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Show . . . . , , , : , DEPARTXENT OF THE Ipmo$ri : , . . i I Opprcm OF INDIAN Washington, D. C. Septernbfr.l#, 198;''' 1 'SIR: I have the honor to submit this, the Ninet-fourth ,Annual Report of .the Bureau of Indian Maim for the sca1:year emded June 30, 1925. Its contents comprise a resum6 of theprincipil .ac-tivities of the year with such associatedcomments as relate. to those features of the Indian work upon which special emphasls has been placed during recent years of administrative direotion, namely health, education, and the training and influence which tend towsrd the development. of useful and self-dependent Indian citizens. HEALTH It is indeed gratifying to be able, to report that our healtlt cam-paign for the conquest of dlseases among Indians has achieved a fair degree of success, notwithstanding the difficulties under which 'it has been carried on. Statistics will show that the InInpian race is not a dying race, but a race which. is gradually gaining,ln'humber and responding to the impulse imparted by education and changing environment. HEALTHA CTMTIES.-T~B~ ureau of Indian Affairs has activities in 24 of the 48 States of the Union, namely: Arizona, Callforma, I, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico;. New York, North Carolina; North 'Dakota, OklahomS, Ore on, South Dakota, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Uta f , Washington, Wisconsin,. and Wyomlng. In its health work h the Indian Service is not aiming merely to care for and cure, the sick. This is one object, but not the only one. The main issue 1s to build up the vitality of the Indian people and to establish for them a new standard of living. Such an undertaking presents, a formid. able problem, involving a school-health .program, an industr~al program, and a great amount of preventive work and systematic attention to the physical welfare of children, in order that a stronger r race may be developed. HEALTEDHU CATION.-Ap rogram of health education for .hdian scho~lsw. as inaugurated and this is outlined more fully under the heading Education " in this report. It is realized that if the Indi,ans of future generations are to live more rationally than those of this generation the schools must exemplify the training and habits which are to make them different. What we wish to appear in the lives of a people must be taught in their schools. The Indian children will respond to health education. The hope of any race is the children of that race. We have begun . . 1 |