Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-03

actual destitution.
 b. Medical attention.
 c. Enforcement of sanitary mea- sures in native villages.
 d. Enforcement of present laws, in order to secure protection of the natives.
 d. Passage of more stringent law to accomplish this end, if neces- sary.
 It is not necessary that different agencies and institutions be con- stituted for the carrying out of each of these three different courses Of action. The school or the hos pital, the teacher or the physician or the superintendent may serve as agencies for carrying on the work in all of the different directions named.
 Before outlining in detail the manner in which these questions should be dealt with; 1 desire to present several principles, which, in my opinion, should underlie the operations of the various plans. This will contribute to greater clearness in the understanding of the recommendations which follow.
 1. The natives of Alaska should be prepared to participate hawpily in, and to contribute efficiently to, a society in which the white men and natives will live harmoniously in accordance with the standards of American civilization.
 This does not imply that the na tive races should lose their integ- rity. It means simply that the fact must be recognized that from this time the life of the natives will be dominated by the life of civiliz- ation. He has come in contact with it, and has willingly surren dered. His aims are mediated by what he has learned from the white man. He has accepted the Christ ian religion, he prefers the white mans food and clothing, and he is adopting the structure of the white mans house whenever he is finan- cially able. Furthermore, in many parts. of Alaska his income is de- rived very largely from labor per formed for the white man.
 ?. The native races may be ele- vated to a higher standard of civil- ization only through a system of education which recognizes the community as the unit of effort and the individual as the submit.
 The laws of nature bind the in. dividual to his own social stock by such strong ties that they can rare Y be broken. The social habits and impulses which have been in- herited CT established by social contact in the early years largely shape the life of the individual. Od the other hand advancement of race may be secured only by the Contribution of its own members 10 it5 social life. The problem in Al aska requires the most rapid ad- yancement of the native races that is possible. At first sight 1t would seem therefore, that by giving to the brightest young people the best possible education in the schools of civilization the most rapid advance ment of the race would be secured. It must he remembered, however, that the advancement of an infer for racs is not dependent upon the extent of the requirements of in diyiduals of the habits and impuls os of civilized life, but upon the extent of the contributions of the individual of higher habits and better impulses to his fellow men. The most rapid advancement of an inferior race will be brought about therefore, by educating the bright est boys and girls in such ways as will cause them to render the great est service to their own people.
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