Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-05
INDIAN TRIBES IN
!. s. NUMBER 280
Redmen Increased in Last Dec.
AIDE to 265,683-Less Than
so in Vermont.

Washington, June S..-Statistics of the
Indian population of the United States
and of Alaska collected at the 18th
decennial census, taken in 1910, are given
In an advance bulletin soon to be Issued
by Director Hurand of tho bureau of
the census. It was prepared under .Le
supervision of William c. Hunt, chief
statistician for population
The total number of Indians in the
United States, exclusive of outlying
possessions, In 1910 was 2G5,6s3, end in
Alaska, 1881. The corresponding figures
for the census Of 1900 were: United
States. @H,le6; Alaska, % $50; and for the
censuo of 1890. Cn;ted States, As,e3;
Alaska, 25.s54
According TO these figures, which cover
the last three enumerations only the
number Of Indians IN the United States
decreased between 1890 and 1900 bat in
creased during the last decade. the in
crease for the 2O-year period 1S90-19lO
being 1870 or seven per cent The data
from the reports of the commissioner of
Indian affairs, which are given in the
bulletin, indicate that the number of
Indians decreased from 1870 to 1890 and
increased by about the same amount
in the following 20 years. In Alaska the
number of Indians reported decreased
from 1880 to 1910 by 1865. or 232 per
cent. The figure for 1890 is probably
incomplete, owing to the UNEMPLOYED con-
dtion of the country at the time, so
that the increase between 1890 and 1900
may be only apparent. The figure for
1890, though based in part on an esti-
10 holt m 10
correct It is probable that the census
returns for 1910 and 1900 are fairly COM
parable, but the difficulties of enumerat-
conclusions from the statistics must
necessarily be tentative.
NUMBER OF TRIBES.
The number OF Indian tribes reported
for the United States In 1910 was 80 COM
prising SO linguistic stocks OF these
tribes, II had more than 800 members
each, while q were represented by 10
members or less of the latter, 10 were
represented by one member each. The
most important tribes numerically were
the Cherokee, with 31,4s9 members; the
Navajo, with %, ass; the Chippewa with
2o2l4 the Choctaw, with. 1917; and the
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comprise all those represented by over
1000 members; 81 other tribes had ove>
1000 members each.
| In Alaska &c Indian tribes, forming
seven linguistic stocks, were reported.
The principal ones, aside from the south
ern Eskimau group were the kuskwog-
miut, the largest tribe of the Eskimauan
linguistic group with 14S0 members, and
the Aleut, with 1,45l; II other tribes were
represented by more than 500 members
each,
| Oklahoma had by far the greatest num-
Der OF Indians reported for any State in
| 1910 74S25, or more than one-fourth of
all the Indians in the United States, while
seven other States reported more than
1000 Indians each. These eight States,
all of which. except Wisconsin, are stu
ated west of the Mississippi contained
together nearly three-fourths G2.2 per
cent? Of the total number, OF the east
ern States, North Carolina, with 1851,
and New York. with 6046, had the larg-
est Indian population While there were
Indians in every State of the union in
1910 the number in some was extremely
small, four States, Delaware. Vermont,
New Hampshire and West Virginia, hav-
ing less than 50 Indians each.
The proportion OF Indians in tho United
States declined steadily from 1870. when
! it was 72.1 per 10000 of the total popu!a-
ton, to 1910 when II was &.9. in Alaska
the decline In the proportion Of Indians
has been even more pronounced the NUN
Der in each 10000 OF the total population
decreasing from 9.s7l.4 in 1880 to 1886 In
1910. Thus, while in 1880 almost the entire
population OF Alaska consisted of Indians,
in 1910 they formed only about twc-ffths
of all the Inhabitants.
FULL AND MIXED B1OODs.
The 18th census was the first at which
any returns worthy of tabulation were
secured as to the proportion OF full boods
and mixed bloods In the Indian population.
OF all the Indians in the United States
in 1910 55 per cent. were full bloods and
So per cent mixed bloods. while for s,i
per cent. Information on this point was
not given.
OF the 93.423 Indians reported as mixed
boods 5000, or considerably more than
nine-tenths. represented a mixture of
white and Indian, 1855. Of negro and In
dian. and 1873. of white, negro. and In
dian, while so represented other mixtures.
and for i,25 the kind of mixture was not
reported
In Alaska, s%7 per cent. of the Indians
were of fun blood and 1853 per cent of
mixed blood: almost all the mixed bloods
were q mixture OF white and Indian. the
remaining few representing a mixture of
Indian with Chinese and Japanese blood
Twenty and six-tenths per cent. or
1850 OF the 5000 persons of mixed
white and Indian blood In the United
| States were more than half Indian;
24.36S. or 27.7 per cent, half Indian and
half white; and 43,937, or 400 PEI cent,
practically one-half of the total were
more than half white Thus about
four-ffths of the Indian and white
mixed bloods were at least half white
The number OF negro and Indian
mixed bloods reported, 2.255, is prob
ably an understatemept, owing TO dis
inclination to admit negro blood OF
were more than half Indian, 32.2 per
cent. half Indian and half negro, and
SAG per cent more than half negro,
| while for Ia per cent. the proportion
of negro blood was not reported
| In each Of five adjoining States, New
Mexico. Utah. Arizona, Colorado, and
Nevada, which comprise large part
] Of the interior arid plateau, the pro-