Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-30

white parent survive fhnn of children
both 81 whose parents are fun blood
or mixed blood Indians, hut DO mol
In themselves show whether thla Il
due 70 conditions IN the home o. a
Rreatcf vlriliiy o. the Offspring
The reaulia ~ the studies on atorii.
Ity, on fecundlly, and On vitality All
indicate that the increase Of the mixed
blood Indians ~ much greater than
that OF the fullsbiood Indians and
that unless the tendencies now ai
work undergo q decided change the
fnli-bloods ara destined 20 form de-.
crensinF proportion Of the total In
dian population and ultimately 70 dis
appear aitosether.
Blood..
The thirteenth census was the nrsl
NJ which any returns worthy Of tabB-
lntion were secured ~ to the proper.
tion Of full-biooda and mixed HOODS IN
the Indian population.
or al the Indians In the United
states IN 1919. ass per cent were full
bloodF. and asa per cent mixed
DioOde. while for So per cent informa-
ton on this point was not given.
OF the 93.t23 Indians reported AZ
mixed bio0ds. Ss.eaO. or considerably
more than nine-tenthe, represented a
mixture Of white and lndlBn. 2.esf, OF
negro and Indian. and i,1ea, Of white
negro, and indian, while 80 represent
ed other mixtures. and for 1885 the
kind Of mixture was not reported.
In Alaska, Sf.5 peg cent Of the In
dams we're 81 fuii-biood and 1873 per
cent Of mixed blood; almost all the
MIXED bloods were q mixture Of white
and indian. the remaining few rep
resentlng a mixture OF Indian With
Chinese and JAPANESE blood.
Twenty mud aiw.fnnlHn NOR Honf mr.
e.iG9 81 the 5000 persons OF mixed
white and indian blood In the United
states were more than half Indian.
gf,3Sa. oF a1.s per cent. half indian
and half white; and f3.ss1. or 49.a
per eeni-practlcaliy One-haif Of the
tutal--were more than half white
Thus about four-nfths Of the Indian
and white mixed bloOds were az least
half white.
The number OF negro and Indian
mixed hloolk reported. 2.2S5, u prnb-
ably an underetatemcnt, owing 10 dis
inclination 10 admit negro blood. OF
the number reported. SIS per cent
were more than half Indian. 32.5 per
cent half Indian and half negro, AMI
34.6 per cont more than haif negro.
while for 10 per cent the proportion
of negro blood was not reported
In each Of ave Rdioining states
New Mexico. Utah, Arizona Colorado.
and Nevada-which comprise u large
part OF the Interior arid plateau. the
prOporiiov Of fuil-bloOds among the
Indians exceeded So per cenA. Iowa
and Mississippi, where tho sack ana
Fox and the Choctnw tribes. respect
lively. have preserved high degree
OF purity. where the only other states
with al least 100 Indians IN which
more than 81 per cent Of the Indians
were fuii-bloods.
The proportion of full booda Was
frequently higher In the states with
ldrge indian population: notable ex-
ceptiOn IN Oklahoma. which has ~
far tho LARGEST number Of Indians. hut
reported a small proportion OF full
bIcods. 36.6 per cent This low pro-
portion In oklahoma IL no Goubt DUE
In part Ia the fact that the possession
Of valuable lands by the Indians en-
courages intermarringes between
whites and indians. and that persons
with very little Indian blood are anx-
ious TO establish their, claims an meme
hers 81 the Indian tribes Ia order that
the distribution OF lands and moneys
belonging Ia the Five civilized Tribes
In Oklahomn
or the 26s.GS3 Indians reported In
the United states Ia 1910. l35,13g. or
500 per cent. were males and i30 $50,
ar 49i per cent, females. The NUM-
Der of males to lG0 females WAS 1889.
In Alaska the number of males "a
1919 was i2.995 md Of females ~
sac. the ratio Of males 70 100 females
being 1853.
In 1910 the ratio of males To fe-
males among the Indians uO3.5 To-
1909 was not as great "a In the total
population OF the United states G06l.
AmosR the native whites OF native
parentHRe the number Of males 20
100 females was iO' and among the
foreiBn-born whites l2a.e. but among
the negroes only 9s,9.
In the United states, according To
the returns the number IT males to
i00 fcmaies was considerably less
IOi7D among fuil-bloOd Indians than
among those Of mixed blood CO6.fJ.
This condition 10 reversed In Alaska,
Whcer the proportion OF males 10 100
females was 1852 among full hloois
and l0O.3 among mixed bloods. As
the number Of mixed blOods In AiasSa
was comparatively small. however, no
reliable conclusions can be based on
the sex distribution among them.
The greater prcpOnderance OF males
shown among the mixed Dloods than
among the full-hiOOds IN the United
States Is probably due Ia part 10 the
tendency to report as white Indian
women OF mixed blood who are mar
ried 10 white men.
The figures apparently indicate that
the excess OF males decreases With the .
increase IN the amount of white blood, .
hut since the division by degree of .
IL only approximately accur- .
ate no reliable conclusion can be-
drawn from these proportions
Age.
over one-half (6l.5 per cent? of the
Indians In the United tates In 1919
were under 20 years Of age, over one
third t36.1 per cent? from 90 TO 80
Years. and about one-eighih D2 per
,entl ~ years and over. In 1900 the
OF young and old persons
was slightly less and that OF persons
~ the Intervening age group slightly
greater than In 1910. In Alaska Ia
1910 the proportion of young and old
persons was smaller and that OF per-
IONS in the intermediate period con
.lderably greater than In the United
states
The fact that stands out most prom
nently IN the high proportion of youna
persons among the mixed bloods as
compared with the full-hlOOds. \