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Show REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. OFFIOEO P SUPERINTENDEONFT I NDIANS CHOOLS, Washil~gtonD, . C., Octo6er 1, 1903. SIR: The twenty-first annul report of the superintendent of Indian schools is hereby submitted, together with the proceedings of the department of Indian education, at Boston, Mass., in counection with the National Educational Assoc~ation and of the institutes held at Cheyenne River Agency, S. Dak. ; Phcenix, Ariz. ; Springfield, S. Dak. ; Santee, Nebr.; Cheyenne and Arapaho. Agency, Darlington, Okla.; Albuquerque, N. Mex.; Tomah, Wis.; Pine Ridge, S. Dak., andNew-port, Oreg., which will be found in the appendix. There were 10 teachers' institutes held during the past fiscal year, being about three times as many as ever before. In compliance with rule 5 of the "Rules for the Indian School Service," which states that- Ir hall be the duty of the ml,rrintendt.~ltp f Indian echno!s, onder the direction of rhe Corumimionrr of Indian Affairs, rro u s w t in the adrn~ntstmtiutor f the educs-linnwl work of .lr..ld-i un whoill*: to owanir,. COrQmmQO6t (.h0019 for Indian ~Outll:1 0 ~ -....---..., ~~ prepare courses of study and cireular~ofin s&ction conc&ning the educational man-agement of the schools and methodsof instruction; to examineand recommend texb books and inspect Indian schools, and from time to time to report to the Commis-sioner of Indian Affairs concerning their condition, defects, and requirements, and to ~erformo ther duties aa he mav direct. considerable time has been spent in the field, visiting the schools and reporting upon the same to our ofice; also in revisin the Course of Study for Indian Schools, wi ich was provided for by 8o ngress. Circulars of instruction concerning the educational management of the schools and methods of instrnction have been prepared, and after a proval hy you sent to the field. These circulars embrace a variety oysubjects, including the importance of good sanitary conditions; the establishment and cultivation of school gardens: the necessity for teach-ing economy; agriculture and gardehing self-helps foi teachers; establishment of reading rooms; instruction to the teachers directing them to foster and encourage the native industries of the varioui tribes, as, for instance, blanket makidg among the Navahoes, which has been a source of revenue for manv vears and bids fair to increase ill vallle, ns is also the m e w ith hask2 <,caving; and ir~structingte achers in the hest methods to adout in -v rcnarin.z, a child race for self-sunnort L A in the shortest possible t&e. A great deal of time and attention has been given to the supervision of the summer schools and institutes which it has been the custom for many years to hold in order to five .the I ndian teachers the op enioyed by the public school teachers. r- tunity to receive benefits from e ucational meetings similar to t ose 367 |