The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-28
Better Health land go.
Educatioa for Indians

couceuo2 Tor Indians
Washinpitpu. Auug 2B.-(By the
Assoesss..s ls--UhR for the i'm
provsnasutsSdf nzudition Of thu
Indiss,ss- ,witiiz Jeicuabr regard 10
health. and edt nsIars being work
ed, out ity Qnnisiioner Burke of
Indian Affairs et11tG the approval of
Secretary Fall, 1kSan increase In ths
estimates for ~ Indian Bureau
probably will be asked in the next
Indian appropriation bill.
The ATneficsmt Red Cross RECENTLY
acceded to a request from the In
terror Department for the 7sssign-
ment of three trained nurses to be
detailed to the Indian Bureau for
one year, as the first step in Com
missioner Burke's program. In al
dition plans. tor snlsrgsd school ia
cilities to educate 10000 Indian chill
dren Of school age not now 10 school
are beipgs w6rl1G |aut. Approxi.
matclg 8,gUD,.nf this number belong
to the Nasajp tribe and have never
been to schm66 =
The nurses yassigned tcr the Indian
service; itwa9 said al Tim Indian Bu-
rsau, will. ru1As . snsxsv of condi-
tionsSon Indian rpservations and give
demonstration of wiist may be &C
complished+ by women trained es
nurses and in welfare work, to lay
the, foundattnn tfor asking congress
for an appropriation to enable the
Indian Bureau to employ on the
reservations women of higher
grade for matruus and general field
service, according to Commissioner
Burke's PLANS
This is a sGrsat opportunity"
Commissioner Burke said today in
commenting on his plans, "for i'm
proving home conditions among In
dians and in teaciiing sanitation and
looking after the health of the chill.
dren. The American Red Cross at
its recent meeting, made an allot-
nent of funds to cover the expense
necessary to employ the three nurses
and they will be- soon assigned to tn
lndi2n Bureau and will go into the
Seld to spend one syear. One will be
stationed on the Pine Ridge and
Rosebud reservations in South Dako-
ia; The other two, will go to tn
Southwost and work among the diff
ere ( Indians in Arizona and New
Mo:'o. This is only part of gen
eral Plan adopted by the Interior De.
rar>n;clt for improving and better
in~ conditions among the Indians.
Another subject that is receiving
:; great deal of attention is that o.
cduca-ion---building up the schools
"lrc:dy in the service. increasing tn 4,
ito 'i-nco to the full capacity and
trcrrthening tho personnel. There
Is said to be 10000 Indian children o.
schoc' aEc net now in school, and
fully 5000 Of this number are Nava-
joes that have never been to school.
An increase in thaasstimates for edu-
cation will be 81 @ns> the hope
that congress N ri N view
lot ,sA the dsmaI "a, 20
Ebs obtaipsd, TO enias9s Inv of the
schuol planes By r6seh and other
cheap construction, spnd It is also
hoped that two abandoped military
posts, Fort Wingate, New Mexico
and Fort Apache, Arizona, can be
transferred by the War Department
to the Interior department, to be con.
verted into Indian schools. Both of
these posts are desirable and we'll To-
Gated. and should care for probably
I 1.0Ce pupils. at
he Interior Department and the
Indian Bureau are giving much at
tention to health conditions at the
several Indian schools and upon the
different Indian reservations, and the
present policy is to try and have at
least one hospital upon every reser-
vaticn with a capacity sufficient 20
care for the sick, and particularly
Indians that are very aged and in
firm and without means or homes
where they can be comfortably and
properly cared for"