Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-24
THE EDUCATION
OF THE INDIAN
The Work That Is Being
Done in Various Schools
Throughout the Country.
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

alan auulra, 90 thU secretary of tho
interior, has just been Published. and
copy 0i % has been received by $50.
porintondont Allen j. Crandal. of tho
focal unltsd states Indian Industrial
school Extensive and very valuable
information in rrs .I4 tu the past and
present of fhe rcd men o. this country
tH set form in This splendid compla.
too and osrecially boz thc report on
tho advances made in the education
~ che Indians since tHe government
NEST recognized the al'lmportaut nc.
eoatitY Tor educating Che young u
la52 iuat twenty-five years ago
ln speaking OF tho work done .n The
various schools throughout thc wust
tho iuNuw'nE extracts taken from the
rDpou win bc 0f interest.
While tal .roai majority uI tho Iu
dian boys aud girls return to up.r
reservation ur allotment. SGT many
Nho have learned some trade or arr
have bruEou loose aUa gone out into
che world fu SHIFT Tor themselves
There docs not appear .n U. ans pref.
uuigH AGAINST these Wurhuru because
theg are Indians $50 I0Hl as they are
spItrrsp .nluE AND Undue. rItw they
viii be bUuOrni in any community.
These boys arc IIIuU responsible uo.
.i'ious a luIiUIuu|HI Indian hold.
thn post off r1EIurD. uu Puget sound
.oamhul,. Another m fh, middle
west ~ rush.nr oft bank Instance
could Hr multiplied thousands are
employed ls uuUrsrs on tho railroads
ui the southwest and .umu have Bon.
como section ulaDa As with the
white Tace Doc Indian who is indus
truus and uusIIu. Wi r.. aiuuE
A. with che white race. many are
shiiiI,ss drgnsuu aud eufthl.ss Tho
educated Indian IaburDr has HDt.r
chance thnu tho uueduratDd and au
fhe parH'ID.iam continues
Hundreds uf Indian boys from A.
uuquDTquH. Santa o.. Grand Junction
and other schools were engaged the
past summer n thp beet fields and uu
thc melon farms OF Colorado For SOW.
Grad years they have boou employed.
and as evidence uI their satisfactory
work the number called Tor each year
tas boon increased superintendent,
Crandali of the Santa Pc Indian
school reports that forty boys from
h's school were taken to Rocky Ford
Colo, ou May 80. 1904, to work Boo The
sugar beet Fields. returning on August
~ The gross earnings ui these boys
during that period was S26G322 Their
expenses were XluiG5G. leaving NOT
amount of earnings fitfG7D Zoo q
few Instances huys worked for farm.
ors aud collected ,hcir wages. which
are not included iu the above total
Tao net earnings of che boys were
required to hC placed 0n deposit with
superintendent Crandall and thoy Will
he permitted tD spend "a luFt portion
ut them from time t1 time under su.
pDryIsiun, uEu thu remainder DO any.
win be- sel aside as % NEST egg when
thry reiuIu tu their reservation home
Ono boy uns already sent money to
tIs poor parents ut the Pima agency
and many ut the boys are looking for
ward 81 guInE back next spring to
work superintendent Crnndall says
The real bruoht thU Indian sO.s
from this outing s mot the amount OF
money na DHruH ur saves. but thp oN.
pprieucD the contact ana the amhi.
tl1u 90 ne more than common ln.
dian There are several pupils under
my charge know OF who mako
practice of COINS ont annually to
work.
70 would be- impossible to trace the
career co. hundreds Of bright Indian
boys and girls who Wltbit tho past
decade have gone ONT of the schools
and slipped silently 100 thoIr places boz
the great world n o. customary to
hcrald the relapse of educated Indians
60 the blanket while hundreds pursue
a. DO che white boys The mluotouous
tod of daily NE working uu' their Dies
Tiny bui as mo- sensation surrounds
such a career. however rredliuhip. the
general public o. not Informed The
story OF their moderate successes
reaches this Office from time to time
indicating that 30 many milo 'uuus boo
the progress of the race from u8rHgr
ism 10 civilization.
Slowly but surely tho forces oi eIu
cation have been working through NE
past dccadp aud the Indians destiny
depends ON work, not ratiuns
Whea the grDai corruption funds.
technically called treaty FUNDS is $40.
yided up among the educated owners
of 49, tnon thU final lap uf the Indian
ruc0 will nave commenced. M be- has
learned tn labor co feel the urgency
at ID and apply 10 during his approu.
ficcship iB the school the chances are
good that no will reach the goal in
nne fattle Many may fail from in.
horant weakness or generally from
outside influences but We are striving
90 give che Indian his chance After
ae has received d he must work ur
sfarYe The cry OF the sentimontalists
Pc more rations should cease, and the
government Injunction of work sub
sututed The Pima and Navajo in
dlans do not want ratona. but water
and intelligent irrigation instruction
The RiOun and the Cheyenne do not
want raliOna. but cattle and intelligent
agricultural instruction.
irrigation on the Navajo Ronerva alton.
Fho Indian office 10 steadily 8dhor
lag b. lta plan OF constructing small
irriFatiOn bitches within tho Navajo
reservation. especially from the San
Iuaa giver. as set forth in last years
ropst Authority has been asked 10
make certain expenditures IN the con
atruotiOn OF a dam on Black creek and .
10 siraighten the creek so as 90 make
more useful the Black creek ditch; 10
improve and put 10 repair she agency
diteh otherwise termed the Fort De-
nance irrigation system. 90 construct
a ditch in Canyon de Chiefly. 90 repair
the Wheatheld ditch and dam and 90
pat in good condition the Cottonwood
ditch and dam According 90 the
statements of Mr Shoemaker. super
visor Of irrigation. the expenditures
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