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Show BEPORT OB THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAI? AFFAIRS. l7 I ing; (4). synopsis of the course in sewing; (5) social plays, games, marches, old-folk dances, and rhythmic movements for use in Indian schools. These bulletins will be distributed only to teachers in the Indian schools. As it is thought that there may be a public demand for I them, arrangements have been made for their sale by the supelin- ! i tendent of documents. ! The reorganization of the tribal schools among the Five Civilized ~ Tribes is now re11 under way. For many years there have been in existence about 36 tribal boarding academies amohg these Indians, originally eskablished and conducted by the tribal authorities and maintained from the tribal funds. Pursuant to the ad of April 26, i . 1906 (34 Stat., 137-140), these academies were taken charge of by the department and have been operated under contracts made with the superintendents of the respective institutions. Contracts were made also with various 'private and denominational schools, and public day schools were. conducted under a dual system of control by which the department. paid the'salaries of the teacher for a part of i the school year, the state or district authorities maintaining the school for the balance of the year. This system of conducting the various schools among the Five Civilized Tribes has proved unsatis-factory. During the early part of the year 1910 the department and the Indian Office determined to discontinue the old system, and : in the future these schools will be operated directly under the super-vision of the Indian Office and in substantially the same manner as all other Indian schools in the service. The tribal schools have in the past contributed materially to the advancement of the Five Civilized Tribes and will remain the chief reliance of those Indians, now numbering 36,000, whose lands are still restricted and who are not citizens of the State, with the privilege of attending the state ! schools. ! ! The nomadic habits of the Navajo Indians make educational facilities for these people at the present time largely a question of boarding schools. Superintendents of the various Navajo reserva-tions, without exception, report very few available day school sites. This arises from the fact that the principal industry among the Navajos is sheep raising. The range of the desert is such that in order to gain subsistence for their sheep a large grazing territory must be covered during the course of the year. Until such time as water can be developed for 'irrigation and families located in com- 1 munities the matter of day schools in this part of the country is ! considered by Navajo superintendents as impracticable. This makes I the educational question among the Navajos depend largely upon I irrigation |