Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-09

looking citizens clothes. but win
have some distinctive bit of apparel,
such as Nn Indian headdress, strings
of beads or decorated moccasihs.
| Others will wear blankets, but bYil-
liantly shined modern shoes and
hats. The women who compromise
between the habits Of the racesI are
the most curious.
High Heels and SILK Stockings
Recently there was in Washington
a delegation of Indian women They
wore no hats and their sleek, black
! hair fell down their backs iH tight
braids. They wore the most gaily
colored blankets ever seen ion the
streets of Washington. Bug they,
also wore, as a tribute to their mod
ern American schooling, hi4h-heeled
slippers and black silk stockings.
There are 91,96S Indiapf children
OF school age. 6,279 Of Whom are
ineligible for attendance fnd 20,746
OF whom are not in school. The re-
mainder are studying. Fovernmfnt
boarding and days SCHOOLS number
Isl and have an enrollAhent of R4,-
222; the 81 mission flhools have
6,47O enrolled, the State public
schools are educating 3H,301, making
a total enrolment of 64,94S.
Two-thirds of the indians of all
ages are American Citizens. About
SO, 900 of both sexes aFe voters. Some
24O.OOO Indians stilI remain under
the guardianship of 1he Government,
but, under a rulingl Of the Supreme
Court, 1t is possible flor Indian wards
to be citizens.
Tho most imporIant grouD of In
dams is comprised IN the Five Civiliz-
ed Tribes numbering 10000. All
members are citizens and the 2,20o
members of the (osage' Tribe are
citizens.
Indians have Peen allotted a total
of 38, 900, 900 acres of land. There
are 227. 900 WHIP holdl this and 1851
600 who have not been allotted land.
~Thirty-five mifion icres remain to
be allotted. Indian farmers number
40, 1862 and THEY have S90,7o0 acres
under cultivaI on. More than $4,000
Indians live ~ permanent homes and
the indians bwn kS5,OOO,OO worth
of cattle.
Probably khe host valuable pro-
duct which khas Yeen recovered from
Indian lants isIoil. In 1922 there
were nearlf S0,d00,0 900 barrels Of oil
recovered kromlthe lands of the os-
age natiJn. Erhe Usage received
$11,7OO per cJpita in royalties from
this oil Jast Bear. Many are mil
lionairesj AItotal from this oil last
year. Yanylare millionaires. A to-
tai of S111,BsS,53o has been receiv-
ed by the Usage nation from oil
lands. The oil production on the
lands bftRe Five Civilized Tribes In
OklahbmaI amounted in 1922 to g.
100000 barrels.
Thf Indians have ~1,392,379 acres
of irfigable land and 100000 acres
actuI Ally irrigated. Projects under
/, construction cover 605,000 acres. In
r dad lands have an estimated stand
!, of $1,000, 200 board feet Of tim
bed worth 500, 000,0 The value
/, ofIdl Indian property is estimated
atIi1, 0 90, 100000. Also, the Gov
! eE,ment has appropriated a total OF
: Ir2, 900, 1000 for the benefit of the
: Iiians.
, Twelve thousand Indians served In
Ne world war and $25,00,o00 were
a vested by Indians In Liberty
sIbonds.
Armed with these Fundamental
facts and many others, the COM
\ mittee of one hundred Is working or
the Indian problem and, within q
few months, will report a definite
policy for the United States to fol
low in its relations with its Indiar
wards and citizens.