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Show COMMIBBIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRB. 5 1 .Some of tho Bguws In thls table aa prlnted prlor to 1896 were taken from reports of the Buperlntcnde~t of Indian sehode. As revlad they are all taken from the re orb of, th? Commlssloncr of Indian Allalrs. Rlor to i882 the Bgures inelude the New %ark Civilized Tribes stand on a different basis from the other schools,' statistics as to these appear on pages 108 to 116 of this report. I ; There were 253 Government schools during the fiscal year 1904, as, against 257 for 1905. The enrollment shows a small increase of 289 pupils. The total enrollment in all schools was 30,106; average at-! tendance, 25,455. A summary of Indian schools and attendance for the last twenty- ' nine years is given in the following table: Ntmmber of Indian schools and avwage attendance from 1877 to 1905.~ 8CDW18. a Indlan children attending poblie achoals are lnelnded In the average attendance, but the schaole are not inelnded in the nurmrer of sebools. year. 1817 ............................. 1Pi8 ............................. 1819. ............................ 1880 ............................. 1881 .............................. 1892 ............................. 18W ............................. 1884 ............................. 1895 ............................. 1888 ............................. 1887 ............................. 1858 ............................. 1859 ............................. 1890 ............................. 1891 ............................. 1882 ............................. 1883 ............................. 1894 ............................. 1895 ............................. 18% ............................. 1897 ............................. 1898 ............................. 1889.~. .......................... 1 ............................. 1931 ............................. 1932 ............................. 1903 ........................... 1W ............................. 1905 ............................. IASTITUTE8. Under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior Indian school service institutes were held this season as follows: Pacific Coast Insti-tute, at Newport, Oreg.; Pine Ridge Institute, at Pine Ridge Agency, S. Dak.; Standing Rock Institute, at Fort Yates, N. Dak., and the general meeting of the Department of Indian Education, at Ashury Park and Ocean Grove, N. J., held in connection with the conven-tion of the National Educational Association. The custom of holding these institutes was established many years ago, and the results accomplished have justified the wisdom of the Department's policy. In the great majority of cases the Indian schools are situated in isolated places, far from educational centers, Boardingschwls. Nnmber' 48 49 52 BO 68 71 80. 87 114 I15 111 126 138 140 148 149 156 157 157 158 145 148 149 153 161 163 16Z 188 167 - Average attendance. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. 3 077 a17U3 i v ~ a 63201 7 Z80 8'02~ 8'105 9:146 9 805 11'425 12'4~ 13'635 14'451 15,051 15'683 1 5 : ~ 16 112 16'891 17'708 19'464 33,676 20'772 21'582 213812 DW aobwkb 102 110 107 109 106 76 36 88 68 98 110 107 1Ca lC6 110 1% 119 115 125 140 143 149 147 154 143 188 144 . 141 145 Totals. Average attandance. ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. 1 831 1'8% a'm 1'942 2'370 %'so3 22'7.1m5 2,367 2'163 ~'745 8 ' ~ e'm 3 ' 1 ~ 3'579 3 : ~ 3588 $631 3'860 3'613 3'544 3'610 8'522 3:64 1BO 168 168 169 174 147 168 1% rn 214 am B3 E 258 ns 275 ne 288 P96 288 EW 296 3W 304 299 306 303 312 Average attendance. 3 588 4'142 4,448 4,851 4,818 4.714 6'896 B'WO 8'143 9: 630 10 520 11'120 11'552 1 ~ ~ 2 % 13'588 15'167 16'm 17'220 18'188 19'28% 18'676 19'618 20' 522 2 1 " ~ %'b7 24: 1Q U 89a %:lo4 25,455 |
