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... schools ; in 1890 appropriations were made to cover costs of tuition for Indians attending public schools ; and in 1917 all subsidies to religious groups were ended . The off - reservation boarding school , exemplified at Carlisle ...
... schools ; in 1890 appropriations were made to cover costs of tuition for Indians attending public schools ; and in 1917 all subsidies to religious groups were ended . The off - reservation boarding school , exemplified at Carlisle ...
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... public and boarding schools , and compared them with some 500 white pupils . While it was apparent that some Indians did exceedingly well , the ma- jority of them proved ... schools ; 3. Indian pupils in Federal schools ; and 4. Indian 19.
... public and boarding schools , and compared them with some 500 white pupils . While it was apparent that some Indians did exceedingly well , the ma- jority of them proved ... schools ; 3. Indian pupils in Federal schools ; and 4. Indian 19.
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... schools in Oklahoma , and found that two - thirds of the pupils placed below their grade levels . Felber ( 181 ) reported on the poor aca- demic achievement of Indian pupils in the public schools of Sisseton , S. Dak . , using school ...
... schools in Oklahoma , and found that two - thirds of the pupils placed below their grade levels . Felber ( 181 ) reported on the poor aca- demic achievement of Indian pupils in the public schools of Sisseton , S. Dak . , using school ...
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... public schools of Mesa , Ariz . , found the Indians scoring lower than the whites , but added . " There are individual In- dians who are doing as well as individual non - Indians at all levels of endeavor " ; and Uhlman ( 633 ) says of ...
... public schools of Mesa , Ariz . , found the Indians scoring lower than the whites , but added . " There are individual In- dians who are doing as well as individual non - Indians at all levels of endeavor " ; and Uhlman ( 633 ) says of ...
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... schools . It would appear that many of the observations made in the Meriam report no longer obtain . Hebdon ( 255 ) studied the BIA high schools at Phoenix , Ariz . , and Brigham City , Utah , and found that they com- pared very ...
... schools . It would appear that many of the observations made in the Meriam report no longer obtain . Hebdon ( 255 ) studied the BIA high schools at Phoenix , Ariz . , and Brigham City , Utah , and found that they com- pared very ...
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Page 109 - European struggle for the continent in an age of foreign imperialism that unfolded largely in the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
Page 617 - Whereas it is the policy of Congress, as rapidly as possible, to make the Indians within the territorial limits of the United States subject to the same laws and entitled to the* same privileges and responsibilities as are applicable to other citizens of the United States, to end their status as wards of the United States, and to grant them all of the rights and prerogatives pertaining to American citizenship...
Page 11 - States agrees that for every thirty children between said ages, who can be induced or compelled to attend school, a house shall be provided, and a teacher competent to teach the elementary branches of an English education shall be furnished, who will reside among said Indians and faithfully discharge his or her duties as a teacher.
Page 10 - ... and they therefore pledge themselves to compel their children, male and female, between the ages of six and sixteen years, to attend school; and it is hereby made the duty of the agent for said Indians to see that this stipulation is strictly...
Page 617 - Indian freed from Federal supervision should be abolished. It is further declared to be the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Interior should examine all existing legislation dealing with such Indians, and treaties between the Government of the United States and each such tribe, and report to Congress at the earliest practicable date, but not later than January 1, 1954, his recommendations for such legislation as, in his judgment, may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
Page 33 - THIS book was written as a part of the Indian Education Research Project undertaken jointly by the Committee on Human Development of the University of Chicago and the United States Office of Indian Affairs.
Page 599 - Whereas the Indians within the territorial limits of the United States should assume their full responsibilities as American citizens: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (The Senate concurring) , That it is declared to be the sense of Congress that, at the earliest possible time...
Page 617 - That it is declared to be the sense of Congress that, at the earliest possible time, all of the Indian tribes and the individual members thereof located within the States of California, Florida, New York, and Texas, and all of the following named Indian tribes and individual members thereof, should be freed from Federal supervision and control...
Page 390 - The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and agreeable to such regulations as the President may prescribe, have the management of all Indian affairs and of all matters arising out of Indian relations.
Page 9 - Many children of our neighboring Indians have been brought up in the college of William and Mary. They have been taught to read and write, and have been carefully instructed in the principles of the Christian religion, till they came to be men. Yet after they returned home, instead of civilizing and converting the rest, they have immediately relapsed into infidelity and barbarism themselves.