Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-16
doom INDIAN SCHOOLS
Government Institutions Not
On Reservations May Soon
Be Abolished
CARLISLE I
Many in the Northwest Will Follow
Tribe Possessions Pass Schools
May Be Turned Over to States by
Government, With Privileges Pro-
served.

Washington. Aug. 16.-Frsncis Il.
Leupp, commissioner of Indian affairs.
has returned TO Washington from his
annual trip to the Indian country. This
year he confined his work to the south
visit any of the agencies or reserva-
tons in the middle northwest. He did
drop off, however. for day at the
Morris school in Minnesota, and found
everything there going nicely.
In Washington state Mr.. Leupp went
I'd a number of the reservations, in
Guiding Yakima, where he found the
Indians preparing themselves to take
allotments in accordance with the law
passed several years ago. The reser-
walton Is now being surveyed, and the
allotments will be made probably with
in the next year. After that will come
the appraisement OF the surplus lands
and their sale to the settlers under the
act Of cession.
In all his talk with the Indians. Mr..
Leupp has endeavored to impress upon
them the fact that the old order OF
things has passed. Discussing this
passing of the old tribal relation to the
newer stage Of allotment and mixing
with the whites, Mr.. Leupp said:
Il have always advised the Indians
that the holding of lands as Il tribe
is now about to cease, and have tried
to impress upon them the necessity for
preparing themselves to take up the
duties of citizenship. l want them to
be prepared to deal with the white
men inteliigently. and not be an easy
prey to the land shark when the time
arrives for them to become citizens.
They We're slow to accept my view that
the new order of things was inevitable,
but In several instances my sugges-
tons have been adopted and when the
time came to make agreements for the
cession of their surplus lands, they
accepted the legislation which congress
enacted. This was true particularly Of
the Blackfeet Indians of Montana ]
began working with them three years
ago, before / became commissioner, and
last winter when the agreement was
under consideration, a delegation Of
the tribe came here to consult me
about its provisions, and good bill
was the result"
Another feature Of Indian adminis-
tratIon is about to pass away in Mr..
Leupp's opinion That is the non-res-
ervation school. of which the one at
Carlisle, Pa, is the leading example.
Mr. Leupp has been trying for several
years to have congress abolish this
school, but SO far has been unsuccess-
full. Now Mr.. Leupp favors the gradual
abolishment, as government institu-
tons. not only the Carlisle school,, but
of all the preservation boarding
schools.
The plan I have in mind is to have
congress authorize the transfer of nom
reservation schools to the state author
tiles, with proviso that Indian chill
dren be educated in them free Of
cost" said Mr.. Leupp. "This would
not mean that the state authorities
should provide rations and clothing,
but tuition.
The truth of the whole matter Is
that the non-reservation schools are no
longer a success, and it is costing more
per pupil to maintain them than it has
in the past. We are no longer able to
get pupils for them without the hard
est kind of work. Nowadays, too, 1t
costs more to transport these pupils
to and from the schools than it did be-
fore the rate law went into effect. we
have to pay full fare for them now,
instead of getting half rates. as for
merly In fact, the non-reservatlon
schools are becoming expensive lux
uries and believe it would be wise
move to transfer them to the states,
with a proviso that the states should
make no charge for the tuition or the
Indian pupils.
cit may not be generally known, but
Dartmouth college, in New Hampshire,
was an Indian school. and under us
charter. Indian students are provided
free tuition. would like to extend
this provision to non-reserVatloh
schools now maintained by the govern
ment.
"Of course, should congress adopt
nv suggestion, it wouldn't be possible
to make these transfers Immediately.
We might be able to transfer one
year. say. until all are put under the
jurisdiction of the states. Of course.
the Carlisle school would be one OF
the first to be abandoned for govern
ment purposes, as it is one of the most
expensive to maintain, and 1t Is SO far
from the reservations that getting the
pupils to it and sending them back TO
their homes has become big item OF
expense. We have big and expen-
sive plant at Haskell, in Kansas, which
could be turned over to the state au-
thorities under the conditions have
outlined"
There are non-reservation boarding
schools scattered thru states which IN
clude what was formerly Indian eoun-
try" Among the schools which would
be transferred under Mr. Leupp's plan
are those at Mount Pleasant. Mich;
Morris Mimi, and Hayward, WIS.
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