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Show 26 REPORT OF THk! b0MW88iONER OF INDIAN AFFAIR& APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOL PUFZOSES. The appropriations for Indian school purposes for the past quarter of a century, showing increase or decrease over each preceding year, are shown in the following table: TABLE Xo. 10.-Annual apprapriativns ma& by thz Govm&frwn and including the fiscal year 1877 for the support of Indian schook. (- Appropa-- Per cen t Appmprie- Per cent tion. linCreQBe./( 7"" ( -tion. -(inorease . nDeorehse. INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE INSTITUTE. Under authority of the Secretary of the Interior school institutes were held during the past year as follows: Cheyenne River Agency, S. Dak. ; Phoenix, Ark. ; Springfield, S. Dak. ; Santee Agency, Nebr. ; Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Darlington, Okla.; Albuquerque, N. Mex. ; Tomah, Wis. ; P'lne Ridge Agency, S. Dak.; Newport, Oreg., and one general meeting at Boston, Mass., which was attended by teachers from all parts of the country. These institutes are heid for the purpose of bringing together teachers from schools located far from the centers of civilization, in order that they may keep in touch with new and improved methods of school work and compare notes upon the best means of educating and advancing the young Indian. The various localities represent differ-ent types of Indians and different theories and management. The coming together of the teachers in this way tends to develop harmony and uniformity in educational methods and gives them new ideas which might not otherwise occur to them. These meetings have been attended by large numbers of Indian teachers and workers from all parts of the country, who take part in the open discussion of practical matters, which furnish food for thought and action during the coming school year. The meeting of the department of Indian education at Boston was a large gathering of Indian educators and workers. This institute was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the National Edu-cational Association, which afforded the Indian teachers an excellent opportunity to obtain valuable suggestions from successful educators |