Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-03-03
EDUCATED INDIANS
DO NOT Revert TO
THE SAVAGE TYPE
etatistics Show That Most OF
the Dusky Braves Are
Members OF Church.
sv ooANE ROBINSON.

which has developed In congress, Is "a
matter OF vital interest In this state
perhaps OF greater interest here than
| elsewhere, for we have an Indian popu-'
lation of $1,000, and II Is upon the
schools we must rely to raise them up
from race of vagabonds to self-sus-
tanning and self-respecting citizenship.
There are individuals who come BACK
from Carlisle and Hampton who JUST
~ Mr., Tawney's bad opinion OF the
work accomplished In those instituuons'
but they are not the rule. quite the
contrary. very many of these graduates
become very excellent citizens ana
maintain themselves with dignity
which wins for them the respect OF
their white neighbors.
The regeneration and civilization OF a.
race less than quarter OF century
AGo OF the heather savaEes is not 10 pc
accomplished In day nor in several
years. However. out OF all the innu-
enccs for good and for evil that sur.
round the Sioux OF South Dakota there
has been a large balance for good. ana
these people, all things considered, nave
made phenomenal progress and IL would
be folly for the general government al
this time 70 withdraw any of the In
strumentalities for their uplift
indians Overcome Prejudice.
Twenty i've years ago they We're saw
ages and heather; today scarcely a
Sioux but Processes Christianity and
II member OF some Christian church.
all OF the children OF school age and
most OF the younger men and women
possess an elementary education IN
English, All of them wear the gare or
civilization. they have overcome the
a ceNt fnr If
prejudice and not laxiness that kept,
them from It, According TO the Sioux
code, * was degrading for man TO
do any work his sQuaw could do as.
WELL his business was to supply the
harder and TO protect hts camp from
the enemy, and the rest devolved upon
the women. This view or like was thor
oaghy fngrained In him. and 1t was
not small matter for him to adopt
another view. but he has come TO IL,
and ia now earning his bread and
learning the real value OF money.
Mr.. Tawney complains when the In
dian boys and girls leave the govern
ment schools they return TO the tribe
and revert to type, Some or them do.
the standard Of living and by slow de-
grees the urliyt comes The Indian is
net much different from other people
In thss respect, The average American
hoy taken out of Grade and slovenfy
surroundings and put through the
academy and then returned to his prin-
tsive hasas and associates, would IN a
great measure return TO the ola life.
hut ny persistentis educating his kind
higher ground would be reached,
Four MoN-rsssrsstion Schools.
There are four nan-reservation
schools remaining IN South Dakota. 10
exlxs Ma
ana Springfield. respectively They
are ali dasnS praiseworshy work. Each
has Industrial FEATURES and the boys
and glras graduate IN about the eighth
grade work OF the common schools
They do not come In confacs with evil
Influences and SO back 10 their homes
az the reservation quite we'll prepared
&c undertake farming. some Of the
trades NF 10 readily work into rnsrcan-
tile vacations. We meet them on all of
the reservations and ana them bright.
cae&r~heade1 and more or less ansbf-
xkauS 10 DC something Tor themselves
and nor their people. n they choose.
these students apon ie&vanx the local
Industrial schools, can Sc ON TO Car
lisle and secure higher srainins. Some
De 80.
There are large boarding schools On
each Of the reservations and there Is
easyss question as ~ which Ar<,ansulsSh-
- she moSs sor the Indians those esass-
Gated nexr horne ON Shs reservation
where sheir daily associates are their
cwn pe0pae, at these who Ee away re-
shT non -r~sersSsion schools and come
mere m contact with rhe white vseoxl}e
There are advantages Tar each system.
hut the psepnnderance< CT sesffmnnv
fAv0xs sending the chslsarsn cut where
thes nees she whates.