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Show COURSE OR STUDY. 439 The aim mosthe to give a moresymmetrical education, employing the brainand band by using books and tools. in order that increased interest in all work and more useful citizens may result. First year.-The boy. most first he taughtto make a wax end; then give him scraps of leazher to sew upon until he learnsto make a good stitph. He will then he advanced to strap a.ora. which necessitates much practice on stitches. Give plain work. such as traeee, folded breaching. bellybands. hip straps and halters. The necessityandvslueof good,careful stitchingcan not he too strongly . impressed. The making of the different kinds of pads used on haruess is a very important branch and should Petaught carefully. Talks should be glven fre~uentlyo nleathers of different kinds, where ohkained and how tanned, and those best suited for thedifferentparts of the harness; also upon the proper care of harness and the tools and materials used in making harness. Seoond year.-Continue the work on straps and give thorough instruction in mak-ing bridles. Give also the round work. Third gear.-The work thisyear involves much prsctiw in cutting and fitting all parts of theharness and inputting them together tocomplete a full setof harneea, and the talks must embrace a, thorough study of leather and where to obmin the hest grades. Have pupils observe the different kinds and styles of harneas. Give practice in estimating cost of leather and all supplies pertaining to the harness trade. Drawings showing the different parts of harness, as well as complete sets of harness far wagons and carriages, will also be made bythe pupils from memory .as well as from the articles themselves. Begin teaching history by telling the children the story of their tribe and then of their race. Relate to them legends and stories such as will excite and fix their interest. Have the pnpil tell what he can of the history of his forefathem and of his tribe ae it has been handed do- from the fathers and mothers in tales told around the camp firea. The parents have lived throngh pages of history. Oral and written reproduction of all 8nch historical stories should form an impor-tant part of the work. Endeavor to arouse in the pupils an interest in the upward struggles of their people in the past and adeterminatiou to do their parttoward the progress of their race in the future. Always seek to create a spirit of love and brotherhood in the minds of the children toward the white people, and in telling them the hiatory of the Indians dwell on those things which have showed nobility of character on the part of either race in their dealings with the other. Study the arts and industries of the Indians in the past. Compare the Indian life of the past with its present xnd what it should,and will he in the future: the houses the old Indians bmlt: their food, occupations, and manner of liviig. Tell them that their histor). will be what they make it, and they should feel the renponaibility for making it bright. Dwell upon agriculture, its history, and its importance to the Indian. Discnss the various products that can braised and the best crops to he raised. Give attention to the ocher industries of the old Indians, encoursging the dis-continnance of those which are unproetahle and the preservation of the practice of thwe which arevaluable, auch as basketry. pottery, hlanketry, etc. Have the children bring baskets to school and make some themselves, all of which place on exhibition. and encourage the pupils to become as skillful as poe-sible. Native weaves and the natural Indian dyes are themost valuable. Follow the same plan with respect to bead work and pottery. Take up the subject of thehnffalo and thence leadup to cattle raiaing anddairy-ing. Find out how cattle figured in the history of the old Indians and how it will figure in the lives of the Indians of the future. .Study cattle raising, the different breedsand those best suited to the looahty, them feed, different grasses and grain raised for feed; their care, housinx, pasturage; how profitable, either for beef or dairy purposes; the available markets, eto. Take up in a like manner the other industries, such as the raising of hogs and poultry. I r r ig~t ionw ill also be a vanable sn&t for s h d y in many looalities whereitis necessary for farmin. Then giveinstrnctlon in the historyof the United States. It is not desired that American history be studied with much detail, but rather a general view of it |
