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Show 52 CO~8810NElt OR INDIAN APFAIEB. time dewration of the milk teeth of the elk-a precious heirloom-was loaned by a Cheyenne, and an almost lost art among the almost extinct Chetimaches Indians of southern Louisiana is represented by a collection of h e baskets loaned by Mrs. Sidney Bradford. There is also a ease containing old-time implements and utensils and articles of dress and ceremony. The design of a frieze ornamenting the space was taken from prehistoric pottery made by tribes of the Mississippi Valley. There is also the portrait of Thomas L. MeKenney, who had charge of Indian Affairs underthe War Departmentfrom 1816 to 1824 assuper-intendent of Indian trade. In 1824, when the Bureau of Indian Affairs was organized in that Department, he was placed at its head and held the position until 1830, when he became one of the first victims of the "spoils system," being removed froiii office by President Jackson. A colored map shows the various cessions by which almost every acre of land within the Louisiana Purchase has been obtained by the Government from the Indian occupants through formal negotiitions. Granting that some treaties were not fairly made, and others not fully kept, yet the map is a graphic presentation of the fact that our Gov-ernment has a conscience, and asa rule lives up to it, and that its ruling policy is neither to ill-treat nor overreach weaker peoples, but to recognize their rights and foster their development. A second map brings the record forward one hundred years and shows the very mall areas within the Purchase now occupied by Indiins, while a third map is dotted over with the hundreds of schools now in operation among these Indians. Also a large chart presents the following statistira, most of the figures being in round numbers: Indian population in the United States (excluding Alaska). .... 270, OM) Indiau population now within the Louisiana Purchase ......... 144, OM) Allotments of land made to Indians (since allotment ad of 1887) 50,226 Employed in the Indian Service-Agents, teachers, physicians, mecbanica, Indian police, etc.-white, 2,284; Indiana, 1,969.. 4,253 Annual expenditures for Indian education: Appropriations by Congreas .............................. $3,000,000 Tribal funds ......................................... 1,040, OM) . Contributions by missionary societies. .................... 425, 000 State of New York (for New York Indians). .............. --25, WO Total ............................................. $4,4W,OM) School statisties for 1903 (including Indiana in New York and Indian Tem-bry): Indian pupils enrolled in- 117 boarding schools under Government control.. ..... 19,860 140 day schools under Government control ............ 4,500 65 mission schools.. ................................ 5, OM) 43 public schools .................................... 928 415 schools supported by Eve Civilized Tribes.. ....... 14,500 -- Total .................................... :. .... 44,788 |