New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1922, Page 9

PUNTORBETTER INDIAN EDUCATION Increased Facilities Asked for by Commissioner of Alfairs - ‘Washington, Dec, 8.—Increased fa- cllities for education of Indian chil- dren Is recommended by Charles H. Burke, commissioner of Indian affairs, in his annual report, made public to. today. The number recelving educa- tion in government hoarding schools and state public schools was 3,000 more than in any previous year, he #ald, hut in the southwest facilities are atill needed, y The Indians, adults as well as chll- dren, in the semi-arid sections, are anxious for further education, Com- missioner Burke reported, and any further denial of such enlightenment is unjustified, especially in the light of the government's treaty of 1868 pledging a school for every 30 chil- dren, Indian Service Needs. ! The Indian service is also desirous of further medical and health facili- ties, he said, as the Indlans * were| - never so receptive of medical treat- ment, the medicine men are passing and the government hospitals are well patronized. dian reservation is recommended to provide especially’ for the sick, aged, of whom there are many without homes or means for proper treatment. The government, it was stated, is rapidly increasing its tuition con- *+ tracts with local school boards for the enroliment of Indian children whose parents pay no taxes, Which in| many locations hastens the organiza- tion of school districts and lightens the government’s expense for the edu- cation of its wards, besides bringing the-Indian familiies into closer rela- tion with the mixed community life of which their coming into citizen- ship must be an actual factor. “In a number of the northern and western states this public school at- tendance is making it feasible to close some of the government schools, and in such cases the buildings are often turned over to the states on a basis|class that is of mutual advantage,” .\lr." ¢ “But in the far south-|has been obtained to make a survey (00,000 bar: (of conditions. . “Burke said. west, including the Navajo country of Arizona and New Mexico, school facil- v ities are still inadequate. Day schools CHRISTMAS % GIFT SUGGESTIONS FOR HIM FOR HER FOR THE KIDDIES On Today’s Want Ad Page Classifications: 65 A-B-C-D A hospital in every In-| |Mr. Burke said that funds are not|continues to be in Oklahoma, and par-, " |dians with a view to improving house- |government’s principal activities now {hold conditions and enabling the In-|relate to the-tribal interests of the |dians to make better |was nidife ‘in're Dbk, R ; A . If maternal pride was ever shown in the dog world, it is seen in the expression of this prize-winning. mother and her five healthy and lazy-looking offspring. | are impracticable there, except in vil- | purchase of land for homeless Indians lages, because of the enforced nomadie in California. life of the Indians who must follow Operations in Oil. their flocks as these follow the shift-| Operations in oil were estimated ' ing pasturage, and this region with i throughout the productive areas of a school population of more than 11,- Tndian territory, due largely to the 000 unprovided for furnishes the|advance in market prices from $1 to pressing need.” | $2 per barrel. Promising develop- The report added that a movement | ment has been made in the Shoshone was under way to acquire the use of | reservation, Wyoming, the Crow and military posts desirably located, which ! feet reservations, Montana, and would accommodate 1,000 pupils. Dis-|on Navajo treaty land in Arizona and cussing the-subject of medical aid,|New Mexico, but the -largest output sufficient to afford salaries that com-!'luulurl,\' in the Osage reservation. the year exceeded $22,000,000; e gross production was nearly 29,- s, and the royalties on| |oil and gas to the Jndians for the| An important feature of the past|year were $9,235,701. year's work by the Bureau was an | The year was a prosperous one industrial campaign among the ln-‘for the five civilized tribes where the use of their|Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, edu- natural resources. This plan has re-|cational matters and the individual sulted in increased cultivation, better|affairs of approximately 18,000 known crops, gardens and domes. |as restricted Indians, from whose The “réport shows more than 6,000 land restrictions will be removed allotmerits ‘of Jand made to individ- under the present law in about nine ual Iridias, the largest number be-|years. Nearly $3,500,000 of individ- ing on''the Blackfeet reservation in ual money was expended last year Mont&na,“Whére interest in farming |for maintenance, farms, buildings; Active progress|live stock and equipment; the farm-| ming lands, the ers made fine exhibits at fairs, and refite ‘itrigible area on about 50 [the gross oil production for these ervations’ now reaching 875,000 [tribes was over 8,000,000 barrels, acres!*THe full amount available, |with a revenue from oil'and gas of has Been awakened. Nash Leads the World in Motor Car Value - Touring Model Four Cylinders Five PaSsengers Reduced Price *935 - f.0.8. factory Here’s a “Four” with Unbelievable Smoothness and Quietness Never before has a Four to compare with the just reached us. Come in Nash Four insmooth, quiet, at once and view them flexible, powerful perform- before they’re gone. The ance. 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