Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-18

riags between full bloods. 1917 PEI
cent; and for mixed marriages. 81
per cent. Furthermore. the figures
show that the greater proportion OF
white blood in any class Of mixed mar.
sfages the smaller the percentage Of
sterility. 4 b 70
Another tsbulation shows that the
average number OF children torn OF
mixed marriages OF ten to twenty
years duration was ST.. while for mar
riages between full bloods the COZ.
responding average was only 4.5.
With reference to vitality Of OF.
spring, the statistics show that Tor
al c~lassestof marriages the proper.
ton which the number Of surviving
children formed Of the toal number
born was TAT per cent; for marriages
between full bloods, 69.7 per cent;
and for mixed marriages. 70 per cent.
The greater the amount'of white blood
represented in any class Of marriages
the greater the proportion OF surviv.
ing children. :.
The section of the report relating
to fecundity and vitality concludes
with this significant statement: The
results OF the studies on sterihty, on
fecundity, and on vitality all point to-
ward one conclusion, and that is that
the increase OF the mixed.blood In.
dams is much greater than that Of
the full-blood Indians, and that 10.
less the tendencies now at work I'm.
dergo O decided. change the full bloods
are destined to form q decreasing pro
portion Of the total Indian population
and ultimately 20 disappear alto
gether."
School Attendance.
The enrolment OF pupils In Indian
schools is increasing much more rap
idly than tho Indian population. In
1890 there were 246 such schools with
an enrolment of 1891; in 1900, s29
schools, with an enrolment of 26..
III; in 1910, 3S9 schools, with IN en-.
rollment of 1880. These figures,
which were taken from the reports of
the office of Indian affairs, do not,
however, cover the attendance Of In.
dams at other than Indian schools,
The total school attendance Of mem.
bers Of this race in 1910. as shown by
the last census, was 49,643.
To quote from the report: AS com.
pared with the whites and negroes In
the United States, it appears that the
Indian youth between six and nine
years attended school in 1910 in small.
er proportions than the children Of
either the white or negro race, that
those between ten and fourteen u
passed the negro, and that those be.
tween fifteen and nineteen outranked
both the other races. This latter fact
Is the result In part Of the more or
less compulsory attendance upon
many reservations OF the youth up to
eighteen years Of age"
~IlIlteraey and Inability 70 speak Eng.
Ish.
The percentage Of illiteracy (inabi!.
lty to write in any languase) among
Indians ten years OF age and owe de.
creased from &C., in 1900 to A.6.3 In
1910. The corresponding percentages
for other elements Of the population
In the latter year were: Native whites,
8; foreign.born whites. 1877; Japa.
nese, 80; Chinese, 1873; negroes, 30.4.
The statistics show illiteracy to be
somewhat less frequent among mals
than female Indians, the percentages
for the two sexes in 1910 being AIS
and 1872, respectively.
When a comparison is made Of the
proportions for the % states each Of
which had an Indian population Of
1000 or over in 1910, 1t appears that
illiteracy among this race is greatest
In Utah and least in Kansas, the per-
centages for these two states being
SO and 1877, respectively. The pro-
portions Of illiterates are also large
in New Mexico, Mississippi, Arizona,
and Nevada-s1.7, -. 1913, and IT.,
respectively.
When the various linguistic stocks.
or tribal groups, are compared with
respect to illiteracy, the highest per.
centage, 81, is found among the Zunis,
who live chiefly in New Mexico; while
the lowest, PIT, is shown by the 1ro.
quoian stock, which comprises the
Cherokee, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga,
st. Regis, Seneca, Tuscarora, Wyan.
dot. and other tribes. living chiefly in
Kansas, New York, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Caro-.
lima and Wisconsin.
OF the Indians ten years oflagetand
over In: the. United: States; the stper.
centage who were unable to speak
English fell from ~. 3lin 1900 to- 31.3
inf19l0. Among the linguistic stocks,
the highest percentage. unable to
speak English, SIG. was reported for
the Zunis Of New Mexico. and the
lowest, 2 per cent, for the Maidus Of
California. g
"a. Occupations.
b In 1910 there were In the United
States 1876 indians ten years Of age
and over engaged In gairful occuba.
tons, this number constituting 27.S
per cent OF the total Indian popnla.
ton and ss.1 per cent Of the Indian
population ton years Of age and over.
Among males, the gaf6f1i workers
numbered $500, or SIS per cent of