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Show REPORT OY THE OOXMl88IONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 21 TABLEN o. 4.-Location, capadty, e?~rolln~enmt,d nuerage ntlendn?~mof Goce.enzb~erd~ut y schools duringfical yea? ended June 90, 1305--Continued. Location. *nee. wiseonsin: Creen Bay- ..................................................... SMckbtidge 24 Oneida .......-...........- -... .... -. ........................... 20 LaPointe (7 schools) ............................................ 819 i 3U.3 ' I86 Wy%?,"Ebni-mB wind ~ i v e.r.. ....................................... 21 19 / 17 --,-- Total . 1.W i 1,197 , 3,289 Indians in white public schools.-Notwithstanding the efforts of this Office to get Indian children into the white public schools the plan has not met with as much success as the theory merits. Mixing white and lndian children in these schools has a civilizing effect, and whenever racial prejudice or sclf-interests do not prevent, earnest effort is made a1ong:these lines. (:ontracts were amarded for education of Indian pupils in white public schools at the places and for the numbers shomi~ in the follow-ing table: TABLEN o. 5.-Public &eltoolsa 1 ?ulriel~I ndian pupil8 were placed, irntler er,~rtmctw ith the Indian 71twent&, during fiscal ?/ear ended June SO, 190.9. -. . --- maho .................. No.% ............... Bingham ............. 4 8 4 4 ~ i ehi g an.. ............ No.1, fraotionni .... Isabells. .............. 4 B 16 6+ N a 9. ............... Lapeer ................ 8 8 4 3- ~ebrask~..r. ........... N a l. ............... Thurston ............. 10 9 26 12+ No. 14 .................... do.. .............. 7 9 13 8- ~0.1.6. ................-.d o .--...--....--..10 3 8 2- Na17. ...................d o .........-....-. 10 9 21 8- No.18.. ..........-......d. o ................ 9 9 14 8 No.36 ................ Knox ..... ,.. ......... 16 9 22 12+ Oregon ................. No.60 ............... Coos .................. 5 9 6 2+ Gouth Dakota .......... Indepeqdent ....... Stanlpy ............................. 16 9 18 11+ Wisconsin .............. No.&O dnneh ...... Aslllsnd -6 -10 -13 -5 Total. .......................................................... 99 ........ 164 81 The principal difficulty met with at those schools attended by Indian and white pupils is the irregular attendance of the former. Indian parents do not see, as do the white, that regular and prompt attendance is vital to the success of their children in the school. This is shown in the table following. |