The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-11
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 ton 1r Blle told mo q have given thas bin mv unqualified disappfoYli. On chat occasion J met Preaiden. Me. Kniey and Congre smen and ioad'ns church mon My work Was ouloeiAed and approved hy lhem They asaufed me of their eood will and sympathy.
 The Island had been ceded to tne MetlaRohtla Indinns and any other At osm Indians who would join them by Prosident '-voloud
 When other Indians joined Che Met lasahaa coIong they came into Che iold with thc iuileHt knowledge ot what 10 expect wanted Co educate the Indian temporarily aud spiritual iy. All asked was bis harmony h undivided support And, am ihnnkiM lo say undl the lest four year we never heard discoroant note on Annette island 0ur men had their own homos lbeir gardens apd industries. We had the largest church In Alaska. Our school pro eressed notably and over il Chris tiauity spread its influence. We bgllt a sawmil. a wharf 9 oannerY storo, laid ont modern streets and walks and had as good 9 sewerage and water system as you will lind in Alaaka
 speaka Of Troubis.
 Then ihe trouble came.
 "Tha Bureau or Education claims ownership of my warehouses wharf and other properties.
 For twenty-five years was . s. Commis sioner at MelIalsahtia. And , am proud to say chat during that time law and order prevailed.
 The School Situation.
 Some years ago tho Indians asked tho government for Q boarding school at Metlol,ahtla. ] did not object as ! knew the school would be benefit 70 them. The request was refused and Instead the government has started day school, This kind oi Q gchooi is not what Metlakahtla wants. Ii the Indian goes fishing or hunting he takes his children with him and they are denied the education that board ing school would give them. As Q re- suit of this day school Metakahtla families are divided.
 "The teaching of the Christian faith which was my foundation for the civ ulzation of the Indian that he might become q useful citizon and not D government ward, is conspicuous by its absence in the government school work aiy school Is stlll running.
 On Indian citxonshlp
 Father Duncan quoted from Secre- : tary Lanes report relative Go Indian citizenship. Secretary Lane said "that our native red man should not remain permanently ward of the government ] but should eradually be led into tho privileges ot lreo American citizon- ship and "our conscience. our son7o Of lustice and our traditions will not allow us to cast the. Indian out upon ,he world unprepared. but tbo Indian shoud not be permitted To think that he is to forever remain government eamge.
 I agree with the. Secretary Of the loteriur" said Father Duncan, eanc ' believe that when he knows the facts he VIII agree with me tbat Che Met. iakahti1 mdians are nearer Che quali- dcationg of citizenship thpn are those who have had years or vocational train. ng under the methods used by the Federal Bureau"
 Statement By Mr. Beattie.
 Speaking of the Bureau Of Educa- tion's difficulty with Father William Duncan W. G. Beattle superintendent of Indian schools for Southeastern AL aska said
 eThe Department of the Interior placed me in charge of Che water sys- tenn. wharf warehouses and school grounds at Motlakahtla. We are erect-I 'ne new school house down there for Che Native schools. Last May lhei Secretary of the Interior asked Mr. | Duncan Go turn the water on the na-I five population having been deprived | of t from tho preceding November ! Mr. Duncan refused. claiming that t (tbo water system) was his own per sonal property. The Secretary Of the Interior then instructed me to take charge Of tho water system, repair the pipes and turn on tho water which was done in June. Mir. Duncan at-f tempted Co interfere but degisted { when ] told him that ] represented the Secretary of the Interior About two months ago the pipe broke. 3Ir Dun. can told the Indians not to touch t. whom repairs were to be made. claim ing that t was his own property and they refused to act until Jones. thel principal teacher Of the schools. sent a white man to assist the m.
 Last week heavy rains washed out the dam at the lake and also carried away two sections Of pipe which tum. bled onto the ricks in the creek be be- low and one section was broken. There were several sections Of the same kind of pipe in the warehouse and Jones was instructed to use it for mals. ing repairs to the pipe line. Jones set the Indians to work but whom they came to get Che pipe Hr Duncan in. terferred. again asserting his own. ership.
 Jones went to Ketchilgan and wir- ed the Commissioner of Education in