lt!sti~~g, nnll \-;1111:t1,1+w~e n- ot' tire s11uari011m n o u q tltn\t, 1111iittus i11 81 ~ I ; I I I ~ ~ I I I1C~I1 1ldi41e0d. y t i le 11111ictul <igl l t$A ~ s o v i>t . tion of PhiladelvlriC. He arfees v i t h Snnervisor P a r k e r - t h a t there is danger of the outsiae schools to6 fast, aud iqjudicio~usly mull-t ip-ly.i l i g bui ldings for t r a i n i n g schools. He says (pp. 16 aqd 1'7): ~ . . I n that ~ a rotf the Indian field l r ine inSouth Uokots, t l~e r eh as been of late, under to the Terlktou Indians by treaty, seeusto bnwhoilg \*itlrontjnstiho~tion." The In-dians protestecl aminstit, butin vain. Many of their experienced friends on the grotlngl clsitned tEat it was not needad; and whether needed or not, ss the ground onwhichit is built is Indian property, their convent should certainly have been soueht and obtained before snoh disnositian was mnde of it.* ~Gr t h etrh m this, an appropriatidn was made by Congresslastwinterfortheerec-tion of an lu11ian boarcling school at Rapid City, S. Dak. But such erection is nncalled for, aiooo there is alraotlv a fine school buildins in this town luinc idle. rent this boilding rather thou to pnt ics' wwh" to the arpe'nse i f e e r e t i-u ~s, hew one. It i n also proposed to erect ;I new sohool building at Chamberlain, S. Dsk. As t None of theae buildings we; erected with Indian mmoneg, but from appropria-tions made specially for that porpose. [Ed.] 'For opinion of bssistant A:t~,ru*)-Ge.ne~alt lmt previo~m" onsent of Indi%nnwe~ <tot roqnired ssee Anlurnl Report Indian Bt~reau,f or 1892, p. 883. [Ed.] |