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Show REPORT OF THE OOYMESIONER OF INDIAN APFAIBS. 131 I TABLE 13.-En~ollment, acerage attendance, elc., of sc7took in Chickasaw Nation,' Indian Territory. I School. I Orphan Home ........................... 54 51 8 Wc&~ mIcRka ~Ins titute .................... 7 ~nstitute.. ....................... Hnrley Institute1 ........................ ...................... 13 I Bioamfield seminnrvz 14.mS.W 152.44 .......... ---8 --- Total.:. ...... . . 1 ...... 315 1 ..........I. ........... 1 . . ....I.../.... I r Chiekesaw superintendent of schoola failed to make any report on neighborhwd sohwls. =superintendentf ailed tomeke complete report. Greek Hstion.-The schools of this nation have heretofore heen con-ducted under the Creek law and by the Creek authorities, supervised by the superintendent of schools in Indian Territory and the super-visor of schools for the nation. The Creek school fund, as reported 1 by the supervisor, amounts annually to $76,468.40, of which amount I $63,300 is annually required'for the maintenance of the 10 boarding schools, leaving a balance of $13,168.40 applicable to the day or neigh- I borhood schools. This amount for school purposes was supplemented I during the year by a special appropriation of the Creek council of I $88,900. , , I The estimate of the principal chief gives a population of 10,000 I Creeks and 4,500 Creek freedmen (Indians). For all of these are I maintained 9 boarding schools, 6 for Indian children and 3 for children 1 of their freedmen. There are also 64 neighborhood schools, of which 41 are for Indians and 23 for negro children. The attendance at some ~ of these schools was much reduced from an epidemic of smallpox, and dissatisfaction on the part of the full bloods with the individual allot-ment of lands. At all the boarding schools, except Nuyaka, the super ~ intendeats are Creek citizens. The majority of these are reported as fairly competent, while some are careless and neglectful of ordinary , , sanitary and hygienic conditions, which should always guard a school. An agreement was made with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians, which was passed by Congress, approved March 1, 1901, and ratified by the Creek Nation on May 25, 1901. Section 40 of this agreement ~ is as follows: The Creek sehool fund shall be used, under direction of the Secretary of the Inte-rior, for the education of Creek citizens, and the Creek schools shall be conducted under rules and regulations prescribed by him, under direct supervision of the Creek school superintendent and a supervisor appointed by the Secretary, and under Creek I laws, subject to such modifications as the Secretary of the Interior may deem nec-essarv to make the schools most effective and to wroduce the best aossible results. I All teachers shall be examined by or under direction of said superintendent and I suoervisor. md commtent W h e n and other wersons to he enz-a -ee d in and about the L schools with good moral character only shall & employed, but where all qualiiica-tions are equal preference shall he given to citizens in sucb employment. |
